Spring Break

Spring Break!

Another wonderful week in Brandon Manitoba!  this week heather got
baptized!! It was an up and down week...Satan was reaaaaaaaalllly
working on her hard this week but she made it through and she was
baptized on Friday night. Her kids came and it made it a very special
moment for her. The spirit was strong!!! we talked to her on Saturday
night to see how she was doing and one of the first things she said to
us was..."well...I feel different :) :)" she was so happy. She said
she just felt this glow within her and she had such strength she could
tell a difference in her life. :) She shared her story in Sunday
School yesterday and I think it really helped some of the other
investigators who were there understand the why and how to do it. She
will be a great strength to the ward!! I am excited for her!!! It was
a grrrrrrrrrrrrrreat weekend!!!!!! :) Baptisms always have such a
special spirit and just help you have the motivation to push forward
and be stronger and find more amazing people!
Barbara is doing great!! She has been reading and praying morning and
night. She loves the book of Mormon! she called us last night asking a
question on what she was supposed to read and we told her and she said
oh well...I read all of 16 17 and 18. Is that ok?! Uhm yes! that is
juuuuuuust fine :) yay. She is great. Cherry and Ben (our Chinese
investigators) both came to church this week and loved it!! Ben
said...this is great...I will be back next week too!!! :)
The Romero’s are wonderful. We had an amazing appointment with them
this weekend. The spirit was incredible!! They are so close!!!!! In
English class we learned family words...such as dad, brother, sister,
aunt...etc...And then for the spiritual thought we sang families can
be together forever. It was WONDERFUL! Love them so much.
The weather...has not held out nice for us. Ha. We are back to some
cold stuff. Not cold cold...but 1 or 2 degrees. So it feels real cold
going from 20 to 2. Hopefully it warms up again soon.
An amazing week! Busy and powerful! Lots of miracles that helped
Heather get baptized. Lots of miracles that helped the Romero’s! Lots of
miracles that have helped Barbara! Have miracles ceased?! NAY! :)
We're all super excited for conference. Lots of good things coming I’m
sure of it :)
Hope you all had a great week! Be good. Remember who you are. Live it. Love it.
 
 

March 19, 2012

March19, 2012

I don't understand how the Lord just pours out His blessings upon His
children.  This week it seemed like a flood of blessings just came
pouring over us. I am so grateful for this week and all of the
miracles that we saw. It was an amazing week. To end the week we had
11 investigators at church yesterday. It was amazing. 2 families (one a
family a four and another family of 3) and the rest single people
who we met this week and had the opportunity to come to church and
feel the spirit! It was INCREDIBLE!!!! They all had an amazing
experience and can't wait to come back.
Heather: will most likely be baptized on Friday :) :) :) :) we had a
great lesson with her on Wednesday...during the lesson she said it will
probably be in later spring..After the lesson as we were talking about
general conference she all the sudden had this urge to be baptized
NOW!!! :) It will be a great weekend for that. Her and her kids were
at church yesterday and she is a fantastic member missionary already.
We had another investigator...cherry who came to church and heather
just took her under her wing and helped her out and gave her her info
to get in contact in case she needed anything. I love it.
Cherry is Chinese :) we met with her and her Betsy on Saturday
morning. He has seen the moving facing giants and he said it was from
that movie that he felt that he could pray to God and He would help
him through his trials. Amazing. They prayed after the lesson and said
they felt so peaceful and full of courage!!! It was a neat lesson.
Cherry was able to come to church yesterday. She was smiling from ear
to ear. It was a wonderful opportunity!!
The wonderful Romero’s came to church!!!!!! They are doing fantastic.
We taught them on Saturday night...they are getting so close. They
said that they have this urge to just read the Book of Mormon. They
said they feel like oh I have so much to do...but they just can't put
it down and they just want to read and read and read :) the Book of
Mormon has amazing power. I know that it is a true book and I know the
promises found in it are real!! I have seen them in my life and in the
life of those we are teaching. It is amazing.
Barbara is another who came to church. We met her tracting on
Thursday...she told us she had met with missionaries before but now she
is ready to make changes in her life and needs us to come back. We
went back on Friday...had a very special meeting with her and she set
a baptism date and came to church yesterday. She’s a neat lady. Such a
soft heart and wants to find true happiness.
Cheryl was at church as well and said afterwards that she felt so much
happier now that she had been to church. IS THE CHURCH TRUE OR IS THE
CHURCH TRUE?! There is so much power in taking of the sacrament and
being uplifted and edified from others as they bear testimony of the
gospel. It was amazing to see how each one of the Lords investigators
felt the spirit so strongly and so differently as they attended church
yesterday. Bishop announced over the pulpit that there were 18 new
faces in the congregation yesterday. 18!!!! Some were less actives
that hadn't been to church in years...others investigators. It was the
work of the Lord. I know that He is aware of each of us and prepares
others to receive HIs gospel. It was an absolute incredible week. The
only thing that explains it is the Lords blessing. He is watching HIs
children, He is helping the work progress and He promises us blessings
as we do our best and align our will with His.
The work is true. It changes lives. It amazes me daily.
I’ve been studying out of 1st Nephi this week and just keep finding
amazing little golden nuggets. What a powerful book. One of the
insights I had this week was in 1 Nephi 17 when the Lord commands
Nephi to go and build the boat. He tells Nephi he will construct the
ship after the manner of which He will show him.  It hit me that the
Lord has commanded us "to build a ship"...aka to keep a commandment or
to fulfill a calling or assignment...and He will "instruct us after the
manner which it shall be fulfilled." He will help us fulfill that
calling or that commandment...He will show us how to do it and how to
best accomplish the task ahead of us. Isn’t that neat?! No matter what
our calling is...or what commandment we are being asked to keep...He
knows how to help us do it!!!! :) And He WILL help us...not
might...like Laman and Lemuel...they "might" have been happy in
Jerusalem...they "might" have been happy with their riches...but the
Lord WILL keep His promise...He WILL give us the holy ghost as we are
baptized..He WILL be by our side when we allow Him too.  His promises
are sure!!!
I love you all. Hope you had a wonderful week. Be good. Remember who
you are. Live it .love it.
 

March 12, 2012

I love Brandon. I love it, I love it, I love it! It is so great. We have
been so blessed being here it is ridiculous. I don't know how to
explain the gratitude I feel and the blessings that we have received.
It is at times a bit overwhelming when I think about it. We saw the
Romero family, our amazing Spanish family. They are so wonderful. Our
translator member couldn't make it last minute...so we prayed for the
gift of tongues and did our best. The spirit was so incredibly strong.
We had asked them to read Mossiah 18 last week and so we talked about
the chapter and how they felt. They said (in broken Spanish/English)
they read it 2 times because it was so wonderful and they felt the
spirit so strong. In our broken English/Spanish we talked about the
spirit and the truth and how to recognize it. They said they want to
read the whole Book of Mormon because they know it is good and they
know it will bless their lives. They came to church...again. 3 weeks
in a row. They love it so much. At church they asked a member how they
could sign up to do building cleanup...they saw the names posted in
the bulletin of who would be doing it this week and they want to help.
they also asked how they can sign up to feed us...you know we had no
complaints about that. when the members were answering their questions
they said they didn't have to...and they said no, we come here, we use
this building, we learn here...our payment and appreciation will come
from helping. we will be here to help. THEY ARE SO AMAZING. the wife
has asked us to come help her learn english on tuesdays. she told
us...you come to teach me english and i teach you spansih...and you
will teach me about this book every time you come here. they are so
prepared. it is an honor to teach them and to be in their home. i love
them so much. Sitting with them each Sunday, I just look at them and am
so happy. they are wonderful.
Cheryl is amazing!!!! She is doing so much she has been reading every
day this week. We have had some very spiritual special moments in her
home with her this week.
I just can't explain how blessed we have been. The things that have
happened here this week I will remember forever. The spirit has guided
us and helped us teach and help our investigators feel of His love
and the truth of our message. You can't deny those feelings....so if
you can't tell....it was a great week. ;)
We went from wearing leggings and tights and socks and a coat to
wearing nylons and no coat. The weather is phenomenal!!!!! Spring is
here! Puts everyone in a good mood.
I love you all. Hope you had a great week. Be good. Remember who you
are. Live it. Love it.     xoxoxo

Happy Birthday Jessica

The weeks just keep going faster and faster.  We had an amazing
week. On Tuesday morning we met with a lady named Tina! We knocked into
her on Sunday and she said we could come back Tuesday morning before
work. We visited with her and she asked us...why do people baptize
babies and how do they know that is the right way and who gave them
the right to do it?! WELL TINA...LET US TELL YOU! :) It was perfect.
She set a baptism date for April!! Sister Kunzler invited her and when
she said yes Sister Kindler’s face was priceless!! It was a special
moment! So we are excited to work with her! She is a fun lady!  We got
to go into Winnipeg for zone meeting and exchanges. We left here on
Tuesday and spent the night with the YSA sisters and had our zone
meeting on Wednesday morning...then exchanges the rest of the day. I
had the WONDERFUL opportunity to serve with Sis Shoell that day!
She is from Utah and is just a gem. It was so fun to be with here and
to learn from her. She taught me so much and has such an amazing
attitude when finding and is so sincere about her finding approaches.
It was so great to work with her! We also got to go see Eltouma!!! It
was the day they usually teach her English so I got to go and teach
her English just like old times. You know that was a surprise of a
life time. It was so great to see her!! We had supper with one of the
YSA members!! Joy!! I’ve missed her...she just received her mission
call to.....BOIIIISEEEEEEEE IIIIDAAHHOOOO!!!! She will report in July!
Perfect timing!! Soooooooooo exciting!! We got home Thursday morning
and jumped into work! We headed out to a little town named Souris to
teach heather and her kids. They are wonderful! They come to church
every week and are working towards baptism! :) Our Spanish family is
fantastic!!! We called to see if they were coming to English class and
they said oh of course...then we asked if they would be at church on
Sunday...the dad was SOO enthusiastic as he said yes of course we will
be at church we love it there. It is fantastic. We will come EVERY
Sunday. :) :) :) :) yay! They are so wonderful!!! There are just so
many miracles happening here in Brandon I feel so blessed to be a part
of this wonderful work here in Brandon. The ward is amazing...teaching
investigators how to be fellowship to new investigators...inviting
investigators over for supper...just showing up at investigators
home...they have no need to be asked...they just "go and do." i love
it.
The church is true. This work is so real. It amazes me every single
day. I love you all. Be good. Remember who you are. Live it. Love it.