A Perfect Plan

We have had a lot of lengthy conversations with people this week, though most of the people we talked to were either just curious or trying to prove us wrong. We decided that tracting is mostly a waste of time, so we tried doing something different in order to find people: Drawing the Plan of Salvation on the sidewalk with chalk. It caught one person's attention, who talked to us for a while. She was pretty skeptical, but accepted a copy of the Book of Mormon. We talked a lot about James 1:5 and receiving answers to prayers. At the end, she suggested that we kneel down right there and pray together. As we knelt, she took her sweatshirt off because it had gotten pretty hot out, and on her T-shirt was a scripture. Which scripture? James 1:5. The one we had just been talking about!!!! I wanted to shout at her and say "SEE! It's a sign from GOD!" But I didn't. Instead we prayed. I hope that her heart will be open and that she will read the Book of Mormon that we gave her and accept the invitation to pray about it.

Her is our sidewalk art


We've realize that although we haven't had a lot of success this transfer, we have talked to a lot of really interesting people. I mean, I've talked to all sorts of interesting people throughout my mission, but these past few weeks have been particularly full of crazy encounters. We also have a lot of people that we have been trying to work with, but who just aren't quite ready to take the lessons yet. Well, we decided to right down all these people's names and stick them on our fridge so that we would constantly be reminded of them. Every one of these people needs the Gospel in some way or other. And when they are prepared, Sister Hale and I, or whichever missionaries are in the area at that time, will be there to teach them. I named it our "Refrigerator of Miracles."

I know that the Plan of Salvation is the perfect plan that God created for us – to be happy, and to eventually be able to return to him with our families. Our life did not begin at birth and it will not end with death. We are eternal beings, just like our Heavenly Father who created us, and his end goal is for us to have joy. If only people knew what they were saying "No thank you" to as they close the door on us. But for those who are prepared and whose hearts are open, finding that joy is an indescribable blessing!

The Gospel is True, the Book is Blue, and God Loves You!

Love,

Sister Daelemans