Hej Alle!
This week has been full of ups and downs with all of us
being somewhat sick at some point this week, and my one companion having issues
with her back that landed us in the ER so that she can get into the doctor
within the next month... got to love socialized medicine haha She's fine, just
in pain all the time. We're doing everything we can to help her out and we'll
be returning to the doctor soon, hopefully.
Yesterday was quite the miracle day for me. It started out
pretty hectic with us trying to help one of the Ædlstre get ready to move on to
another area. It's still three weeks from transfer day, but Ælsdte Ludlow from
my MTC group got his visa, so the third Ældste from Aalborg is moving to open a
new area with him. Yay! Miracle number 1 :) So that took up most of our
morning. Then, we got a text that was sent the night before but we didn't
receive until that morning that told us that we were supposed to teach
gæsteklasse during sunday school. Agh! We had no time to prepare anything at
all before church. After sacrament meeting, I went to gæsteklasse with the
Ældstre's investigators while Søster Bishop and Christensen went and set up
appointments real fast before we taught. I waited and waited for them
to come to gæsteklasse, but i realized that they would not be coming when
they were 15 minutes late. I had to teach it all by myself, in
Danish. AGH! I was terrified out of my mind! So, I asked one of the
Ælsdtre to pray that i knew would say a really long prayer. While he prayed
out loud i prayed in my heart that Heavenly Father would help me
teach this lesson. I told him that i was just going to open my mouth and
talk and he would put the words i needed to say in my mouth. I told
him i was putting my trust in him 100%. When the prayer was over, i opened my
eyes and looked at the headings of the two lessons we were supposed to cover in
the manual. It was the Holy Ghost and Prophets. I just started talking about how
we can use the Holy Ghost in our lives and how we listen to the prophets and
follow what they say, but we use the Holy Ghost to find out for ourselves that
what they say is true, just like we do in every aspect of our lives.
Words kept rolling off my tongue. I asked questions and everyone was
participating. All of a sudden, i could understand what they were saying to
me! It was amazing! I was in complete awe the whole time. After, one of
the investigators told me that my Danish accent was very good and the Ædstre
told me that they were very impressed with how it all went. I am so grateful
for a Heavenly Father who hears our prayers and keeps his promises to us. I
couldn't have done that alone, even in English. The gift of tongues is real and
i see it every day. As much as i hate it in the moment, i am so grateful that
Heavenly Father pushes us to become better and to realize our potential. The
decision to go on a mission is the best decision i have ever made. I never
would have grown in these ways if i hadn't. I am so grateful for a living
prophet who guides us and for our loving Heavenly Father.
My companions never showed up to gæasteklasse, and i found
that they had their own little miracle as well. They had found and talked to
one of the less actives that had been less active for more than 5 years that
had been bullied and had some major emotional trauma from her childhood. She
had been terrified to come to church, but they were good friends to her and
made her feel at ease.
I hope you all have a fantastic week! Stay strong everyone
and remember that Heavenly Father loves you!
Kærlighed,
Søster Erin Handley :)
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