Hi Kathy,
Our days are getting more and more filled with activities.
We seem to be working closer with the missionaries. They ask us to join them when teaching investigators. We love it!
Right now there is a lull with the YSA group. We only have one person left that comes to FHE and usually she says she has to study. So, until some new young adults come into the program, we have fewer responsibilities.
But we do teach Institute twice a month---one lesson in English and one in German. It challenges us, especially in German.
Our testimonies are growing exponentially to all the tasks before us. I started a personal record of the requests I make of the Lord and then how He answers them. I am amazed to discover that He has heard all my requests.
I love the ability we have during this intense service time to feel the Spirit on a much deeper and greater scale. Our mission president, during our last interview, advised us to consider ourselves as missionaries first. We are here to spread the gospel. Our calling with the YSA is a stake calling. He suggested we prepare just as the sons of Mosiah did with much study, prayer, and fasting. We are learning how to study harder, listen to the Spirit more closely, and how to love others more deeply.
The very cute sisters asked us to join them Saturday teaching a lady and her two children. It was obvious that the lady understood very little. She is from Iran and can't quite catch on to the concept of a Savior. To her Jesus Christ was a prophet. Her situation is such that she cannot take care of her kids (no work) and so they stay at a group home (separately).
There is a 13 year old girl very shy and withdrawn and a 6 year old boy, sweet and open. I was immediately drawn to the girl because I was just as shy at her age. Her mother told us that she is abused in this group home and that she changed from a happy girl to a very quiet, depressed and sad little girl. The sisters were trying to teach about the nature of God and Jesus Christ. I felt impressed to pop in and say quite strongly that God is our Father and loves us as His children. When I said that, Maria, looked up and actually looked at me. After the lesson, I felt prompted to give her a Book of Mormon since we had been reading out of it.
And we invited them to church. The sisters asked the mother to offer a prayer. She spoke in Arabic a very long prayer which included singing. It was actually quite beautiful to hear. We asked them to come to church, but she declined.
The next day, they were at church. We were so happy to see them. Maria clung to me and I went with her to the youth Sunday school class. The teacher was positive and friendly and I could see that she understood very little of the topics, but I hope she felt the Spirit. She had her Book of Mormon in her hand and held it like it was super special to her. I asked one of the girls to sit with her during Young Women and I went to Relief Society.
After church, I exchanged email addresses with Maria. She said she wanted to come again. Interestingly, the sisters had said that they were thinking of dropping the mother as an investigator, but somehow they kept on. Sister Peterson said that now she understood why they kept hanging onto this lady who was not progressing. Maria needs the gospel, at the very least our love and attention. It is wonderful to know that Heavenly Father is aware of each of His children no matter how obscure or far flung they may feel.
I love the Gospel of Jesus Christ! I know that our Father in Heaven loves each of his children. Jesus Christ came to know each of us as he payed the price for our sins. What comfort this thought brings!
Have a wonderful day, Kathy. Love, Angie (Sister Didenhover or just Sister D.)
Our days are getting more and more filled with activities.
We seem to be working closer with the missionaries. They ask us to join them when teaching investigators. We love it!
Right now there is a lull with the YSA group. We only have one person left that comes to FHE and usually she says she has to study. So, until some new young adults come into the program, we have fewer responsibilities.
But we do teach Institute twice a month---one lesson in English and one in German. It challenges us, especially in German.
Our testimonies are growing exponentially to all the tasks before us. I started a personal record of the requests I make of the Lord and then how He answers them. I am amazed to discover that He has heard all my requests.
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| I started a personal record of the requests I make of the Lord and then how he answers them. |
I love the ability we have during this intense service time to feel the Spirit on a much deeper and greater scale. Our mission president, during our last interview, advised us to consider ourselves as missionaries first. We are here to spread the gospel. Our calling with the YSA is a stake calling. He suggested we prepare just as the sons of Mosiah did with much study, prayer, and fasting. We are learning how to study harder, listen to the Spirit more closely, and how to love others more deeply.
The very cute sisters asked us to join them Saturday teaching a lady and her two children. It was obvious that the lady understood very little. She is from Iran and can't quite catch on to the concept of a Savior. To her Jesus Christ was a prophet. Her situation is such that she cannot take care of her kids (no work) and so they stay at a group home (separately).
There is a 13 year old girl very shy and withdrawn and a 6 year old boy, sweet and open. I was immediately drawn to the girl because I was just as shy at her age. Her mother told us that she is abused in this group home and that she changed from a happy girl to a very quiet, depressed and sad little girl. The sisters were trying to teach about the nature of God and Jesus Christ. I felt impressed to pop in and say quite strongly that God is our Father and loves us as His children. When I said that, Maria, looked up and actually looked at me. After the lesson, I felt prompted to give her a Book of Mormon since we had been reading out of it.
And we invited them to church. The sisters asked the mother to offer a prayer. She spoke in Arabic a very long prayer which included singing. It was actually quite beautiful to hear. We asked them to come to church, but she declined.
The next day, they were at church. We were so happy to see them. Maria clung to me and I went with her to the youth Sunday school class. The teacher was positive and friendly and I could see that she understood very little of the topics, but I hope she felt the Spirit. She had her Book of Mormon in her hand and held it like it was super special to her. I asked one of the girls to sit with her during Young Women and I went to Relief Society.
After church, I exchanged email addresses with Maria. She said she wanted to come again. Interestingly, the sisters had said that they were thinking of dropping the mother as an investigator, but somehow they kept on. Sister Peterson said that now she understood why they kept hanging onto this lady who was not progressing. Maria needs the gospel, at the very least our love and attention. It is wonderful to know that Heavenly Father is aware of each of His children no matter how obscure or far flung they may feel.
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| It is wonderful to know that Heavenly Father is aware of each of His children no matter how obscure or far flung they may feel. |
I love the Gospel of Jesus Christ! I know that our Father in Heaven loves each of his children. Jesus Christ came to know each of us as he payed the price for our sins. What comfort this thought brings!
Have a wonderful day, Kathy. Love, Angie (Sister Didenhover or just Sister D.)
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