Week #29, Pay Offs

This week was wonderful!  It was filled with so many tender mercies!  On Sunday I had a HUGE "payoff" day.  Our investigator, Travis Lee, text us telling us he wanted to fast for fast Sunday and pay his tithing!  Another one of our investigators came to church because a member invited her to come to the lesson she was teaching.  An anti less active dropped in on church randomly.  I found out on Facebook that one of my EFY boys who had gone inactive shortly after EFY has recently been reactivated and is planning on serving a mission.  My brother told me he and his wife were in town and would like to meet up for lunch.  I told them they would have to be prepared for a spiritual thought, and they agreed!  Sunday was a perfect pay off day!  I loved it so much!  

Our recent convert, Jobie Overton, was in the hospital this week.  He has cancer and a few other conditions that combined are no bueno.  We haven't been able to get in touch with him for about 6 weeks, but he allowed us to come see him in the hospital.  We bawled our eyes out as he held both of our hands and prayed with us.  He said he felt he had been preserved all these years (he's 69 and been sick for 30 years) to be able to find the church and be baptized.  In his prayer he said he had done what he was sent to do, and was ready to come home.  It was amazing to hear his testimony and excitement to go home to God and to live in the Celestial Kingdom!  He is such a strength to me!  We love our dear Jobie!

This week has been fabulous!  We've recognized answers to prayers and have had a few people come out of the wood work.  I am given promptings to talk to people more often and I find it very natural to talk to them now.  It has been such a tender, beautiful experience!  I can't even express it!  I've LOVED this week!  It was wonderful!

It was also such a neat experience to be able to see my brother and sister-in-law here in Manhattan!  I was surprised how natural it was, seeing as I'm a missionary and I grew up thinking you are not suppose to see your family while on your mission.  Our mission president has given us permission to see our family though for an hour when they are in town.  What a wonderful experience to be with them and to share my mission experience with them!  I loved being able to see them this week, and with my aunts and uncle last week!

I love this work!  Things are coming together in a way I have never seen before and it is VERY exciting!  God is DEFINITELY extremely invested in this work!  I have no doubt about it!  NONE!  He lives!  He loves us SO much!  He is aware of what we need and when we need it.  He is loving.  He is merciful.  He forgives and helps us to move on.  God is good.  God is so good!

Love Always,

Sister Weyandt

#1- Us with one of my favorite family's, the Sepulveda/Pichardo family.  Lorraine, Obrin, and Resee are members who treat us like family!  I LOVE THEM!

#2- Kaleb, Krista, Me, and Sister King at our Shake Shack lunch visit!  So fun to see them again!  

#3- So... we wanted to let the Spanish sisters know how much we loved them.  So, we decorated their window two days ago.  Yesterday we realized they hadn't said anything yet about it.  We opened our window in efforts to dangle my jump rope down and tap their window with it to get their attention.  We then realized that we decorated the wrong window!  Oops!  At least our Chinese neighbors know we love them :)  Hahaha!