Sister Elizabeth Rex: She DOES have emotions!!

Friends let me tell you about our good friend Susan. We LOVE this woman, she's a hermit (her own words) who has shut off all emotion after some rather traumatic experiences and she is INTELLIGENT, she always leaves us thinking. AND she read my face- this woman does it all EXCEPT show emotion or recognize the Spirit. Every day we tell her "we love you!" and we get a wave and a closed mouth smile in return.

Susan has been known missionaries for 20 years and throughout my 3 months working with her I've gone back and forth if we should drop her or not

But here we are, reading the Book of Mormon with her every day and here are some of her comments from our reading:

•"Why isn't 3 Nephi by the rest of the Nephi's?"

•"Jesus maybe popped over to the US maybe stayed for some burgers"

I love her but sometimes I do not have patience with her SUSAN C'MON NOW FOCUS, CHRIST LOVES YOU. She isn't phased by anything. We invite her to church, she says "okay." We tell her God loves her "cool." Anything we ask her to do "sure."

But one day, she was flustered, she was overwhelmed and she was no longer this independent hermit with no emotions. She was a person who needed love. And there we were, reading Alma 36 together and for once, instead of throwing out her "Susan" comments, she listened. And she opened up. And this woman showed the heart that she has locked up for so long.

Susan ended our call with 2 words that melted my heart: "love you."

I know with all my heart that the Book of Mormon is true. There is power as we read it together and it helps us feel the "one by one" love that Christ has for each of us.

Love big! Love hard!

Sister Rex

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