I absolutely love this season! I love being able to start bundling up
against the cold but not needing to look like a snowwoman. I love
seeing all the different colors on the trees and on the grounds! I
love the feel of the breeze rushing by face and feeling a slight sting
in my cheeks. There is so much to be grateful for and I've only listed
the basics! I also love being a missionary, spending my every hour
focused on how to help others come unto Christ. I love meeting new
people and getting to hear their stories. I love seeing how the Lord
guides this work!
This week has been pretty awesome if you haven't been able to guess
yet. :) We are working hard to meet the members and share powerful and
spiritual messages so that they will trust us and help us. Many of the
members already love missionary work but haven had much of an
opportunity to do it, so we get to help them learn how! With one
leader we visited, we mentioned that we were going to go and teach one
of their neighbors and asked if she'd like to join us. She said sure!
then ran to grab her coat. As we were walking to the investigator's
home, this woman told us that she had never gone out with missionaries
before and was really excited to try. I was a bit shocked, because
there are plenty of missionaries to go out with, but she had never
been invited and hadn't volunteered. We were so glad to have her there
with us and the investigator was really open and friendly so it went
well!
Another family we visited we had shared the restoration, focusing on
Joseph Smith's First Vision; the Spirit had been very strong and we
left them with the invitation to pray to know who needed to hear that
message. We came back a few days later and they had 5 families for us!
Now, we are going to help them learn how to invite their friends to
listen to us in their home. We are really excited to meet these people
and to share with them the restored gospel.
We are still searching for people to teach, but we are also enjoying
our time together. I tend to feel stressed when I don't have many
investigators to teach because I feel that I am failing in someway and
need to change so as to find people. This is a true principle, but we
also need to realize that some things take time. Yes, I'd love to find
a family whose ready for baptism in 3 weeks tonight, and I know that
it's possible, but I'm not going to beat myself up if we don't. I have
learned to trust in the Lord's timing - not that it's easy for me -
and to receive confirmation of my worth from Him, not those around me.
I will know if I have had success as a missionary because I will be on
the same page as Him and He'll let me know.
I want to share one more story to illustrate the Lord's timing. We
were walking from dinner and decided to change our planes a bit and
visit we had been asked to go and see. When we got there she was super
busy so we set a time to come back. We start walking to our original
plans and we see a man taking out the trash from his home across the
street. We go over and start speaking with him and he asks if we are
looking for his wife; a bit surprised, we said no and asked why. He
told us that they are less active and then invited us in. We had a
great lesson with him and his wife where they said that they felt they
need to come back to church. We are going to see them again this week
and hopefully we'll be able to help them come back and eventually go
to the temple! We hadn't planned on seeing them, didn't even know they
lived there, but God did and He lead us to them.
I love you all! Please remember who you are and whose you are. God
loves you, I love you, and you are important. Have a great week and do
something extra :)
Love,
Sister Lindh
Fun story! So, the members were living with, the husband (Pa Nehring)
works as a flight attendant. On Saturday, he phoned home and said that
he had a surprise for us Sisters for Sunday evening. We weren't sure
what to expect so we were all super excited! Sunday evening comes
around finally and we all gather in the family room. There, Pa pulled
out this piece of paper and said that he had met a special guest. So,
to preface, he works Delta airlines, the Church's preferred airline.
On Saturday, he had been working when he felt a very obvious change in
the plane; he could feel an increase of the Spirit. He turned around
and he saw D. Todd Christofferson, one of the 12 apostles! The flight
got started as normal, Pa did his job, but part way through the flight
he brought Elder Christofferson a piece of paper with our (The
Sisters') names and how long we've been out on it. He then asked for a
not of encouragement for us, explaining that right now has been a bit
rough trying to find people. This is what Elder Christofferson wrote.
"Dear Sisters - I'm happy to greet you. On behalf of all the Brethren,
I thank you for your willingness to serve and all your efforts
-whatever the outcomes. God bless you with joy as you work and serve.
With my love and prayers, Elder D. Todd Christofferson"
It was such an amazing gift! Pa took the time to think of us and ask
an apostle for encouragement! Also, the note is amazing! We, as
missionaries, have the apostles praying for us so as to help our
fellowmen come unto Christ. How cool is that!
I love you all and just wanted to share. I testify that we really do
have living prophets and apostles today. They speak with God and His
Son, Jesus Christ. I know that Christ lives; He is our mediator and
savior. I love Him and serve Him.
Hermana Lindh
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