Week 62: Tough Love

EY FAMILY!!!!  Thank you for all of the awesome support you have been giving me and the prayers. They are much needed.

This week was good. We had some wonderful appointments this week including one with an American who is from Oregon...not sure exactly where but it's not really close to us. Her daughter became a member after she moved here and she doesn't really believe in God but she just wanted to have some dinner with Americans haha She cooks great. When we first set up the appointment she had told us she didn't want to be converted..oh sweet lady, we dont convert you, the spirit does. haha  haha But she made us some LEKKER (delicious) blackberry cobbler and I was dying. I just wanted to go back to Oregon and pick some fresh fruit. MMMMM. So good. haha And this is what was WAY cool. So we decided to share something small out of the BOM and she (well and her Dutch husband, Henk) was very hesitant but she said okay. We just shared 2 nephi 25:26 and at the end she goes "that's it! Wow.!" and the husband said "that was actually very beautiful" before we could say anything else she said "Does that book explain what happens to us when we die? Next time you guys come over can you share that with me..Both of my parents are dead and I really want to know." Well lady, you really are going to have to pull our arms to get us to come back ;0 haha just kidding so we set up an appoint to eat blueberry pancakes on Sunday morning. haha SUPER PUMPED. Did I mention that they are AMERICAN!? (: haha So excited.

Mellonie is doing super good. We had some great lessons with her that I CAN'T wait to tell you about in person!!! They would take forever. Pretty much she is getting baptized on the 12th! Super pumped. haha 

Mellonie and I

I WENT ON EXCHANGES WITH SISTER BROPHY IN CAPELLE!!!!!!! This was my highlight. It was so great. I got to see Iris (she is doing good by the way) and Shabnam!!! It was so great. I felt like I should just stay there forever. But we did some great contacting and we actually found this really awsome man who was super interested. Sunday night I got a call from sister Brophy saying that they had an appointment with him and he is GOLDEN and that he is going to get baptized!! MIRACLE!!! That totally busted my spirits. I am sooo excited for him. SO excited! haha See Heavenly Father is great and blesses us when we are faithful. It was cool because that morning that we had found him, I was studying about faith and so sister brophy and I said we were going to exercise more faith in finding and look what happened. The Lord is great. haha 

Saying Goodbye to Sister Brophy

We also had a great first lesson with Sait. He is from Turkey and he has already read 63 pages of the bom. We will see where he goes!

I thought really hard today about how we all of the agency to decide whether or now we are happy. WE DECIDE OUR OUTCOME, NO ONCE ELSE.  I have also realized that the storms are what helps make us grow. He has planned everything out PERFECTLY and understand what we need in order to progress.I love Heavenly Father. He loves you. I am pumped for the next 2ish months and that I can show my love for him. I pray that I can have patience and endure my trials. Love you tons! 

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