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| Herman Stringham & Hermana Butler |
Monday, December 22, 2014
Week #19
Everyone,
Wow this week has gone by so fast. We have been working really hard and we have seen it. Our numbers have like tripled! It is crazy! We are working a lot with this Christmas video that is called, “He is the gift”. We have been able to get into so many houses with this video, that would not have said yes otherwise. It has been really cool.
My new companion is really great. She is really hardworking and direct, which has helped our sector a lot. I have loved working with her even though we only will have a short time together as she goes home on the 18th. I am going to be put in a trio with the other girls in our house. It will be interesting to see how that goes, as we will have to work in both of our sectors and we are going to have to trade off going to different wards. But I know there is a reason for all things and it will all work out great.
Okay so this week we taught Victor twice. The first time we taught he said that he wasn’t sure about somethings and that maybe in 2 years he would be ready for a baptism. We told him that he needed to pray about it. When we returned he had completely changed and asked us when he could be baptized. We set a date for the 2nd of January as he has to quit smoking. But he hasn’t smoked since and is doing pretty good. Please pray for him. We are working with a lot of people and I am really excited to see how this week goes.
I am so sorry my letter is really short this week, as I don’t have a lot of time to write. Sorry! I love you all so much and I a praying for you all. I will write more next week.
Love ya,
Hermana Stringham
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
P-day at Safari - November 11, 2014
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| We rode in these trucks! The Lions were bribed with meat to climb on the trucks! Then the visitors could touch the Lions! |
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| They could touch the lion's tongue and paws! |
Week #18
Hey everyone,
Yesterday I completed 4 months in my mission! It is all going by so fast and I am sure it is just going to go even faster. This week has gone by so fast. Today I had to send home Hermana Nokes which was sad, but she lives in Utah so I will get to see her after my mission so that makes it a lot easier. As for my new companion her name is Hermana Butler she is also from Utah, but I don’t remember what part. I was really surprised because I really thought I was going to be with a latina this transfer, but it looks like the Lord has something else in plan for me than I thought. I haven’t met her yet as transfers happen tomorrow, but I am excited. I believe that she going home in like 3 weeks though, so I will be having another new companion here really soon.
This week we had divisions as Hermana Nokes had a lot of things to do her last week, so I got to learn from a lot of different missionaries which was really fun. It was a little bit of a harder week for lessons, but I am excited to get working this week and hopefully find some new people to teach.
Belen and Jonathon- They were going to move but now they aren’t ,and I am so excited that I have the opportunity to keep teaching them. This week we taught Belen twice and she just seemed so different. She is so happy and she basically said that this is what she wants for her family and she feels really good about it but she wants to wait until Jonathon is ready as well because it has to be a family decision. They are progressing so well and it has been amazing seeing the changes in their lives. We had a lesson with a the president of relief society, with her, that went so well. It was so cool to see how they were instantly friends. I was able to see what a huge difference it makes when investigators have real friends in the ward who can support them. Belen told us that she was going to go to church no matter what this Sunday because things always seem to happen, but then their 6 month old got pneumonia and they were in the hospital with her Friday night so they couldn’t go. Satan is working so hard against them right now as they have had whatever thing pass that has made it so they can’t come to church. Please pray for them.
Jacquline- She isn’t going to move either, which is really exciting. Every time we teach she has been studying and praying a lot, but she still hasn’t asked if this true is true and if baptism is what she should do. It is really hard because she can feel a difference in her life, but because her family is catholic she knows that to join the church would be a hard change. I think that she knows it is true or she wouldn’t be going to church and studying the scriptures. She is just afraid because if she gets her answer she has to change a lot in her life. Please pray for her as we try to help her to move past this challenge.
I had a miracle happen Saturday, that I would like to share. As missionaries and as members in general we have the amazing opportunity to have lots of miracles, but we often just don’t recognize them because we aren’t looking for the Lord’s hand in our lives. I have been working hard to look for the Lord’s hand in my life and I have realized that we have so many miracles that happen each week. Earlier this week I lost the map of our sector. I was so frustrated because I could not understand what could have happened to it and I was looking everywhere and could not find it. I was praying that I could find, it as with transfers coming up I really needed it and with no success. Saturday morning I prayed specifically that something would happen when we were walking in the street and we would find it. Saturday it rained and so the streets were very muddy and when we were walking to an appointment, my companion found the map covered in dirt on the side of the road. It had been there for three days and miraculously hadn’t been swept up by someone. I know that the Lord answers are prayers and I am so grateful for his hand in my life.
I love you all so much and I hope you all have a great week and know that I am praying for you!
Hermana Stringham
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