Once upon a time Sister Martin, a non-member, talked to a group of missionaries in Walmart. She explain to them that she had a date for baptism one day and the missionaries for got about her. She desired for the missionaries to come back, but the sisters she was talking to did not cover her area. They said, " We will send the missionaries over in you area!" She said, "okay, I'll be waiting for them!"
After 3 weeks the elders in her area arrived at her door! She was very upset at this point because she had talked to the sisters at least 3 weeks prior to having the missionaries come over. She yelled at them, told them to not come back and shut the door. They were so confused because they had just gotten that referral a little over 24hrs before that moment in time.
Thus we see we have some very confused Elders and an upset Woman who is understandably is not happy, due to the series of unfortunate events.
A year goes by and some Sister missionaries sees her in Walmart, once again. The Sisters talk to the Elders. The Elders, because we have the Area split into 2 "areas"-- (half of which is their's and half is ours), so we have the ability to teach in their area, if needed! So about 6 weeks ago the Sister missionaries in this area got a referral for this woman and it was specified "Sisters missionaries only!"
Sister Martin set up a time to meet and said, "if you can't meet at this time, you better not be coming back, because I am done, You guys don't care about me!"
Thursday rolls around, the Sister missionaries realize what they had done. They scheduled Sister Martin's lesson on Zone Conference day! in the middle of the Zone Conference meetings, When they realized this what a sad day for The Sisters and Sister Martin! :(
Over these past 6 weeks, we have continued to go back, bring her cookies and then I showed up and brought a new face to this situation. And communication continued to go on and we finally got a time to sit down and talk with her! What a story!
Sum of the story she loves us now! She gave us bags of food, a mug with our face on it and a title to who we are on the mug as well. Mine was "Specially Calm". Then we helped her move some things for a yard sale and she gave us these mustache straws! She told us to send us a picture of us with the mugs and mustache straws.... so we did!..........and tune in next week for another personalized item! (we are hoping it is a t-shirt with our faces on it of the picture of us with our personalized mugs with our face on it and the mustache straw!)
Scripture of the day!
Alma 12:33,34 "But God did call on men, in the name of his Son, (this being the plan of redemption which was laid) saying: If ye will repent, and harden not your hearts, then will I have mercy upon you, through mine Only Begotten Son;
Therefore, whosoever repenteth, and hardeneth not his heart, he shall have claim on mercy through mine Only Begotten Son, unto a remission of his sins; and these shall enter into my rest."
Always Love,
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