Hi'ya family!!!!! Oh man
SO much to tell you all this week! we had such an amazing past couple of
days!!!!
Ok ok so a couple weeks
ago I lost my favorite name tag- it was my first one and I had SO many stickers
on the back from the kids in Newcastle- so many memories I loved this
badge! But it fell off when we were walking. Over the Christmas
break as you know we lost contact with S., sad. Well yesterday we
got flogged by the members we were supposed to go teach. so we said a prayer
and asked to be guided where to go- so we decided we would stop by K.'s and her
daughter G. so we take a bus to town centre and I was like hey lets stop
in the library really fast. So we did. Who was sitting there. . . none
other than S.!!!! and we talked to him- he has been reading the Book of Mormon-
AGAIN! and he said hey I have something of yours! He pulled out my
name badge! Of all the people in Shields, he was the one to find
it! In an area that he doesn't even live by! It was the reminder he
needed in that time we were separated!!!!! We had a great lesson with him
right then!!!!!! Miracle!!! and my badge- well it's pretty rough- half the
stickers are gone it got ran over by a car, the panda bear that Sister Ith gave
me is now a black bear, but it means that much more to me now!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!
ok ok so when we first
came to shields we set a goal to have at least one investigator at church every
single week. Well with passing D. on to the elders (btw he is
great! progressing still so nicely so maybe we can take him back in a
couple of weeks) our faith, sadly, was a little low and on saturday night
we had no one confirmed for church. Elder Baird our district leader said
''sister Monroe have faith you will have someone there'' ummm ok???
so first hour was
combined priesthood and relief society-- and who walks in. .. D. . .. D.
himself was a miracle! We had met him the day before- taught him lesson
one on the street- he had so many questions it was SO great-- oh by the way we
were going to a tea appointment and started going one way. stopped. felt
prompted to go the other. and whoop there he was! it was so great but
then he was like eh I don't want people coming to my house sorry. We
invited him to church and then he showed up!!!!! and guess what! we have 2
appointments with him this week!!!!!!! One tomorrow, which sadly I won't
be at, Sister Neilson is going on exchanges because I have to go to a meeting
at transfer meeting. but then on saturday we are making the Powers dinner
(which is lunch) to thank them for Christmas- and they invited D. and we are
doing family history!! YAY!!!
MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!! I
TESTIFY THAT IS TRUE!
We have seen so so so
many miracles this week- because we have really focused hard on relying on the
spirit! fasted, and we are looking for the miracles big and small everyday-
but lately they have ALL BEEN BIG!!
We are just loving
Shields! Loving it so much! Sister Neilson and I are having a blast and
working so so hard!
Another story where the
Lord's hand is in everything, we ended up going to K.'s last night and we were
contacting on the bus- I met this lovely women and we were talking about
church, her family, her job everything- then it was her stop. boo. when
we got off Sister Neilson was like how was she and I said ''so great! if I
would have had 30 more seconds with her, but oh well seeds are planted''
so we go to K.'s come out- missed the bus by 10 seconds. oh man. we get
on the next bus- 2 stops later- the same lady walked on!!! MIRACLE!! we got her
address! and we are going to stop by soon!!!!! oh we are so blessed here in Shields
and I know that the Lord is the one guiding us in our work!!!
Well I got to go but I
love you all-- wish me luck with the new calling!
Love you!!
<3 sister Monroe
ps please thank Jada for
me! and Melanie too!!!! tell everyone hello for me!
oh an pps I think Nic
comes home this next week- could you please be sure to give him the missionary
survival kit that I made- I have no idea where I left it. . . .. . .
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