What an
incredible week of spiritual experiences! I had the opportunity to go on three
exchanges with the sisters! J
The first
one was on Tuesday, with the St. Catherine sisters! I had the opportunity to go
with Sister Bell, who has now been out for 5 weeks in the mission. She is just the cutest girl! Even though she is really quiet... she leads
by example and you can see Christ in her countenance. One incredible experience
we had was when we were teaching a man named Kiern, who believes that there is
a higher power and wants to learn more about Jesus Christ. He has had a really rough life growing up and
said sure he would see the sisters while he was quickly passing by. It was the sisters first time teaching him
and it's so hard to describe his countenance change during the lesson. He was
so intrigued when we began talking about President Monson and really just began
to love what we were saying. He wasn't
making comments anymore and he began to ask questions. Questions of the soul, it was so incredible! As we were teaching him at the park, another
man came up to us and asked if he could sit in. Come to find out, he was taught years ago by
missionaries and thought that they were crazy. But that day, when he saw Sister Bell and I
teaching Kiern, he said it touched his heart and knew he needed to sit in and
listen again what we had to say. Kiern
and Barry both looked at each other at the end of the lesson and said,
"Hey I don't know you, but how about we both go to church on Sunday and
check it out." It put the biggest
smile on my face and I looked over and saw Sister Bell's jaw drop and couldn't
help but chuckle. We saw so many little miracles throughout the day! We taught
another one of their investigators and she prayed for the first time! So that
was so fun J
We had our
second exchange on Wednesday with the Welland sisters! One of the sisters I came out with got in a
car crash about 5 weeks ago and is still suffering from her concussion and has been
in a lot of pain as she passed a kidney stone and two more on the way... the
poor thing. So Sister Coleman and I both
went into their area to help them out. Sister
Coleman stayed with the sister and I went with Sister Robison to go out and get
lots of things done! I am so grateful
for the power of prayer and to be able to feel of other missionaries spirits
while I am out here. You wouldn't believe the power, spirit, and conviction
that I felt as we went around and talked with everyone! It was incredible. I
will never forget it.
Our last
exchange was on Friday (three exchanges back to back is so exhausting!) We went with the Brantford sisters. It was an exchange that was special. It was a time that I was able to look back since coming to Canada
and see what has refined me, but also in becoming an instrument for Heavenly
Father in this portion of his vineyard. It
was really neat to see as I was on exchanges with Sister Vance. I am so incredibly grateful for my mission! I
have come to know Heavenly Father in ways that cannot be described. I do know
that he truly does hear and answer our prayers and I am grateful for His trust
that he has in His missionaries to teach his gospel. I am always striving to continually do my best
and I know that he knows that. We taught
many great lessons that day and were able to help our ward mission leader with
his yard as we talked about the ward. I love Hamilton!
Sister
Coleman and I taught this less active man named Lester Mazey. He is so nice and
is so neat! He has a cat that doesn't
have ears, wears round circle glasses, and was once a door to door mailman for
25 years. [Sad news... Today is the first day that Canada doesn't have door to
door mail... Sad day in history]. He was raised in the gospel and knows it's
true, but drifted away when he was about 17 when he ran into some anti
information. His questions were answered
and he said he would read the pamphlet! I
am excited to help him grasp the gospel again in his life and help him to one
day partake of the sacrament and renew his covenants each week! He is awesome!
Some
exciting news! While on exchanges a couple of weeks ago, I felt like we should
stop by this 'unknown' member on the ward list and we met this family from Iran
who moved in a couple years ago! Whenever we came over, we always talked to
their teenage daughter (Mirna, 15 years old) who is just the sweetest girl. We
finally met her mom Lamia and she just loved talking with us. We asked what we
could do for her after we told her our purpose she said to help her four kids
to go to church! We are going to visit
their family hopefully this Saturday and to teach them for the first time. The
mom is super religious and is just the cutest J I am so
excited!
Overall, it
was a very great and productive week! I wish I could write every spiritual
experience that I have everyday and share them each week. I am just so grateful
that I do know this: God truly is our loving Heavenly Father and that his Son,
Jesus Christ, is our Savior! I am grateful that our Heavenly Father does call
prophets to lead and guide each of his children who live here on earth. I am so
grateful to know that I have the opportunity to teach Christ's pure gospel and
that I have been called by a prophet of God to share what I know, and I know
that the messages we share are true! They really and truly are. The Book of
Mormon has helped me know what I can do personally to come closer to Heavenly
Father and become more Christ like in my life. It's such a special gift to know that Christ
did in deed visit the people who lived in the Americas and that we are so
privileged to
Transfer
calls are on Sunday! I can't believe it already that time again. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. Love to all…….
Until next
time...
Sister Robb
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