Wow what a week! I hope you are all doing well! Me and Sister McKee have been working so hard and have seen the blessings that come from that. We had a few nights where all of our plans fell threw... But we just kept trying our hardest! We got 7 new investigators this week! So we just have been so blessed and have seen the Lord's help in everything we have done. Surrey is such an... interesting place! Crazy stuff happens each day but this place is such a great place to serve becasue sooo many people need the gospel in their lives!
On Monday all of our plans fell threw... So we didn't really know what to do. So we were in our car and we prayed that we would know what The Lord wanted us to do. Even before Sister McKee started praying I got the impression to go at stop by a lady named Brittanni. She was just a potential investigator who we tried to visit before but then stopped texting us back. I was a little scared from this prompting because I didn't want to scare her away by being too pushy. But we drove over to her house and she was there and we set up a time to come back! Brittanni is a young single mom who has been through a lot. We took a member with us next time and helped her set up a crib... I was impressed from mine and Sister McKee's crib setting up skills. Lol. But we didint have a lot of time to actually teach a whole lesson but towards the end she was asking a lot of questions so we are teaching her again tonight and are excited!
On Tuesday we had some time to knock doors... Which is always a struggle. And we had no success. And mostly we talked to people that were sooo high. It smells like weed a lot here. But I was kind of giving up hope when I said a little pray that some one would just talk and listen to us. Then the next door... An older lady answered the door. We talked to her for a while about the role of God in her life. Then we asked if we could asy a prayer with her and we asked her if there was anything she needed help with that we could pray for her about. And she said she was in a lot of pain. So we prayed and she really opened up and told us how she could see that we had so much light in our eyes and we gave her the address to our church and she said that may be the thing she needs in her life right now! So that was a pretty cool experience.
This week we also taught another lesson with a couple named John and Oriel. We read 3 Nephi 11 with them and talked about baptism. They said they werent sure if they were ready or willing to change but that they would pray about it. They also asked if smoking and drinking were bad. And we explained a little about the Word of Wisdom. They asked for scriptures about overcoming temptation. It was cool because we didn't even commit them to keep it! But Oriel and her son went to the ward trunk or treat and seemed to have a good time! We are meeting with them again tonight!
Saturday was our walking day and we had a 40 minute walk to a lesson and on our way we were knocking doors and this YSA aged indian girl opened the door annd she was so nice and we talked with her for a bit. I asked her if she had been cooking because it smelt sooo good! And she said she had and invited us in. Her cute little indian grandma who speaks no english was just cooking in the kitchen! They made us homemade stuffed naan bread and it was sooo good! I can't believe how nice they were! We got her number and gave it to the YSA sisters in the area. :)
Yesterday was such a great day! We had 5 investigators at church! Sofia and who daughters who are 8 and older and a 16 year old boy named Aman. The girls loved church! We met again with Sofia last night and because her and her husband and not together, he gets them on the weekends. And he doesnt really want hem involved in any church stuff... So we are praying that his heart will be softened and will continue to allow them to come to church!
Being on a mission is so great! Its a lot of hard work and sometimes you don't even see the effects but its worth it! I have learned sooo much I can't even believe it! Thanks you all so much for your love and support! we talk to people each day that have been through so much with family life and such and I am just so blessed to have a family who loves me no matter what! I love you all so much!! Keep working hard in whatever you are doing! Dont forget that Heavenly Father loves you so much! Pray to him each day! And pray for missionary opportunities!
Love,
Sister Lofthouse :)
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| Sister McKee and Sister Lofthouse with huge Maple leaves! |
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| Handing out a Japanese Book of Mormon |
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