There have been a lot of threes this week:
*I am moving to my
third areahttps://www.mormon.org/
In other news...
It has been a week of miracles!
You know that finding activity we had last week? The one right before the fateful peppers?
Well, during that hour, Sister Helmick and I talked to a mother with two small children. It was a very brief conversation, but she gave us her contact info. We called her a couple of days later and we set up a time to meet on Tuesday of this week. When we got there, her teenage daughter was also there, who had just come from Nigeria two weeks before. We taught them both and they felt the Spirit. We invited the daughter to come with us to the Young Woman's activity that was happening that evening. She said yes! I was surprised that her mother would trust us so readily. The Spirit is incredible with those kinds of things! The daughter came and had a great time. We met with them again and invited them to church, and they came! It was so much fun to have them there! Everyone in the ward was really kind. What struck me the most was the change in the daughter. She is coming out of some rough stuff, but after church she was so happy and open, and she glowed! I am so excited to hear about the progress of this family!! It also hit home so HARD that the members are the key to membership. Love allows us to recognize truth. Acceptance can give us the courage to take the steps. Missionaries are the there to invite, meaning to point out what needs to be changed, but it is the members that generate the support required to make the change.
Also, I finally had that moment on my mission where I realized I was only along for the ride. I had always known that theoretically, but it is different when you feel it. I feel so blessed to be apart of the journey of one of our investigators. She is so beautiful, and her heart is soft. She said that she had realized that she needed to stop drinking coffee, and she had been weaning herself off of it, and after a lesson on the word of wisdom, she said that the next day or so, that she had lost all desire to drink it. As in, she didn't like the taste of it anymore! She said that this was incredible, because she had always been a lover of the coffee flavor! God is guiding her steps. And He can guide all of our steps as well. If we are willing to listen, He will gently redirect, encourage, build, break, bend, change, and design as necessary to bring us home and prepare us for the glory to which we have been born.
It's almost Christmas. It's the perfect time to refocus on what is most
important. And remember what the point of it all is.
I highly encourage you all to watch the short film--
https://www.mormon.org/
https://www.mormon.org/
If you have already seen it, then I encourage you to watch it again! :)
It's the perfect time to love yourself a little more, to forgive a little
more, to trust a little more, to hope a little more, because a little babe was
born in Bethlehem. Discover why for yourself!
Love always,
Sister Roderer
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