Week 75-October 31, 2016
Hello family!
thanks for the emails. loved hearing
about all the volleyball games, performances, halloween festivities,
soccer games, and science conferences.
lots to say ill get straight to it
Pawel got confirmed on sunday
(last week was stake conference thats why it took so long) and because
elder mthombeni's throat was sore, i confirmed him. I hadnt gotten a
chance to look at the wording youre supposed to say but i think the
spirit gave me confidence and the words seemed to come out and then the
blessing was a touching spriitual experience for me. i felt a portion of
what Heavenly Father felt about him and all the sacrifices and changes
he had made to follow the feelings he had that had led him to this
point. i usually never remember and of the things i say in blessings but
this time i remembered everything long enough to write them down while
sitting in sacrament meeting. i gave it to the member who speaks both
polish and english and she said she would translate it for Pawel. he was
called as a ward missionary after church- he came out of bishops office
and was grinning and looked so happy when he walked up to us and told
us he was a missionary now hahaha. what a stud!
ill
have to be shorter with this- other miracle was that this week we
taught sheree again and then she texted me out of the blue one day and
said she couldnt accept our beliefs and be baptised and wanted to sever
contact. i texted and called and prayed and eventually her heart was
softened enough to let us meet her on saturday. it turns out she had
read tons of anti mormon material on the internet. we felt like book of
mormon prophets exhorting and persuading and pleading will all the
energy of our hearts. she had previously read up to 1 nephi 4 and told
us she felt peaceful and calm- and that the whole day after reading she
had felt happy! so happy she kept telling her sister. i think this was
why we were so persistent in not letting her go. the great news is that
she is doing well again and reading still and still willing to meet with
us! without a doubt i know it was an answer to our prayers.
another sweet thing! Angela came to church with all 3 of her boys!!! the hilarious thing was that i called her sunday
morning an hour before church starts because she had told us not to
come to their house to make sure they came like we did the last time.
when i called her, she just told me they werent coming. i was SO
heartbroken cause we had been teaching her this past week and everything
was going so well. then she called me back a few seconds later and said
laughing, "see you in an hour- were getting ready" i couldnt believe
it. and sure enough, they came and ive never seen such a beautiful sight
:) angela even wore a dress- the one concern she had with coming to
church is that she didnt like wearing skirts and felt uncomfortable
wearing trousers. she said "when God asks you to do something you can
always do it." when i commented on her dress. what a champ. this past
week agupe (her 9 year old son) taught us all about the great apostasy,
the priesthood, and jospeh smith and the golden plates and peter james
and john giving joseph the priesthood. it was incredible- he had been
studying the pamphlet we gave him.
another
funny story/ miracle combined was that fernando's wife and son came to
church after teaching them again this week. she texted me at 8 sunday
morning and said they didnt know about the clocks going back an hour
but they were already waiting for us. hahaha so we went to church extra
early with them.
our friend Kofi is off to
ghana today. he came to church on his own yesterday as well. we went to
his familys church after our church service as well and let me tell you
that was something. i was the ONLY white person in the whole meeting.
and it was a pentecostal- ish ghanian church. one day ill tell you more
about it. what an experience. the big dude singing and dancing came up
the stairs and came to me and grabbed my hand and brought me down to the
stage and so i had to dance a bit (the crowd loved it.. im not sure if
its cause theyd never seena white dude at their church or cause my dance
moves were so bad hahah)
anyways
thats already super long so ill stop there. mlc and zone meeting this
past week were great. we made trainings that the zone received really
well and we hope it will help. there are lots of young missionaries in
our zone and so we trained on the basics of finding.
I
got an email or two lately from companions and other friends from the
mission who are home now and it has made me realize how glad i am that
im a missionary. I love the Lord and I am proud to wear His name. the
gospel is true!
Love,
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