This week was full of
fun and miracles!!! Let's start with the fun and then move on to the
miracles...
Sister Richards and I
love being outside in the weather (as I have mentioned lots before). :)
We set up a hammock that I was given behind our church building in some
trees. We had a very nice time studying. We also laughed. A lot.
I'm actually really funny sometimes. I made Sister Richards laugh so hard
that she peed her pants! hahaha (She did jump out of the hammock in time
though. Haha)
We also did some service
at a house with a sheep, chickens, and calves! We had lots of fun chasing
chickens and sheep! :) I tried to do a throw-back when I was 7 years old
and do tricks with the chickens. They wouldn't cooperate. I did get
a chicken to stay on my head though!
First miracle of the
week:
The people we live with
had to kick us out by today because their sons are getting home from their
missions soon. Our stake has been looking for housing for us since
February, but for some reason, no one is volunteering! We've been praying
and fasting that we will be able to find someone to house us. Our mission
office sent us on a hunt to find housing for us. We stopped by one ladies
house to ask her. That didn't work out. I decided to drive to our
ward mission leaders house. But! He wasn't even home. As we were
walking back to our car, a lady in the ward, Sister Rotz, (who was a previous
prospect for housing) was walking by. We stopped her, explained our situation,
and immediately she said, "Come live with me!" MIRACLE! We
immediately walked to her house and figured out how we would set everything
up. She then made the comment, "Now I now why I went on a walk later
in the day." It just shows how the Lord is taking care of us.
If she hadn't walked by we wouldn't have thought to ask her if we could live
with her. Soooo on Saturday, we packed, moved, unpacked, and got all
settled in. We now live in our area, which is a huge benefit. It's so
nice!!
Second miracle of the
week:
Sister Richards and I
were wanting to work on our tracting/contacting skills. I knew we needed
to try something different because what we were doing wasn't very
effective. We asked some elders what they do to find success in
contacting and they gave us some advice. We decided to put it to the
test. We went to contact a referral from some members in our ward.
Just to put it very briefly, we talked to the lady and she said we could come
back and teach her!!! New investigator! :)
Third miracle of the
week:
Rosselyn, our recent
convert, brought her friend to church for us to teach. In the chapel we
taught him lesson one, invited him to be baptized, and set a baptismal date for
June 11th! He said yes!!! That was so neat!!
God is blessing us so
much.
This week we also taught
a less active teenage girl. She has lots of doubts, but she has no
desires to change. In the end, she's not ready for us to come back
because he heart is pretty hard. She is a struggling teenager with lots
of emotional issues. There was one point in our teaching when she asked
who we were in high school, or basically what type of stereotypical teenager we
were. I'm not sure where she was going with that, but then she asked if we had
ever had depression issues. I'm going to be honest...I've never struggled
with depression. I, personally, don't know what it is like. When I told
her no she said, "How the heck are you alive?" She found it so
surprising that I survived high school being happy, I guess...
This is something I have
wondered about myself. Why or how did I stay happy through my life up to
this point. I thought about what I was supposed to say, and I'm sure my
thoughts came from the Spirit.
I am happy because I
know who I am.
I am a Daughter of God.
I can be healed and
strengthened through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
I have potential.
I am loved.
I am special.
The way other people
view me doesn't matter. Because I love other people, because I know who
they are, I am happy.
I never knew how much I
took advantage of this knowledge. Growing up in the church, in Primary,
in Young Women's, going to girls camp, etc... I've always been told who I am
and I guess it's something I have taken advantage of. I knew it was an
important knowledge, but I don't think I ever realized how much that knowledge
effected my attitude and behavior.
My understanding and
testimony of this truth has grown. I am a Child of God!
Ponderize: Peter 1:4
Whereby
are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye
might be partakers of the divine nature,
having escaped the corruption that is in the world
through lust.
This world is pretty
messed up, but we have a divine purpose to fulfill. Don't let the
corruption in the world distract you from who you are. Remember, you
are a Child of God!!
From Idaho to you,
XoXo
Sister Carling
In my hammock
There is a chicken on my
head, while I am also wearing a chicken hat. Haha
Feeding a baby cow...It
was born less than 24 hours before!
Sheep. We chased that
thing dowwwn.
I also chased that big
rooster down. Wahoo! haha
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