We helped John with his boat that he is renovating (which will take him YEARS, but he loves fixing things). The missionaries have been doing service for him, for a long while. He brought up how he loves the singer, "Enya". I brought up how I was singing at church on Sunday. He told us, "You've done so much for me, I need to come". Sure enough, John was in the front row seat, 20 mins before church started. I talked about The Holy Ghost and how it speaks to us, through feelings of comfort and peace to our hearts. He is the third member of the Godhead. I explained that God, Heavenly Father and His son, Jesus Christ have bodies of flesh and bone. But the Holy Ghost doesn't, he is a spirit. If he wasn't a spirit, he could not dwell with us in our hearts giving us those feelings of peace. I also sang a song in the middle of my talk &told the congregation that the spirit talks to each of us differently. John came up to me after in tears and said, "I've always wondered what the Holy Ghost was. I've asked so many people and it has never made sense! But what you said in your talk, made sense to me. Thank you". He asked me for a copy of my thoughts and invited us to his home for a lesson on Wednesday at 1pm!! SO COOL.
The sunshine was out ALL DAY on Sunday. It was seriously a miracle. It rarely shines here. We went to the fishing dock and saw a crew was selling king crabs. 20 dollars per pound... Holy guacamole!! We talked to the crew and he told us to hop over in our sundresses and take a picture with one!! He said, "That's so cool you chose to become elders". Then told us to climb over and take a picture with the crab. He explained that he was baptized into our church but hasn't come in a long time for certain reasons. His whole crew came out and many exclaimed that they, "love Mormons!". He thanked us for our service and that he would call us sometime.
In mid sentence of me asking Sister Kell for a referral, a man knocked on their door. She looked at me and said, "looks like God ordered you a miracle"! He gave us his number and address after talking for a bit.
lly goat&tongan&flower woman&willis who I dropped my BOM and he said wow, do I make you so nervous that you drop your holy book?"
My favorite thing about missionary work is finding people. On Pday, I found 7 people to refer out to other missionaries in Juneau. One of which, is named Billy Goat Bacon. He was pushing carts at Fred Meyers(our only grocery store) and he caught my eye. He met us later for a message about the restoration of the church. He said after, "Thank you, I feel very uplifted. I needed to hear this today". His friend had actually given him a Book of Mormon before he left town a couple years back. He didn't think much of it until I came up to him. He is now being taught by the Elders in Mount Juneau.
Miracles on miracles.
Our friend K. Blackgoat made a poor decision and decided to dump a whole tube of the hottest hot sauce on her spaghetti at one of our member dinners. She tried to act cool, but her ears were literally steaming. I felt so bad for her! After she calmed down, we had a lesson about working toward baptism. The spirit was so strong and she committed to pray on it. I hope she hears her answer soon:)
Choose JOY,
Sister Rex
(P.S. 24 days:,(
Pics:
-Nugget Falls w/Sister's Agren, Gailey,&Younica&the elders
-Emerson James baptism in Yakutat!
-Carl&Audrey, our RM squad
-John&Myles helping clean up their boat
-stromboli... I ♡Audrey Welling!!
-Service on the beach
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