If the kickoff was
last week then by now we gotta get in some second stringers because this one
has become scoreboard shoot up. Such an unbelievably MIRACULOUS week.
Things that are just
strange and inevitable in missionary work
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| Golden coastline sunset |
1. Teaching a lady who
loves deep conversations about Adam and Eve and the fall whilst having a lazy
eye so you can never quite know who or what she is adhering her attention to.
2. Late bus causes a
joint teach to arrive first to a first lesson, finding her sitting inside a
marijuana filled home at the age of about 81, ready to teach in
her Sunday best.
3. Attempt to drop off
an Arabic Book of Mormon to a kind Muslim family in a socialist centrum where a
plethora of Africans are in hospital suits in line for some sort of screening.
4. Somewhat illegally
renting a public transportation bike because the metal doors wouldn’t open to
let us out before our dinner appt a 30 minute bike ride away on the eastern
peninsula.
5. Teaching a sweet
kasmiran man who comes to church and likes it, only to discover that he is also
most wanted in India and Pakistan for advocating for the liberation of Kashmir.
Whaddya gonna do about
it?
Now, MIRACLES of doing
our best diligent missionary work:
1. The lesson with our
kind older joint teach goes fantastic and our investigator asks her how she got
an answer about the truth and she testifies for days about the truth. He
accepts to baptism when he receives the same sort of confirmation.
2. Teach the super
great Kasmiran guy who simply loves Jesus and agrees to join the church if his
prayers are answered. Came to and liked the church service, see him twice this
week as well.
3. Get let in at the
door by a flippin tall Somalian man who is reading up in the Koran but prayed
the night before that God would show him the way, testifying the heck out of it
about how we were led straight to him, see him beginning of next week.
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| Mother Nature's sense of humor |
4. Knock a somewhat
random part of town, only to meet another chill Dutch guy with a 3 year old boy
who rejects us at first. we testify and
invite, he lets us in, we teach the restoration, hook line and sink the Book of
Mormon, he gets pumped to read, coming for a church tour Thursday, little
boy is the cutest thing ever and loves to play hot wheels.
5. Teach some of the
best second lessons of my mission with a former and new investigator (see #1)
wherein I am presented with more deep questions about the Fall and Judgment
after this life. No idea why or where they come from but thanks to the gift of
tongues they understand that we don't always know answers to a precise point
with such questions.
Also, somewhat of a
given already but definitely worth mention, the members here are once again the
best people in the world and their food is amazing, their testimonies solid,
and joyful in life. Such a fun atmosphere with them. And many of them are over
60 hahaha #Dutchlife
The Atlantic Ocean
also thought to throw a joke on this week and we had a brutal day of constant
sea spray (the one day we planned for many outdoor activities) and so we went
swimming Wednesday. Sorry President, the pool came to us.
Zone Conference was
this week in Antwerpen (!!!!) which was fantastic and I saw 7 others from the
MTC. Breaking news however: we must now wear helmets. Quite a blow for this
mission because there is a lot of ridicule toward those who wear helmets so we
will see. President and Zuster Bunnell gave an awesome conference.
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| dutch drawbridge and railway systems :) |
A total of 3 times
this week we met and taught people who had been searching for the truth for
quite some time with a prior dream of seeing two angels in a field, realizing
that us contacting him across the street was unnatural in the flow of life (?)
and sees our message as important from God, and praying the evening before to
have God show him the way he needs to go. Being able to testify the heck out of
these led-to situations is such a blessing and brings such a Spirit. The Lord
leads us to do His work. Therefore I boast in the strength of my Lord. (see
Alma 26:12)
In a nutshell, that
was this week. We have good plans for this next week and staying diligent in
our labors will only bring more miracles. I know it. I love it.
Your prayers are
working here. I cannot thank you enough.
Love
Elder Trevan Scott
Reese
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