| | Wow, my weekend has been SO amazing!!!
Okay, let me just get this first one off my back. You know that girl I asked out and didn't have too much of a good time? She called me today and apologized that she wasn't the nicest she could have been, and that she had a lot of stuff running through her mind. Now, I hadn't told her any of the stuff that I was venting, so this really made me feel good inside! We then spent the next hour or so just talking about whatever, and everything was much better :)
Okay, now for the REALLY awesome part of my weekend! Yesterday, I was at Sara's birthday party, and Sara introduced this one girl who nobody really knew. Her name is Mariah. Anyway, she looked really nice and no one was really noticing her, so I asked her if she wanted to dance with me! She agreed, and from there on, it was just so easy to talk to her! She said that she was going to some boarding school in some place I'd "Never heard of". Turns out it was by St. George, Utah!! (I know where that is!!) I told her that I did, and she was kinda, okay-ish? Then I told her I was Mormon, and she didn't believe me!! So I asked everyone at the party if I was Momron or not, and they all replied that I was. She was totally excited at the fact that she met a Mormon guy in California, even though she isn't herself.
Anyway, I learned that she could sing, and so I asked her if she would like to sing in the Ward Choir at church (because I'm the Ward Choir Director), and she was really wanting to come and everything! So the next morning, I was kinda wondering if she would come or not, but to my suprise there she was, walked right in and sat with the choir! She stayed for church, and it was just amazing how fast EVERYone welcomed her! She was just having a great time hanging out with all the youth at my church! Anyway, we invited her to come to some Missionary Fireside later that evening, and she agreed to come! I walked there, saw her, sat next to her and then the fireside began. Man, the talks people gave were so amazing. The main speaker was a General Authority in the Quorum of the Seventy, and he only talked for 45 minutes, and I was just wanting more because his stories and what he was teaching was just outstaning! Anyway, during the middle of that talk, Mariah leaned over and whispered "When this whole thing is over, remind me that I have to tell you something."
I agreed, and afterwards, she stood up and told me this:
"Jared, I've been having this debte with myself for a while now. I'd been going to church and everything while I was in Utah for a couple months, and you know, I feel that the this is the right church, and I agree with what the Church teaches us, and I believe in the Book of Mormon and everything. I just didn't know where I wanted to be baptized, but now I know! I want to go to THIS church, here! I want to be baptized HERE!"
Oh my goodness!!!!!! Seriously, right after hearing that, I felt the most joy in my heart than I ever remember feeling in my life! I hadn't even known her for a day, and I had already gotten her to become a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints! Wow, so much joy and burning in my heart! She told this to many people, and everyone was amazed!!!
So...... hopefully this Sunday, there will be a baptism for her!
Oh, it IS wonderful!!!
Jared Wells |
| | Posted 11/20/2005 10:12 PM - 1 view - 0 comments
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