April 8, 2009
Here are a few of the fun things and miracles that happened to us this week. With our new apartment we have had to get a few things for it so that we could eat and be at least somewhat prepared if the economy collapses (Elder Telford told us that it would be good to have food storage up and running just in case). A few things that we needed were a frying pan and a can opener. On our way home one afternoon we stopped in a store to buy some meat and cheese for lunch (we had hardly any food in our apt. when we got there) and talked to a lady in the store about a place to buy a frying pan. She told us where a place was and on Saturday while street testifying we went to the store and found a pan. Later on that night we went back to the same store with the lady and she asked if we found the pan. We said yes and asked her if she by chance had a can opener that we could buy. This was about 8:00 or so at night (we had been with Pres. Carausenco and had not had a chance to eat lunch that day so we were going home to have something to eat) and she said that she didn't. She said the store above her that might have one was already closed for the day, but she then handed us the one for the store and told us that we could use it and just bring it back on Monday (which we did). It was such a kind gesture on her part to help us out, and you can let Sora Lundberg that we consider her as one of our “people in our neighborhood” and are planning on developing a relationship with her and inviting her to learn about the gospel.
On Friday we decided that we would go try to visit a member family and surprise them with some oranges and a little message. We weren't sure if we had their phone number or not and the member list didn't have one so there wasn't many other options. On our way there we talked to a very nice older couple who were doing some work in their yard. We talked for a little and told the lady that we would love coming back and giving her a copy of the BoM. She didn't seem super excited, but we began a good relationship and hope to see them again and talk to them. We got to the members apt. and we found out the mom is in Ukraine working, one of the daughters was out somewhere, and there was only one other daughter there so we didn't get our lesson in but on the way home we talked one man who was very nice, there may be something there, and two other teenage boys STOPPED US and asked about English classes. It was a little miracle for us knowing that even if we didn't visit with the family the Lord had a plan for us and we were able to talk to those people. On Sunday we had a lesson with a member (who brought a nonmember friend) and after the lesson we had about an hour before 9:00. I felt like we needed to go down this one street. As we went down the street we said hello to three young men in their early 20s. We began a conversation with them and at the end we were able to set up a lesson with two of them (both brothers) for this Wednesday. We had been talking to people that day and had tried going to the villas a little with not much success, but the Lord blessed us and we were able to meet those young men and we are super excited to talk with them this Wednesday.
Here are a few of the fun things and miracles that happened to us this week. With our new apartment we have had to get a few things for it so that we could eat and be at least somewhat prepared if the economy collapses (Elder Telford told us that it would be good to have food storage up and running just in case). A few things that we needed were a frying pan and a can opener. On our way home one afternoon we stopped in a store to buy some meat and cheese for lunch (we had hardly any food in our apt. when we got there) and talked to a lady in the store about a place to buy a frying pan. She told us where a place was and on Saturday while street testifying we went to the store and found a pan. Later on that night we went back to the same store with the lady and she asked if we found the pan. We said yes and asked her if she by chance had a can opener that we could buy. This was about 8:00 or so at night (we had been with Pres. Carausenco and had not had a chance to eat lunch that day so we were going home to have something to eat) and she said that she didn't. She said the store above her that might have one was already closed for the day, but she then handed us the one for the store and told us that we could use it and just bring it back on Monday (which we did). It was such a kind gesture on her part to help us out, and you can let Sora Lundberg that we consider her as one of our “people in our neighborhood” and are planning on developing a relationship with her and inviting her to learn about the gospel.
On Friday we decided that we would go try to visit a member family and surprise them with some oranges and a little message. We weren't sure if we had their phone number or not and the member list didn't have one so there wasn't many other options. On our way there we talked to a very nice older couple who were doing some work in their yard. We talked for a little and told the lady that we would love coming back and giving her a copy of the BoM. She didn't seem super excited, but we began a good relationship and hope to see them again and talk to them. We got to the members apt. and we found out the mom is in Ukraine working, one of the daughters was out somewhere, and there was only one other daughter there so we didn't get our lesson in but on the way home we talked one man who was very nice, there may be something there, and two other teenage boys STOPPED US and asked about English classes. It was a little miracle for us knowing that even if we didn't visit with the family the Lord had a plan for us and we were able to talk to those people. On Sunday we had a lesson with a member (who brought a nonmember friend) and after the lesson we had about an hour before 9:00. I felt like we needed to go down this one street. As we went down the street we said hello to three young men in their early 20s. We began a conversation with them and at the end we were able to set up a lesson with two of them (both brothers) for this Wednesday. We had been talking to people that day and had tried going to the villas a little with not much success, but the Lord blessed us and we were able to meet those young men and we are super excited to talk with them this Wednesday.
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