We have once again
achieved 20 lessons. This is three weeks in a row, and it has been incredible.
That's not to say that it's been all fun and games, but it's certainly been
amazing.
I'll be honest, there
were parts of this week that were incredibly difficult. Both Sister Clement and
myself got sick. Then it poured for days. We were really cold. And our
appointments those days just kept cancelling! And Ay-S. disappeared on us. We learned
a really good lesson in having great back-up plans. Which we got down really
well by Sunday, when we ended up having six lessons and only half of them were
previously planned! Goodness, I love this work.
I mentioned that Ay-S.
disappeared. Well, Friday night we got a call from the Geel elders telling us
that he'd sent them a text apologizing for not answering calls or text
messages, but that he'd talked to his rabbi and decided that it'd just be
better for him to stop meeting with us. We were heartbroken. He is SO CLOSE.
He's so prepared. However, the story's not over - we ran into him yesterday and
talked a bit. He agreed to continue meeting - he still wants to learn more, but
he's not ready to be baptized at this time.
Jb. had his baptismal
interview last night. He passed with flying colors, but he told us that he
can't decide if he wants to go through with it Saturday or not... He wants to,
but he's worried that he won't be all in it. We're trying our best to
help him see that no one is perfect, whether they're baptized or not, and
that's what repentance is for! He'll make mistakes but it will be okay! We're
still going for Saturday. And praying. A lot. Please pray for him - he's come
so far but he's got to come a little further!
We saw Is. after not
having seen him for weeks! Turns out that things at the refugee camp got really
busy and he's the only one who speaks Russian, English, and a bit of Dutch, so
he's been translating for all of the Russian-speaking refugees. They have him
working daily! He hasn't been able to come to church in about a month, and
we've been really worried. We encouraged him to do what he can to be able to
come.
As far as the families go
- The Czech family dropped us like a rock a while ago. Ghanaian and Romanian
families are still going strong! They're not progressing quickly, but they are
progressing, nonetheless.
This week we studied
patience and oh my goodness I realized that I'm super impatient. I'm trying to
be better there. To have more hope. And I realized that patience is a lot about
courage. Take Abinadi for example. He never gave up until he'd patiently shared
his entire message. What a guy! I definitely encourage you to read his story in
Mosiah 11 - 16.
We're excited for zone
conference! And we have a goal this week not to think about transfers next
week. Transfer monkeying never helped anyone. :)
Love,
Zuster Anjewierden
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