Well, it rained the ENTIRE week and thanks to the joy of
summer rain, I have now contracted the deadly Bronchitis... I don't know if that's
how you spell it. But I'm pretty sure its not fatal. I just have a heaping
cough that makes me sound like an Elder... No, really. I made some phone calls
the other day and the members thought I was the Elders. GREAT! Hahaha, and I
was lucky enough to have signed up to sing in church yesterday! Hahaha, the
members hardly noticed while I sang that I was sick, thank heavens... I think
the Spirit was so strong they just forgot what I sounded like and listened to
the beautiful words. I love how much the Lord takes care of His servants.
We had the most incredible ward BBQ this past weekend... it
was magical as we picked their berries,
played Frisbee, and then the
missionaries had a great time playing with the kids on the swings and slides...
we took a walk down to the local lake and enjoyed a nice stroll by the water.
It had rained all week, but the Lord blessed us with a Pocket Full of Sunshine
to make the moment just that much more memorable. It was just a magical day
with our members. The Lord has once again doubled and tripled my capacity to
love. I LOVE our members and our amis and the strangers we meet everyday. I am
so blessed to be here and to be apart of this work...
Well, we had the MOST miraculous day this week! We like to
call it 6 Miracle Friday... Really original, right? :) So, we woke up and it
was raining; again. I was sick. We were both really tired because yea. We did
studies and weekly planning and we were really discouraged because we don't have
too many amis to plan for anyway... then we leave the apartment for a RDV... we
got to the RDV and Armelle our ami didn't respond when we buzzed her apartment
from the ground floor. We were really bummed and were brainstorming what we
could do. THEN SUDDENLY, Soeur Grunkes eyes about bulged out of her head. She
was looking past me and just said "Holy crap. Antonio." I whipped my
head around and low and behold, there was our old ami Antonio who we thought
had been killed by the Portuguese Mafia. We sprinted across the street. He was
so happy to see us and so sorry... He had been sick and couldn't eat or drink or
even talk for two weeks. He got all of our messages and was ready to come back
to church and start our lessons again. He even apologized for missing his
baptismal date. We were happier than could be. We decided to go back to
Armelles to see if she would respond again... She was there! She said that the
first time we had buzzed her that she had answered and the we must not have
heard her. We went up and taught the BEST question and answer lecon ever. She
completely understands the restoration and the need for the restoration. We
left her apartment a little late, and we were worried that we would not get to
our RDV on time... I said a silent prayer for another miracle. A bus magically
arrived 12 feet in front of us at the bus stop. It took us straight to our
location.
cupcakes with her for the ward activity that weekend. Well we got there and she couldn't find the recipe ANYWHERE. After 10 minutes of searching, I told her we needed to pray. So we prayed. 5
Joshua 22:5 portrays this love.
"But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law,which Moses the
servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all
his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve
him with all your heart and with all your soul." I know that as we become
more diligent and obedient, we too can show the Lord just how much we love Him.
Cleave to Him and Serve Him with all your hearts.
It is my testimony that when
we do these things, the Lord will bless us and we will be happier than we ever
thought we could be. I love you all. I love the Lord. Have a blessed week.
Avec tout mon amour,
Soeur Beeny
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