Surprise at Church

A DC South Missionary

Dear President,

We experienced a great miracle in our ward. With the start of the transfer and almost no one to

teach we have been seeking guidance from the Lord and working hard to find those prepared in

the area. I feel that this area has incredible potential and there are many people that are just

waiting to be found. Along with the Stake's vision, and the help of the ward council, we are

hoping to energize the members and begin receiving more referrals. Well a member in the ward,

with no prompting from us, simply brought her friend to Sacrament meeting! The nonmember

friend approached us at church asking to learn more so we set up an appointment to meet with

her. At the dinner and lesson a few days later we were surprised to discover that she had already

downloaded the Standard Works onto her I-Phone and had already read the first 60 sections of

the Doctrine of Covenants! What!?! Where in the world did she come from?! The Spirit guided

our words in the lesson as we answered her many questions and introduced the Restoration and

the Book of Mormon to her. After the lesson, we knelt in prayer and she offered a heartfelt

prayer asking if what we taught her was true and if she needed to be baptized. The Spirit was

impressive. We thanked the Lord for this miracle and know that her baptism will fire up the

ward, especially when they hear that she was simply invited to Church by a member friend. She

was just baptized on November 6th!

A DC South Missionary