Everything Happens For a Reason!

Well the news this week is that I am staying here in San Nicolas and my companion as well. This is actually the first time I have had a companion for longer than one transfer haha. Both of the other Elders in Oranjestad are being transferred and we have both of the next elders coming in at different times, so we are going to be in a threesome for a while. Elder Galke will be with us for a week before his new companion makes it in, and when he does, Elder Galke will have to fly out for MLC in Trinidad, so we will be with Elder Garner for another couple of days. So we will be in a threesome for a while haha.

Well my spiritual experience this week was the 3 lessons we had with one of our new investigators. Her name is Sarry. She was no doubt a miracle investigator. She was the very last contact we made in our last contacting area. We had never been able to reach her house before because of dogs, but we were finally able to get to it the last day we would be in the contact area. And to be honest as a first impression she didn't seem like someone with any promise, but we gave her a pamphlet, left, and about an hour later she called us and thanked us for the pamphlet and told us that she knows its all true. To be honest she is the most prepared investigator I've ever had. She already knows the gospel is true, the Church is true, and Joseph Smith is a prophet. This week we gave her the Book of Mormon, and left her to read 3 Nephi 11. That day she was reading the Book ALL DAY and reading it out loud. Her husband was trying to watch tv, and got mad because she was reading it out loud to her kids and she wouldn't stop. Her baptismal date is the 17th of March, and she said there is NOTHING that is going to stop her from being baptized, including her husband. To say the least, my testimony has grown that God is always preparing people for the Gospel. He puts people in our path who need the Gospel in their lives and are ready for it. Elder Rasband wasn't kidding when he said that EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON. There is no such thing as a coincidence for God, because he is always directing people into our path.

Tomorrow our good friend Ralph leaves on his mission. He is a member here in San Nicolas, and he's so funny. He was called to serve in the Vanuatu mission, and he flies out tomorrow to the New Zealand MTC. He has been going out to teach with us pretty much every day this last transfer because he was preparing to leave, and his departure date kept getting pushed back.

Well that's the main points from this week. I hope everyone is had a great week this week, and also this coming week.

Elder Porritt

Here is Ralph taking a nap outside our apartment, waiting to use the washer haha