Hey everyone!!
A great week has flown by yet again!
It has been awesome and i've learned so much. We are teaching a lot of people
and finding a lot of people and are just working hard on getting them to
progress and come to church! its a constant struggle. Haha but they will
get there :) We had an awesome experience this past week with one of our new
investigators named Crissy. We tracted into her a couple weeks ago and she
didnt seem super interested but she set up a return appt. anyway... so we got
to go back this week and she is so awesome!! She told us that when we knocked
on her door a couple weeks ago that it was the perfect time and that this is
exactly what she has been looking for. She has been a part of a couple
different churches but said that she never felt like she was truly at home. AND...
she even tried to order a book of mormon a while ago from a tv commercial she
saw but nobody ever brought her one. I guess you could say we were pretty
stoked for her to finally have one. She is so excited to read it and find out
for herself. She has been going through a really rough time lately and has a
lot going on and she actually works with a member and she told the member that
we knocked on her door and the member said if anything was going to help...
that it would be to meet with us. She is so accepting of everything and she
just kept saying that it felt right and that it was what she needed to do. Ah i
loved it. It is just so awesome cuz we had an appointment fall through the day
we knocked on her door and we just felt like we should tract her street. It was
all the spirit. The spirit is real! :) She has agreed to be baptized and i'm so
pumped for her.!
Also, this week as we were cruising
around on our bikes.... we were headed to see an investigator but as we passed
a street that a member lived on we both felt like we needed to go see them. We
found them outside looking for some jumper cables so we told them we would go
find them some (they were a little hesitant to knock on their neighbors door
and ask... and since we knock on random doors all the time we thought we could
do the dirty work for them haha) Anyway, we found some and took them back but
turns out they didnt need the cables... another neighbor did so we went over to
take them to who needed it and were able to help her and her family out with
their car but the coolest part about this really random story is that the
little girl who lived there who is like 8 kept telling us that her old
babysitter taught her about God all the timea and that she wants to know more
about him. The mom was a little hesitant of having us help them but that little
girls desire to learn more softened her moms heart and we got their number and
will hopefully be able to teach them sometime :)
I heard a great quote this
week that a swimmer once said "I kick when i dont want to kick, and i
stroke when i dont want to stroke" i love that cuz i think a lot of times
in life we have to go through things that we dont necessarily want to or things
that are very hard for us but we do them anyway and we get through it. But what
i learned this week is that it is easier to do it and get through those things
with heavenly father on our side and by humbling ourselves enough to let him in
and help us. It isnt always easy but i know that if we are always doing our
best to remember him and our savior and his atoning sacrifice that we will be
able to watch heavenly father carry us through things that we never thought
possible. Each week we renew our baptismal covenants of "always
remembering him" and as we do so we will "have his spirit to be with
us" i know that if we each strive a little hard to always remember him
that our hearts will be softened and our burdents will be made lighter because
we are turning to the savior and relying on him. He didnt die and sacrifice for
us for nothing. He did all that he did so that we could experience the joy that
the atonement has to offer and to also be able to experience help and strength
during the hard times.
I cant believe that a year ago the
historic announcement was made of lowering the age for missionary service. I
will forever be grateful for that announcement and will never forget that day
when my world was flipped upside down. I wouldnt trade any of the experiences,
good and bad for anything in the world since i've been out here on my mission.
Idk where i would be or what i would be doing if i werent out here but i know
that i wouldnt be nearly as happy or learning as much as i am now. I
am so grateful to be here serving the lord. I'm so grateful to be able to
be wrapped up in this gospel constantly for 18 whole months. I know that i am
here in virginia for a reason and i know that announcement was made when it was
for a reason. i know that this church is true, i know that president monson is
a prophet of god and that he receives revelation to lead and guide this church
to help the work move forward. I will forever be grateful to be a part of that
work! Have a great week! XOXO
Sister Roosendaal
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