Sister McKay Dickson: Week 14: Broken Retainers = Miracles

Hey everybody! Hope ya'll had a good week, I sure did! I had interviews, some more exchanges, hit my 3 months, and had some huge miracles! So get ready

Things to know:

-There was a mama moose and a baby moose just chilling in one of our lessons this week haha, it was cool but I was kinda scared because they were so close.

-Today we went to President's house for pday and it was so fun! Sister Wilson and I lived up to our pickleball wizard shirts by beating him and Sister LeBaron hehe

-1/2 John's decided he did not want to be taught anymore so that was sad. One of the hardest parts about being a missionary is other people's agency haha!

-The other John that we found on Facebook is still going strong, but we had to push his baptism back to Sept 6th because we found out he was struggling with some Word of Wisdom issues. After we taught him about it and how many blessings we can receive from sacrificing and becoming clean and prepared for baptism, he has been tobacco free! He came to church yesterday and told us and we were so happy! So that is one of the huge miracles

Stories of the week:

Okay so the biggest miracle of them all has been in the process since last transfer. I went to the dentist with my trainer because my permanent retainer broke. The dentist is a member and is the coolest person ever, and we found out that one of his hygienists named Kendra said my companion and I had so much light and happiness, and she literally asked him for a Book of Mormon like a week later! And said she has been questioning her church for a long time and knows that our church was the answer she's been searching for! We just found out this week about all of this, and that he has taught her basically everything and she came to church yesterday and LOVED it! And she said she already wants to be baptized, so Sister Wilson and Sprehn are teaching her and she seriously will probably be baptized within the next month! SO AMAZING! GOD IS SO GOOD!

Another story is Sister Bowman and I had to clean the nastiest bathroom ever haha the floors were covered in poopy and were completely brown haha it was so fun.

Spiritual thought:

My thought this week is kind of just a continuation of what happened with Kendra. It really showed me that while we are here on our missions to try and teach people to get them interested in our message, the Lord is also preparing people for our message! And just being your happy, Christ-like self will guide them to the truth! Sometimes you have no idea who you are influencing until a bit later, but as we are kind to others and act as true disciples of Christ, they will have a desire to know what we know! So this week, go spread your light and your love for others. You will bless more people than you know!

That's all for now! Hope you all had a good end of summer and are prepared for school to start these next weeks! I can't believe how fast summer flew by! Anyway, you know how much I love ya'll, thanks for reading my email!

Love,

Sister Dickson!