We had a crazy busy week, but it was so good! On Tuesday,
I learned a really powerful lesson...we had a lot of administrative
things to take care of, which left us with only a few hours of time to
minister, but somehow, we were able to get so much done and see so many
miracles. We went and helped with transfers in the morning for a couple
of hours, and then Sister Shields (our mission president's wife) asked
us if a new sister could spend the day with us because her trainer had
some departing missionary meetings she had to go to. So we got to bring
Hermana Cluff with us for the day, and it was so awesome! By the time we
got back to our area, it was 1:00,
and we only had about five or six hours until we had to take Hermana
Cluff back to her trainer. We went street contacting and found two new
investigators! One of them is from Saudi Arabia, and the other is from
Turkey. They both speak Arabic. Samara, is from Turkey, and she's Muslim. It's kind of
hard to teach her because obviously Jesus Christ plays a much different
role in our lives that He does in theirs. After church ended though on Sunday,
she told us that she was having a bad morning, but felt much better and
really peaceful at church. Her mom texted her after the service ended,
and asked why Samara didn't bring her too. Hopefully we can
help her learn to recognize the Spirit so she'll understand that we're
teaching her the truth. :)
We were also able to do service for a
member, and have several great member lessons! The Lord blessed us in a
matter of hours to get done what would normally take us two full
proselyting days. It was such a blessing! He'll magnify our efforts when
we do all we can.
I
learned another really cool lesson this week! Yesterday, Sister
Seegmiller and I got home from church and we were doing some studies.
Sister Seegmiller jumped up off the floor and yelled, "oh my goodness,
that's so cool!" I about had a heart attack, holy cow! She was reading
an article in the Ensign by Elder Larry R. Larence, and there was a
really powerful quote in his talk. It says, "when he [the adversary]
hears murmuring, complaining, and criticizing, he takes careful notes.
Your negative words expose your weakness to the enemy." It was so
powerful! It really made me think about how I can do so much better at
being grateful for my blessings, instead of focusing on the things that
are hard.
We
had a hilarious experience at Walmart last p-day. Sister Seegmiller and
I were in the produce sections happily picking out our apples. Content
with our selection, we then moved over to the grapes. While we were
picking our grapes, a couple entered Walmart, and they were obviously
having a rough day. The man walked past the produce section and kept
going almost to the back of Walmart while the woman stood by the produce
yelling all kinds of crazy things at him. As we headed over to the good
old bananas, he started yelling all kinds of crazy things back.
Everyone in Walmart was staring at them with their mouths wide open
wondering, 'is this really happening?' Sister Seegmiller and I thought
it was hilarious and we were dying! To top it off, we picked a bad cart
that had a broken wheel on the front, so while we're going through the
store still laughing about the unhappy couple, our cart wheel is making
this wonderful, squeeling/scraping sound. So instead of getting a new
cart like smart people would do, I just picked up the front and my
companion picked up the back, and we carried our cart full of fruit
through Walmart.
I love you!
Sister Dille
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| Downtown Mississauga! |
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| Sister Seegmiller cut over 6 inches off of my hair - headaches are gone! |
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| We went to a member's home for dinner last night, and she's from Turkey. She gave us Turkish Delight....it tastes just as good as it looks in the Chronicles of Narnia! |
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