Happy Turkey Day from the Sistas in Decatur!

Guess what happened this week!!!!!!!!! So Here in Decatur these past couple of weeks we haven't had a ton of people accept our message, we've been antied a lot, our stove timer is possessed so it goes off every two hours, even while we are sleeping, and other various missionary experiences have started to weigh down on us. BUT THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL MY FRIENDS! Heavenly Father knows how to prepare us. Saturday morning we were tracting/less active hunting and so far not too many people seemed golden. THEN we knocked on the last door, 1st knock no answer, 2nd knock we waited...

"Whoo is it!"

"The missionaries"

"Whoo?!"

"The missionaries!"

A middle aged black woman opens the door, she didn't look too receptive. We went into our usual approach of,  "We are new here in Decatur and trying to get to know everyone........Do you know anyone who could use a message about eternal families?"

This lady was really confused why we were at her house. She looked at us and said no, then looked at us again and said, "Do y'all want to come in?"

Why yes we do! We pray for this everyday of our lives as a matter of fact :) So basically she's elect. She said that she was at her darkest moment this morning and was praying to God to show her an answer to all her questions. We taught her the 1^st lesson and she said that she stopped going to church because it didn't feel right, she was confused. She asked questions like, why are there so many churches, why do I feel empty, there's one faith one baptism soo.....? She asked all the right questions! She loved the lesson. We felt the spirit. She's going to get baptized! She hasn't officially said yes, but we made a baptismal calendar for her before we even met her so it's a done deal. She even had a dream about the apostasy! She knows the Gospel was lost!!!

Heavenly Father answered our prayers. Not to say that he hasn't been answering them all week, but now we see where he was going with all of this! He loves his children and places them in our path. It's a relief that we don't have to find them on our own.

I'm sooooooooo happy! I'm just smiling all the time and I'm so grateful for the experience of a mission!!!!! I can't even explain really, but y'all understand.

I love you and am sooooooo grateful for everyone one of you in my life :)

Much love and have a blessed Thanksgiving :)

Love, Sista Gibbs

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Sis Gibbs and Sis Parsons

Elder Hamblin made the district lunch! 

Sister Gibbs and Sister Parsons

God is Stronger than Satan!

So this week as been awesome as usual. We've been doing a lot of finding. It's been sweet! Decatur has so much potential and Satan knows it, so we have been fightin real hard:) There's lots of junk on the internet that gets to our friends like Nate and Angie...it's been hard. I've grown a lot. It's really strengthening to bear your testimony to people's objections. I even raised my voice. I think I'm becoming more and more Baptist preacher like every day. Guess what?! God is always stronger than Satan! We are proof!

Today in Aldi (the best grocery store here in Decatur) We talked to a woman who said, "Are y'all women of God?" "Why yes we are!" "I knew y'all were! There's light there! Y'all are just angels, Praise God, Praise God."

We get that a lot. So all these people that see a light in us are proving that the BOM is true cause that's where we get our light;)  We gave her a Mormon.org card but she's a minister for her church so yeah sweet! Always fun to meet a fellow Sista of God.

Sister Parsons and I had another Emmaus experience this week with all the objections. We did a pitch swing in the BOM and landed on Alma 38: 8-15. 

"8...I was three days and three nights in the most bitter pain and anguish of soul; and never, until I did cry out (always pray when doubt creeps in) unto the Lord Jesus Christ for mercy, did I receive a remission of my sins. But behold, I did cry unto him and I did find peace to my soul.

9 ...I have told you this that ye may learn wisdom, (not what the world is saying about Joseph Smith but what God is saying) that ye may learn of me that there is no other way or means whereby man can be saved, only in and through Christ. Behold, he is the life and the light of the world. Behold, he is the word of truth and righteousness.

10...as ye have begun to teach the word (here in Decatur) even so I would that ye should continue to teach;..

11 DO NOT BOAST IN YOUR OWN WISDOM

14... acknowledge your unworthiness before God at all times.

15 And may the Lord bless your soul, and receive you at the last day into his kingdom, to sit down in peace. Now go, my son (daughters), and teach the word unto this people. Be sober. My son (daughters), farewell."

We were humbled. Heavenly Father told us directly, trust me, go teach. God is more powerful than Satan. NO DOUBTS.

I love y'all!

Have a blessed week!


Love, Sista Gibbs

Yes, We Talk to Everyone

Hey Fam!

This week has been awesome! Sister Parsons is amazing and Decatur is still on Fire! You saw Sister Wilson!!!!!!!!!! Isn't she is amazing. That was awesome to see that pic of y'all :) Thank you for the package mom and Avei family and all the cards grandma and grandpa and Matt and Bridget! I love y'all so much. I promise I'm going to catch up on my letter writing.

OK so the best part of the whole week was meeting Michael Jackson!!!!! Apparently he is back from the dead and dancing out of his grave, hehe. No really we were on our bikes contacting as usual and we saw him dancing away in a gas station parking lot. We as missionaries are always searching for the elect souls who are seeking Jesus, so we danced our merry way over to him :) Picture this :) Sister Parsons dancing her way over to MJ, doing the classic sprinkler motion with her arm, while yelling over the song "Bad"...

"Hey! (arm in motion) Do you know anyone (arm is beginning the long distance spray cycle) who could use a message (It's now spraying figurative water with all its force) ABOUT JESUS?!" Meanwhile I'm moon walking by her side. It was awesome!!!! We danced and talked about Jesus for a good 10 minutes and he agreed to hear the message :) What a good guy!

Yes we talk to everyone :)

Everyone, invite everyone to hear the message. Give everyone the opportunity! Of course everyone has their agency but let's give them the chance. 

I love you!

Sister Gibbs :)

Dancin' with "MJ"

Matthew 16:25 :) Literally Loosing Ourselves in the Work! #grace :)

Hey Fam!

This week we prayed to know where to be in order to find someone who needed to know about their Savior's love, and we found her! We saw some leaves that were just beautiful and needed to be raked so we knocked on her door. Her husband is in the hospital and she was just at the house to grab some things for him. We almost missed her, good thing God is good. We told her we were representatives of Jesus Christ and we wanted to rake her leaves:) SHE FELT HER SAVIOR'S LOVE:) She explained her story and said God sent you! Follow the promptings fam! So we got lost in the work and jumped in the leaves:) Probably the happiest day of my life:)

Sister Parsons is amazing! What a solid missionary. She loves the work so much! I'm grateful I get to be her companion:) She is from Texas!!!! She's an amazing piano player also. Love her! 3 for 3 as far as companions go:)

I've had some Emmaus experiences (experiences where Christ walks with us Luke 24:32) in my studies this week. I've been studying Grace and it has really hit my heart. The Holy Ghost witnessed to me how our Savior's Grace is sufficient for me. I've known this, heard this, but with the Holy Ghost testifying this principle to me I now feel my Savior's love and Grace with all it's strength:) The spirit strengthens us. I know this to be true. 

I know that we receive a witness, "after the trial of our Faith " Ether 12:6. Therefore I know that if we have faith our Savior's Grace, or help and guidance (knowing where to be to find the one, or knowing what to say to a person who needs to hear our Heavenly Father's voice) will be shown in our lives, and we will see it after our test of our Faith (after we get out the door at 10:00, or after we open our mouths). 

"And neither at any time hath any wrought miracles until after their faith; wherefore they first believed in the Son of God." -Ether 12:18. 

I know my Savior lives. 

"And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my GRACE is sufficient for ALL men that HUMBLE themselves before me; for if they HUMBLE themselves before me, and have FAITH in me, then will I make weak things become STRONG unto them." Ether 12:27

I have found strength in my Savior. Grace is sufficient and eternal. Grace miracles happen after our faith! Grace does cover it all! Grace is consistent. His Grace does envelope and enable us! I know this to be true through the witness of the Holy Ghost.

I love y'all thanks for all the letters:) I pray for you every day:) I love being a missionary:) Have the best week ever!

Love, Sister Gibbs

This looks like more fun than service but hey, this is the best kind of service!

Transfers

Sis. Gibbs and Sister Parsons

Sis. Gibbs and Elder Berg (Roommate Sandy's Cousin)

"Just some of the Kaysville Homies in the Bama mission :)"

Sis. Brown's Family
They had the missionaries over for dinner before Sis. Wilson went home

Awesome Ward Families!

                       Elder Hamblin and Elder Posadas

Out to lunch with the Dolbeer Family