Missionary miracles

December 18, 2009, Friday evening

Hello Family,

Today some really special things took place. First off I want to tell you about Estabon, our Hispanic investigator that was to be baptized and then got crushed against a brick wall by a car. He lost both legs as a result of the accident and couldn’t get baptized. Well, Pres. Robbins went up to the hospital last night to check on him and some really incredible things have transpired since his accident a month and a half ago. I guess a ton of people have showed up to visit him and the love the visitors have shown has really impressed the nurses. Estabon has had one nurse read to him out of the Book of Mormon and she said she was Catholic and had never hear this stuff before, but she liked it!

The lady who accidently hit Estabon had $100,000 in medical insurance. That was used up in the first 15 minutes in the trauma room. Well, the bill is now 2 million dollars. President said last night an anonymous person paid the bill! There are so many good people.

One of his legs is missing just below the knee and the other mid thigh. Estabon told president he wants artificial legs fitted so he can walk back into the church. WOW!

He said he is determined to be baptized. We can see the Lord’s hand in this.

The second remarkable thing happened at District Meeting today. We had divided into groups and roll played answering questions of the investigators. The assistants had posed the question about “Where will I go after I die?” The assistants then gave the sister missionaries several ideas about how to teach using the scriptures. It wasn’t 30 minutes later after our meeting that the phone rang and the sisters wanted to tell the assistants what happened.

The sisters met a workman going into their building and they felt impressed to give him a pass along card. The sisters told who they were and asked the man if he had any concerns or questions. The man said, “Ya, I do. Where do we go after we die?” The card they handed him was that very card. They gave the man a shortened version of the Plan of Salvation, just as they had practiced it with the assistants. The man accepted a Book of Mormon and wants them to teach him in his home. Coincidence?

Here is a picture of Mary Catherine and Addie at our Temple Prep Class. How we love these dear sisters. They were so excited when they came to class this week because they were called to be visiting teaching partners.

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