Hello, family and friends!!!
How's life? Mine is pretty great! :D
So, I don't want to give a play-by-play of my week this time
around. So I'm just going to talk about the little daily miracles that happened
this week.
Monday, we bet with the Tewes (pronounced like Davis with a T)
family for FHE. We talked about the Book of Mormon, and how powerful
testimonies are, gave them each one of our last Book of Mormon and challenged
them to write their testimonies inside and then give them to someone. It was a
really short lesson because we had to leave for a split, and were a little
late, but the miracle I noticed was that the spirit testifies of truth
no matter how simple. Because German is our second language, Sister Bates and I
have to keep things kind of short and to the point, but as long as we're
speaking truth and bearing testimony, the Spirit is there and he will help us.
Tuesday, we were on a split. Sister Haywood and I were in Essen.
We had an appointment with on of our LA, but she wasn't there. We looked around
a bit for her, even went to the nursing home where she sometimes likes to hang
out, but we couldn't find here. So, Sister Haywood asked if we could do 10
doors before we headed home for lunch. I conceded, and we started. The first
few were either no one home, or people that had no interest. Door four,
however, was special. A woman opened the door, and her 2 Siamese cats tried to
run away, so she invited us in. Of course we accepted. Turns out she is a very
stark Christian (married to a Muslim), with a son (about 10 years old). She and
her husband are very curious people, and she was very open to hearing what we
had to say. We talked to her about her belief in Christ, and then told her a
little about our beliefs, and asked if she wanted to learn more, and if she had
time then. She said "yes." to both. I was a little surprised. So, we
introduced our method of prayer, and said an opening prayer, and then taught
her the restoration, and once again asked if she wanted to learn more. She said
"yes" again, and we exchanged numbers and made a return appointment
for Tuesday, May 5th. Tanja seems golden. She was so curious and open. It was
just perfect. Miracle: The Lord has people prepared for us, and we may
not like finding, but if we exercise even a particle of faith, we will see many
more miracles, and blessings.
Thursday, we had a lesson with Bonnie Tewes, and we talked about
the Book of Mormon with her. When we met with Tanja on Tuesday, we had had no
spare Book of Mormon to give her (we'd given our last to the Tewes') but Sister
Haywood asked Sister Bates to bring one with her when she came back so we could
take it to Tanja on Thursday (Wednesday was booked). So, with Bonnie we
practiced what we were going to say to Tanja when we took the Book by later
that day. Bonnie is a wonderful example. I can't even describe how amazing she
is. She speaks English because she served her mission in Canada (don't know
which part), so she helped us with grammar and such. It's just wonderful. Miracle:
people are willing to help, we just have to ask; this includes God. He wants us
to recognize the blessings we want and also our needs, and express them to Him.
He's trying to teach us. He's really smart.
Sunday, Sister Bates and I both woke up in the middle of the
night a little sick. She woke up vomiting, ("not again!" I thought
"poor kid.") And I woke up with a migraine and had to take Advil in
order to sleep. It was quite fun. We still made it to church, thankfully.
Sister Bates had an interesting stress dream after she vomited: she was a
missionary at home, still sick, and her brother was her companion, and she was
making a list of all the people we'd have to call if we did stay home sick.
Then she woke up. She asked what time is was, "8:15" and she was
already getting dressed. She told me "tell me your going to die right now.
Otherwise we're going." so we went. Miracle: God will bless you
with the strength you need to do his work.
It's all about faith.
May the Fourth be with you.
-Sister
Montgomery
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