We then had an awesome plan of salvation lesson with Christina that evening with a less active member then we came home and went to bed. The following day we had interviews with President Blair and then we went to a couple of appointments and wrapped up the evening with our long and arduous weekly planning session. Not fun, but necessary.
The following day we went on exchange with the Zone Leaders in Nashua New Hampshire where I again stayed here and was with Elder Wells. We found some cool people but I think the best was that at about 4:30 we got a call from one of the Cambodian members named Min. She told us that she had a couple of neighbors that were really cool and that they wanted to come to church and be baptised! As you could probably guess we were excited and went with no delay. They are a young couple that moved to the US about 10 years ago. They have a very young son and they told us that Min had told them about church so many times that they just had to see what it was all about! They are coming to church this Sunday and we are seeing and teaching them on Saturday. Min is a fantastic member missionary with no fear. It is amazing!
I Don't recall if I have reported this story to you all before or not so I will briefly summarise why Sunday was so awesome. About 6 weeks ago, the Lowell ward Elders Quorum conducted a special fast that the Lord would provide a way for them to minister effectively to the faithful Cambodian sisters that are still attending the ward after 30 years despite their inability to even speak or understand English or Portuguese. One night elder Harrison and I were waiting for the sisters at the church and we went around back to turn the car around so we could leave more quickly (hasten the work and whatnot ;) when we pulled around the back of the church we saw a man walking through the parking lot and looking at his phone. We rolled down the window and asked him if he had ever been inside an LDS chapel before to which he told us that he was baptised back in the 90's with most of the other Cambodian membership. His name is Than, he is Cambodian and a less-active Melchizedek priesthood holder. He came to church this Sunday for the first time in about 15 years and he loved it.
I hardly find it coincidental that we happened to find him when we did and where we did. I think that the Lord has blessed us and allowed us to be tools in his hands to bring about his work. The power of fasting and prayer is real. All we need to do is ask and be ready to act.
As the subject line and the Tuesday entry indicate, we got our transfer calls last night. At about 7:30 last night President Blair called us and told me that I will be leaving and going to Lyndon VT to be a district leader once again. Elder Harrison will be training a Spanish speaking visa waiter.
I truly believe that serving here has been a tender and precious experience that I will cherish for the rest of my life. I have learned so much and have come to love this place and these people more then I previously thought possible.
I am excited for the new experience ahead of me and can't wait to tell you all about it.
I love you all and hope that you know I am not just saying to segue into a smooth exit line.
Until next time!
P. S. Sorry for the wall of text.
Elder Connor Starr
A few photos
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