The church is TRUE. YA

Soooooooooooo. Wow. I dont even know WHERE to start how to express in words to you the..... miraculous week that we have had.... from day 1 of this week it has been a whirlwind. a whirlwind of emotions, of energy, of willpower, of heavens grace, of answers to long sought after prayers, miracles, friendship (finally!) love, and hope, and despair, and.... there's a man here in the library that looks like he needs the computer really bad... hold on.....ope one opened up :D hooray. ANYWAYS.....

I don't even like writing about all of this because nothing can do it justice... you cant explain a mission in a homecoming talk.. you cant explain it in emails home.. you can't write about it in your journal enough to capture the HEAVEN you experience out here... you just CANT... its like the veil.. lol.. if babies could tell us about heaven then there would be no faith.. for all you out there that are contemplating going on a mission... JUST DO IT... no one can experience it like you can... no one can explain WHY you need to go.. no one can express the way your heart feels when you look someone in the eyes and they say they want to be baptized and you know that's the best decision they will ever make... no one can explain to you how exhausted and frustrated you will be everyday and then no one can explain to you how tenderly and lovingly Heavenly Father uplifts you and encourages you and holds you and tells you everything will be FINE. NO ONE CAN TELL YOU OR EXPLAIN TO YOU OR SHOW YOU. Only YOU can experience it. Do it.

Anyways ya... I love it out here.. I ALMOST gave up this week.. I wanted to come home.. I stomped my feet and bawled and then just went to work and I KNOW I need to stay....

sooooo...... we got 6 new investigators this week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we have a teaching pool of like... 19 people!!! I'm kinda at max capacity right now and we are going to have to pass over some people cause I really am just being honest when I can not handle preparing for that many people a week... but we are going to get SIX more investigators this week... It'll happen.. I was reading in Ether when Moroni talks about how the brother of Jared moved a mountain... BECAUSE OF HIS FAITH he said to the mountain be ye therefore removed... and BOOM it was removed...... our fear and fatigue was a MOUNT EVEREST this week and through our faith we said GET ON OUT OF HERE!!!!!!!!!! then the Lord just made our success explode!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have to tell you this story, I don't have to time to tell all of them but I'll give you 2 of my favorites from this week.

We were tracting for THREE hours the other day.. very tiring but it was warm outside so perfect... knocked on this guys door and it was like getting hit in the face by pot! He was pretty high haha... but we had an interesting conversation.. just asked him if he believed in Jesus Christ. Nope. Believed in God? Nope. Believed in ANYTHING? UMMM... maybe... we asked if we could share a message with him that was from Jesus Christ? Nope. so I just goofily said "K what if
God comes to you in a week or so and asks you why you didn't listen to the crazy girls he sent your way because the message they had to share with you will CHANGE. YOUR. LIFE.!?!?!" and he just gave us the funny look and was like... well I guess I'm in trouble then cause I'm really not interested but thank you. So, we left.... 6 hours go by and then we get a call from some Elders in our zone:

" hey sisters were you by any chance tracting around *** today??"

"uh ya why??" Than we hear him say to his companion "it was them!" He gets back on the phone and says,"we were at the church tonight for a scouting activity and the phone in the hallway started to ring so they answered it. the guy on the other side said "hey this is K, there were two girls who came to my house today and wanted to help me know that there is a God, I was REALLY rude to them and I was wondering if you could send them back over here. I have Social Anxiety and just before they came I was QUESTIONING GOD! I was amazed by how insanely positive they were and how happy and excited they were to talk about what they believed even thoughI  kept shutting them down. I feel really bad. Can they come back?"

So...... long story short he is  a ysa so I went to the passover lesson with the ysa sisters... he is taking the discussions, referred a couple of his friends... they are all learning together and the church is true. ya.

Another tracting story...his name is A. He was Presbyterian converted to Lutheran and then quit that because no one could answer his questions... He is from the congo, speaks french and has a phd in  theology!! He has been SEARCHING for truth his whole life and it came knocking on his door! He is reading the book of mormon LOVING IT and wants us to meet with SIX of his grandchildren to teach them what we know.. they are all french so we wont be the ones teaching them. The french elders will be but, it was a MIRACLE!!!

A AND M AND N are all getting baptized in April.. and then A our new investigator is getting baptized in May and then there are 2 more people that should be on date this next week... this area is exploding.. and I'm running out of time.. Tell everyone I love them oh so much more than I will ever be able to say :) I love love looooooove you!!! and I miss you!
love Sister Douglas

Princess Nora