Sister Rebecca Doty: The Lord Reconnected us with a Former Investigator!

THIS WEEK IN THE FORT WORTH TEXAS MISSION

We had planned to go to dinner with a family in the ward on Saturday night, but at 4:30 she called and told us that her son was throwing up and had to cancel. She offered to give us some dinner to eat at home but we were already in town and she lives 8 miles out of town so we said, "no". We went to this cute little sandwich place and we decided to eat it at the park. We finished eating and were talking to the district leader on the phone when we saw our former investigator Buck!!! He drove up on his motorcycle, I don't know how I recognized him, it was a miracle! We hung up with the Elders and got our stuff and started walking over to where he was. We got over there and he was so shocked to see us. He thought we would have been transferred by now. He told us he had been praying for guidance and had been feeling really depressed. He also said that since he dropped us his life had gone so down hill. It was sad but in reality it was kinda a good thing. He told us he had been thinking about moving to New Mexico. We talked to him for about 30 minutes and then I had the impression that he needed a priesthood blessing. We went over to the Lambs house (they are some of my favorite people) and we talked some more and we set a return appointment and he said he would come to church next week. When Brother Lamb gave him a blessing I was thinking it wasn't what I was hoping for but when it was over I opened my eyes and BAM! the Spirit was so strong. I was seriously heavy, it was amazing! Buck didn't even know what to say. We were all quiet for about a minute and Buck kept saying he just felt so good. It was such an amazing experience! I am so excited for him! We are meeting with him again this week. This is the second time he has been praying for guidance and we showed up, he doesn't think it's coincidence, thank goodness!

Sister Rebecca Doty: The Power of a Mother's Prayers

This Week in the Fort Worth, Texas Mission

Last week, we met a 16 year old named Luis. This kids is the epitome of an angsty teenager. We could tell he wanted to get answers even though he put on the 'I'm too good for this' act. His brother died recently, I'm sure he's a little hurt from that even though he wants to act like it doesn't bother him. 

Before visiting Luis this week, we had been discussing if we should drop him as he really wasn't willing to do anything to progress. We said a prayer before we got out of the car. We knocked on the door and both he and his mom came to the door. We hadn't met his mom yet and from the start she was super nice! She invited us in and told us she worked for a Mormon lawyer. She told us she and Luis had discussed the things we had left him to read, he hadn't read it, but she had. She said she prays for him every night. (We told her we were an answer to her prayers). Luis talks to his mom a lot and he asks her lots of questions. 

So, we taught Luis again, we just couldn't drop him! The kid was saved by his mom's prayers and love! He still doesn't want to pray or read, but his mom invited us back to teach her!! After Luis left the room she told us she had asked her boss if he had sent two beautiful girls to teach her 16 year old son, they laughed and she said, "You know how to get to him!" Hahah! There's a lot we didn't know until we talked to Lily, good mothers are so wonderful.