MOMMY
and Everyone else!
This week was GREAT!! There were low points but they all paid
off! Yesterday we had eaten dinner at the church and finished early so we were
letting in digest before going out in the heat when the other sisters (there
are three companionships in our ward) came rushing in saying that they had a
referral for us and she wanted to see us right now. So we got up and went to
meet her. She had just returned from Mexico where she had attended a church
activity. Elders had been there and one of them is from Ripon, CA which is in
the mission. That Elder told his parents about her and told them to give the
referral to the missionaries. So the Ripon sisters texted it to our other
sisters and that's how we got it. Anyway, this woman's name is Elvira. She is
BOSS! When she was 25 she was diagnosed with terminal, stage 5 uterine cancer
and said "No, I'm going to live" and she did! Once she was also
kidnapped for ransom which was the equivalent of $1 million and survived! Then
she moved here! She is so great! She said she loves the church already and
wants to be BAPTIZED!! Whoot! Then her daughter came in and joined us and asked
us a ton of questions. Then the daughter’s two teenage sons came and listened
and talked with us too, we gave them Books of Mormon as well. They all seemed
pretty happy when we asked for a return appointment we all can't wait to go
back!
This was only one miracle from yesterday which Hermana Dando and
I believe to be the result of a Preisthood promise. Yesterday morning before
church she and I had been fiddling on the organ just to see if we could do it
and our High Councilman, Brother Bills, came up to us with the biggest smile on
his face! (Just last week he said that he hoped one day to have an organist in
this ward) He expressed his excitment to hear the organ in Sacrament meeting.
We hastily assured him this was the first time we had touched an organ and we
weren't going to be playing it during Sacrament. He promised us that if we
played the organ, the Lord would bless us and help us. We couldn't let him down
and had faith in his promise as a worthy Priesthood holder, so we played
the organ in Sacrament meeting. We did very well, Mom, you would be pleased!
That was the first miracle: we played well. Next, a less active family we have
been visiting CAME TO CHURCH! We were so excited to see them! They seemed a
little nervous to be back but the mom said that they intended on coming next
week too! That was the second miracle, and then Elvira and her family were the
third. It was a wonderful Sunday! So wonderful that the rest of the week
and the low points don't matter. They are forgotten through the blessing and
grace of Jesus Christ and His Atonement!
Oh, Mom you asked about the bikes. Well there again Christ has
shed froth the grace of His Atonement because there is no way I was ever as
good at riding a bike as I have been the last two weeks! It's actually
enjoyable now!
Dad you asked about weather: last week it was in the 110s but
it's cooled off to the mid-90s. There is a ton of wind here in Tracy! I love
it!
Oh by the way...I cut my hair today! It's a lot shorter. I'll
try and send you a photo as soon as I can. This way it will be cooler for
riding bikes and more out of my way during the day.
This work is true! This work is God's! This work is marvelous!
This work is wonderful! I know that as you try to take part in it in your lives
you will feel the power and the miracles of God's glory!
I LOVE YOU ALL SSSSSSOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!
Hermana Arntsen
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