Date: December 8, 2014
Area: Hyde Park, Chicago
Companion: Sister Lepule
Transfer 12 Week 4
To the People I love
Most!!
How are you?? I am
doing so wonderful!! How did you love the Christmas Devotional last night??
Because words can NOT describe how much I loved it! It was breath taking! And
if you haven't watched go to lds.org right now and watch it! You won't
regret it, I promise!
A few things I liked
is:
-Sometimes Small
things mean the Most
- The Spirit of
Christmas is the Spirt of Love
- Just like the
Saviors birth was important so was ours. We all have a purpose here. :)
Those are just a few
points I really liked if you haven't again I say go watch it because it was so
amazing! 😀
This week was pretty
grand and full of miracles and some disappointment but in the end you tend to
just remember the good. Just like an Elder says on the Preach My Gospel videos.
It is so true. So much happens as a missionary and I wish I was better about
writing in my journal but lately I have been a real slacker and I seriously
need to pick up my game.
But anyways let’s get
to the good stuff.
Laura, Han, and
Freddy:
Can I just tell you
how much I love and adore them?!? They are honestly the best and I love them so
dearly! Laura is just so sweet and loving, Han is so humble, and Freddy just
makes me smile. They came to church for the third Sunday in a row
which is amazing! We are really hoping and praying that they will have a date
for baptism this week. We had an awesome lesson with Laura and Han on
Tuesday while Freddy went to Scouts(which he loved) we talked about prayer
and how to pray and Lowanda joined us and it was a great lesson. We also talked
a little about baptism and how Laura wants it to be special because the last
time she was baptized she felt pressured and it was good but wants it to mean
more and Lowanda shared her experience on how before she was baptized in May
she was baptized before and she was doing drugs and it didn't mean anything to
her then and wanted it to be the same
Our Ward mission
leader told us in our meeting yesterday that the font it ready for them which
made us laugh. But made me smile because he feels like they are going in the
right direction. :)
Christopher:
So we were supposed to
meet with him on Wednesday but we failed to get a member so during
our lunch time after district meeting we called people for over an hour and no
one could come. Finally we called and told him we could either meet at
McDonalds and walk with him or meet a different day. Well he choose to just
meet next week and I was super bummed. Even more so is right after we talked to
him and set up another appointment someone said they could come...which made me
even more bummed but God is great and works in mysterious ways because we met
with him on Thursday with Dita one of the young women which was
awesome! And we shared #HeistheGift video and the spirit was so so strong! It
was so wonderful! We are wanting to get the youth more involved and his lessons
are always good so I think we are going to try and have them come to his so
they have a good idea what lessons are like in a good environment. After we
walked to the church for scripture study and Dita's mom met us there to pick
her up and they had something for us and it was one of those cute red Christ as
leaf plant things. Oh my goodness it just melted my heart and I honestly almost
brought tears to my eyes. It was just so so sweet!
Theola and Leory:
We went and helped put
up there Christmas tree which was oh so fun! And then started talking after
Ward and we were able to find out her concern with praying with us and set
expectations for both of us. She she wants and what we expect. And it was just
really good and then leaving Leory was doing his own thing while we were there
but he rode down the elevator with us and waited for the but with us and we
talked and he told us thank you for coming and how he notices a difference and
he is just opening a lot more to us and it is awesome! I am excited to really
start teaching them. All I can say is I know God has a plan for all of us and
he will guide us as we do our best and ask for his direction! It is super
awesome!
Clarence and Musu:
We hadn't called them
to set up an appointment but we were riding by and decided to hop off the bus
and go see them! And they were home! Oh yay! After Sister Lepule hurt her arm
trying to open the door(the buzzer thing was letting us in but it didn't want
to open) we got in and shared the He is the Gift video and had a great lesson
and laughed a lot. And on Tuesday we are going to walk with Clarence
to the church for Young Men's. He even said if he liked it he might join the
church. Haha there is more than that but it is a start. :) they both are
awesome! We just need the husbands heart to soften and then they can all be
baptized together. :)
JZ:
He is officially
passed to the YSA sister which will be awesome for him.
On Tuesday we
taught Young Women's which was super fun and awesome! They are all so awesome!
We told them our story about coming on a mission, then we did a contacting
activity that we did at our Zone Training so thank you AP's for the idea. We gave
them all a Band-Aid and related it to how the first time you talk to someone it
is like a Band-Aid and it hurts. They really liked it and then Lowanda shared
her testimony and then they asked us questions. It went really well. :) .
All I am just loving
life and I just love you guys!
This week I heard
from:
-Grandma Mary (2) and
Grandma do I have a date for Valentines? Yes I do it is with you! Do you want
to go get ice cream with me? Or better yet I'll just bring ice cream to your place
and we will just have our own little shindig. :) I love you so much! Thanks for
being my number one fan! :)
-Skylar Deweese
I hope you all have a
wonderful day and that you find joy in this Christmas Season!
I love you all so
much!
And I love pictures :)
Take care! Talk to you
next week! And I'll see who my last companion is ahh! Can't believe transfer
calls are Saturday I am going to miss Sister Lepule so much she is
the best!
Love,
💕Sister North 🐒
✉📫✉📪✉✉✉
800 Waukegan Rd. #203
Glenview IL 60025
