Hello Grandma and Grandpa~
How are you two doing this week? Sounds like you are doing wonderful, and it sounds like you'll be going to the temple soon! How exciting. I hope you are planning to take me to the temple when I get back. It's been about a year since I've gone. However, I have been blessed! And maybe listening to an apostle this week will be just as enlightening! I'm super excited. We have been blessed with such an opportunity! And I love how much we are trying to do to prepare. This week was actually a tough week. We met with a lot of (I know this doesn't sound nice, but I'm going to just say it) weird people. However, we still saw miracles and I'm praying that everyday my eyes will be more spiritually open so that I can see even more!
Here is one.
There was one lady who called us - her name is Lilia. She is a really fun woman and was interested in learning English. We met with her and had a really fun meeting. Unfortunately, she had her own opinions about the church and many negative remarks. But, we wanted to serve so we decided to go back. She is a seamstress, and we had a lot of fun looking at her beautiful work! She even said she would sew my wedding dress...if I married a Ukrainian... The next week we went back and there was another lady sewing. She had a few questions, and we answered them as best as we could without offending Lilia, but we mostly just laughed and talked about sewing.
Then, we sat down for tea and cookies. Okcana, her friend who is very relaxed, just sits down and tells us about her life in Italy where she worked about 3 years earlier. There, she met with elders who gave her a Book of Mormon! She had many visits with them and the members in Italy. It was really exciting to see how she was put in our path! Miraculous! We even walked to the bus stop and rode the bus together part of the way home. She is a single mother of 2 and is really busy, but we are praying and planning on meeting with her and Lilia again this week.
Well, despite the craziness of this week, we did meet a lot of nice people!
I'm really trying to help this branch grow. They are so elect, but there are so few.
Hey you are having another great-grand baby!
How fun!
How are your anniversary plans going!
Oh, other news...I might be getting transferred this week. I'm so sad. But, because of the important visit, Pres. wants to keep us focused, and we aren't going to find out information until the day before. So, I'm trying not to worry about it. However, I don't know if I should say goodbye or not. I love this city so much! I love the members, my investigators, and all of the familiar faces I see on the street every day. How sad!
Well, Here is another fun story. This week went fast, but everyday we saw some miracles! It started on Monday! Sister Howell received such a strange prompting to take a picture with a snake. Last Monday, after writing you, there was a horrible rainstorm, so after running through the city, we tried to find a dry place to eat. (We were literally running in a rainstorm, soaking wet, actually better to say trying to find some place to eat were we could dry off.) After lunch, Sister Howell had a weird "prompting" to take a picture with a snake.
For real: an anaconda. Well, as we stared at the snake for about 30 minutes, we decided to do it. Well, she decided to do it. I opted for the lighter and less deathlier frightening version of the parrot. In the process, we met 2 really fun men with families, and one of them was super excited to meet with us again. AND WE DID - On Saturday! Yulia, his girlfriend even promised to come to church. (She didn't come, but we have a lot of hope for them!) She also has an interesting obsession with animals - weird animals - she has a nice collection of Madagascar hissing cockroaches ... She also has a 7-year-old son (He'll be 8 in October)! When we first met with them, they didn't even wait for a second. We sat down and they asked: "So, tell us about your church." They aren't married, but they are preparing, and of course, we'll help.
Sho She? Well, hmmm...I love you! I'm proud of you and I think you are wonderful! I hope you are happy and enjoying every second of your day. I'm trying to do the same.
I love the Gospel of Christ. I love that it has been restored in its fullness and that we can really receive salvation through faith in Christ, Repentance, Baptism by authority and immersion, and receiving the sanctifying gift of the Holy Ghost. I love the Gospel and that it teaches what we need to do to return to Our Heavenly Father. Never give up. Always Press Forward, Steadfast and Firm, living the Gospel every day and every day our lives will be changed and we will become closer and closer to a perfect understanding of Our Savior and Our Father.
I'm not the best...you are!
Love you both...BUNCHES!
XOXOXO!
Love,
Sister Murphy
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