The Atonement is REAL!!

Hello Everyone! I wish I could sum this week up is words but THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE..plus im horrible with words. I'll explain some of the highlights! First! a couple weeks ago I went to the UPS store to pick up a package from my parents. There was a man named Grant who helped us out and I felt really strongly we needed to share the gospel with him! As I turned to grab a card out of my bag he was gone! As me and my companion drove away we saw him getting in his truck and going to the gas station. Creepily(we do this a lot) we pulled in to get gas as well and did the whole,,"Oh hey! good to see you again" thing and gave him our card with a link to lds.org. He said he would check it out and if he would like to know more he will text us. Two weeks later I'm trying to find this package my parents sent me and I have stopped by both addresses and they said the ups man came and left 2x already. So one more time then the send it back! I get a text that night saying..Is this sister Brooke Scott? and Its Grant!!! He stopped my package right before they were about to send it back and he recognized the name from the card we gave him and was able to bring it to me!:) Miracles. He said he's not quite ready to learn about the gospel but to keep him and his family in our prayers and to try him a later down the road! He just needs a little miracle grow. Ok Next. One the day of my year mark we contacted a family in the street and got to share the message of the restoration with them! I was amazed at how open and receptive they were..especially cause they said their father was the PASTOR OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH. I seriously love the baptist people. They explained how they have wanted to go to our church to try it out so many times but never got the chance to. Their adorable 9 year old daughter ran to her dad and said "Dad this is the one i was telling you about! We neeed to go there! We need to go dad!" She is so elect. He says everytime they pass our church she is glued to the window and begs to go. They invited us to come help out at their churches free yard sale thing so we brought 2 other sisters with us. One is named sister Gosdis and she is actually a baptist convert of 2 years! she is an amazing missionary! Of course as we are helping out and meeting everyone the pastor of the church comes to meet us! Pastor Budah..that's right..Budah. I love Him. We talked for a while and he read some scriptures to us. He is the sweetest man! Despite the intention of mixing our doctrine and throwing little anti remarks, you can really just feel the love he has for our souls! haha Its sweet. Usually I would just smile, bear m testimony and be on my way but for some reason I felt we needed to share a message with him. The moment I mentioned that he ran and grabbed us chairs and we got to share bits of the plan and restoration with him! We got to answer a lot of his questions but he kept dominated a lot of our message, which i expected, so in my heart i said a prayer that the Lord would inspire sister Gosdis to come over and share her testimony! The moment I said amen, Sister Gosdis and her companion pulled up a chair and began to add into our conversation. With the testimony of 4 sisters..let me tell you, THE SPIRIT WAS AMAZING. He finally stopped his argumentative approach and said "all I want to know is if this is true". We challenged him to read and pray to know for himself and that if he was truly sincere the Lord would answer his prayer! IT WAS INCREDIBLE!! He offered a closing prayer and we all knelt together on the floor of the baptist assembly and he offered a very heartfelt and sincere prayer to know of truth. He invited us to come to his congregation anytime and that he would like to come and check our out soon! Not sure what will come of it but it was a very awesome testimony building experience:) Last awesome thing I have time to share is, this sunday a women called the church and ouy Ward mission leader answered it! She was sobbing askign for someone to come pick her up and take her to the church. He picked her up and called us to meet her there. I wasn't quite sure who she was or what we woudl say so her but i said a prayer in my heart and felt him saying "you will know when you open you mouth". She is a 19 year old convert of 6 months and said she fell away right after she was baptized. She got involved in the wrong crowd of friends and has had a lot fo horrible things happen to her. The moment I saw her I couldn't help but just run up and hugged her. She was shaking and sobbing for a good 5 min and we just held her and told her that she was safe and that we were going to help her. She was so excited that is was US because we saw her a couple weeks before at subway and left her with our card and she couldn't find it so she just called the church! When she calmed down She explained how she had made so many mistakes and that she even stopped believing in God for a while. In her darkest hour she prayed for the first time in a long time and was completely over come by the spirit and she knew that God was real, that he knew her perfectly (she is hysterically sobbing at this point) and she said words would never describe that feeling she felt of being forgive. She said there were stil many things she needed to go to the repentance process for and that she need us to meet with her everyday so she can prepare to serve a mission! She said she doesn't even know what that entails but all she knows is that Gods purpose for her is to be a missionary! I was completely blown away with how similar her story was to Amla the Younger. She said she feels that she can never be foregiven and that she isnt worthy to even feel the incredible love she was feeling in the church! She is a modern day ALMA THE YOUNGER! We promised her that there was no mistake too bad or sin too deep that the light of Jesus Christ atonement cannot cover. That was one of the most sacred lessons I have had my whole mission, and its all because the ATOMENENT IS REAL! It covers all pain, affliction, temptation, and sickness that we have ever felt in our whole lives. His arms and extended toward ANYONE who does one thing. Comes unto him. "Come unto me all ya that labor and are heavy laden and I shall give you rest." "tho your sins may be a scarlet they shall be white as snow" He says it over and over again and NONE are exempt from this promise! His atonement is so real, and I am a living witness that is works. This is why we do what we do. This is why the message of the restored gospel is so important and God wants ALL His children to be able to access the healing, cleansing, and enabling power of the atonement. Those who experience it cannot remain Idle. I want to invite all of you to pray to gain a deeper understanding of the atonement of Jesus Christ and how to apply it in your life. I know as you do this, you will come to a greater understanding of who you are and what your plan and purpose is here in the life! The Gospel is so true. and I will forever share it. Love you all!! -siser scott Mine and sister Calls year mark together!! Mtc companion and best friend in the whole missionary universe.

Eating paleo with sister Gosdis! Baptist convert of 2 years..She is amazing. And teaches me how to cook paleo all the time....I love it.