Where
to start!? This week was madness! I LOVED it! We had some really great finding opportunities.
We talked with everyone and we ended up finding some amazing investigators!
At one
point we were passing by this little old couple that Sister L and I taught
before, they are the sweetest people. We stopped and said hello. I had just
been thinking about them the other day because when we taught them before we
sang for them and they both cried and loved it. They went off about how
beautiful our voices were. I thought they might forget us though, because they
didn't want to change so we didn't continue teaching them. But they both came
out to talk to us. They went on and on about how much they loved my voice, and
me, since they didn't know my comp yet. They turned to me and said, "I
don't think you realize the impact you had on us. We will forever love you and
never forget you." It was such a sweet moment. They treat me like their
family and they don't even know me, but I feel an immense love for them. We
sang them Silent Night and they both started crying again and then they invited
us back and we ended up singing for their 100-year-old neighbor! It was a beautiful
experience! I love Christmas time, even if it doesn't feel like Christmas time
at all. We've been singing to everyone that will let us and almost all of them
cry. The Spirit is amazing. You can tell that it's God singing for us.
Then
Saturday was the best day ever. Oh my goodnight! I don't know if you remember
me talking about a less active family we tracted into, but we've been out of
contact with them for a while because they've been busy, but we were able to
get a hold of them on Saturday. The mum said that she has a granddaughter that
knows nothing about God but would like to so she invited us over to teach her.
We had an amazing lesson with her. In the middle of the lesson she said,
"I just want to get baptized!" Ummm, HALLO! Can you say golden?! We
set a date with her for the 3rd of January! It was incredible. She's so excited
about it and she's only 15 but her family is excited about it and actually
invited us over for Christmas day. God is so good to us!
Then
we went to teach a little old lady whom we met on the street. She's 87, but so
so spunky. She used to be in show business and you can tell. She is always
acting out her stories from her life and making these crack-up jokes. Oh my
goodness I love her! I want to be just like her when I'm old. Anyways we had a
great lesson, as we taught her she was shocked because she said after her
research of the Bible and her experiences with God those are the same things
that she has come to know to be true, but everyone thinks she's crazy. She said
missionaries from other churches have come around before, but she said when we
were talking with her she felt something different. She said that when we
taught it felt like she was coming home. She's been searching so long for the
truth and now she's found it! We set a baptismal date for her as well on the
3rd of January! A 15 and 87 year old on the same day, kind of cool to have both
ends of the spectrum. God is so good to us.
The
ward had a wedding at the chapel and they had heaps of extra food so they
called us to come get some. I ate some of the food and drank a bit of fizzy and
it upset my stomach. I thought it was just that I hadn't had fizzy in a while
so it upset me. Nope. I got food poisoning... I was up most of the night in the
bathroom. I felt so nauseous. It was gross. But I wanted to go to church so
badly because our investigator was coming for the first time. I was determined.
I got up and showered and it was awful. My whole body was aching. My skin was
so sensitive that it hurt when my wet hair touched it. Weird eh? I laid down in
my room and prayed for God to help me to get to church for our investigator’s
sake because I knew otherwise I shouldn't go. Then the phone rang. Our investigator’s
son had surprised her and came to visit so she couldn't come to church. I felt
like God was telling me to stay home. So I did. It was no fun. I wish it wasn't
that way and she would have been able to come. Plus, I hate missing church and
staying in the flat all day; so boring and a waste of time. But I couldn't
leave.
The
Elders gave me a beautiful blessing though. It was exactly what I needed to
hear. Heavenly Father told me that I had done the right thing in staying home
and I didn't need to feel guilty (God knows me so well.) Then He told me that
He was pleased with me as a trainer and who I have become as a missionary and
who I was becoming. You know me, I worry about that. I've gotten much better
but I do worry sometimes that now I'm being too easy on myself, but it was so
nice to hear that God is pleased with me.
I've also been
struggling a bit lately feeling like others must think there is something wrong
with me because I don't get baptisms. I know that's a silly thing to think, but
sometimes it's hard not to think that way when each month they send the mission
newsletter with all the baptism photos and I'm never in there. I don't want
baptisms so other people will think I'm good, but I don't like people thinking
that there is something wrong with me either. In the blessing Heavenly Father
also said that, even though I haven't been seeing the kind of success that I
would like, He is pleased with me and knows that I am doing my best.
It was
so nice to hear that. I really have been doing so much better with not being
hard on myself but Satan still works hard as ever to get me to doubt myself. I'm
thankful for an all loving and all understanding Heavenly Father. I'm also so
grateful for the priesthood. It's been a long time since I've had a blessing
and it felt nice. Although I think next time I'll just ask for one instead of
getting food poisoning first. ha. But I'm feeling pretty much better now and
hey I lost almost 2 kilos that's like 4 lbs. Fast, but terrible way to loose
weight.
I love
you all. I'm so grateful to have a beautiful family who loves and supports me.
I'm thankful for your examples of righteousness. It helps me continue to move
forward and endure to the end.
Love
you heaps!
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