Mana from Heaven

It doesn't rain like this in the desert!

Highlights:
*Sister Markl is on the mend...and in the meantime we have had piles and piles of adventures! From catching allowed rides with the Elders to Sisters coming in from other areas to help with appointments, it's been a testimony to me that there really are angels among us.
*Had an incredible lesson with a girl from Kenya, who literally ran for her life because she believed in Jesus Christ.

Heading Back from the Multi-Stake Conference

*Came face2face with myself in a new way.
I'm so excited for life,
God is really good.
Hard or easy, rain or shine, this life is BEAUTIFUL!
*Got to go to Düsseldorf for church yesterday to hear Elder Christofferson in the multi-stake conference. Super cool!!
*Had a moment this week where I physically was not strong enough to lift something, and somehow was given just enough strength to move what needed to be moved. God really gives us "according to what we need".

Ok.

Power Split

I was on a power split with Sister Sant on Saturday, and we were at an apartment complex and saw this guy on the bottom level on his balcony, just watching the flies buzz by.
We went up to him and started talking about Jesus Christ. Turns out he's a Pentecostal Pastor. We showed him the Easter video which he LOVED.
All of a sudden I hear a
swish
And something whacks me on the shoulder.
Confused, I look down and see a large chunk of...
Bread?
Yes.
Bread.
Yes, please hit the one gluten-intolerant missionary in the head with bread.
Totally confused, we look up and see a lady on the top floor shaking out her kitchen tablecloth.
I make a comment about feeling like Elisha in the wilderness being fed by Ravens.
We keep talking, and then we get showered in...
SAND
We look up again, and there is a kid on a different balcony pouring a cup of sand out on our heads.
We took a couple steps back out of the splash zone to survey the situation.
The family was super apologetic and let us up.
We shared part of the Easter video and a card.


It made me think a bit about mana from heaven.
Our spirits as well as our bodies require daily nourishment. It requires care, thought, and time. And God is ready to give us exactly what we need in that moment. Though sometimes it doesn't look like the portion we would have picked out for ourselves.
Haha
Sometimes I'm like
"What!? I can't POSSIBLY survive on that!" But I can, and I do. And I'm so much, much better for it.
It reminds me of my favorite Mormon Message (Hope of God's Light)
Where he explains that answers come slowly, softly, and only as fast as we can digest them. And that "it is part of our condition as mortals to feel like we are constantly in darkness", when we really are not.
I guess my point is that there is enough mana for all of us, all of the time.
Sometimes even a little bit extra, haha.

I promise you that no matter how much you've feel you've lost, given up, or sacrificed, God repays in eternal proportions. He loves you. You are His precious child, and you mean heaven and earth to Him.

Love always,

Sister Roderer