THAT MOMENT WHEN.....

Hello all!

This week has been filled with things that, when daily planning at the end of each day, cause you to burst out in laughter and saying "Remember that moment when..." For example...

That moment when you are traveling to an appointment, they text you and cancel, but it's okay because you always have a backup plan! Except you forgot the addresses for your backup plan. So you end up street contacting/bus finding for 2 hours. In the rain. Without an umbrella. And while doing so, a man who speaks very little English offers you a hardboiled egg.

Or that moment when you ask the man next to you on the bus about the violin he has, and he opens it and you see that it is a 1/4 size, and only has 2 strings. He then proceeds to tell you that it's the "two string edition" and a cello. Then he offers to play it for you and it makes some...haha...interesting notes. Pretty sure the WHOLE bus was listening. Then when we got off he started yelling and waving. "I'LL CALL YOU. WHEN DO YOU GO BACK TO AMERICA?! I'LL CALL YOU!!!!"

Or that moment when you find out that you eternal investigator from Huntingdon is GETTING BAPTISED ON SATURDAY! WOOT!

So! Highlights of the week. We had a lesson with Vincent on Tuesday and it wet really well. We taught lesson 1, but he had already read to Chapter 7 in the Book of Mormon! He started out by saying "I have a question. So Nephi had a lot more faith than his brothers, right? Why?" Man, he just has great questions. And he seemed to understand really well, even though his English isn't the best. Then we taught him again on Sunday before church and talked about faith and baptism. He had just read about when Nephi see's the tree of life, and he explained what he thought it meant, and MAN he nailed it haha. It was so great! We committed him to be baptised on December 5th, and he said he would pray about it. He also stayed for all 3 meetings, and met some members who served French speaking missions. It was awesome. :)

I had an exchange this week and I was with my favourite Italian, Sister Epicoco! He met these 2 Ghanaians on the street, who were SO happy to talk about God with us. They women start crying, and the Spirit was really strong. Hopefully we will see them again this upcoming Sunday! :)

We had dinner with Rose and her less-active son, and non-member husband were there! We taught about temples are trying to help them see the eternal perspective of active membership in the church.

We had a phone lesson with Jack, our online investigator. We talked a lot about baptism and he said he would pray about it. He went to the open house for the Montreal temple and LOVED it. He is so great and so sweet! He really loves the Gospel, and is loving learning more.

Friday, we got the BEST Facebook message from Kemi! So, she had disappeared for a while, then just messaged us and said "Hey sisters, can I get baptised on Sunday?" And then told us about how she had received a very strong prompting to get baptised this month. WHAT. I literally fell on the ground when we read that. So we messaged her back, told her that we were so happy for her and when could we meet, etc...but then heard NOTHING. Weird. So then she came to church late, and we didn't get a chance to talk to her. Well when she introduced herself in Gospel principles...she said "Hi, I'm Kemi, and I'm getting baptised on the 29th of this month" DOUBLE WHAT. Haha so we talked afterward and she is so solid for it! She's really happy, and so are we!! :)

Zone Conference was this week and it was AH-MAZING. It was based a lot on the talk "Stay By the Tree" by Elder Pearson. One of my favourite quotes from it is "Tribulation is an inevitable and indispensable part of our eternal progression...Be patient, cling to truth; understanding will come." And how he talks about how "hanging in there" is not a principle of the Gospel, and enduring to the end, requires action and faith and obedience. Also how he talked about honouring our covenants. And it's just so great! I recommend rereading it if you haven't lately.

Well! I know this Gospel is true. It's been a rough few weeks, mostly mentally. But someone very wise told me that when we struggle, the most growth comes. I know that this is God's work, and that we must always be constantly standing as a witness of Jesus Christ at all times. The world is changing, but God never will. Wickedness is out there, but we have the truth and eternal happiness. I'm so grateful for this opportunity I have to serve, even though it's going by way to fast!!

Love you all! Thanks for everything!

-Sister Moodizzle