This week was a great week. Honestly so good. we have found some amazing
people. Heavenly Father truly is preparing people and is at the head of this
work.
not much time so I will just tell one story, doesn't really have
to do with missionary work though. just me and my dumb ideas. luckily sister
Larson is a champ.
but we were running a bit late one day. and on our map we saw this footpath
(they are all over England) that would take us exactly where we needed to go.
perfect right?..... at the end of the footpath there is this huge posh gate that
is bolted and chained and a posh ancient mansion type place. on the left of the
path though there was a park, and we figured it was the park that was shown on
the map. so we decided that instead of going all the way back the long way we
would just hop the fence. now let me tell you. this wasn't some tiny
little fence. it was tall and had pokey things on the top. we almost ripped
holes in our skirts, but we were able to hop it.
turns out it wasn't the park we thought. but a private football
training ground, with no exit except through a locker room
thing. that definitely wasn't happening. so we were creeping around trying not
to be seen, when we found this gate at the back that said Do Not Enter..... so
what did we do? We entered.... looking back probably not the wisest thing to do,
but we were desperate!
turns out it meant do not enter. it was no man's land between people's back
garden and this training facility. and the entire thing was just trees bushes
and thorns. no you may think I am exaggerating about this, but as Sister Larson
as my witness, and the videos I will show you when I get home, I am not. we were
on our hands and knees crawling through stinging nettle, dirt, and thorns. It
was the funniest thing. we were just laughing the entire time. finally we
heard a busy road and we able to make it to another big fence and hop it and end
up on the side of a busy motorway. we were freeeee!
ended up taking WAY longer than just going back the way we came. but it
worked out because A) it was a fun adventure and B) we were able to use it the
next day when we were teaching at a youth conference.
It is a perfect demonstration of the fact that God has given us the gospel,
the commandments, and standards to help us. It is like the map we had. How
many times in our life though do we believe that it is easier, or more
convenient, or more popular to disregard what the map says and take our own
way. and each time we took our own way it got harder and we got more and more
over our heads. if we just follow the map that Heavenly Father has given us we
are able to avoid all the stinging nettles and thorns of sins. and luckily we
have repentance as well.
ironically later that day, we lost our map
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| pic from zone bbq last p-day |
so much to say but like I said i'll just tell you in a few weeks. literally
a few weeks. it really has been a week of miracles though.
and thanks for your prayers for Danie and Mario. Mario was baptised on
Saturday! Danie is getting baptised at the end of the month. Stella is also
getting baptised the week after I leave :( sad part about having General
Conference the last weekend because no baptisms that day so we had to schedule
it the week after. but that is okay, just so happy for her. she is the cutest
woman from Ghana, and probably has the 2 cutest children I have ever seen.
believe you me, I love them. i'll send a pic next week of them.
I had to give a talk this sunday, but it was definitely not as good as
yours adam. that was so great! thanks for sending it to me mum.
Love you! thanks for everything. :) hope you have had a great week.
thanks for the emails you are the best. love you!
Sister Formica
and I have been away from hemet too long, I am losing my gangsterness as
you can tell from the pic....
ps
love this scripture: “...when he falls he shall rise again, for his
sacrifice shall be more sacred unto me than his increase, saith the Lord”
(D&C 117:13). sometimes it isn't the result that Heavenly Father is
interested in, but what we are willing to sacrifice
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