What a week
of blessings! We found 5 new people to teach this week! It has been so good and
I have had some great experiences teaching.
Last
preparation day I met a man sitting next to me while I was emailing. He turned to me and said, "There is
something different about you, what is it?" I was thrilled to be able to tell him that I
am a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and I am
sharing, with others, the gospel of Jesus Christ. He found it interesting and wanted to hear
more so I set an appointment to meet him at the library the next day. His name is Abdul (about 25 year old) and he
is from Afghanistan. He is alone in Canada
temporarily and said that when I sat down next to him and said hello and asked
how his day was, he 'felt something'.
Before we left, I felt prompted to give him a Book of Mormon and I decided
to write a note inside of it. The next day, we were able to teach him the
restoration and it went really well! Unfortunately,
he is moving in two weeks to another part of Canada to receive a higher paying
job to support his family back in Afghanistan. It was an amazing experience to
me to know that we need to share the gospel wherever we are at and when we
can! Just by saying hello and asking how
he was doing touched his heart and he was open to what I was able to share
with him. "Behold I say unto you, that by small and simple things are
great things brought to pass... and bringeth about the salvation of many
souls." (Alma 37:6-7)
Later that
night, Sister Turley and I were able to stop by a potential investigators home
that we had contacted last week. Her name is Laura and her husband’s name is
Amit, they are from Nigeria. We were able to teach them twice last week, but the
lessons are quite hard. They are both
strong Muslims but respect other religions and said that if they "found
the truth, it would change." The first time we taught them, he compared Mohammed
to Joseph Smith, but has brought up that he believes that Jesus Christ didn't
die, so that has been interesting! They
really are great people and I hope that we can get somewhere with them and help
them progress.
Louis and
Faye are doing great! They had their patriarchal blessing recommend interviews
yesterday! They are doing really well
and are still attending a temple prep classes along with doing Fay's mothers
name to take it to the temple in March! All
is well and I will give you more in the future.
We got a
call last week from a man saying that we gave him a pass-along card a couple of
weeks ago and that he wants to hear more. We arranged an appointment and
hopefully will be able to teach him. What
a special experience that will be! This
is quite unusual and rarely happens.
I took
Sister Turley on several buses and it was great! I had the opportunity to talk to many
different people and I was able to hand out two Book of Mormons. We actually
found a new investigator (Alina) at the GO STATION and she was really
interested. We were able to teach her
about prophets and she found it really interesting that we have a living
prophet today and about the Restoration.
Unfortunately, she said she will contact us when she has time if she
wants to learn more. I was able to talk
to some Pentecostal and Anglican bus drivers who were very nice J
It is so fun just to talk to a lot of people and share with them the “GOOD
NEWS", the gospel of Jesus Christ!
Yesterday,
we stopped by a potential investigators, Marlin, who we had talked to a couple
of weeks ago and he was just heading out the door to go and pick up his niece
Marlisa (a former investigator who we have been calling and texting to try and
meet up with). What a coincidence! J When they walked in I
said, "Waguan!" (Otherwise known in Jamican as "hey!") They
couldn't stop laughing and instantly we became friends, so that is good. We were able to teach them the restoration and
it was great! Marlisa is super spiritual
and Marlin said that he finds the gospel really simple! Heavenly Father truly
does direct us where we need to go. I am
so grateful for the Holy Ghost to lead and guide me.
Which
reminds me of a neat story about a potential investigator we have. Her name is Sher. During lunch one day while we were eating, I
just felt like calling someone from our list to see how they were doing. Sher’s name jumped off the page and into my
heart! I called up Sher and explained to
her, who I was and that I just felt like I needed to call her. I heard her
begin to cry on the other end of the line. She said that she had been
overwhelmed and loaded with so many things in her life that sometimes she
couldn’t even breath. She owns a
catering business, her mom is dying of cancer, and other things that were
weighing her down. I was able to listen and to comfort her over the phone. It was a really tender experience. She said,
"I am so grateful you called me. This made my entire week. It gives me
goose-bumps to think that you just felt that you needed to call me.
Thank you." So we will be seeing
her sometime soon J What a neat experience! I have learned to always ACT on the promptings
from the holyghost! You may never know the impact you make until after you do
it.
Overall, it
has been a great week! Canada has SO
many people from everywhere across the world practicing SO many different
religions. It's has been interesting to
talk to people about their religion and where they come from. The world comes
to Canada! (Especially if you are close to Toronto!) I am so truly grateful for the promptings of
the spirit and being able to act on them. I have been able to witness the
miracles and blessings of being an instrument for Heavenly Father. J
I hope you can feel of my love and adoration for
this work. I love being here in Ontario and serving my fellow man. Being a missionary, a representative of Jesus
Christ doesn't mean I push my religion on people, but I have the sacred
opportunity to declare what I know to be true, without hesitation and invite
all to find out for themselves. I love my Savior, Jesus Christ. I love His
restored Gospel. I know that this is true! His Church has been restored. I know
this because He has answered my prayers by giving me a witness from the Holy
Spirit. I know that this is our Father's work, and what an honor it is that we
have all been called, members and missionaries alike, to share this great and
Restored message of Truth! I invite each of you to pray for missionary
experiences! You may be surprised with how Heavenly Father will answer your
prayers. I love you all!
Until next time...
Sister Robb
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