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| Elder Bolinder, Alana, Elder Strong |
March snow, March miracles!
Did we have another fire week here
in the twin cities? You bet'cha!😁
Funny story to start off:
So, we were walking down the
street of this trailer park, trying to get in contact with a few people and a
couple houses down we see this really old lady just chilling in her PJs,
staring at us through the window. Next thing we know she comes out to talk to
us. At first, she threatens to have our car towed and we thought, oh no, she's
gonna chew us out. She turned out to be a nice lady, but after telling Elder Strong
to move the car to visitor parking, she turns to me and says, "Oh!
You're cute!" Haha.. "I may be old, but I know the cute ones when I
see them" and she winked at me😂 I was like, what just happened? Haha, I just laughed and
thanked her. So, first time being hit on by a 70 year old haha! it was so
funny. Sadly, she wasn't interested in our message, but just wanted to kick us
out of our parking spot. But now we have something to laugh about from this
week😂
Some highlights of this week:
Kathy - We got a referral last
week of this older lady named Kathy who has gone through a lot from losing her
mother and contention in the family. We were able to visit her a couple times
the past two weeks, and there's always such a sweet spirit. We testified to her
of God's plan for her and the comfort that comes through prayer. She came to
church last week but, unfortunately, she fell and broke her toe and went to the
emergency room on Friday so she wasn't able to make it to church this week :(
Keep her in your prayers!
Beraki - I mentioned a little bit
about our investigator Beraki from Ethiopia last week, and since then we have
met with him twice and he also came to church! He has already read over half
the Book of Mormon and we met with him on Thursday at the church and talked
about repentance and baptism. One of his responses was, "If i joined this
church, how be a benefit to the church, how can I serve?" It's so incredible
to hear his story, his testimony of Christ, his passion for the scriptures, and
his new found love for the Book of Mormon! God has definitely prepared his
heart to receive our message. Every time we see him, he always lights up with a
smile. "Good to see you brothers!" He always calls us his teachers,
"You are my elders which means you are my teachers." Man, I love him
so much!
Alana - The third and probably
best highlight of the week was that Alana was baptized!! This week was pretty
busy trying to coordinate everything for that, but it was such an amazing
experience and I couldn't be more happy!😊 the spirit there was so powerful. She is pretty shy, so she
told us she only wanted like 5 people there, but there were about 40! A member
said to her, "You came to the wrong church if you’re looking for something
other than a family!" I love the new Brighton ward, they are all amazing
people and so supportive! Also! Her entire family came, which was super cool
because to this point they hadn't really been involved, but they really enjoyed
it. I was able to speak at the baptism and talk about the happiness we receive
through the gift of the Holy Ghost. As missionaries, the two years away from
our families, the years of saving up money to be out here, all of the hard
work, it all pays off because our reward is to see the true joy that comes from
the healing power of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Alana was just glowing she was
so happy! In her testimony, she talked about how she used to have to drink and
smoke to feel happiness but ultimately just felt empty, but now she's able to
feel true joy by being clean! It was amazing to see her transformation through
Christ! And I'm so glad I got to be a part of it 😊.
Que tengan una linda semana!
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| New Brighton Zone Elders |
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| Elder Bolinder, Alana, Elder Barrett |
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