I hope you all have had a wonderful week, and I would just like to thank you all for sticking around for so long. In honor of that, I will start each email with a gospel joke and finish them with the answer. Just for your enjoyment. (If you have any and would like to share them with me please send them to me via email.) Thank you for your time and cooperation, let's get started.
Question: what time of day was Adam created?
I am doing well, I'm actually just so happy, which is kind of a surprise because it's winter, and I hate being cold, but doing the work of the Lord should (and does) make anyone happy. Sister Cook is doing great too, she stopped several people while street contacting and she's pushed herself to speak (and eat..) in appointments. It's been really cool to watch her grow and see her understand more and more.
Our miracle of the week is a self referral we received on Sunday last week, Veynera. We called her on Monday to set up an appointment and she was overjoyed. We met with her on Wednesday and she told us the story of how she got to the point of calling our branch president. She met with missionaries 30 years ago in Venezuela but lost contact and hasn't had anything to do with our church since. She has visited 18 churches looking for the truth and she finally gave up. But she gave one last prayer "please Father, just let me find the truth." The next day she was in YouTube and a Mormon video popped up ,,die Wahrheit der Mormonen". I don't know what the video is or if that's the exact name of the video, but it touched her heart and she remember meeting with missionaries 30 years before, then she saw another video. And then she felt such a desire to know more that she searched everywhere to find a church near her (since the video was in German she figured that there must also be a church in Germany.) So she finally found the phone number to our branch and called the branch president. Before our first appointment with her she had already read a lot of first Nephi online and said ,,Ah das Buch Nephi ist so spannend!!" (Never in my life have I heard someone refer to Nephi as exciting-at least not someone who was not yet invited to read the book..) We've met with her twice now and are in contact with her almost everyday. In our second lesson on Saturday she gave us a referral! It shows us how much the Lord prepares people for the gospel, how He plants a desire in their hearts, and how much faith other people are willing to show to find the truth. Veynera has been such a good example to me of never giving up on dreams or desires (such as finding a church that you feel in your heart is true). We are excited to keep working with Veynera on this spiritual journey of finding the truth.
God's preparing people to accept the gospel, we just have to find them (and pray that they will find us!).
I'm so grateful for this opportunity to serve the Lord, to serve His children, and teach His gospel. I can't think of anything that would be more rewarding, bring more joy, or strengthen a testimony more.
Our miracle of the week is a self referral we received on Sunday last week, Veynera. We called her on Monday to set up an appointment and she was overjoyed. We met with her on Wednesday and she told us the story of how she got to the point of calling our branch president. She met with missionaries 30 years ago in Venezuela but lost contact and hasn't had anything to do with our church since. She has visited 18 churches looking for the truth and she finally gave up. But she gave one last prayer "please Father, just let me find the truth." The next day she was in YouTube and a Mormon video popped up ,,die Wahrheit der Mormonen". I don't know what the video is or if that's the exact name of the video, but it touched her heart and she remember meeting with missionaries 30 years before, then she saw another video. And then she felt such a desire to know more that she searched everywhere to find a church near her (since the video was in German she figured that there must also be a church in Germany.) So she finally found the phone number to our branch and called the branch president. Before our first appointment with her she had already read a lot of first Nephi online and said ,,Ah das Buch Nephi ist so spannend!!" (Never in my life have I heard someone refer to Nephi as exciting-at least not someone who was not yet invited to read the book..) We've met with her twice now and are in contact with her almost everyday. In our second lesson on Saturday she gave us a referral! It shows us how much the Lord prepares people for the gospel, how He plants a desire in their hearts, and how much faith other people are willing to show to find the truth. Veynera has been such a good example to me of never giving up on dreams or desires (such as finding a church that you feel in your heart is true). We are excited to keep working with Veynera on this spiritual journey of finding the truth.
God's preparing people to accept the gospel, we just have to find them (and pray that they will find us!).
I'm so grateful for this opportunity to serve the Lord, to serve His children, and teach His gospel. I can't think of anything that would be more rewarding, bring more joy, or strengthen a testimony more.
Answer: a little before eve
(Pics: facemask fun, Sister Marsha is the realest homie and from the looks of it the crazy cat lady is at it again, Sister Cook apparently loves Valentine's day, Sis Cook made nice birthday sign she is very creative, the gelato stores re-opened in january and it's been real tasty, aaaannnnnd Freiburg
.)
Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Have a fantastic week y'all! ♡♡
Sister Carley Lundskog
Kirche Jesu Christi HLT
Uhlandstraße 24
79713 Bad Säckingen
Deutschland
Kirche Jesu Christi HLT
Uhlandstraße 24
79713 Bad Säckingen
Deutschland
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