well, it's been a week of wild rides, but since last week, we've found 5 new investigators, and THAT'S HUGE here! i'm a lot happier with appointments, so i've been a lot happier this last week. and the best part is, the people who we've taught really act like they wanna read the BofM, so hopefully they do so they can decide for themselves if this church is true or not.
one of the coolest people we met is sis siman's best friend from high school...who just happens to be living a few blocks from us. small world, eh? she called the other day while we were doing our weekly planning, and apparently she'd gone to the church looking for siman,b ut met a member who told her she'd hafta call us to find her...so she did, and we met with her that night. lol....sis siman must be REALLY different from before, cuz Hana was basically freaked out a lot by her...she kept asking what happened, what changed, and siman just kept saying, "i gained a testimony of this gospel, and now i have my priorities in the right place." it was a good discussion, hana was really interested and had tons of questions, so we should be meeting again this week to keep answering and helping her understand. she's dating a muslim guy, and she even wants him to come meet with us, so he can understand christianity better. so hopefully that happens.
saturday was president marchant's going away party for the indonesians, and it was AWESOME. they had a program with different pictures and talents. us missionaries did a fun little dance that elder silalahi learned in Medan that's from Hawaii...short and sweet, with tons of laughs. i liked it. there were a lot of RMs, so it was fun to see and catch up with them. after, sis marchant didn't wanna leave...pres marchant literally was pulling her away by the arm, and she was still trying to talk as she got pulled away. funny. oh, there's also a new mission couple here, the Grover's, from kennewick WA....carter, what stake are you in? you're IN kennewick, right? i told them you were, but i didn't know what ward. they're cool tho...they'll be in solo, so hopefully i'll get to know them better eventually.
Meity and Sally are sisters that we met with sunday, and they were funny...we walked in, and the first thing sally said to us is, "i like sharing about our beliefs, but the moment you start talking about things that can't be backed up by the Bible, we're done." needless to say, we weren't kicked out, they actually LOVED everything we said, and hopefully we can get them to church soon.
we're starting to teach raz about the temple, and after we'd explained about eternal marriage, she sat back for a minute, and then said, "if this is for eternity, i have to be REALLY careful with who i pick!" haha...we all laughed. she's funny. hopefully she'll be going to australia soon (she's gotta get her visa first), and then she can go walk around the grounds and feel the spirit that's there for herself. and hopefully take her boyfriend too...and help him feel what she feels about the gospel.
so funny story on sunday...we were in gospel principles class, and all of a sudden we hear this huge bang and then shattering... when we walked out, we found out what happened. the wind was really strong, and it blew the back door closed... which shut so hard that the glass from the door fell out of the door, and shattered on the ground. who knew wind was so strong?
yesterday was another day in "Little Batak" as i like to call it (it's FAR from tebet, where we live!). Atika was a great appointment, and she bought us some medan food...that was REALLY GOOD, but apparently is far better in medan. i gave her a pic that i took of the SL temple, and she just STARED at it, talking about how even just looking at it, you could feel something different. she's so cool.we met her husband, and he seems like a good guy...hopefully we can help him support atika so she can come to church after she has the baby.
the simanjuntak appointment was good, except that the dad wasn't feeling good, so he left. but the mom was still good, and wants to read the BofM herself to see if it's really true or not. she then took us to our next appointment, where the husband is a leader in the church thats near this area...but he was cool, and the mom was totally into everything, talking about how everything just made so much sense. so we gave them each their own BofM, and hopefully they'll read this week and want to keep learning next week.
anywho...it's been a busy week, and i like it like that. hopefully we keep finding people who really wanna know for themselves, and are willing to try something new. it's always a whirlwind of emotions at our house, so hopefully this week is a bit calmer, and all goes well. i still can't believe how much i'm learning out here...i dunno if i'll ever get married, i hafta find someone who is SUPER laid back and understanding with me. sometimes, me and siman are a little bit too hard headed with each other, and each have our own opinions and won't back down from them. but that's where we're learning together, and i know she's helping me become a better missionary..hopefully i'm helping her as well.
and that's all folks! have another great week, i love you all!
~Sister Sara
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Pictures
Found some pictures I don't think have ever been scanned...
Me with mthe Subandryo Family.
Stefi (mom), Didi (teen), and elder Subandryo
Bro Hunter, Chern, Baby Hunter, Sara and Sister Sim
Sara and the MillecamsWednesday, June 16, 2010
Membangun Lagi
So, to be quite honest, last week i was not looking forward to writing this email, cuz it was such an awful week...we had NO appointments until saturday that followed thru! a full week...i felt like a waste of a missionary, but this week has already gotten better. btw, the "t" on this keyboard isn't working very well, so if i get sick of having to waste time on it, jus know here should be a "t" and i'm jus oo lazy.
so ya, last week was quite frustrating for me and siman, but i was super excited saturday cuz we had 3 appointmens, and one was wih ibu edi, and i was he bes one yet! she was actually supporting the BofM, and said that she's noticed it's easier to read han the bible....soooo that was huge.
monday, we had our plan for the day all planned and set to go, and right as we were about to end our comp study, pres called and asked to talk to me...so the whole house went quiet, i walked slowly over to the phone, and i waited to see if i'd hear the words i've been waiting to hear since the day i got here...but i didn't. he told us that THAT DAY he wanted me and Siman to go to the church to interview the Pioneers of Indonesia who were waiting to go to the temple for the first time ... some have been waiting for almost 40 years (since the church was first started here). so, we had to change all our plans around, but it ended up being THE COOLEST day. we got to hear so many stories and so many testimonies...there were tears, there were smiles, there was laughter, and there was the Spirit in that room as we recorded all those histories. one lady was excited to finally wear garments (she'd had a friend who had garments, but didn't wear them cuz it was too hot, and she swore if she'd ever get to the temple, she'd never be like that), another old man was going with his daughter, and they were going to be sealed to his wife and his grand daughter who died last year from a freak accident, and one man who was there without his wife because she hadn't stayed active but he had...and he wasn't going to miss this opportunity. it was seriously the COOLEST thing o be involved in, and it REALLY made me appreciate all the temples that are so close to me...i'm 15 minutes from bountiful and 20 minutes from Ogden and SL...not to mention all the others that are 1 hour away. it's a true blessing!
and then yesterday we had the opportunity to visit a girl from Medan, who got married and moved to jakarta less than a yr ago, but her husband won't let her go to church cuz it's too far and dangerous....but according to Siman (she's from Medan, fyi), Atika was one of the STRONGEST members in Medan, and wanted to serve a mission, but was possibly a little forced into getting married by her family...but we visited her, and altho she's had a rough time, she is SOOO full of faith and her testimony is SO strong...i seriously loved listening o her talk cuz you could justt feel the power in her voice. so it was fun to see her.
then, on our way home, we were walking down the street, and an older guy was outside his house and i told him good afternoon, and then he wanted o know what marga i was (that's like family, and it's the Batak people...they have strong roots to their ancestors, and we were in a Batak neighborhood) in, and i said one of the names of one of the elders that i know is batak, and the guy like freaked ou, and was like, what? and immediaely invited us into his house....so from there, sis siman bsically gave the first discussion to this guy and his wife, and it was AWESOME. they listened, and they had questions, and it was possibly one of the best first discussions i've ever had just cuz it was righ on the spot. bu we're going back next week :)
and today siman and i went to taman mini with raz...it was fun, but i'm EXHAUSED! raz is so good, bu she'll be leaving in another 2 weeks, so we're just taking advantage of the time we have left with her.
so...the lessons i learned this week were many, but what is top on my mind is NEVER BE UNGRATEFUL FOR THE SMALL BLESSINGS IN YOUR LIFE! temples that are so close, being able to go to church without having to fight someone about it (especially when the church is as close as it is in k-town), enduring trials cuz they will open up to many many blessings...there are so many things we have in this life, we need to always be ever grateful for them.
and i know this is kinda short today, but kel sent pics of the weddings so i wanna see them...congrats to zack and addi, and morgan and dave (i think that's his name...right? sorry...i haven't met you yet!)! may you enjoy eternity together :) thanks for everything, i love you, and have a good week! loves~
~Sister Sara
so ya, last week was quite frustrating for me and siman, but i was super excited saturday cuz we had 3 appointmens, and one was wih ibu edi, and i was he bes one yet! she was actually supporting the BofM, and said that she's noticed it's easier to read han the bible....soooo that was huge.
monday, we had our plan for the day all planned and set to go, and right as we were about to end our comp study, pres called and asked to talk to me...so the whole house went quiet, i walked slowly over to the phone, and i waited to see if i'd hear the words i've been waiting to hear since the day i got here...but i didn't. he told us that THAT DAY he wanted me and Siman to go to the church to interview the Pioneers of Indonesia who were waiting to go to the temple for the first time ... some have been waiting for almost 40 years (since the church was first started here). so, we had to change all our plans around, but it ended up being THE COOLEST day. we got to hear so many stories and so many testimonies...there were tears, there were smiles, there was laughter, and there was the Spirit in that room as we recorded all those histories. one lady was excited to finally wear garments (she'd had a friend who had garments, but didn't wear them cuz it was too hot, and she swore if she'd ever get to the temple, she'd never be like that), another old man was going with his daughter, and they were going to be sealed to his wife and his grand daughter who died last year from a freak accident, and one man who was there without his wife because she hadn't stayed active but he had...and he wasn't going to miss this opportunity. it was seriously the COOLEST thing o be involved in, and it REALLY made me appreciate all the temples that are so close to me...i'm 15 minutes from bountiful and 20 minutes from Ogden and SL...not to mention all the others that are 1 hour away. it's a true blessing!
and then yesterday we had the opportunity to visit a girl from Medan, who got married and moved to jakarta less than a yr ago, but her husband won't let her go to church cuz it's too far and dangerous....but according to Siman (she's from Medan, fyi), Atika was one of the STRONGEST members in Medan, and wanted to serve a mission, but was possibly a little forced into getting married by her family...but we visited her, and altho she's had a rough time, she is SOOO full of faith and her testimony is SO strong...i seriously loved listening o her talk cuz you could justt feel the power in her voice. so it was fun to see her.
then, on our way home, we were walking down the street, and an older guy was outside his house and i told him good afternoon, and then he wanted o know what marga i was (that's like family, and it's the Batak people...they have strong roots to their ancestors, and we were in a Batak neighborhood) in, and i said one of the names of one of the elders that i know is batak, and the guy like freaked ou, and was like, what? and immediaely invited us into his house....so from there, sis siman bsically gave the first discussion to this guy and his wife, and it was AWESOME. they listened, and they had questions, and it was possibly one of the best first discussions i've ever had just cuz it was righ on the spot. bu we're going back next week :)
and today siman and i went to taman mini with raz...it was fun, but i'm EXHAUSED! raz is so good, bu she'll be leaving in another 2 weeks, so we're just taking advantage of the time we have left with her.
so...the lessons i learned this week were many, but what is top on my mind is NEVER BE UNGRATEFUL FOR THE SMALL BLESSINGS IN YOUR LIFE! temples that are so close, being able to go to church without having to fight someone about it (especially when the church is as close as it is in k-town), enduring trials cuz they will open up to many many blessings...there are so many things we have in this life, we need to always be ever grateful for them.
and i know this is kinda short today, but kel sent pics of the weddings so i wanna see them...congrats to zack and addi, and morgan and dave (i think that's his name...right? sorry...i haven't met you yet!)! may you enjoy eternity together :) thanks for everything, i love you, and have a good week! loves~
~Sister Sara
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
kesabaran....
well...it's been an exhausting week, but certainly not from appointments. from trying to find people! but i'm getting more and more sick of malls and shopping areas...ugh. i hated shopping at malls before the mish, i'm REALLY gonna hate them when i come home, haha. it's been a learning week... i'm trying to learn how to contact in the malls, but it's REALLY hard for me to find people to talk to. sis siman is stellar at starting up conversations with people, but i was telling sis the other night... i feel like, as a bule, i walk around with this HUGE shield around me that other people have to walk around. that or i have some sort of disease, and people are afraid of getting too close. well, unless they wanna sell something. then they're just fine getting close to me (ESPECIALLY when they find out i can speak indonesian), cuz they think i'll buy whatever they're selling. but besides them, its hard to get close enough to anyone to even try to start a conversation. i did, however, get a referral from a muslim lady and that was HUGE for me! and i had a very nice (or was it tense? i was fine, but i think the other guy was a little tense) conversation about religion with another guy who didn't believe in church, just faith in Christ. so...it's hard, but i'm slowly learning to contact like this. its a bit like starting the mission over again...except this time i don't have the language as an excuse, haha. but i've had a few fun experiences in different places trying to contact people...haha i'll tell ya all about them when i get home. words can't explain it near as well as me acting it out, lol :P
and basically we've had no appointments....all week. it seriously is killing me. we met with raz on friday, and since then we've had NOTHING. we've tried meeting with her monday and tuesday and today, but she always cancels last minute (she's got finals coming up, and is writing all her papers right now). and we dunno who else to try.
i did have an interesting experience tho...i contacted a muslim guy last week, and i tried calling him the other day, but it was busy, and i've just been putting it off since then cuz i figured he wouldn't wanna meet anyways, but then he called yesterday and wanted to meet! he's fluent in english, and works for an oil company. he's a really cool guy, and said he's open to hear our message. but i thought it was cool that HE called ME, and yes...another shove in the face that i need to have more faith in my work here, and the people i meet with. hopefully we'll be able to meet with him on friday.
PLD was last thursday, and it was good. the last one with pres marchant, and i thought it was interesting that the topic of his talk was on decisions...how we need to make decisions before the questions come so that we don't hafta make the decision in the moment. he also emphasized important things to consider when making decisions (like marriage, school, etc). it was really cool. elder subandriyo came and talked to us about "power statements" and how we need to give power statements that are direct and clear when we contact, cuz that'll help us. i'm still working on getting better at that, but we're practicing so we can get better. and sis marchant talked about how we need to literally start counting our blessings...and this talk probably has had the biggest effect on me. i've really been trying to see my blessings more...i know if i start doing that, even when things aren't the way i want them to be (like right now), i can still be grateful for what i have. it's been good for me to do this, especially this week. and i'm especially grateful for sis siman...when she's down, i'm always up enough to help her, and when i'm down, she's always there to lift my spirits. it's definitely helping us become closer as a companionship.
so what have i learned this week? to enjoy this time that i have left in jakarta. i know i'm not gonna be here long, but i really DON'T wanna leave it the way i came to it. and that's REALLY gonna take some work. so i pray every day that Heavenly Father will help me overcome my insecurities and remember that i'm here to TALK to people...and He helps me do better every day. that's for sure. if nothing else, i'm learning more and more, while on this crazy adventure in this amazing country, that i have to rely on Heavenly Father...i can't do ANYTHING on my own. contact, teach...nothing. i'm realizing just how independent i was before...and even tho i had a testimony, there are only a few times in my life that i can REALLY remember specifically having to rely on Heavenly Father for any extended amount of time. now, i know i have to be patient and work hard, and pray every day to be able to do both of those to the best of my abilities (which are greater than i think!). yes...this mission is by far the greatest thing Heavenly Father has ever told me i need to do, and i'm SOO grateful to be here! every day is a learning experience, and makes me a better person with a stronger testimony.
thank you all for your love and support and especially prayers...i love you and hope you have a great week! loves~
~Sister Sara
and basically we've had no appointments....all week. it seriously is killing me. we met with raz on friday, and since then we've had NOTHING. we've tried meeting with her monday and tuesday and today, but she always cancels last minute (she's got finals coming up, and is writing all her papers right now). and we dunno who else to try.
i did have an interesting experience tho...i contacted a muslim guy last week, and i tried calling him the other day, but it was busy, and i've just been putting it off since then cuz i figured he wouldn't wanna meet anyways, but then he called yesterday and wanted to meet! he's fluent in english, and works for an oil company. he's a really cool guy, and said he's open to hear our message. but i thought it was cool that HE called ME, and yes...another shove in the face that i need to have more faith in my work here, and the people i meet with. hopefully we'll be able to meet with him on friday.
PLD was last thursday, and it was good. the last one with pres marchant, and i thought it was interesting that the topic of his talk was on decisions...how we need to make decisions before the questions come so that we don't hafta make the decision in the moment. he also emphasized important things to consider when making decisions (like marriage, school, etc). it was really cool. elder subandriyo came and talked to us about "power statements" and how we need to give power statements that are direct and clear when we contact, cuz that'll help us. i'm still working on getting better at that, but we're practicing so we can get better. and sis marchant talked about how we need to literally start counting our blessings...and this talk probably has had the biggest effect on me. i've really been trying to see my blessings more...i know if i start doing that, even when things aren't the way i want them to be (like right now), i can still be grateful for what i have. it's been good for me to do this, especially this week. and i'm especially grateful for sis siman...when she's down, i'm always up enough to help her, and when i'm down, she's always there to lift my spirits. it's definitely helping us become closer as a companionship.
so what have i learned this week? to enjoy this time that i have left in jakarta. i know i'm not gonna be here long, but i really DON'T wanna leave it the way i came to it. and that's REALLY gonna take some work. so i pray every day that Heavenly Father will help me overcome my insecurities and remember that i'm here to TALK to people...and He helps me do better every day. that's for sure. if nothing else, i'm learning more and more, while on this crazy adventure in this amazing country, that i have to rely on Heavenly Father...i can't do ANYTHING on my own. contact, teach...nothing. i'm realizing just how independent i was before...and even tho i had a testimony, there are only a few times in my life that i can REALLY remember specifically having to rely on Heavenly Father for any extended amount of time. now, i know i have to be patient and work hard, and pray every day to be able to do both of those to the best of my abilities (which are greater than i think!). yes...this mission is by far the greatest thing Heavenly Father has ever told me i need to do, and i'm SOO grateful to be here! every day is a learning experience, and makes me a better person with a stronger testimony.
thank you all for your love and support and especially prayers...i love you and hope you have a great week! loves~
~Sister Sara
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Hari "hump" Saya!
well...wow. I'm halfway thru, and thats all I'm gonna say about that.
So this week has been a bit interesting, a bit frustrating, a bit rewarding, a bit of everything I guess. We'll start with the frustrating...so I told you last week that I was REALLY looking forward to our appointment with a family that was REALLY interested in learning about the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith. And it was AWESOME appointment, with the guy begging to tell us about the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith, and telling us why we need prophets on the earth today, and why another book testifying of Christ would help back up the Bible. However..we found out that they live in Tangerang...a suburb of Jakarta, where there are other missionaries. So...yes. I had to reluctantly give them away as investigators. Your welcome, tangerang elders.
The next day, I made an appt. with another lady that I'd talked to, and she was SOO excited to have us come over to her house (i think this one was a bit more focused on having a bule over..but I'll start wherever I can), but then when sister siman was getting directions to her house, we found out that it's in Bogor...another suburb of Jakarta where there are other elders. So ?I had to give that one away too. THEN we went to the mall the next day, and I contacted some guy who was a missionary from his church as well, but wanted to hear what we were teaching...but his family lived somewhere NOT in Jakarta, so I had to give HIM away to the elders in Jakarta, and when I talked to the elder that night, he said this guy was totally amazing, and had been questioning what he was teaching to people, and what the elders taught him made so much more sense, and and he was going to read the BofM and pray about Joseph Smith, but he thought he already had his answer. So ya...there's another strike. Not to mention that Sis Siman had 2 great contacts that day too who were both interested in knowing about the church, but BOTH of them lived in Bekasi...yes, ANOTHER suburb of Jakarta that has its own elders. So life has been great the last week. I 'm rewarded cuz all these people really do wanna learn, but I'm frustrated cuz I can't teach them myself! But, as elder Silalahi told me this week.."don't give up, just keep talking to people." So I"ll try.l..but that's also been hard cuz the times that we have time set aside to proselyte, sis siman has been sick. So I'm trying to be patient, but i REALLY wanna get out and find new people! but all in good time...
We have one new investigator...who is english speaking (haha, I have the knack for finding people who speak english), and altho we've met several times, the only thing that's happened is her telling us her problems about her possibly ex boyfriend...she says all she wants in life is to be happy, and so I've been trying to teach her the Plan of HAppiness, but thats hard when she's no tin a state to learn about stuff like that. So what Sis siman and I think is the best thing is to watch "Charly" with her...so she can see what the Gospel can do for relationships...ti can make them ETERNAL. WE don't have time this week to meet, but we're hoping early next week we'll be able to watch that, and then she'll be more open to learning about new things.
Saturday night we had a going away party for President Marchant with the English Branch, so we went with Raz to try and meet new people in the branch, and get more involved in that way. She's going to Australia at the end of the month, so yesterday we looked up the church closest to her, and also all the temples in Australia. So that was fun.l She really likes out church, and I can't wait to starting talking to her about temples and eternal families there...I think if she gains a testimony of that, she can help her boyfriend in Australia get more interested and they can work to become members together! That'd be sweet.
Alright...so that's basically it for this week, not too many exciting things, except that tomorrow is zone conference and then after that I"M PLAYING BASKETBALL!! haha, elder siregar, my bbal bud out here, is going home next week, so we're getting in our last game before then...and after that, I dunno whos gonna be my competition. There's not much competition out here. Hopefully I'll find someone. oh well.
I love this Gospel, and I love sharing ti with people! there is certainly nothing like seeing the lights go on in someone's head when they FINALLY get what you're trying to help them understand...it's amazing to see the change that happens in their lives when they finally understand and apply what they know...sometimes they don't get too far, but even the little that they got to is enough to help me know that when I'm doing is right, and keep moving forward. This morning I found a new scripture that is awesome...1 peter 2:21, about Christ and how we nee dot follow the example that he already set for us. It's true, and we all need to work a little harder to be a little better. Thanks for everything, loves
Sister Sara
So this week has been a bit interesting, a bit frustrating, a bit rewarding, a bit of everything I guess. We'll start with the frustrating...so I told you last week that I was REALLY looking forward to our appointment with a family that was REALLY interested in learning about the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith. And it was AWESOME appointment, with the guy begging to tell us about the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith, and telling us why we need prophets on the earth today, and why another book testifying of Christ would help back up the Bible. However..we found out that they live in Tangerang...a suburb of Jakarta, where there are other missionaries. So...yes. I had to reluctantly give them away as investigators. Your welcome, tangerang elders.
The next day, I made an appt. with another lady that I'd talked to, and she was SOO excited to have us come over to her house (i think this one was a bit more focused on having a bule over..but I'll start wherever I can), but then when sister siman was getting directions to her house, we found out that it's in Bogor...another suburb of Jakarta where there are other elders. So ?I had to give that one away too. THEN we went to the mall the next day, and I contacted some guy who was a missionary from his church as well, but wanted to hear what we were teaching...but his family lived somewhere NOT in Jakarta, so I had to give HIM away to the elders in Jakarta, and when I talked to the elder that night, he said this guy was totally amazing, and had been questioning what he was teaching to people, and what the elders taught him made so much more sense, and and he was going to read the BofM and pray about Joseph Smith, but he thought he already had his answer. So ya...there's another strike. Not to mention that Sis Siman had 2 great contacts that day too who were both interested in knowing about the church, but BOTH of them lived in Bekasi...yes, ANOTHER suburb of Jakarta that has its own elders. So life has been great the last week. I 'm rewarded cuz all these people really do wanna learn, but I'm frustrated cuz I can't teach them myself! But, as elder Silalahi told me this week.."don't give up, just keep talking to people." So I"ll try.l..but that's also been hard cuz the times that we have time set aside to proselyte, sis siman has been sick. So I'm trying to be patient, but i REALLY wanna get out and find new people! but all in good time...
We have one new investigator...who is english speaking (haha, I have the knack for finding people who speak english), and altho we've met several times, the only thing that's happened is her telling us her problems about her possibly ex boyfriend...she says all she wants in life is to be happy, and so I've been trying to teach her the Plan of HAppiness, but thats hard when she's no tin a state to learn about stuff like that. So what Sis siman and I think is the best thing is to watch "Charly" with her...so she can see what the Gospel can do for relationships...ti can make them ETERNAL. WE don't have time this week to meet, but we're hoping early next week we'll be able to watch that, and then she'll be more open to learning about new things.
Saturday night we had a going away party for President Marchant with the English Branch, so we went with Raz to try and meet new people in the branch, and get more involved in that way. She's going to Australia at the end of the month, so yesterday we looked up the church closest to her, and also all the temples in Australia. So that was fun.l She really likes out church, and I can't wait to starting talking to her about temples and eternal families there...I think if she gains a testimony of that, she can help her boyfriend in Australia get more interested and they can work to become members together! That'd be sweet.
Alright...so that's basically it for this week, not too many exciting things, except that tomorrow is zone conference and then after that I"M PLAYING BASKETBALL!! haha, elder siregar, my bbal bud out here, is going home next week, so we're getting in our last game before then...and after that, I dunno whos gonna be my competition. There's not much competition out here. Hopefully I'll find someone. oh well.
I love this Gospel, and I love sharing ti with people! there is certainly nothing like seeing the lights go on in someone's head when they FINALLY get what you're trying to help them understand...it's amazing to see the change that happens in their lives when they finally understand and apply what they know...sometimes they don't get too far, but even the little that they got to is enough to help me know that when I'm doing is right, and keep moving forward. This morning I found a new scripture that is awesome...1 peter 2:21, about Christ and how we nee dot follow the example that he already set for us. It's true, and we all need to work a little harder to be a little better. Thanks for everything, loves
Sister Sara
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