Hello everyone!
Hope you're all doing well! So one thing from the MTC that I
forgot to tell you is that Sister Dastrup and I were Sister Training Leaders.
It's basically like being a Zone Leader and helping out your district and the
new districts that come in a week after you. So yeah that was fun.
This week was pretty good at the beginning and then kinda
crummy but then really good again! We had Panera for lunch last Monday and
Panera is seriously so good! Then Tuesday we taught a less active couple about
tithing. The wife didn't want to pay, because she didn't think she had enough
faith to pay. But we talked about how we have to exercise our faith and then
The Lord will bless us. So now they're on board with paying tithing! We also
taught one of our recent converts, Maria. She is just the cutest ever! We
talked about having faith and enduring with patience. We showed her this Mormon
Message (http://www.mormonchannel.org/video/mormon-messages?v=911104781001).
It's so cute and you all should watch it!
Wednesday and Thursday we did service at the Haven (the food
shelf) and that was super fun! On Thursday we went tracting in Hanover by
Dartmouth and it was raining so that wasn't super fun, but I gave away my first
Book of Momon! I was so excited! We gave it to this cute little Asian family
and they said they would read it. We hope they'll call us soon with questions,
but we're gonna go back in a couple weeks and check up on them!
Then Thursday-Saturday pretty much all of our appointments
cancelled on us. And one of our potential investigators dumped us! She texted a
few hours before we were going to meet with her and she said that she didn't
want to meet with us and didn't want to be Mormon anymore. So heartbreaking!
She doesn't even know what she's missing out on! The past couple days have been
so frustrating! Satan is working so hard on the people in our area and I don't
like it! But Sis. Turley and I are determined to find new investigators this
week! We can do it!
So yesterday I had an amazing personal study! It helped me
so much, especially after a couple discouraging days. I just turned to where I
had left off the day before in The Book of Mormon and started reading. I read in
3 Nephi 21-22. Chapter 21 talks about the Restoration and Joseph Smith. And
then I read verse 10 and it spoke to me to strongly! Its says, "But
behold, the life of my servant shall be in my hand; therefore they shall not
hurt him, although he shall be marred because of them. Yet I will heal him, for
I will show unto them that my wisdom is greater than the cunning of the
devil." Wow! Heavenly Father looks out for his missionaries so much! I
love the part about His wisdom being great than Satan's. Like I said, Satan has
been working hard on this area, but Heavenly Father has a much greater plan for
us.
Then I read chapter 22:4 which says, "Fear not, for
thou shalt not be ashamed; neither be thou confounded, for thou shalt not be
put to shame..." So powerful! And then verse 7 says, "For a small
moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee."
And verses 10-11 say, "For the mountains shall depart and the hills be
removed, but my kindness shall not depart from from thee, neither shall the
covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee. O thou
afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted! Behold, I will lay thy
stones with fair colors, and lay the foundations with sapphires." These
scriptures were exactly what I needed! It helped me so much and has lifted my
spirits! Yes missionary work is super hard! But it's so rewarding! And yes Sis.
Turley and I are serving in a difficult area, but I know that Heavenly Father
will help us in finding those that are ready for the gospel.
So New England has a really weird accent. They add r's to
words that don't need them (arear, idear, Utahr, Almer=Alma) and they drop r's
from words that need them (cah=car, Concud=Concord). So in my very first lesson
last week the lady was asking me my name and I said Sis. Harper, and she said,
"Oh Sis. Hahpuh!" So yeah that's fun. And then everyone says
"all set" all the time. Instead of saying I'm good, they say I'm all
set. And I started saying all set like day 2 in the mission! Crazy! Also New
England has this great sandwich called a Fluffernutter. It's peanut butter and
marshmallow fluff and it's oh so good! And if you want to make it even better,
you do peanut butter, fluff, and nutella! (I mean nuteller haha!) Oh my lanta!
So good!
Well that's about it for this week! I hope all of you are
doing well and loving life! Good luck to everyone going back to school! Watch
the Mormon Message and read 3 Nephi! It's awesome! I love you all!
Love, Sister Harper
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