BLESSSSINNNGGSS!! Wowzy this week we have been so blessed!! It has been an amazing week! We were lead to 6 new investigators this week who are anything fantastic!! 5 of them are from Africa and have had very hard, challenging lives. They have seen things and been through things that you would wish upon no one. But their faith carried them through. 3 of them lived in a refugee camp for 10 years and they said it was their faith and their knowledge of God that helped them get through. There are three of them, three sisters. The oldest sister we met on the street last week and when we went to visit them all three of them joined us for the lesson. When we started talking about the Book of Mormon, the oldest sister, Angel, got so excited and said oh yes, yes. The younger girls asked a question and Angel said no, no, you listen. Joseph Smith asked God what was right. Jesus and God came to Joseph Smith and told him the truth, this is the truth. Most people just have the Bible, but now we have the Book of Mormon. She basically taught the whole first lesson we were all astonished and sat with huge grins on our faces. It was AMAZING!! We have had another appointment since then and are going back this week again as well. SO MANY BLESSINGS! The hard news of the week is that Terri dropped us. Her baptism was scheduled for this coming Saturday. We had a lesson on the word of wisdom and she got offended and asked us to leave and not to come back :( breaks my heart. We have been seeking for the spirit to help guide us to help her.
Marsins baptism is on Saturday! I AM SO EXCITED! Every time he sees us, he comes up and asks, so how is the missionary work today?! We tell him it is good and he always says, "Thank you for giving me this opportunity." Oh bless his little heart.
This week with Eltouma was very tender as well. On Tuesday when we were leaving, she looked at me and said, why do you have to wait two days to come back? I explained to her our schedule and what we do on the other days and she said two days is too long, I miss you. Then on Thursday she wanted to email a sister who had previously been helping her so we emailed her and then she said I will email you every week when you leave me. She grabbed my hand and said, you will be my best friend forever. My little heart melted. She is so great.
We had exchanges this week and sister Wennerlind came to be with us. It was fun to be together again and see how we work together now that we have had experiences!!
We have really grown as a companionship this week! I love these two sisters so much!! We have become very close and learn so much from each other!!
I read a talk by Bishop Edgerly this week in the Ensign that talked a lot about faith to move mountains. He talked about how we always hear that phrase, if we have faith, we can move mountains. For my whole life I have always taken that so literally. But he explained that each of us have personal mountains in our lives. Some have mountains of grief and pain, some have mountains of addictions, and we each have different mountains in our lives. But it is our faith in Christ that moves those mountains. He can change our lives if we allow Him in. He can make those mountains disappear.
I know that we are all God’s children. I know that there is a plan for each of us and that if we have faith in Him, He will guide us even in the darkest nights.
I hope you have all had a great week!! Love you all. Be good. Remember who you are. Live it and love it! :)
Sister Smith
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