Isaiah 55:8-9 8-18-2025

Well this week was incredibly humbling. I have had one of the most miracle filled weeks and the Lords work is rolling forth like as if somone released the flood gates and Living water is just flowing nonstop. Before I break it down I just want to acknowledge the prayers that have been sent up for me and the love I feel all the way out here in Northern Virginia yall are awesome and I love every single one of you. This week has been powerful! Tuesday we met this guy he was reffered to us and we invited him to be baptized over the phone while a member was driving us home! He is super cool he came to church on Sunday and really wants the Holy Ghost in his life. He lives just outside his our area, so we reffered him to the sisters who have been praying to baptize somone on Augest 31st! He's on date for Augest 31st! Super cool miracles! Tuesday night we got transfer news and to be honest I was not very excited at first. I am staying in the same area but they split it in half and we are ward sharing with another set of Elders. The area I am serving in is basically the same town just the other side of the one I previously served. The last area I served was so hard it was so small and lots of wealthy people and with this new split it became like the smallest area in the mission and we have just straight boujee homes and suburbs. I have also been pouring my heart and soul into this ward and now it was like shoot now we have to share. Basically I became super prideful and selfish and I was so self aware it sucked. I was attacked hardcore by the adversary. As I prayed repented and got over it I saw the vision God has for this transfer and wow it's incredible! During a leadership meeting we had at the beginning of the transfer I had an overpowering witness that what I was doing is what God wants me to do. The things we have been applying in the area the past 6 weeks is the new focus for this upcoming transfer mission wide and I excited to continue to apply it! I figured if God is going to split our area and send more missionaries to this tiny ward he has a grand plan in store. I figured He wants us to find family's in the suburbs so we started knocking! We were knocking some nice homes and I didn't know why until we knocked into this one family....We met Anne..Anne is so cool! Her and her family have been to our church once prior and is good friends with members of our ward! She has been looking to frow her faith and get her family back into church! She is going to come to church each week and take missionary discussions wow it was such a cool miracle! When I tell you I was blown away I was blown away! God is so good! We also have an African family we are teaching who we lost contact with but we got some of the youth praying for them and they came to church! We are now teaching 2 familys!!! This ward hasn't baptized in a long time and they struggle getting people to Church and now with the momentum the ward and work is popping off! With 2 new Elders now the lord is preparing great things in store! I got to know some missionaries in my district and wow transfers are inspired. I am district leading over all the Persian speaking missionaries which is weird but I feel as I am needed humbly. Each of the missionaries in the district are feeling inadequate and in a place where they are seeking to grow and be better. The lord has blessed me with knowledge to bless their lifes and I feel the Persian branch that the missionaries are over is bound to explode and we are to see some miracles. The branch and the Missionaries are needed a course correction and the Lord is blessing us with direction. I am humbled to be on a mission and see the miracles I am seeing. The aps challenged us to get 3 new people to church on Sunday and that's a 16 week high for this area. We got 4. With all the humility I can muster this is not my doing. I'm just here doing my best building up those around me and the ward I am serving in and just let God do his work. It's humbling...To think I got all prideful and selfish and attacked by the adversary shows he will do anything to stop the work and the biggest way he does that is through pride the great stumbling block. This past week I have prayed for every little single thing I have done seeking the Lords hand and have received correction, council, and Revelation. I am not a perfect missionary but I try my best and let God take care of the rest. Sunday I asked the bishop if I can beat my testimony of missionary work and I'm just doing anything and everything I can to excite the ward. The members have had a shift in energy and I'm super excited for what's to come. The lord is hastening his work. Sorry this is about all I have for this week there is a hundred things I could share but this is enough. I love you all shoutout to Ila her birthday is coming up and shoutout to those early morning seminary go getters. "Stay Sweet" Elder Williams