Dear
Family & Friends:
Something
that I read this last week mentioned something that goes along the lines of
"each of the bumps and detours in our path, is the straight and narrow
path of the Savior" or something like that saying that each trial we
have is placed in our lives, so that we have the best chance to come to our Savior
and follow His teachings!
Well this week is the last week of this transfer so by
tonight we should know if we are staying together for another transfer.
(most likely we will be staying together, but you never know).
Anyways we still had some tender mercies and miracles during
the week, despite the cold and stormy weather.
Last Monday evening we went to visit Carrie in the hospital
and we had planned sharing something short with her that evening, but when we
arrived she said that she wants to read the Book of Mormon with us starting
with the beginning and working our way through. So we read 1 Nephi 1 with
her. Right as we finished the respitory therapist came into the room and
as she was in the room she began to ask questions about what church we were
with and what not. Well come to find out she doesn't even work at this
particular hospital, but they needed her to fill in for that evening, and had
we shared the shorter message that we had planned on we probably would have
never met her. She wasn't quite ready for us to come and teach her, but
she did ask for our card and mentioned that she might come to church one
Sunday. Carrie was super cute during it all too! She said that she
hadn't been to church in 50 years and was just now coming back and that the
nurse could come with her!
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Scraping off Anastasia (the car).
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Tuesday it snowed all day! And I love the snow and get
so excited every time it snows. We also started an English class with
some of the Karen families from Burma. They are so cute and little
Nan Ku is the grandma and always gives us a big hug at the end of the
lesson and says "thank you, thank you so so much"
Anyways with the snowy roads we were so grateful to
have an AWD vehicle, because the elders got stuck 4 times this last week,
and we didn't have any troubles!
Wednesday was neat, so we have been trying to recognize
unplanned service opportunities and so we drove to Jackie's and she wasn't home
so as we were driving back we passed an older lady who was shoveling her driveway.
Sister Brown and I turned and looked at each other and both said that we needed
to go back. So we turned the car around, found a parking spot and went over to
the woman and helped finish shoveling her driveway!
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| Winter snow removal road block in Des Moines. |
Thursday evening we got a call from our ward mission leader
asking if we could come to an interfaith panel that was taking place that
evening, luckily we didn't have to be on the panel, but there was a former
stake president on there as well as a Muslim, a Hindu, a Lutheran minister, and
a Jewish Rabbi. So it was very interesting to hear different beliefs, but
it made me ever so grateful for the restored gospel in my own life!
Friday, Saturday and Sunday were all good and we were able
to visit with some less actives, as well as teach Francis. But come
Sunday, no one we have been working with made it to church so that is always a
little disappointing. Anyways I hope you all have a wonderful week and a
wonderful Valentine's day.
I love you all!
Love, Sister Call
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| Crazy Sister Call & Sister Brown |
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