Hello!
We certainly have been enjoying
the sunshine here in Anchorage this past week. I think that I mentally prepared
myself so much for the snow and cold that I never anticipated the beautiful
sunshine! It always catches me by surprise, but I’m not complaining. J
It’s been another great week in
the life of a typical Alaskan sister missionary! Our investigators are doing
well and the Turnagain ward is catching the missionary fire!! "N" is
getting excited for her baptism on Friday and we’ll be seeing her and "E" a
lot this week to make sure that things are continuing to go well. J
"C" is doing well too! We
were happy to see him at church again this week and we’ve had a couple really
awesome lessons! The ward already loves him and he’s continuing to do well. I’m
always so impressed every time to see him and the huge life changes he’s
making.
"I" was at church this week
too!! "I" is a less active member (Sister "M" 's son-in-law) and he is so
awesome! He’s wanted to come back to church, he is a convert and stopped coming
to church after his baptism. He also wants to make big changes. He’s got an
adorable little boy, and wants his son to be able to serve a mission and grow
up in the church and he realizes how important his example is. It was great to
see him at church!
COOL STORY: So every Tuesday
night we go and visit the "Good" family. Monday night when we were planning on
what we were going to teach them, the thought of teaching the restoration came
to mind, so we were like-okay sounds great! So we got to the "Good"s and
there was a lady named "P" there. We introduced ourselves and went into the
lesson. We felt really impressed to direct the lesson to her and when we were
finish teaching the lesson we asked her if she’d like to know more. She said
yes and then saw her again on Friday! When we were talking to her she mentioned
how she’s had some negative experiences in the past but she feels like within
the last week “God’s been trying to talk” to her. So she prayed and asked that
whatever He wants her to do, she’ll be able to figure out. She then made the
comment, “who would have thought that within a week I’d be at the "Good"’s and
you’d come over too.” It’s moments like that, that I realize how much Heavenly
Father loves His children and He’s in the details of our lives. He knows "P"
and loves her so much, and put us in her path to help her in her life. Pretty
neat!! She’s doing great!
We also had a neat experience at
a couple dinners this week. The first was at the dinner Wednesday, the couple
that invited us over to dinner also invited a part-member couple over too, and
after dinner we got into a really awesome gospel discussion. The husband of the
couple that wasn’t a member had some questions about really knowing for sure if
the church is true, and how to find answers. At the end of the discussion
we invited him to take the lessons and he said yes!
Dinner on Thursday was a similar
experience. It was a part member family with a daughter that isn’t baptized. We
mentioned the possibilities of teaching the lessons and they said that’d be
great! So we’ll start teaching her this week as well as the dad who isn’t a
member yet!
Life is so good! Can’t believe
it is once again the last week of the transfers (who knew six weeks could fly
so quickly?!) We’ll see where the Lord needs me for the next six weeks, stay
tuned till next week! Life is good and I am happy! It’s been the best transfer ever!!
Love you always!!
Sister Hedelius
J Have a great week!
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