hello hello!!!
this week was really great! Lots of miracles were wrought in this wonderful land of River Valley!
I
had my first exchange as a sister training leader, and Sister Wilde
came to our area for the day! It was such a blast. She has been on the
mission for two weeks and she is such a rockstar. We had a few minutes
before our supper appointment, so we knocked a few doors beforehand
that were in the neighborhood. Not too many interested souls, but as we
were walking to the supper, a guy came out of the house next door! So
we ran over to talk to him! His name is Riley, he's 17 and going into
grade 12! We taught him about the Book of Mormon and gave him one and
the spirit was SO STRONG! Sister Wilde bore a such a powerful testimony
of it and i just couldn't stop smiling. :) We ended up being able to
teach him later in the week and it was SO GOOD! We taught him in his
neighbor's home, and the spirit was so real. He has been reading the
Book of Mormon and wants to know how he can get answers to prayers. It
was so fun to teach him. After the lesson, we asked him how he felt and
he said, "at first, i was nervous to come over here, but after we
started i just felt so joyful and happy, and the scared feeling left."
THAT'S THE SPIRIT AHHH IT WAS GREAT.
The
second miracle that happened on exchanges was IN. SANE. :) We were
trying to stop by an investigator (who actually wasn't home) so we
decided to knock some random doors. We awkwardly tried to talk to some
people who were walking their dogs who were clearly uninterested in
talking, but then we knocked on this door. Antonio answered and was
really friendly as we started teaching him about the restored gospel,
then this lady (Angela) comes in front of him and goes, "we're not
interested," all snooty like and started closing the door, so real quick
we just asked if she knows anyone who needs a message of hope, and it
was so cool. We literally saw her countenance change from "get off my
porch you filthy animals" to...humble realization..? maybe? not
entirely sure but her countenance changed and she just stops and says,
"yeah, i need a message of hope." we were just like...uhhhhhh okay!
then she looks to Antonio and says, "I TAKE EVERYTHING AS A SIGN!" then
to us she says,"I was just comin over here to be all rude to y'all and
then you ask me that!" she then went on to tell us how she has been
reading this book on how to have a better life and what not, and then we
come knockin on her door. GOD'S TIMING IS PERFECT I TELL YOU! so we got
her information and everything and set up a lesson to teach her
yesterday! sadly, it fell through, some things came up, but we're
planning on teaching her this week! pray for her please!
yet
another miracle that happened that day, we found a lost sheep family
from the Philippines! We thought a potential lived there, but we had
the wrong address. We talked to Mary, and she was like, "oh yeah, we
were mormon back in the philippines, my dad was a bishop!" we were just
like WHHAAA?? So we sent the Tagalog elders over and the mom of the
family said that she took it as a sign from God that they need to come
back to church. #miraclesonmiracles
While
doing a ton of finding this week, we found like a MILLION potentials
for the Tagalog elders! It was so great. #moremiracles
Also
something really funny this week, we do service at this retirement
center, we just go and visit with them for an hour once a week. We were
playing dominoes with these old guys, and the one, Joe, starts telling
us how good these crackers are. Then he's like, "oh here they are," and
he picks up a domino and TRIES TO EAT IT! it was probably one of the
funniest moments of my life. had to be there....those people are my
favorite.
also,
our investigator, Hergit, is so great. We stopped by to teach her and
she just gets so happy! she's from India and is Sikh, but also believes
in Jesus. So that's good hahah. We taught her about the atonement and
the need for a Savior, and she loved it. then she goes into the
kitchen and comes out with two massive plates of rice and curry and we
just look at each other like..oh no. (because we were going to our
supper appointment after that) but alas, we ate it and it was really
yummy! i love indian food! But she was like, " i hope it's not too
spicy," and i said, "no i love spicy!" and she got all excited and comes
in with these firey pickle things and we had to eat them and i almost
died. word to the wise: NEVER TELL INDIAN PEOPLE YOU LIKE SPICY. just
don't.
all
in all this week was superb. I absolutely love the members here in
River Valley, their faith is UNREAL. Every lesson we have with them,
they are just so gung-ho about the gospel and about doing missionary
work! this area is so ready for more miracles and these members are
going to bring them about. :) I feel so blessed to be here and to have
this opportunity to serve with all my heart, might, mind and strength.
My mind has been very occupied lately with the concept of light. More
specifically, The Light of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
"I give unto you to be the light of this people. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid."
WE
can be mirrors of the light of Christ, so that others can see who he
really is! It's our job to reflect the light of Christ so all we come
in contact with can see that light and feel our Heavenly Father's love
for them.
i read this talk by Elder Brewerton that I invite all of you to read as well!
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1991/10/light?lang=eng
also i'm really stoked, we get to go to JASPER next week!!!
anywho, i love this gospel, i love the Lord, i love this beautiful land of Alberta and all the people here.
Onward, ever onward.
Sister Jones
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