Hi y'all!
This week was so amazing! My zone was invited to take a private tour around the new six story church building right in the heart of Chicago (its near Navy Pier and Trump Tower for all of you Chicagoians 😉) with our Mission President and a member of the Seventy. This building is full of miracles. For seven years, the church members has been going to churcn in a Catholic school building with no A/C or heater on weekends and now theyre given the most high-tech church builiding in the world (well for now). They built an outdoor courtyard with plants and benchs, every room has a window view even the pews to recline (dead serious, its a Chicago rule to provide big seats for people over 250 llbs.) Man, its so sick. Its my dream to serve there. Weve been doing all we can to invite people to the concert, tours and dedication on Nov. 12th. Weve got investagators going! Im so pumped
We had a wonderful tithing lesson with our retired Philippino investagator, Erlinda. In September she dropped us the night before her baptism because she doesnt believe she should give 10% of her increase. So needless to say, I was super worried and cautious to talk about it but wow, when someone is truly ready for baptism theyll do everything thats asked of them. Before we even started going, she said she already has planned out how much money every week she'll take out so by the end of the month itll be her 10%. She concluded "This is a huge sacrifice and I pray Ill be able to survive. But I love the Lord and I know he will never leave me bankrupt." The Spirit was so strong and we all were crying through our testimonies of this church. Then she was given a priesthood blessing by her Australian LDS boyfriend. Shes so much stronger in the gospel than before. It reminds me of Ether 12:6 where you recieve no miracle until after the trial of your faith. Please pray for Erlinda. If all goes well she'll be baptized on Saturday.
We
also had the annual ward Halloween party which was really fun. Sis
Andrews dressed up like Tiana from Princess and the Frog (so basically
just a green dress and carried a plastic frog around). And I dressed up
like Cinderella (and just wore a blue dress and with one shoe). It was
fun and the kids loved it. There was a Chili cook off, a cake walk,
mummy wrapping games and trunk or treat. Quite a few of our investagator
families showed up and really enjoyed it.
Anyway, happy Halloween! Have a great week
Sister Emily Coley
Moroni 9:25-26 For a life-changing view on life read Neal Maxwells Oct. 1995 talk Swallowed up on the Will of the Father
Photos: 1. Clark Street building downtown 2. and 3. We were having fun in the costume section of Target
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