Miracles are still happening, they ALWAYS are! Whenever I'm nervous to testify of things I always testify of miracles, which can then lead to the miracle of the restoration of the gospel!
A few weeks ago Sister Fuller woke up and our butter was gone, along with droppings on the counter.
It was a mouse/rat thing.
GROSS.
We called the landlord and he came and set up traps in our kitchen. One under the stove and the other under the sink.
Here's how that night went down:
10:30 - lights out.
10:33 - SNAP.
-- I was with the OTHER Sister Brown on exchange when it happened. I made her hold my hand down the stairs haha. I was FREAKING OUT! I made her check the traps. Sure enough we caught a mouse/rat thing under the stove.
10:40 - we rush over to our neighbor, Brother Johnson's house to have him come and take the mouse out.
10:51 - he takes the mouse/rat thing out of our house.
{Brother Johnson, the mouse/rat thing, and me in my moo moo. }
{There's the mouse/rat thing. I don't want to know if it's a mouse, or a rat, I'm just glad it's GONE!! EEEEEKKKK!!!! }
11:00 (aka 5 am for missionaries) - we are dead as a mouse in bed.
There's that...
On a different note:
WE HAVE A NEW INVESTIGATOR AND PROBABLY ANOTHER NEW INVESTIGATOR NEXT WEEK!!!!!!!!! HOLY HANNAH THE WORK MOVES FORWARD!!!
Her name is Charlotte. She is a referral. Her husband, Arthur, is a former investigator.
Our first lesson is on Tuesday at 3! I am so excited!!!
Francisco: I think he might be avoiding us. We'll see how it turns out. I want him to have the gospel I know he wants!! We keep visiting him at work and he doesn't ask questions. We'll do our best to bring him into the fold!
Ray and Barbera: I love them!! Ray, as we speak, is in a court case facing jail. If he goes to jail then BARBERA CAN GET BAPTIZED!!! Because of Barbera, her siblings in other areas of New England are receiving the gospel and are getting baptized. After 4 years of investigating, now might be her chance!
This last Sunday we had a missionary leave for the Salt Lake South Mission. His brother spoke, his dad sang, it was touching. Sister Fuller was BAAAWWLING!! All the residents at Dartmouth and their families are in our ward. They all love each other so much!
It made me reflect on love during my mission.
How before my mission I could love my family, and my friends, and the different ways I would show my love. I thought a lot about how I couldn't show my love like I had growing up. Being a missionary you are to harness all other forms of love into one love: the pure love of Christ. It is remarkable to feel His love for all of His brothers and sisters, and to feel God's love for all of His children, and then to act on it. I love strangers here. Everyone, I LOVE THEM ALL!! It's wonderful!
You truly do lose a sense of self on your mission, which is good because then you are filled with the love of Christ. It's interesting as the transition takes place, I really don't even care how I feel anymore. All I want is for others to experience love.
Barbera really touches my heart. I really cannot even express the feeling of love I have for her, when I feel how Heavenly Father feels for her. We testify of it to her, and her continence changes. She knows of her identity as a daughter of God.
As missionaries, it is our job to help the lost sheep find the Shepard. When they see the Shepard, they will always recognize Him. God is our Father in Heaven, and He loves us DEARLY.
As we extend a HUGE hand to the ward and try to visit at least one member a day, we are seeing the blessings. We have so many referrals!! 14 REFERRALS!!! Our ideas of bringing the ward together are starting to work. The spirit of missionary work is going to EXPLODE in the Hanover ward!! They better be ready to fellowship tons of recent converts because a WAVE is commin! We are merging the ecclesiastical church, and the missionary church. This is happening. Miracles are FLOWING!!
{Passing the famous QUECHEE GORGE (Vermont's grand canyon). I'd never heard of it before, but it's a big deal here. Where anywhere South of New York is considered "south."}
{Ray taking us to the park.}
{Sister Fuller and I doing WORK!!!}
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