New companion Sister Kemple 3-11-2015

Hi!

  This week has literally been the best. I saw Ness on Sunday!! Literally the best surprise ever. Also just a side note, I love my new companion, Sister Kemple, sooo much. We have been together for one week. I think I am learning so much more from her than she is from me. haha.

 We have had some miracles this week! So, we have been teaching a guy for about a month and a half now and he was previously studying to be a Catholic priest. He has a master's in Catholic Theology and went to seminary for around 7 years. 

  He came on to chat and we just ended up teaching him over the phone. He's seriously amazing. He's been so diligent at reading the Book of Mormon this past month and he prays every single morning. But when we talked to him a week ago last Monday, he still hadn't received an answer that the Book of Mormon is inspired scripture. We have been praying for him so much this past week and when we called him 2 days ago he shared the coolest experience with us. 

 He said he got a ride to church on Sunday. They ended up being about 45 minutes early to the meeting so he had time to just chat with the member who had given him a ride. They got talking and the member asked him if he's been reading anything lately. Our investigator responded that he's been reading biographies about Joseph Smith and Brigham Young.      The member asked him if he's been reading anything else. Our investigator responded, "Well, I mean, I've been reading the word of God, the Book of Mormon." 

  He said he had no idea how those words even came out of his mouth, but he said when they did he felt a peace he's never felt before. 

  I definitely didn't tell this story exactly like he did but this was probably one of the coolest experiences of my mission. Just to know that when we are truly seeking for an answer, God cannot withhold that answer from us. We can know the mysteries of God. I just love how God answers prayers. He does it in such a variety of ways. 

  He knows His children so well. I think for this situation specifically, our investigator needed to hear himself say that the Book of Mormon is the word of God in order for him to believe it. 

  It has been so beautiful here in SLC. Everyday has been really sunny and SO warm! We are serving at Welfare Square (my other lifelong dream) on Fridays. It's so great because we're having the opportunity to learn about the Welfare program of the church. Another plus is that we get free bread/honey/peanut butter (and for those who can have dairy - cheese and chocolate milk) everyday we are there! 

  I feel like this email is really scattered, but Sister Kemple and I bonded so much over food haha. She showed me that there's a chocolate ice cream made with coconut milk!! We will be so good together. She actually cooks real food which is good for me. She has heaps of recipes and so she's teaching me how to cook fast and have it be healthy/tasty. I love it. 

Love you so much!

Sister Helton 

The first pic is of Sister Kemple and me at Music and the Spoken Word. I also attached a pic of Sister McDaniel and me - both wearing Sister Jones' clothes. hehehe. She gave me a ton of clothes when she left.