This
last week was crazy, yet again! God once again blessed us with
miracles to help us achieve our transfer goals! I really have such a
testimony that God pays attention to each and every single one of us.
He cares about this missionary work. He is definitely working with
Sister Papritz and I :) The key is that we keep working and doing our
hardest-- and it all works out, with His help!
Despite
scheduling new appointments with new people (most of them cancelled),
we found ourselves in the same boat this week as last week. We needed
one new investigator to make standard!! We had a very busy week, full
of programs and ward activities, so we didn't have a lot of time to go
tracting. Yesterday, though, after church and in-between programs, we
went knock knock knocking and met the cutest old man! He was super
curious about the Book of Mormon, but doubted that we, as the young
people we are, would be able to teach him anything new. He actually
asked us if we really thought we could teach him something. We
confidently told him yes. He kind of looked at us doubtfully for awhile
haha, but, as we continued to affirm our belief, he grew curious. He
challenged us to come back next week and teach him something new. He is
excited and so are we! He told us how a lot of people in his life- his
wife, his son, his grandchild- have died in the past few years and how
he is all alone now. It is so sad, but we know that the knowledge we
have can help him! How much peace and comfort will the Plan of Salvation bring him! We believe that this life is not the end and that there is opportunity for us to live with those we love forever.
We
also had the opportunity to go to Kecskemét this week and help the
sisters there. It was very interesting because it was a little
different type of help than in Békéscsaba. In Békéscsaba, we handed out
tons of Book of Mormons and really helped the sisters with their work.
In Kecskemét, we were able to help the sisters themselves a little bit
more, I think. We still helped them out in the work, of course, going
to programs and finding with them, but both Sister Papritz and I were
able to talk to and give some good advice to the sisters there.
Missions are interesting and kind of hard sometimes. They are
definitely growing experiences! In my mission, we are all spread across
the country, pretty far from each other, which can be really hard for
younger companionships, who don't really know the language very well or
haven't been missionaries very long. It is such a growing experience,
though. We all really have to rely on God's help out here. And, it was
actually really neat because we got to meet some really cool
investigators of the Kecskeméti sisters and we both had our testimonies
reaffirmed that there are prepared people everywhere for the gospel. It
doesn't really matter how well we speak (although it definitely helps),
it doesn't matter how young in the mission we are, there are so many
people that need and are searching for our message. It is really just
so important that we do our best-- God really will take care of the
rest.
I
decided to include lots of Gordon B. Hinckley quotes in my emails this
week (Gordon B. Hinckley was the prophet for a lot of my life. He died a
couple of years ago, but he was an amazing man!) and I decided to share
this one with all of you: “In all of living, have much fun and
laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.” I hope you are all
finding the joy in life! It is okay if your life isn't perfect. Whose
is? We are here to be happy :) I definitely believe that!
I love you all! Thank you for your support! Have a wonderful week!
Love,
Kramer Nővér aka McKenna
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