We have an awesome new investigator named Cindy. She is the 14 year old daughter of a lady who got baptized 18 years ago and who isn't active. The elders went to go eat dinner at this woman's restaurant, and she recognized them as missionaries and started talking to them. The elders suggested we go over, and we have started meeting with her daughter. She already has such a strong testimony of the Book of Mormon and prayer. She has felt the power of the Book of Mormon. She shared with us an experience in which she was worried about one of her family members who was in the hospital, and she opened the Book of Mormon and read about being of good courage. That really helped her feel better. She just has the sweetest spirit, and there is a light in her eyes. She told us would come to church on Sunday, but we hadn't been able to get in touch with her for a few days.
We had finished with our morning ward. (We cover two wards.) We thought if we don't go get her, she will not come because we didn't think she had any way of getting there, and we hadn't been able to remind her. So we asked one of the ward missionaries (she is 17, her name is Lisa) to help. She biked over to her house. She picked Cindy up, and she rode on the back of Lisa's bike to church. She loved it! When we asked Cindy what her favorite part of Church was, she said with a huge smile on her face that Young Women's was. (The Young Women's Program consists of Sunday school classes and youth group activities for girls ages 12-18.) It was so sweet, and I was reminded of what a wonderful blessing Young Women’s is in teenage girls’ lives. I remember it being a time of confusion and frustration, and always being uplifted and inspired to be better in Young Women’s.
Cindy is so great, and the elders had a random bike at their house that someone gave the missionaries. They said we could let Cindy use it to get to church and other activities. So this morning for exercise I rode my bike and my companion ran (I offered to switch, but she was really excited by the challenge of running the whole way there) to where this bike was parked to pick it up. It was a fun little adventure.
I know the Book of Mormon is the word of God, and it truly changes people’s lives. I have really been loving the stories in the Book of Mormon and how when we apply them to our lives, there is so much strength in the examples of the prophets and people in the Book of Mormon. It so cool to look at how Nephi’s troubles with his brothers can help me or my investigators with so many different troubles in our lives.
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