Hello from the recently un-thawed Conyers

Hey y'all,

How are you? What an amazing day... the sun arose again today... what a great miracle this world and our lives are. What a blessing.

So.... what to write about??? Transfers happened... I have a new and amazing companion named Elder Webster. One of the greatest missionaries in the world. Seriously. So blessed to be serving with him. Crazy ice storm... trees and bicylces literally froze... it was crazy!

It's been a week full of miracles....

I'll share one briefly:

Elder Webster and I went out tracting (knocking doors) near the churh on one of the snow and icy days since we weren't allowed to drive our car... we had knocked a good few doors without any success... so we decided to stop and pray for guidance. We said a small and simple prayer, fervently asking the Lord to lead us to where we needed to go. We closed the prayer and opened out eyes to find that a young man was walking towards us. Determined not to pass up any opportunity to talk with anyone, we quickly walked to him and attempted to talk with him. Shot down. He didn't want to have any of what we were offering... and he quickly departed. Determined not to be swayed in our pursuit of finding who those who the Lord needed us to find in the area, we turned and walked to the door nearby. We knocked and the door was answered by a young single mother and her children. We began to ask her a few questions and started to share our message when a "are you serious right now?" type of expresson afixed upon her face... we stopped and asked what the matter was... to which she responded "I'm already a member". Shocked, my companion and I asked a few more questions... turns out this Sister had been baptized a couple of years ago but had moved into the area and lost contact with the church. She had never been since she had moved in 2 years prior and turns out that she has a daughter that has yet to be baptized as well.

So what is to be learned? Well, just as always, there are many things to be learned... but I can testify of the power of prayer. As we pray in faith and as we act in faith... the power of prayer and the Heavens will follow and those prayers will be answered. Especially as we pray to help and serve others. Will each of you pray and ask God to help someone in need today? (If you haven't already, also check out the rendition of "Have I Done Any Good Today" by Alex Buya (spell check?) and Carmen Rassmussen (also, spell check...sorry!). I know that God will answer your prayers... and as you are the answer to prayers for others, you find no greater joy or happiness. 

I love you! Have a great day!

-Elder Wahlen