Sister Allie King: October 31, 2016

Okay, speeding through this email!

This week wasn’t the MOST eventful for missionary work sadly, BUT, still saw miracles :D The non-missionary miracles both involved food. We were hungry and were talking about how much we love soup when a member texts us and says she made extra soup because she was thinking about us and wanted to give us some... and THEN, we were tracting and I said how I wish people texted us offering cookies and ice cream when it’s hot outside. So we stopped by a members house so we could use the bathroom and they open the door and go "sisters, we just made cookies, do you want some with ice cream?" So I’m not quite sure why every time I pray for food it’s answered, but it’s much appreciated!

We met with our investigator B. and she got in a really bad car accident. It was on The Grapevine going down to LA last week and the car flipped 3 times, but they only got seatbelt bruises. She's been trying to increase her faith and when she got home she said she just started praying and crying. She said she felt something that she's never felt before, and that she actually felt like God was right there listening to her! She's going through a lot so we probably won’t meet with her again soon, but it’s been awesome to see how if people truly have a desire to come closer to God, it happens!

Our investigator K. is still keepin’ on, still pray that her mom will let her be baptized on the 12th!

IT WAS SISTER HAYES’ BIRTHDAY!! A member gave us some money to go out to lunch and when we got there we saw my OLD STAKE PRESIDENT from the south side and paid for us instead! So we got to go get frozen yogurt :D

Okay, trunk or treat on her birthday, it was EPIC! There were like 300 people there, including this former investigator’s son! His wife was against the church, but there are some awesome families who are fellowshipping them and her heart is softening!

Halloween 2016
Bakersfield, CA

The APs gave us our transfer calls early, as a birthday present... and we're BOTH STAYING~~~ what a blessing :D The next transfer is December 14 or something, I leave 2 weeks after that... ALL my college friends will be getting home from their missions in February and beyond... so it’ll just be me at school next semester :p I don’t like to think about the fact that we'll all be RMs, I still feel like a Laurel haha.

The District
Bakersfield, CA, October 2016

Whoa, so sorry this was so random and didn’t make sense, but trust me more happened, the Lord is hastening His work! A recent convert just got a calling, activity days worker (she'll plan activities for younger girls so they can have fun and whatnot) and her husband came to church! He’s been less active for years and her testimony is inspiring him to come back!

Okay, I finished up the war chapters in the Book of Mormon, and I got another insane reminder that if we just do what the Lord asks us to, he WILL protect us! He's only in our lives to the degree that we will allow Him, so as we do our best to follow Him, He'll bless us.

HAVE A GREAT WEEK HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!