It was another beautiful week in Guelph! Sister Urie is blowing it out of the stinking water! She is picking things up SO fast! Like it's kinda insane!! Her contacting has noticeably improved a ton! She has already moved passed the whole, "Hi we are sharing a message about how families can be together forever? Would you be interested?"...and is asking people questions and getting them involved in the contact so they are invested. I'm pretty sure I didn't start doing that until well into my 2nd transfer and this is only her 2nd week! It's really cute to watch her teach lessons :) She still gets a little nervous especially if it's our first lesson with them. This week we taught Curtis for the first time and I had her lead out the message of the restoration. I guess Sister Urie got a little nervous because in about 3 min she had blown through God is our loving Heavenly Father, God blesses our families, skipped over how God calls prophets completely and went right into Jesus Christ and the atonement hahaha! I was just sitting there waiting for an opportunity to cut in and so we could retrace and cover some important points she had breezed over but she wasn't taking much time to breath so it was a little difficult. But I was able to cut her off before she got to the first vision haha! In the end it was one of the shortest first lessons I've ever had but he understood the message and accepted Sister Uries invitation to be baptized :)
Ah before I forget I must tell you about Ronda and Kassidy! So just before transfers Sister Maeta and I were walking around and saw Ronda her daughter Brianna and some guy sitting outside her house. We walked up to them and started talking with them and it turned out that years earlier Ronda had met with missionaries in Toronto and they had helped her quit smoking. We asked if we could come by and share a message with her and her family and she told us that we could talk with her 8 year old girl (Kassidy). So we made an appointment and kept walking.
Fast forward to the appointment ------>>>>------>>>>
So I'm with Sister Urie now and we go over to teach Kassidy and to our great surprise and pleasure... Ronda sits in! As soon as I started talking with them I could sense that there is something very special about this family. Kassidy is one of the most choice spirits I have ever met on my mission! Ever since she was a little kid she has loved learning about Jesus Christ and meets with the Jehovah Witnesses (Ronda isnt too excited about that just because she doesn't agree with some of the teachings). She is so sweet and innocent and I just love her to bits! Ronda seemed happy that we were coming over as well. She had a very warm smile on her face and was encouraging Kassidy to participate. So we are teaching the restoration and things are going well but we were teaching mostly to Kassidy and I felt strongly that we needed to involve Ronda a little more. But I had no idea if Ronda had good experiences or what when she met with the missionaries so I was nervous about what I should ask her. Then all of a sudden, words just started coming out of my mouth and I ask Ronda what her experience with reading the Book of Mormon was like. She got this big smile on her face and recounted to us her experience on a crowded subway. She was reading the Book of Mormon and all of a sudden she was filled with this burning warmth that overcame her. She felt happy and like crying all at the same time. As she was talking the spirit was strong and I could see that this was an experience that she had treasured for a long time. I asked her if at that point she new the Book of Mormon was true and she said she did. Then she told us the reason she didn't get baptized was because her boyfriend or husband at the time was Muslim and was really controlling. So she just kinda fell away. My heart started burning inside me when she told me this story and all I could think of was now is her time. AH! This is why serving a mission is the best thing in the whole world. I know that Heavenly Father lead us to her and I feel so blessed to know that I was able to help Heavenly Father reach out to one of His precious daughters. At the end of the lesson we had Kassidy say the prayer and it was so sweet! Ronda got down on her knees and would whisper to Kassidy things to say... AH! Oh my heart and soul, I could have shed a tear the spirit was so strong!
Since that lesson we have seen them once and we invited Ronda to start meeting with missionaries again. She agreed and now her and Kassidy have a date for the 5th of October :D
To add a little more joy and goodness to this email I got a visit from my dear SAM, which by the way- today is her 1 year anniversary of being baptized! She came down to take us out for lunch and give me a package from my momma :) While out to eat Sam told me that she had gotten her temple recommend and asked me if I would be her escort. AH! I dont know how much more goodness my little heart can take! I was SO touched when she asked me and I feel so privileged! What an amazing way to end a mission, to go through the temple with my first convert :) Heavenly Father has blessed me more than I can describe and most certainly more than I deserve!
Scripture of the Week: 2 Nephi 5:27
"And it came to pass that we lived after the manner of happiness."
A Haiku For You
His timing
foresees all things
perfected
Sister Hall
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| Sam! |
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