I am sooo happy to see thing homecoming pictures of Kristy! Even though they make me a bit homesick...don't worry my time will come. I hope you guys enjoy Seattle and that you take advantage of having one of your awesome daughters home:) haha I was also EXTREMELY happy to hear that Lauren started her mission papers!!! WOOHOOO!!! Please keep me updated! I am SO EXCITED for her.
Well this week was AMAZING. And really overwhelming. Just lots came at once but we really figured things out. haha (: It has been good. Where do I begin!? haha I am so grateful to have Zr Brophy here! This city is seriously amazing and I am just loving every second here. I don't know what I would do if I had a different companion though. haha I think of all the cities, this has been one that has changed me in a different way than the others have. There have definitely been hard times here but there is just something great thing about this place. I feel home.
So..Let me update you guys on Iris! Oh boy. I am so excited. haha we had 2 WONDERFUL lessons with her this week! And of course our favorite people came with us, Zr Wilma Vermeer and Zr Wilkens. haha They are seriously the best joint teaches EVER. Iris has made SO much progress this week. We taught her about fasting on tuesday and how we can use it to gain strength. Zr Wilkens shared some awesome stories that really touched Iris. You could just see the change in Iris as we talked with her. She is so excited to quit smoking even though she knows it is going to be hard. We then taught her about following the prophet and the 10 commandments and the lesson went SO well. The Spirit was AMAZINGLY strong and everything was just perfect. 1 week ago zr Brophy and I had picked a talk to have her read and it turned out being the PERFECT talk for her. Coincidence? I think not! The Spirit totally helped us with that. She promised to come to the church and that we are going to find a day to fast together and help her to stop smoking! AND GUESS WHAT?! She was on date for the 16th but because of vacation and also her needing to stop smoking, we were able to switch her date to the 30th! We are SO excited and so is she! She came to church with her son. Brennen and they LOVED IT. She was talking to her son while I was by them and she said "how did you like class?" He said "it was super cool" and THEN she said "good because we are going to come here more oft
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en!" HOW AWESOME. She was scared that her ex was not going to like the fact that Brennen was going to church but she called him and and he was totally fine with it, in fact he found it awesome! What a blessing. She also told zr Brophy that she is totally ready to get baptized, she just needs to stop smoking! I am just so happy and grateful for Iris and that she is finding happiness! You can just see it in her face. SO GREAT. Pray for her to find the strength to stop smoking(: Thanks!
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LuDgarda (I guess i have been spelling her name wrong..my bad) and Xionely are doing good. We saw tons of progress from her this week and we were super excited to see her take some awesome steps and finally make it to church...but again, she told us she'd be there and then she didn't show up. We are going to have a good loving talk with her tomorrow and see how things go. Her and Xionely are now also on date for the 30th. We will see how it goes. Please pray for them!
Ha crazy story. Well not too crazy but it was definitely one of those small things that happen in your life and it just helps you gain a stronger testimony. (: haha So Saturday night we got a call asking us to give a talk/do something to take up time during sacrament meeting and so we decided to give our testimonies. I had been thinking that night what I wanted our investigators to know and also the members...but I fell asleep before finding an official topic. I woke up in the middle of the night throwing up in my mouth. Like gross. But Hard core. I choked it down because I didn't want to throw up on myself and I drank some water. I was still feeling pretty sick and it was only 2 am. DANG. I needed sleep because Sunday was going to be crazy so I decided to say a prayer. After finishing my prayer, I laid back down and after a few minutes I felt better and fell back asleep. What a simple thing. Heavenly Father answers prayers people! He knew that I couldn't be sick and he knew the desires of my heart! And because of that He blessed me to feel better and He gave me the strength to serve others. It may sound dumb but It really helped me realized that the Lord is there. And then I was able to share that experience with the ward and Iris and other investigators. What a blessing. So here is a quote for you! and this is thanks to Tasi and the awesome card things she gave me in the MTC. "Why wish upon a star when you can pray to the one who created it."
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Prayers are answered! I have been getting super lazy with my prayers lately but I know that the Lord helps us ONLY is we ask and are willing to act. I love this gospel. I love my mission! I am so grateful for everything that I have learned out here. I am grateful I still have 4 months to learn more and to serve more and to become the person the Lord needs me to be!
We were sitting on the Metro on our way home from a long day and there was this guy playing his guitar, singing "Everything is going to be alright" and it was just so cool and something we both needed. Heavenly Father comforts us when we need comfort. (:
I love you guys. LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU GUYS. SO MUCH. Thank you for everything. I am sorry I was the worst daughter before. I am so excited to help out when I get home!!!! (: I love you!
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