Danish word of the week: at skrupgrine (at SKROOP-green-uh) to laugh
your head off. I just love that that's an actual
word. And it's really applicable because that's basically what me and Søster
Reed do all the time. That and missionary work.
I think there was one time I wrote about how it was super windy and I
didn't know wind like that was even possible. I would like to retract
that statement. Whatever kind of
wind happened that one week doesn't even hold a CANDLE to what we biked through
this week!! There was this one
horrifying moment when my companion and I were biking up a hill, and the wind
was so high that we literally couldn't pedal forward! I actually started
rolling backwards a little bit! And of course we also had an audience. There
were a ton of people standing at a bus stop right next to us and they were all
laughing. But like, in a nice way. That's basically how it's been all week. So
windy that some of the bridges were closed and the trains stopped running. How
is this even possible! Our district leader actually did get blown over by the
wind on his bike!
This
week ended with a miracle! We had a
former investigator come to church yesterday. She left after sacrament meeting
and sent us a text about how she knows that everything she heard was true. She
said she came all by herself so that she would just be able to sit and listen
uninfluenced by anyone else. The Spirit really spoke to her and touched her
heart deeply. We called her and set up an appointment for this week. She asked
me what she should do in the meantime, and I told her about Moroni’s Promise (Moroni 10:3-5) in the
Book of Mormon. She got her Mormons Bog right away and read it out loud to me over the phone. She started crying and said
that she would absolutely read and ask
God what she should do. Another little 'side-miracle,' the woman who spoke
in sacrament meeting told a story in Relief Society about how as she had been
preparing her talk for today, she felt
like what she should say had come into her mind word for word. She said
that had never happened before, but that she knew that this time there was a
special message that Heavenly Father wanted her to share. I know that what she said was exactly what this former
investigator needed to hear! It's amazing how all of these little pieces
fall together to create miracles.
Our Sister Training Leader sent me
this scripture in a Christmas card. I don't even need to explain why I love
it.
Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let us cheerfully do all things that lie
in our power; and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to
see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed.
Doctrine
and Covenants 123:17
I love you all!!! Have a fantastic
week. I want you to know
that every single week, your emails make me laugh REALLY LOUD in the library,
and it makes everyone stare. I think they're a little jealous that their
families aren't as funny as mine.
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