This week was one of miracles, and patience. Here are just a
few of the many miracles I saw:
- We got hot water in our shower this week!!! woohoo!
everyone is getting it, but we were the first missionaries in the mission to
get it because we are 2 palangi girls... lol.
- I got my birthday package from mom just in time in the
mail!! It came much faster than most packages do i think.
- Pistra brought fruit and a fruit cake for my birthday!
That was soooo nice. I couldn't even wait to take a picture without eating
some.
-Kasaia (a daughter of a local church member) also brought
us more fruit and veggies because she was returning to Australia. I will miss
her.
- We taught a lesson in "tonglish" to a man named
Lau who we have been trying to track down forever. He is really searching for
happiness in his life and I know he is sincere. The spirit was in our first
lesson SOO strong. he moved here from Australia and he said that God wants him
to be here for some reason. Anyway, we committed him to be baptized when he
receives an answer that the Book of Mormon is true. He is diligently reading,
so I know he'll get an answer.
Other stuff I want to talk about:
Getting investigators to church has been HARD this week.
There is sooo much social pressure for them to go to their old churches. One
woman has been taught by the missionaries for 1.5 years and she is supposed to
get baptized in February, but last week she went to preach at her other church
instead of coming with us. Another investigator (a younger boy) is excited to
learn from us and go to church, but he had to sing at his other church last
minute and we just found out he is illiterate so I don't know how we are going
to teach him.
On the up side, the primary program was yesterday and it was
SOOO adorable! they try to sing in english. i wish i could have recorded
it.
I have also been reading in "Our Search for
Happiness" by M. Russel Ballard. I recommend it to everyone. Anyway, I
have been thinking about eternal perspective. Our existence is like an
infinitely long string. Our life on earth is a dot on the string, sooooo small.
but it's a very important blip of time. What we do here and now determines our
eternal destiny. Make sure you are using your blip wisely. Scripture for the
week: Alma 34:32. Look it up :) love you all, but I have no time. thank
you for your prayers <3 <3
Birthday cake from home.
"Lord of the Rings Food"
Finally, a Surplus of Fruit!!
Birthday cake from Bistra. I was so excited,
I ate a lot of the fruit before remembering to take a picture!
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