well, my friends, transfer calls came and I'm sad to say that my time in
River Valley is coming to an end. I'll be going to Rainbow Valley YSA
for my last 6 weeks! with not only one...but TWO new companions!
Sister Lefler and Sister Lee. they have both been out just a few
transfers, so it'll be an adventure! I'm excited to see what I can learn
from them. And I'll try my best to convert the young single adult
population of Edmonton and try not to be awkward...
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| Ethiopian Christmas lunch |
LOTS OF BLESSINS THIS WEEK
Christmas
was great! We got to have an Ethiopian lunch (which made my tummy
angry) with Solo (our landlord) and his mom and sister!!! They're all
Pentecostal and super amazing, and we got to teach a little about the
Godhead with them as well as eternal families. :) they're such good
Christian people. I love them so much. Solo also invited us the next
day to come to his get together with his bible study group! They all
came over to the house and we ate with them and then had a bible study.
I just prayed my little heart out the whole time that we could share
restored truth with them without taking over their class, and Solo would
randomly call on us to share our thoughts, so we got to share verses
from the Book of Mormon and it was really neat. Sometimes you really
feel the spirit speak through you, and this was one of those times. It
was all really spiritual until the end (when they started repenting out
loud and speaking in tongues...) but afterwards, I felt I needed to say
more, so I piped up and said something along the lines of "Okay
everyone, we want you to know that we can help you come closer to Jesus
Christ through reading the Bible and the Book of Mormon, so if you want
to learn we would love to teach you." then Solo was like, "wait sistahs
wait i have to ask my pastor.".......hahah it was awkward. But yeah it
was good, because a couple people came up afterwards and wanted our
card. One guy took it all sneakily from Sister McKeon's hands. :) so
that was our pentecostal experience.
We also got to go to Dawuta's for boxing day and eat some DELICIOUS Nigerian food. She's the best.
Here's
a cool story, we were driving in this neighbourhood, and this guy drove
his truck into the driveway and we wanted to talk to him so we pulled
over real quick and went to say hello. we went and he was like, "yeah
yeah i know you, you were waving a sign at me from your car the other
day." we were like WHAT NO WAY. He wasn't interested in the least, but
it was just really neat that Heavenly Father made our paths cross TWICE.
(also it just strengthened my testimony of proselyting while still in
the car... #carsignsforlyfe )
We
got to go sing at this disabled people home with the Lamoureux's and
the Elders on Christmas eve! it was so much fun. Sister lamoureux
plays the guitar and sings while Brother Lamoureux plays his harmonica.
:) It's so great. i love them. also the spirit was so strong while
doing service on Christmas eve, really just doing what Christ would do.
yesterday,
we were going around so i could say goodbye to people, and we (quite
literally) ran into MAGGIE!!!!!!!! She had just returned from Calgary
and left her phone while she was away so she couldn't receive our calls
or anything. so she's back on the radar and hopefully will come to
church again this week. :)
We taught Victoria part of the Plan of Salvation and she's now on date for February 13th!!!
:) She's so smart and just loves the gospel. It's amazing. We asked
her what the purpose of life is and she said something along the lines
of... "well, each person comes here and can add a little sparkle to the
world." true dat.
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| Picture of Maxim from Rwanda!!! |
okay
for my last little blessin to share with you this week, a couple weeks
ago I received a friend request on facebook from a guy named Maxim from
Rwanda. Whenever we receive friend requests from people we don't know,
we just message them about the church and what not and try to get them
in contact with missionaries in their area. I sent him the christmas
video and then kept chatting with him over the course of a couple weeks,
and he went to church this week and is now meeting with the
missionaries there!!! :) It was just such a cool miracle to see. He
said, " i get there adress and i wos
visited them and i got there branch near me at kagugu so thank you for
helping me to follow the way of jesus christ and i am planing to stay
praying there and you will get more informations about us." then he sent
a picture of him and one of the elders. That was just so exciting. God
is good, my friends.
I
started this little program they have for missionaries in their last 6
weeks called "My Plan" where you basically make goals and plans for when
you return home..it didn't go very well today probably because i had a
bad attitude about it and resented it the whole time..I just don't want
to leave this beautiful place and these amazing people. I have LOVED
the mission thus far and serving the Lord with all I have has been an
experience of a lifetime. I'm gonna make these last 6 weeks count, I've
still got a lot of fight left in me for this work. :)
"Behold, the field is white al
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Onward, ever onward.
Sister Jones
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| "Dan Jones-ing" it on top of a massive snow pile |
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| The District 3 |
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| Our Moses staff we found in our apartment |
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Saying bye to sister Quesada
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| Saying bye to Jody and my favourite kids |
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