January 21, 2019

Ahhh HELLO. I can not believe it's been another week. These weeks are FLYING by. But this week has probably been one of the best! So many miracles have happened and so many funny moments. I'm not even sure where to start.

God really does listen

So we have been working with this family we are helping to get baptized, and this week was a break through week. They were doing really well for quite a while, then they kind of quit progressing and we weren't sure what to do. So we fasted and prayed and planed out some lessons for them this week and God truly worked so many miracles. On Tuesday we were teaching the Word of Wisdom lesson, and before we started the mom was drinking a cup of coffee. So we were kind of nervous but we just prayed so hard for the spirit to be in their home. And started to teach. Usually the mom is trying to keep her 3 sons from fighting or making dinner whenever she has a free hand, but during this lesson she had the 2 little boys go play in their room and her and her son Michael (the two who are getting baptized) sat and genuinely listened with genuine questions. We asked them why they want to be baptized and they bore their testimonies on the savior and how much they love him. It was SO POWERFUL. They brought the spirit into their home so quickly. When we taught the Word of Wisdom she immediately put down her cup of coffee and said she would follow it. She didn't even ask questions as to ways to get around it, but she stopped, right then, because she loves the Lord.

THEN........ We had a few more meetings during the week, but on Sunday we went to get them ready for church. When we went they were all waking up and the mom had forgotten we were coming over and everything was rushed, but she let us come in and get all of her boys ready, we loaded them in the car and went to church! It was probably the best Sunday I have ever had in my life. Her rowdy and loud boys sat quietly on the bench with their arms neatly folded just so happy to be at church. After they went to their classes they didn't want to leave because they made so many friends. THIS IS A MISSIONARIES DREAM. This wonderful family left the little church building a completely changed family. You could see it in their eyes. They were truly happy. It makes my heart so unbelievably happy.

Second chances

COOL STORY. So last week I was parking the mom van, and I parked it TERRIBLY. That thing is huge haha and when we were walking away this lady was trying to get out of Her car, but I parked SO BAD she like couldn't open her door. Ha so I ran over super embarrassed and apologize and was going to re-park but she was super kind and told me not to worry about it. After we left I was disappointed in myself because I didn't tell her why we were there, or that we were missionaries. HOWEVER, the Lord provides. We were tracting in this area and felt like we should stay even though we were planning on leaving, so we did and we knocked on some random doors and didn't find any success. Then across the complex we saw a door that was open... And we knew they were home so we went over and Introduced ourselves! The first thing the lady said was "oh you guys parked next to me one time" hahaha it took a second for it to click then my face went super red and I realized she was the lady I like pinned in her car with my bad parking. I assured her that our message was a lot better than my parking skills and we taught her and her kids a lesson right there on the doorstep. The Lord truly does provide!! It was incredible.

I lost my soul....

It's been pouring rain this week which I love. And we have been out enjoying it and have been SOAKED. Ha it's been so fun! But we came out of this lesson that's in a 3rd story apartment and we were putting our shoes on in the pouring rain and I slipped and almost tackled my sweet companion down the 3 flights of stairs, but luckily the guardrail caught us both. Hah but I football tacked her and fell down only a few of the wet stairs and started laughing SO HARD. And the family we are teaching runs out and and just sees a pile of soaking wet sister missionaries. Haha moral of this pointless story.. We almost both broke ourselves but we didn't and I complexity demolished my shoes on the stair and ripped the soul off. Detached the entire thing. Hah We died laughing and had a long walk in the rain to the car. Haha. But we had some sweet members that super glued it back together for me. So we are back in business!!!

It's been an incredible week. I have seen so many miracles and I know that God is very real and very aware of us. As missionaries we couldn't do ANYTHING if we didn't have help from our heavenly father. This truly is his work, and he loves every single one of his children more than we will ever understand. He just wants all of us to live with him forever. He's set up a perfect plan for all of us so we can live with him forever and I am so grateful for that. Have a wonderful week. Don't forget to pray!!! Praying takes your worries away. (;

Love, Sister Wiser

the pouring rain

More rain

my soulless shoe

perks of living really close to the mission president....
he will take you out to lunch after long meetings.
So blessed. we love our mission president SO MUCH.