Sis. Jarvis will receive a new missionary companion this week and become a trainer!
It sounds like everyone is busy and doing well! So grateful for that blessing :) I had another very happy and miracle filled week with Sister Xie :) I can't even tell you how much I love her and am so grateful to my Heavenly Father for letting her be my companion! We are definitely eternal friends :) This week we prayed that we would be able to have more investigators with baptismal dates and the miracles came. We had a miracle at church yesterday (see below) and then we have been teaching a less-actives two nieces, who are adorable and are 9 and 10, and had a very Spirit filled lesson with them- it's so amazing to teach little kids- their little lights just shine! Sister Xie and I were talking last night about all of the miracles and changes we have seen in just 2 weeks.......we have seen the hand of the Lord so much, it's just amazing!
I also am still letting it sink in that I will be training the end of this week and Sister Xie will be moving!! Our Mission President called me this afternoon.....we have 22 missionaries coming this week so big changes are a comin! If you could all spend a day with Sister Xie, you would be so incandessibly (still don't know how to spell it!) happy :D Her favorite phrases this week: "Awesome possum!" "Okey Dokey Artichoke!" I learned so much from her.........The Lord has great things in store for her!
Ok, church miracle yesterday!! So Sister Xie and I were waiting on the 1st floor for some people before church started and in walks this super cute 17 year old girl who had come to English class. Her mom had brought her to English because her mom had remembered coming to our English class about 20 or 30 years ago! They said they would try to come to church, but weren't sure.......well her daughter came! It was her first time and she just wanted to see what it was like. She stayed for all 3 hours, made friends with the Young Women, and loved it! I sat down with her after church and talked about her experience and then asked her if she had prayed before. She said she had, just that week! She said she had a shooting competition outside on Thursday and it was starting to rain so they were worried if they could still have it. She said she remembered at English that one of the Elders had taught them about prayer so she decided to try it :) She said a little prayer in her heart and a few minutes later, it stopped raining hard! She said it was so amazing, and she said she was thinking- Did Heavenly Father really hear her prayer? :) Well after she told me, I was speechless and my heart was just burning. As we testified of prayer, I then began to talk to her about baptism. She said she had already asked her mom if she could become a Christian and her mom had said it was her decision......so she said if her mom says it is ok, she will be baptized on April 27th! I can testify that this experience was a miracle. Heavenly Father had prepared this precious daughter to come to church and she seems so ready to partake of these amazing eternal blessings!
*Funny story of the week: we went with a member and investigator to dinner on Friday to this other Christian church's restaurant.....it was great. All these Christians singing Christian songs, reading their Christian pamphlets while they ate, and us with our Book of Mormons :)
I learned a lot this week. We had an amazing training meeting on Wednesday where the assistants taught us how to better get to know our investigators and their needs before we begin teaching for the first time. I feel like there are all these little things changing in missionary work that are just making it better and helping us to be better missionaries......the Lord is really preparing His missionaries to reach out to every soul in the entire world. I also LOVED reading the Book of Mosiah....two favorite verses: Mosiah 6:7 and Mosiah 8:18 :)........the one talks about the qualities of a righteous leader, just like our Savior.......and the other teaches that through our faith we can be another person's miracle or answer to a prayer :) I love the Book of Mormon so so much!!! It's words are my dearest and bestest of friends :) I know that it is the word of God and was translated by a Prophet of God. I realized this week how much I love reading the B of M with our investigators and what a precious experience that is. The Book of Mormon is truly a gift and what a blessing to always have it right by our side :) I also know that as we immerse ourselves in it, it becomes an even greater tool in our lives. I know I say this every week......but I LOVE THIS GOSPEL!!! I'm so grateful to be a missionary and to be one for the rest of my life :) I'm so grateful for the amazing examples I have had in my life and know that as we trust in the Lord, there is more happiness than we can imagine coming our way!
Love you all sooo much!!
and tell my friends I am so sorry I have not written them all back yet!! But I will! :D
Love you ooodles and cabooodles!
Sister J. :)
Visiting the Shark Toast Restaurant
Sunset in Da Liao
Huang Family in Da Liao
With Sister Xie
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