Sister Eliza Groneman: The Beginning of the End for Sister Boot...

Hi everyone!!

I hope you had a good week! Sister P and I had a great week! One quick announcement before I'll share a couple miracles- You are now allowed to call me Sister Boot...JUST KIDDING please don't. But yes, because my foot is breaking I am in a boot to try to prevent a full break. The work continues on though!

Miracle time!

1- So I'm not sure if I mentioned them, but about a month ago Sister P and I met a man named R**. He wanted us to meet his wife. During this last month we haven't been able to meet with them due to conflicting schedules. On Saturday, we just happened to see them on a walk...Right outside the church! So, like the good little missionaries that we are, we waved them down and ended up giving them a church tour! It gets better- they came to Sacrament Meeting the next day..and then we had dinner with them! This was such a miracle as they have been on our minds a lot. We were able to share a little bit with them, and they are open to have us share more, so we are excited! We know that everything that has happened with our friends has been because of Heavenly Father and we are so thankful.

2- This one is about our friend D**. Flashback to the beginning of May. He was a former [investigator] and (I think on the walk day as well) we felt to see him. We set up a time for the evening, but when we got there we realized we didn't have the specific apartment number so we texted him to ask. It was almost 9 and we still hadn't heard back so we decided to knock some doors until he answered or until it was time to go home. The first door we knocked was him! What a miracle! We ended up inviting D** to ask God if He knew him by name. We followed up, but he answered that he felt alone as he prayed. We promised him that he would receive an answer and to keep praying in faith until he did. Fast forward to now: Yesterday we received a random text from him. "God responded." We called him and he told us of his experience of Heavenly Father answering his prayers. He was sitting at a bus stop when he received his answer. We then asked him if he knew that God knew him by name and loved him. He said yes.

This is why I am on a mission. To me, a mission is not about baptisms, leadership positions, fun adventures, or anything like that. It's about helping people know, understand, and feel that they have a loving Heavenly Father who knows them and has a plan for them. To help someone come to know that is something you can't buy or sell. It is something of eternal value.

I have been so lucky to spend this time sharing this message with the people in the California Ventura Mission, and I am so blessed to have a little time left to continue to share it. The Gospel of Jesus Christ means everything to me and I know it is the way back home to our Heavenly Father. It is through our Savior's Atonement and our obedience to God's commandments that we can receive all the blessings that are in store for us. It is for everyone, too. We are all invited to come unto Christ, and when we choose to come unto Him, He is there waiting with arms outstretched toward us.

Love you all. I hope you have a great week this week!

xoxo,
Sister G

I forgot to talk about transfer news!!
Sister P** will be headed to **! I am excited for her!!

I am staying for my last 6 weeks and Sister W** will be my companion. It will be fun! We are having a new missionary stay with us tonight as well so I'm excited to welcome her into the best mission!

Our district filmed something really powerful and I will try to post it soon. Keep an eye out for it and invite everyone to share it!!