Today is a Day of Miracles - July 16, 2018

Wow. 

I'm half done folks. 

It's super weird. I don't feel remotely like I've been a missionary for a year. It wasn't really that weird at first, till we were sitting in district meeting and somebody starts singing happy hump-day, and I realized I was the most experienced missionary in the room. That was the beginning of my midlife crisis. Later, we drove back to Creston, and since we were on exchanges, Elder Aird drove with me. He's a brand new missionary, fresh out of the MTC, and he just kept asking me questions, like I was some wise experienced missionary. It reminded me of how I acted back in Quincy... Midlife crisis part two. When we got home I ate a rather large amount of rocky road ice cream. I'm doing better now though. 

That aside, this week has been AMAZING! It has been absolutely full of miracles! It would take much longer than I have time for to tell you about all of them, but I will share one of the most powerful. 

On Monday night DJ had us over for dinner and to meet Elder Hebbert. It was great. He and his wife Tandy are some of the greatest people I've met on my mission. They're honestly some of my best friends. So we were having a good time. I wasn't planning on having a super deep lesson, since we really just wanted to help them get to know Elder Hebbert, but after a few minutes Tandy was like, "lets go on the porch and talk about the bible!"... Yeah, I was pretty happy about that! 

We went outside and started talking. Wow. 

Brothers and Sisters, the Holy Ghost is the teacher in missionary work. 

I can't tell you the details of the whole thing. But suffice it to say, the Spirit let him know that it was time to get off his noncommittal butt and prepare for baptism. The Spirit had told me a similar thing, that DJ was the main reason that I stayed in Lenox this long. As we shared our experiences and feelings, the Spirit palpably present, ex-marine sniper and year old missionary were reduced to tears. 

That was easily one of, if not the most precious experience of my life. I am so thankful for the chance to serve as a missionary. 

Then on Sunday, 4 years after missionaries first knocked on his door, DJ and Tandy came to church. I can't explain how sweet an experience that was, so I'm not going to try. 

That's this week in brief! I'm so thankful to be a missionary, I'm thankful for second chances, I'm thankful for the way in which I've drawn closer to my Savior. I love him. 

Have a blessed week, Godspeed,

Elder Jordan Andrew Housholder

1205 N. Maple Apt #6
Creston, IA 50801

No pictures this week from him, but thanks to FB I did get one!  Here it is!

This cute little boy loves missionaries, but especially ginger haired ones!  :D 

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