Hello i LOVE YOU!!! :):)
this
week was WONDERFUL and i have no doubt it is from all my angels back
home praying for me... so thank you. i love you. more than i even
thought i could love people my heart is just about to explode from all
the LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! then we went to the the BERGERS finnnnnally they were home!! jeff and cory are SUPPOSED to be getting baptized but since the keep going MIA we had to move the date further back so they can COME TO CHURCH butttt they still havent come :P but i do love them... they are the cutest little family... they just need to commit.
then on thursday... thursday was just crazy crazy like nothing went according to plans BUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT we had an AMMMMMAZING district meeting like.....
guys our district.... OH MAN were like OCEANS 11 or something hahaha
like Elder Pitts is our DL and he is all about logistics and documents and goals which is great... and then elder ohmdal and elder rogers are all about SERVICE and everyone loves them and they can get in any where and then elder stewart and hentunen are all about FUN and they are awesome and funny and the life of the party and THEY can get in anywhere. and then sister schofield and i are the...... well we are the secret agents... the black ops of missionaries... just kidding we like to say that to ourselves but really i think we are just good at making friends with people and making them see that we are PEOPLE and that we LOVE them.. ill give you taht we are GOOD AT TALKING TO PEOPLE..... but not everyone is good at listening to us... haha oh well
so thursday was kind of an answer to prayers... i was praying to really.....my heart was like not in this for a bit there.. i was happy but not... JOYOUS?? i dunno... but dm just got me ready to go and then FRIDAY\
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soooo we went to dinner and made greek food which was SO GOOD and the name sounded something like pistachio but it was like lasagna stuff??? i dunno it was good... but basically THAT lady is golden.. her son is a brand new convert with a KILLER testimony and just LEARNNNNNS and so.... i think shes gonna start seriously investigating soon... so we leave there.. go give a tour of the chapel which was awesome.. got THREE new investigators just by talking to everyone there and THEN
were on our way to our next appointment but the lady called us and said she couldnt do it anymore so sister grahm says "welllllll we MIGHT just be doing some street contacting then cause i dont know what else!!!" and then the PHONE RINGS
and this lady named kanysha calls and let me just tell you what she says
" is this the sisters??? hi.. umm i need your help... i.. i just need help i met with your fathers.. or elders or i dont know and they gave me your number but i just need your help."
boom.
so SINCE OUR PLANS WERE CANCELED WE HAD ALL NIGHT TO GO SEE THIS LADY WHO... oh my her life is a mess.....so when we get there the windows are like boarded up and everything and by the way its BLIZZARDING when we walk there... like not just snowing its a BLIZZARD annnnd she lets us in
starts BAWLING and says
"please can you help me find God!?!? i dont know what else to do... can i be baptized? but im addicted to acohol and i need to get my family back together and" (all this other stuff that is just so sad... shes from a reserve way up north and has had a TERRIBLE childhood..which has led her to where she is now and she just wants to break the cycle) BASICALLY she asks us to be baptized
and how NEAT it was to hand her a book of mormon and tell her... "this is a book of your PEOPLE... its a history of your ancestry and the Lord has made special promises to help YOU."
SHE WAS SO EXCITED TO READ!! and this isnt even the best part yet... she then goes on to say that she knows god is real and that he is waiting for her because she had this DREAM.... WHERE SHE WAS ON ONE SIDE OF A REALLYL DEEP RIVER THAT WAS SO DIRTY IT WAS BLACK AND ON THE OTHER SIDE WAS A MAN INFRONT OF A SHINING TREE THAT WAS PERFECT... AND SHE DIDNT KNOW HOW TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE BUT WANTED TO!........ ummmmmmmmmm MIRACLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the BOOK OF MORMON is the rod that leads to the tree and faith and repentance and baptism lead to it and CHRISTS atonement BRIDGES the chasm of sin and death and fear and past life.... to the LOVE OF GOD! indeed the very presence of him....
like... my family. there is no words for how perfect it was.
basically we all bawled... and she is getting baptized on december 14 and i cant go but
how GRACIOUS is the Lord for letting me be a part of that MIRACLE!? how kind is he???? like... that could have been anyone there... it wasnt ME she needed... she needed the gospel and i got to see the BEAUTIFUL moment when she accepted it and she is going to break that chain of her dark past and move on wards and upwards and its going to be amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so all in all it was SO PERFECT
thennnnn the next day we woke up to a foot of snow
and im not exaggerating
a foot
of snow
drifts 2 feet deep
im not exaggerating
i walked in it
2 FEET OF SNOW
MY BOOTS ARENT 2 FEET TALL
but i never felt so missionaryish in all my life... like seriously to weirdos talkin to everyone in this psycho weather and getting 2 NEW investigators... i dont know what the deal was but the field was VERY VERY WHITE READY TO HARVEST ON SATURDAY.... because of the weather we didnt get home to waaaay way way late but we did manage to go see
NANCY AND STUBBORN BUM ALFRED... (WHO I LOVE)
we shoveled their driveway in vain cause the wind just blows it all over the place.... this snow is like....... flour?? its soooo dry and light and fluffy its like.... fake snow... but its cold.. like the high today was -14.. haha and its the day... i love it
sooooooooooooo miracle as well tho.... ALFRED PRAYED!!!!!!! and he NEVER prays outloud or unscrpted... so it was amazing.. we watched finding faith in christ with them.... which i think showed them that we ACTUALLY do have alot in common. and he might be coming to church on the 15 causewe are singing in church.. haha ill do whateevr it takes to get them to church i would do a dance for the whole world if they would come to church! jk dancing is against the white handbook..... so maybe just sing!
THENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
ANOTHER miracle...
NATASHA.... that turkey... so SHE refuses to come to church... she really got attached to the elder that baptized her and all heck broke loose in her life in june and she has just lost everything and since has become very bitter...
she like wouldnt even talk to any other missionaries or ANYONE and then randomly let us in?? i dunno it was weird she still doesnt know what she started talking to us but now we are like her daughters and she calls us for everything and we go over there all the time but we have the hardest time talking about anything gospel related cause she is so angry at God right?
wellll last week she let us pray with her... THIS WEEK SHE ASKED US... she asked US.. IF WE WOULD TEACH HER THE LESSONS...and she said that if she could feel that again.. and talk to God again... and learn how to forgive... then she would go to church and tell everyone during testimony meeting her story!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and shes feeding us tonight..
also all this might be due to the fact that we saved her life cause we are now "exterminators" and are catching the mice in her basment.... hahah its super fun i feel like we deserve a movie series.. like seriously... we are hilarious and we run around doing the randomest things like moving people in moving people out killing mice walking through blizzards talking to CRAZIES converting CRAZIES and just loving this whole thing!!!!
I LOVE NATASHA I LOVE NANCY AND ALFRED AND I LOVE THE INVESTIGATORS WE HAVENT EVEN MET YET.
were praying really hard that we catch the vision for this area.. that Heavenly Father will give us the vision he has for the people of spruce grove... and i think that it is not to find people anymore but to find FAMILIES. families that can be sealed for eternity... thats what its all about
i love you my forever family!!! :):)
thank you for all your support
ummm some other random things i thought of that i needed to tell you....
-really dont worry about me if i sound negative or frustrated or bummed out... cause i feel like a mission makes you a bit bipolar... like not only does it depend on the day but on the very hour how you feel..... well like i know that it is a choice how to feeel and what to think... but it does change really fast :)
-there have been quite a few families from home on my mind..how are the mcconells doing??? hows their cute kiddos doing?? i have been praying really hard for brin and seth... tell them hello from canada! also our neighbors down the road... well YOUR neighbors down the road.. you should do FHE with them one of these days
-i need Glenn and Dara's address i want to write to them.. and if you could thank them again for all they did for me when i was in the MTC it really.. i just love them:) and i love tarryn and i love her cute letters she is so talented :)
-i needed someone elses address shoot who was it...CAITS.. I need her address also
-sister
rolls told me that you have been emailing her?!?!?! hahaha you SNEAKY
MOM!! :) i love her and i love you hahha what have you been talking
about???
-i have to hurry lets see....oh i dyed my hair.... sort of.. i
just dyed it all one color so its not like blonde here and brown there
like it was... if you remember... i dunno no biggie it actually was
kinda lame cause it didnt look all taht much different
-i might be able to send pictures once i get a card reader...
apparently i can get them from dollarama?? i dunno that might be to
good to be true
-im getting YOUR christmas package together :):):) :3 its GOLDEN! im so excited to send it to you :)
-ummmm we have to go to the store and get mouse trap things
for natasha and its gonna be a suprise because she is gonna try and pay
for them but she has NO extra money to spare and i dont want her to have
to feel bad for it... so im just gonna buy them... so can you make sure
that some more mula can be transfered from my savings to checkings...
cause im not entirely sure how much i even have on there.... thats awful
haha
-annnnnnnnnnnd i THINK that is all.... is there anything
specifically from canada that you want??? smarties?? crunchies??? maple
syrup?? its not that expensive up here for that ;) go figure :D
well im almost out of time!
i love you all!!!
i love you all!!!
i believe in Christ
and he believes in me.
love sister douglas
and he believes in me.
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