Unexpected Lesson - June 26, 2023

Hello!

Here's the update of my week.  Time is flying!  I come home in August. But the work is going well, and I'm happy to be staying in Geneseo.  The Lord must really need me here.  I love it!

TUESDAY:

Well Tuesday went really well! We had an awesome meeting with our friend Jodi! We read 2 Nephi 2 and she had some deep questions about Adam and Eve and why they had to fall.
 
We then a lesson with someone I found 6 months ago, but wasn't quite ready 6 months ago.  He's ready now, and he has cute little girl named Genevieve who also wants to learn! We gave her a children's Book of Mormon in the lesson and pointed her to a chapter and she just started reading and it was so cute! We set up another lesson on Sunday! 

WEDNESDAY:
 
We went on exchanges with the Batavia Sisters! Which was a lot of fun! We started out the morning knocking and eventually we knocked this guys door and had an interesting conversation with him, which took like 35 minutes. I don't remember much of it but I do remember that he didn't like the word "church" which was interesting. He kept on saying you don't need a church or a building, which in a sense is true. God is everywhere. But He did ask us to gather and do the Sacrament, so building.
 
And then that afternoon we talked to a lot of people and invited quite a few to church and a few of them said they would come! And this one lady,  Halee, mentioned how she didn't go to church but had been wanting to start! And then we mentioned The Book of Mormon and Halee said how she had heard of a site for it! Apparently she used to work at some sort of call help center and there was this lady who would call often and have her read simplified Book of Mormon verses to help her! It was so cool that that small act affected Halee, who we were talking to years later!
 
And then we had awesome lesson with a Genevieve in their area! She had a lot of great questions and was so open! And she had two cute little boys! 

FRIDAY:
 
Well first of all I got to pet a horse! His field was on the street we were at! And we met someone else who had just moved in from Salt Lake city and he said we could come back! He has his own beliefs but seems willing to listen. 
 
We also had an interesting conversation with someone else named Jim, and he had some very interesting thoughts. He has done a very in depth study of Word meanings in the Bible and as such believed Christ would not come and that he wasn't the son of God, and they didn't have bodies. It was very interesting, but not what the scriptures say based on my understanding. I do enjoy hearing other's perspectives.

We then had a lesson with a newer person, her name is Carolynn and we talked and explained The Book of Mormon and both she and her daughter want a physical copy! So we set up a time to meet!
 
We also had a lesson with our friend Eric! It was really good, we reviewed the restoration and also talked about where different people today are descended from! And we also brought up patriarchal blessings which was good! 

SATURDAY:
 
We stopped by to see Amy! She was someone we met about a month ago! We had given her a Book of Mormon and she had we could come back. We stopped by and she wasn't home. But this time we stopped and caught her right as she was heading out the door and we set up a specific time to come back!
Also we had a lesson with Suzalyn and then gave her a Book of Mormon to give to someone else! 
We also met with Kara and it went well!

SUNDAY:
 
I gave a talk, it was about how The Restoration draws us closer to God and Jesus Christ! I used Elder Stevenson's talk from general conference, which was very good, highly suggest! 
 
We then had a good amount of lessons! One of them unexpected! So this person, Tim is a new friend we made and he had canceled but there were those in his apartment complex we wanted to visit so we stopped by and they were sitting outside but we were going to say hello and walk by because they had canceled! But Genevieve's mom called out to us and was like she wants to talk to you! So we ended up having a good lesson with Tim and Genevieve! And we read The Book of Mormon with them which was awesome! 

It's so amazing how God truly prepares his people to hear the truth! And I have seen how he truly helps those come into our path that we need to help!
 
Thanks for all the Love and Support!
Love,
Sister Paige Martin
 
 

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