So last Monday night we got all showered and ready to go @ 6 PM to go out and Proselyte until 9. We get a text .... We hopped on our bike and biked the Bishop's house to let him know the situation--he wasn't there. We called him--no answer. Called his wife--no answer. Called our Zone Leaders--no answer. Called our District Leader--no answer. That isn't too abnormal, but we needed to know how to handle the situation because it was very urgent. We call the Asistant's to the Mission President--no answer. We call the Mission President--no answer. That's EXTREMELY unusual. The Mission President always answer any emergencies. We try them all several times and no one answers. Keep in mind, we haven't eaten in like 21 hours and it's 97 degrees and 90% Humidity and we just biked at full speed a few miles.
We have no idea what to do, so we quickly said a prayer that somebody would call us back. We sat for a few minutes, and decided the best course of action was to continue with our night as previously planned. We hop on our bikes and start heading towards Pine Manor (Mexican/Honduranian/Haitian Ghetto). We don't get very far before Satan tries to attack us. This crazy lady leans out of the Ford Bronco beeping her horn, yelling at us, showing all she's got to the world stopped next to us at a stoplight! The Adversary is VERY real, and this was definitely no coincidence.
We got on our bikes and ran away hahaha, and finally someone called us back! The AP's gave us advice that we had basically already planned on doing, but was very reassuring to have a confirmation to know that our plan of action was right. After talking with them for 15 minutes, we continued a little further and the mission president got ahold of us. For lack of better words, our Mission President THREW DOWN. He laid out exactly what we needed to do and how to handle the situation appropriately. Once we received the proper counsel, we biked off in front of this old abandoned furniture store off of this highway to call ... and give her our mission presidents number and the appropriate counsel. As we start to call her, this huge, 6'6", absolutely jacked out of his mind, Large black man comes tearing out from around the corner. He was bleeding from his head profusely, swearing up a storm and dropping language of the likes which has never been heard. I look at Elder Warren and he's already on his bike and riding away. I talked to the guy and was able to make sure everything was alright and that he wasn't going to kill us, and we then were able to bike a ways off and make the phone call to Ana.
It was a CRAZY night, and I've never been more grateful for a night to end. But after planning, saying a prayer to Break our fast where we could finally Eat, I've never felt more Happy. I had perfect knowledge that we had done EVERYTHING that we could, and that we were truly fighting against the enemy of God to help our Sister make the covenant with him that she wants and needs. The situation was able to be temporarily resolved, but the prayers for ... need to keep coming! As a mission, we sound out "miracle texts" when we see miracles daily. Our whole zone is using the #hashtag "#PrayFor..." in all of ours, because we know God wants all of his children to be baptized, and all of them to return and live with him again. Our Sister is no exception. No one is every too far gone or in situation to dire.
In about an hour, we are going to give her a priesthood blessing to help her know what God wants her to do, as well as have ... strength ... She's received amazing counsel from the Bishop and the Mission President, as well as the previous missionaries who have taught her that are now living at home (she has maintained contact with all of them). S.....................o Pray for Señorita!
everything else in the area is going really well! Señorita and Señor will be getting married very soon and we are super excited for them as well! Hopefully I will have more time to talk about them next week. Hope everyone is good!
I............ Can't believe I forgot to put it in the email!
Love,
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Elder Johns
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