The Work

This week was an amazing example of what the work can be. God is good. He wants to help us and be there for us. That includes all the people we are teaching, which means we, as missionaries, are responsible for being ready to find those people. There are a lot of missionaries that are on the missionary routine of study, find, teach, sleep. Which is great! But where is the time for God to work? I have learned when I follow that pattern, there isn't that time.


Every day we start with prayer and I have been wanting more experiences like that voice memo I sent a couple weeks ago. So I decided that I'm ready for that and I want those. So I prayed this week saying things like," Father I am ready. Guide us to those people that need us today." That little bit has been just so powerful! This week has been filled with those miracles! We have had 2 referrals that are doing so well right now and we are about to put Angel on date to be baptized! We had 6 people we have been trying to get to church come! We had an exchange in an area that hasn't had any success in weeks and we found 4 people for them! So so many crazy things I can't even think of them all right now. But all because we chose to tell our Heavenly Father we are ready. That's it.


We always take a little bit of time for reverence after our prayers whether that be 10 seconds or 5 minutes-because we are willing to hear from the Lord to guide us. I promise that if you do this things will change for the better!


I invite you all to email me this week and tell me how you take time for God to lead you and if you don't, tell me something you are going to try to do. It's okay if you don't. That's why you have today to start.


I love you all so much! Thank you for the support and plz keep praying in faith that it can be done! Mark 11:24


Love, Elder Owens


I don't know how missionaries remember this picture thing or have time for it but here are two!!


-Totes the dog got into the trash....
-Elder Moye and I eating Papusas!

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