Helloooo Everybodyyyy,
Guys, I have been a missionary for 18 months!! That is absolutely insane!! This week was a bit better than the last, after the rain, comes the rainbow. Can't believe it's 2024!
Tuesday was a pretty average missionary day. We had lunch with a member and she pretty much made a 7-course meal. That was the highlight of the day.
Wednesday we went to district council which is always fun. That night we had dinner with the Mullins, they are my favorite family here. They made homemade chicken noodle soup and homemade jam that was sooo good! Thursday we had a cool miracle. We had to get gas from Circle K and the gas pump wasn't working right so we went inside to tell the cashier. When we were walking out there was a girl walking by our car so we decided to talk to her. Her name is Saffarah and she is looking for a church and wants to learn more about the Book of Mormon!! God's timing is so real!
Friday is the day when the miracle of the transfer happened. For Christmas, I got some money from my parents so we decided to go out to dinner and we found this Hibachi restaurant and if you know me you know I LOVE Hibachi. Our dinner hour was from 8-9 so when we showed up no one was there it was basically vacant. The cook came out to cook our food but then the hostess came over and told the chef to not start yet because someone else wanted to come and eat. The chef went back to the kitchen and a guy walked in and sat at our table, his name is Malcolm. Me and Sister Taylor looked at each other and agreed this was a sign from God we had to teach this guy the gospel. While we were thinking of how to approach the subject he asked us if we go to BGSU. We told him we are missionaries for our church and are on campus a lot. We established that we are all besties now. He told us that he had just moved to BG two hours prior and we were the first people he met!! He had just transferred from playing football at Auburn to play at BGSU and hopes to play in the NFL. During our conversation with him, we found out he is Christian and we ended up inviting him to church. Sunday morning rolled around and it had snowed Saturday night. We texted him asking if he was still going to join us at church. He said, "No way that's still happening with the snow." We told him to drive slowly and safely and to say a prayer, lol. He said I am on my way. He pulled up to church and stayed for the whole 2 hours!! Afterward, he told us he was going to start reading the Book of Mormon and he wants to learn more, and that he will come to church next Sunday with us!! Another testament of God's timing!! Saturday we went over to a recent converts house and while we were sitting there Courtney asked her daughter Lily when she wanted to be baptized. So we put Lily on date without even planning to, lol. Sunday we had a munch and mingle (as they call them here aka a linger longer) and Sister Taylor made these really good turtle brownies and they were a huge hit in the YSA.
If you read my email last week you know that I had a rough week but something I have learned on my mission is that there is always miracles after hard times, as long as we try to endure it well. There is a scripture in D&C 121:7-8
"7.My son, peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment;
8. And then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high; thou shalt triumph over all thy foes."
That is so true. I hope you all have a good week. I love you all so much.
Trust in the Lord.
Love,
Sister Welch ♡
Picsss
Bevys
Ice cream sandwiches
Mullins dinner
The sky finally came out
We love the Book of Mormon
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