Move in day for VCU

FAMILY!!! Mom!! I'm so glad that you and the fam are praying for miracles for me and Elder Hathcock here and let me just tell ya, the Lord has been so merciful by blessing us with tons of miracles this week!!  I know for a fact that's an answer to your prayers!!  There is so much good happening in our area right now!!  Move in day for the VCU students was the past 3 days, and it was CRAZY!!! 

Elder Tolman from Canyon View High School

There were (and are now walking around everywhere) SO many people!!  During move ins there were constantly people standing by huge piles of stuff on the edge of the sidewalk!  

One miracle was this.  I went up to talk to this girl named Sophia and her mom standing by some stuff and asked if they needed any help moving, they said no, but we got talking a little bit.  Sophia and her mom explained how she had been raised Catholic and been taught to believe in God but she had come to a point of searching, and was looking for a church to go to while she was away at college!  I Immediately jumped on the opportunity to testify and promise blessing!  I was so excited I gave her our number and then got her number on a mormon.org card (mistake) little lesson for ya'll.   Always.... write potentials' numbers down somewhere where it will not be lost.  Because that's exactly what happened.  At some point later that day I handed that card with her number on it to a random person..  at the end of the day when I realized it, I just felt sick.  Here was this awesome potential that the Lord had trusted us with and placed very nicely in our path and I had lost our only way of contacting her again.  I talked about it with Elder Hathcock and we came to the conclusion that as long as we had the faith that the Lord would place her in our path again.  I prayed super hard that night that we could have the faith to see a miracle.  The next day (sunday) we went out contacting early to see if we could find her and had no luck. We went to church thinking that maybe we really weren't suppose to run into her yet.  After church and a linger longer (ward activity with food)  we went back out and just stopped trying to look for her and just decided that if we ran into her that it would really be the Lord's will,  Right as we said that we made eye contact with some girl in a huge.. and I mean huge crowd of people and it was Sophia!!  She was super excited and asked how we were! and I had to tell her that I had handed her number out to a random person, but we were able to get her number and set up a lesson for this week!!!!  It was such and answer to my prayers!!! I was so relieved!!  I wish I could tell you all of the miracles of this week!! Like how some random girl and her guy and some other girl helped us contact people and find 15 potentials in like and hour!! but it would take a really long time!  We are having so many miracles!!  I know that the Lord is so ready to bless us with miracles!!  As long as we are exercising the faith and we go forth and DO!!!!  BE BOLD!!! I love this gospel!! I love being a missionary!!! and I love all of you!! HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!