May 22, 2012

What a blissful week!! Sister Shoell and I are doing great, great,
great. We are teaching this older man named Don. He is in his 70's and
is hilarious. When he feels the spirit he reverts back to talking
about Germany. His hearing is going fast so we have to talk real loud
and slow. But it is great fun.  Our last appointment with him, he was
talking about something random after we had just bore our souls to him
and then he said well ya know I know this is a big deal. And we said
why don? And he said, well...you have come back more than once and it
is something you can feel in your heart when you speak.  I may have
been reading from that book you left me...But you know I can't read
it...its too small...and then he went off on another topic. So we had
a glimpse of the spiritual side of Don. He’s been listening. He is a
wonderful man.
Little Roger is doing great!! He has his interview this week!! Super
exciting. We taught tithing this week and we asked Roger Sr. to
explain and share his testimony with Roger about tithing and it was
POWERFUL. He just kept saying how they have just received so many
blessings since they have paid tithing. It was so wonderful. On
Sunday...Roger received the priesthood. :) :) :) :) I have never seen
him glow like that. He was radiating. Glenda was ecstatic!!! She just
kept smiling and saying Woo. Woo. It was wonderful.  When I asked Roger
how he felt he said "moi feliz" over and over again. This family is
remarkable. They are going to do amazing things. The gospel has
literally...LITERALLY changed their life. I love them.
Sister Shoell has really taught me a lot about teaching the love of
God. A couple lessons we've had this week we just focused on that
principle and it is amazing to see how strongly the spirit comes in
and how it softens the hearts of the people we are teaching. We have
been focusing on asking inspired questions during our finding
approaches and it is neat to see the difference and the responses we
get instead of just an approach.
Lots of amazing things happening still in good ole Brandon Manitoba!!
Another great week to come.
I love you all so very much. Have a wonderful week. Be good. Remember
who you are. Live it. Love it.
 

mothres day

Hello hello hello! The sun is shining and life is so great!!!!
Couldn’t be better!   This week we went into Winnipeg and dropped off
Sister Roper. It was so fun to ride with her to Winnipeg, just got all
caught up.  She is doing so well!! She is so happy, it was great.
We got to transfer meeting where she teamed up with Sister Wennerlind
and I got my dear Sister Shoell! She is an angel!!! It has been a
wonderful 3 days. I really really appreciate the spirit that she
carries and how she teaches. She just speaks from her soul and tells
them exactly how God loves them and wants them to be happy. It is very
powerful.  It feels like we've been together forever!! We taught Roger
Jr. this weekend. He is so excited about baptism. We taught him about
the plan of happiness using soccer as a metaphor. He LOVED it. God is
the coach. Our family is our team. Life is the game. Eternal life is
the goal. And there are things we do during practice...such as read and
pray and go to church and be baptized. Wonderful! :) He told the whole
primary yesterday that he was getting baptized! :) The Romero’s kids
participated in the primary singing during sacrament meeting. So so
tender. We have a lot of wonderful goals for the next 6 weeks and are
excited to see how it all unfolds with the help of the Lord. Miracles
happen.
I love you all. Be good. Remember who you are. Live it. Love it. xoxo

May 7, 2012

May 7, 2012

WHAT AN AMAZING WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Romero’s are baptized!!! On
Monday we took them an envelope of a scripture a day that delt with
baptism and confirmation so they could read one until Saturday!! They
were so excited about it. We saw them every day of the week. On
Tuesday we went over to go over the program and what they wanted to
happen. It was so wonderful to watch them take things so seriously as
they contemplated what hymns they wanted sung and who they would like
to participate.  It was so special the spirit was so strong as they
decided what they wanted to do. Saturday FINALLY came!!!!!!!!! They
came dressed in their Sunday best and were beaaaaaaaaaaaaaming. They
looked beautiful in white!!! Sister Olsen and I surprised them and
played a piano duet during the program. It was wonderful. It was a
very special weekend...one that I will never forget. Their son set a
baptism date for June on Sunday after sacrament meeting :) their
family will be changed forever...all because of the gospel. All
because of Jesus Christ. Isn’t it just amazing!! There are just no
words that give any of the feelings and things that have happened
justice. I love them so very much. Now they are working on getting to
the temple :) miracles.
We got our transfer calls. I will be staying here in Brandon and
Sis. .Shoell will be coming to be with me!! It will be wonderful.
Sister Kunzler gets to go to beautiful Saskatoon to be with Sister
Carmichael. She is excited to go and have a new adventure. So this
week will be busy with teachings/good- byes and pickups in Winnipeg.
Lots to do lots to do.
Hope you all had a wonderful week!!! Love you so very much. Be good.
Remember who you are. Live it. Love it.
xoxoxo