September 3, 2012:
She had problems that only God knew about
Dearest family and friends,
This week was ROUGH! Haha, I don’t know what happened, but for some reason no one really wanted to listen. School is starting this week, so maybe that's why. We are working so hard, and we want to help this area out so much!
She had problems that only God knew about
Dearest family and friends,
This week was ROUGH! Haha, I don’t know what happened, but for some reason no one really wanted to listen. School is starting this week, so maybe that's why. We are working so hard, and we want to help this area out so much!
We had a really great idea though. We had gone to the city building like two weeks ago to ask them if we could draw on the main town square with chalk. HAHA, so funny. They said yes. SO, we used the talent of Elder Romero to visualize the First Vision. I also grabbed a piece of chalk and wrote the First Vision in Slovak. It was HUGE. Way bigger than I imagined, hahaha! But it was great.
Not as much success as we had hoped, but we talked to lots of people and passed out lots of Joseph Smith pamphlets. So that was good. We got the idea from Elder Tenney's friend who did it on his mission or something, but he did Christ in the Americas. So it was a twist off that. Sister Pysnak and I are trying to convince the Elders that we need to do it again before the end of the transfer, but draw the Plan of Salvation and have people walk through it. Hahaha, so fun, I am excited.
I had a really neat experience this week that helped my testimony that the Scriptures are true, and we get promised blessings when we do what they say. We were walking and talking to everyone on the town square about the Book of Mormon. We stopped one lady, and as I went to talk to her, it was so weird, my brain and my mouth were separate. I don’t know how else to explain it. I was thinking about what was coming out of my mouth, because it wasn’t my own words. I started just... talking. It was weird.
And while my mouth was going I was thinking, "I should remember this, because this isn’t me, it is the Spirit, and I guess this is how God would [talk to people]," but unfortunately I can’t remember what I said. All I know is that she asked to sit down with us, and we did. We taught her the Restoration and asked if we could come visit her family sometime, and she agreed. We exchanged phone numbers, and then she looked at me and said, "I am going through something really hard right now. Can we hug?" and I said of course! I hugged her for a long time, and I hugged her really well. She started to cry. We told her that God knows what she is going through.
She was just an ordinary, classy advertising agent, and she had problems that only God knew about. I know God loves His children. I know that He will give us words when ours aren’t good enough for a situation, and I know that prayers are answered. I know, because I was His tool in a little way this week. I know words were given to me because God knew what she needed to hear. I told Sister Pysnakova about my feelings and about how interesting that had been, and she said, "Yeah, I was surprised, because it was a totally different [way of talking to people]." It was amazing. I was so happy knowing that we are successful because God trusts us, even if people aren’t really listening at the moment.
We got some GREAT news this weekend. President approved that beautiful green building we found in Zvolen, meaning we can start renting it and using it in two weeks. Which is the last week of the transfer. What a way to celebrate. We are hoping to clean it this week and get it all ready so I shall get pictures! :)
I am sorry again that this is so short! Ah, I was reading your emails, because I was just dying to hear from you again! I should have just printed them out. I'm sorry! I will be better. The hour goes SO quick! I love you all.
Sheep's cheese noodles named 'haluski' we made! :) We are so Slovak.
I see miracles all the time. We will have plenty to talk about for the next 10 years. Keep me in your prayers. The days are long, but the weeks are quick. We are working and being obedient, so there is nothing to feel bad about if we are doing our best. I love you so much! The gospel is true. Read your scriptures. They are gems.
Sestra Izattova
Sestra Izattova