Wow where do I begin? This
week has been amazing!
My companion is Sister
Bensige from Sweden! She is a hard worker and so focused! A great example to
me, I am so happy to be her companion.
I'm in Cayden's old area
so I get to meet all the people he knows haha so they have high expectations of
me.. thanks cayd ;)
It was so amazing! This
week we visited his recent converts Ruth & Lawrence and they were so
grateful to have met missionaries. They shared when cayden bore his testimony
it really touched them. It's amazing how a simple testimony can help someone so
much! I love being able to know all the same people as he does!
So this week on our second
day together we met this guys named James. He was with his son Jack who is 6.
We were just talking about God and his beliefs and we invited him to learn
more. He said it would be okay if we came by to teach him more! So we've been
teaching him this week and he came to church with Jack on Sunday! The most
amazing thing is that he doesn't have a belief in God at all but he has a
desire to know and hopes that there is a god which is the start. Everything
everyone said at church was perfect for him! It was fast and testimony meeting
and it was the most incredible sacrament meeting I've ever been to. The bishop
got up first and just explained what a testimony is, that it's not about our
travels or big long stories and it doesn't have to be long at all. Everyone who
got up just bore a simple, yet powerful witness that Jesus Christ is our
Saviour and that we do have a Heavenly Father who loves us. And how the church
truly has changed their lives. It was so perfect for James to hear! Heavenly
Father was directing that meeting. It was incredible haha Jack the 6 year old
investigator even got up and said he just found out Jesus died and he was so
sad about it because He was his only hope! The next people who got up quickly
explained that Jesus Christ does live again & yes it is true that Christ is
our only hope. Haha I don't think I stopped smiling the whole meeting!
Today we went to Redcar
which is the seaside! We got together with some other sisters and ate fish
& chips and lemontops which they are famous for. It was fun to see an
English seaside town and do some exploring.
We watched the Joseph
Smith movie with one of the recent converts, even though I have seen it a
million times it still amazes me how much he went through for the gospel. It
truly inspires me how willing he was to follow Heavenly Father's counsel no
matter what.
Hope you all have a great
week!!
I'm sorry to those who I
was not able to email back! Love to you all!
Sister Stevens
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| 1st day in Billingham |
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| Seaside! Redcar with the Sisters |
