I have LOTS to write and
lots I want to say, but we'll see how I go. Last week was really good. We
had Zone p-day on Tuesday instead of Monday because of transfer calls on
Monday. We played football like all day (that's all they do here for Zone p-day
lol). Highlights:
1. Ben. We pop into his shop almost
every day and answer his questions and talk to him about the Book of Mormon
(which he's smashing by the way). He has a lot of great questions. We talked
with him on Wednesday about prayer and the Holy Ghost. He desperately wants to
know what it feels like to feel the spirit, but he's been to heaps of churches
since he was young. He was born again at 16 and then went to other churches but
never felt anything. He told us the first time he prayed in a long time was a
week before we met him and he prayed for guidance...and then Sister McReynolds
and I showed up :) He recognized that as an answer to his prayers, but
struggles to recognize the feelings of the spirit. He then asked where the
chapel was again so we showed him on a map. He's the manager of a phone shop in
Headingley and he's super busy all the time. After we left his shop we talked
about how he smokes, and Sister McReynolds said how she remembers other people
she's taught that, as soon as they stopped smoking, (have) felt the Holy Ghost
influencing them. We were like 'THAT'S IT! We need Ben to stop
smoking!' Also, on our way to our dinner appointment after meeting with
Ben, we see him near the chapel in his car. We were thinking "What is
he doing around this area??" He was just telling us how he had loads of
stocktaking to do at his work and how busy and stressed he was…and then we
figured out he was going for a drive to clear his head and to find where the
chapel was for the second time around because he couldn't find it the first
time we told him about a week earlier. There was no other reason for him to be
in that area. We decided to go to the chapel to see if he was there, but we
were a bit far away from it and we were walking so he would've probably been
half way to London by the time we got there, but as we did we spoke to a couple
in the car park. It turns out they're the teachers of the Addiction Recovery
Program. We talked with them for a while and they gave us a book all about the
program. This is exactly what Ben needs. In the session, you don't have to say
anything, you don't have to say what your addiction is...it focuses a lot on
the Atonement and the people can basically just sit there and listen.
Afterwards, as we walked down the road, we were just counting how many times
our prayers were answered one after the other. It was such a great day.
Miracles happen all the time, we just need to recognize them. So that's Ben.
We're excited to see and talk with him next about the Word of Wisdom. We love
him!
2. So, funny story. On Friday we took
out Laurence Mputu (18 yr old YSA) and we went finding in Hyde Park.
When we got there, there were quite a few people setting
up tents and stages and stalls and stuff. So we went and spoke with
some of the people and they told us it was Unity Day tomorrow
(Saturday). It's a day where we all get together no matter what our
differences etc etc. They then asked if we wanted a stall this year...we
were like UMM YES??! We spoke to the organizer straight away and he was so
relaxed and was like 'yeah that's fine! Call Caron, her numbers (blah blah
blah)…so are you the people who think they know when the world is going to
end?" Literally, that's like all he said to us haha he gave
us the number of the lady in charge of the stalls, we called her, told her we
were coming, she gave us some info, and boommm. We called the Zone Leaders and
the Assistants and they were keen as for it. They all helped us out and brought
tables and stuff in the morning for us and we set up a great display of Books of
Mormon, pamphlets, DVDs, and then we covered the table with lollies
lol It was a different way to find people, we planted A LOT of seeds
and lots of people were interested and they took lots of things from the display. It
was basically a hippy day with lots of stalls and food and things. It was a
successful day…even if we didn't get loads of new investigators, we planted the
seeds that will grow into something later on.
3. We had 3 at church yesterday,
which was fantastic. Kaaron, his sister Shazannah (we thought her name was
SUZANNA but it turns out it Shazannah), and Mehrdad (a guy we met at Unity Day
who we invited to church and he said he'd come). . It was good to mix up
finding a bit. Shazannah loved church. And Mehrdad is a Persian guy who
has 2 walking sticks because he has problem with both his legs, but he's
in his late 20's I think and he's really amazing.
I could write for days about what's
been going on, but those are the main parts. Prayers have been answered, miracles
have happened, and lives were touched.
I LOVE BEING A
MISSIONARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This week in study, Sister McReynolds
and I have decided to study the same Christ-like attribute in personal study,
and then work on it during the week. 1 attribute each week. We're (studying) Charity this week. And even though we
have 89321321 other things to be keeping track of like the Zone focus for
the month, the District Focus each week, our Action Plan we make of 1 of the
key indicators that we need to improve on....but we feel it's important to
develop these Christ-like attributes because if we love everyone, we won't be
afraid to talk to people, we won't be worrying about what they'll think, we
won't have any fears, because we love Christ, we love all the people around us,
and when we have faith, we need not fear. So that's what we're doing this week
and applying it so we can be better. I love studying! I love Jesus Christ. If
we have love for Jesus Christ, everything else will fall into place.
Sister Kuhn
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