Hello all!
Sorry for the short email this week.
It was a slower week but had a wonderful ending!
We were out last night with our Relief Society President. We went out with our relief society president last night and decided to do some stop by visits of less actives nobody has had contact with in a while. With over 300 less actives in the ward there are lots of these names. After a couple of homes with no luck we were led to the house of a woman named T. We were welcomed right in and began talking with her. 3 children then came out from a back room and sat in on our discussion. It turns out that her 3 kids are not enjoying the church they are going to now and have been wanting something new. Their eyes lit up when we introduced the Book of Mormon and were ecstatic to hear about the Youth programs. T is recovering from some health issues she has had and declared that she was ready to go back to church as well. The 2 children over the age of 8 expressed a desire to be baptized and asked if we could come back today to begin teaching them! They are such a sweet family. They are from Kenya and have so much faith. The 2 older kids names are B and EJ. They have kenyan names but since nobody would be able to understand it that is what they go by. After a hard week I couldn't help but laugh and think that Heavenly Father was yelling at me, "here is a Blessing for you EJ (emily judd)".
A and L are doing so well. Looking forward to their baptism on April 12. We had quite the lesson with them this week. So many miracles are coming from them it just blows me away. A few months ago P, the mom, hired a nanny to help her with the kids when she works. Well this nanny just so happens to also be a member of the church who has gone less active. On Tuesday P told us her fiance, T, was coming into town this weekend and that we needed to meet him because, in her own words, "he's gonna need to join the church too". Well we went over Friday to teach a lesson. We were excited to meet and teach T. Turns out the nanny, P, deiced to join in because she is ready to come back to church. We brought with us a member and his son to help fellowship. And the neighbor boy was all for sitting in on a bible study. So we had a room full of 9 people and all pressure was on us! We decided to watch the Restoration dvd to catch everybody up and read from the Book of Mormon. It was such a powerful lesson and the spirit was so strong. The neighbor boy at one point said "I feel like God is in the room". And the best part of all was being able to sit next to all six of them.. A, L, S (the 4 yr old), P, P, and T at church yesterday. God knows every detail of our lives! He is truly preparing the hearts of people to hear this wonderful message. The message that God lives, He loves his children, and the true complete church of Jesus Christ has been restored back to the earth!
I love this Gospel. It truly can bring peace and happiness to anyone in any situation. Jesus Christ atoned for all of us and through Him we can do all things.
Thanks for all your continued love and support.
Love,
Sister Judd
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