Two is better than One

From the way this last week went, I know this will be a transfer of miracles!!

First things first though: Sister W**! (My companion)

She is from **

Her favorite car is a truck and she wants to be a farm girl 

She had been out a little over a year

The best thing---SHE IS A TWIN!! No joke, twins unite! She has an identical twin sister. What makes it even better is that our District Leader has a twin sister, so there are three of us who are twins in our district. It has been fun to talk about being twins this last week because we know what each other is talking about. Her twin is at school as well.

Before Sister W** came to **, Sister P** and I had a unique opportunity to house a new sister the night before transfers. She is a visa waiter for **! It was special to have her with us because I can see a little more of what generally lies ahead for her and I am excited. She will have so many great experiences and will help others have great experiences and you can't get these experiences anywhere else. She will bless so many!

On Tuesday Sister W got here and the atmosphere has been completely different since! We have seen miracle after miracle and we both know it is by Heavenly Father's hand.

One miracle I'll share is about our friend D**. We have been teaching him and trying to figure out his concerns/holdups. The lesson we had with him this last week was 110% by the Spirit and exactly what he needed.  We went in with only 6 questions and a topic to talk about. The whole lesson I was able to feel and witness the pSirit working through me, my companion, and our member, and as a result I saw the Spirit working in D**. We were straightforward with him and told him that there was only one church on the earth that Christ had established, that this was His church, and the ONLY way to know that is to pray and ask God and to read the Book of Mormon. At the end he grabbed his book and asked us to show him where to start so that he can actually read it for real. I know that as he sincerely reads, and as anyone sincerely reads the Book of Mormon, that they will feel the emptiness inside them start to be filled and they will come to know that everything The Gospel of Jesus Christ and His church have to offer, is real and true. Please pray for D** that he will receive that witness!

In addition to our miracle with D**, we have seen so many other miracles in meeting and teaching people, and working with the ward. Sister W** and I are continually thanking our Heavenly Father. We both know that the success we saw this week was definitely not because of us. 

"Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things; yea, behold, many mighty miracles we have wrought in this land, for which we will praise his name forever." (Alma 26:12)

I hope you all have a great week this week and that you can see Heavenly Father guiding your life each day. Most often, it will be in the small and simple things. Look for them and thank Him when you recognize them.

xoxo, Sister G 

I'm getting so old in the mission I forgot to tell you about a few other things!

We had the opportunity to teach the Laurels on Sunday. Our lesson was based on the worldwide devotional President Nelson held for the youth of the church, ages 12-18. Wow. That devotional was so powerful. It was so fun to teach them as well And I hope they were able to take something from that lesson. We focused on something President Nelson said. He talked about how Heavenly Father had reserved His most noble spirits, His finest players, and His heroes for this time. He then said, "those most noble spirits, those finest players, those heroes are you." So powerful! We chose to focus on that because President Nelson didn't tell the youth that's who they were supposed to become or who they could become, he told them they were. These youth are already this way and they have the potential to rise even higher. 

I was grateful to talk about this with them because I remember all the lessons in YW that I had talking about who we were and who we could become, and they were influential in my life. I believe that when we know who we are and whose we are, all things are possible and our lives will forever be changed. I hope the girls saw a little bit more of who they truly are yesterday.

I think that's it....We were able to give a cute little 88 yr old lady a Book of Mormon after we offered to take her trash to the bin for her. She said giving her a Book of Mormon made her day! Heavenly Father placed us all there at the right time because she was so tired she didn't want to move, but she needed to take her trash out so she got up and took it. We were just coming from picking something up from a member when we were driving past her and stopped to help. Gotta love the tiny moments Heavenly Father shows you that He knows His children!

Sister P, new sister, Sister Groneman

Transfer Day

emailing home