The secret to starting a conversation
with anyone from a different country is saying hello in their language.
We were biking and this Filipino boy rode past and Sister Tukuafu just
said "como esta?" And he almost fell over looking back at us haha.
Oh also HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!! Yesterday was Father's Day over here.
This week was CRAZY. But really really good at the same time. We have been so blessed already here in Northam.
A couple of the crazy things that happened this week:
One
of our former investigators, this elderly lady called us Tuesday
morning and accused us of stealing her cds...she went off about how she
was so upset and she was going to make things really hard for us and put
it in the newspapers and on tv, etc. We went straight there to talk to
her and help her find them because she is old and most likely misplaced
them (I'm 20 and I misplace things all the time, usually the car keys).
Her brother was there and is supposedly a police man, but she met us at
the door and wouldn't listen to anything we had to say--wouldn't let us
help her look for them or talk to her brother or anything, and after we
told her we didn't take them, she just said, "if you find them bring
them back." A bit hard when you don't have them...but we just keep
praying that she will find them and know we didn't steal them.
Also
church was a bit crazy yesterday. Our stake president and his family
went to be with his mum on father's day, so that's 7 gone. Our ward
clerk was at home and didn't have transport to church, and neither did
another sister who usually comes with the Penstones. So we had a couple
who comes from about an hour away and Nick and Belinda, and a less
active woman and her two daughters that we invited. That was it...and
so we didn't have enough priesthood holders to bless and pass the
sacrament :( So no sacrament, just testimony meeting. And only 6 people
to bear testimonies. Luckily the piano plays the hymns on it's own,
all I had to do was press the key to start it. It was the strangest
Sunday ever. Sunday school and sacrament was all done in 1 1/2 hours
and that's just because we started a bit late.
On
Saturday we drove sooo far to visit all these people on the lists. It
was a bit of a wild goose chase with some of the names and
addresses...apparently they changed the addresses and lot numbers, and
so some of them are different, some of them are lot numbers but only the
addresses are listed. We couldn't find a couple people. And we didn't
have any reception the whole time. But we drove through beautiful
areas--green hills and canola fields! Which are pretty cool but smell a
bit weird.
Wow, I spent too long telling you about the crazy stuff, not the miracles...but next week I'll tell you about Danny!
We
met some really cool people yesterday--a man and his partner named
Rebecca! He doesn't believe in Jesus Christ, but he has so much real
intent. He said if he did know that it was all true, he would love and
serve the Saviour for the rest of his life. He met with some people
from another religion and read the Bible and lots of things, but never
had any personal spiritual experiences. We are so excited to teach him,
but they are only free on Sundays and not for another 2 weeks. That is
AGES in mission life. But for them it's nothing ha. It's all good.
In the Lord's timing...
I love you all! I love Northam!! Hope you have an incredible week!
Love,
Sister Formica
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