3.21.16
Hello There!
I have been so excited to tell you all of the experience I
was able to have this week! But I will save that for last because like they say
you have to save the best for last. So first a kind of funny but crazy story.
Each week we go and visit this sweet Hungarian lady and she feeds us every
Friday. She is older and needs lots of help so we try to do something for her
each time we are there. This past time she needed her dog’s nails cut so she
went and did something for a few minutes after she had gotten us the tools to
do it. And so we began the journey, I cut the first one and said I was not
going to cut anymore because it freaked me out so my companion said she
wouldn't mind cutting them. So after the first paw the dog started getting
restless, he is a little dog but it was still hard because she was so squirmy.
But we were making progress. Then she came back in and tried to help and at
this point the dog was getting mad. We did finish but if you were to look at my
arms after... it looked like I got attacked by a vicious dog. I was not able to
put anything on it for a few day. But thank goodness for essential oils, tee
tree is the best!
Next we have been doing a lot of tracting lately because we
have been struggling a lot lately with teaching appointments and falling
through, but with that hard time we have had Heavenly Father lead us to a few families
that have been recently looking for churches and we are pretty excited that we
have found a few people that are willing to let us teach them. It really is a
miracle when someone you have never met says that you can come back and teach
them about Jesus Christ, they must feel the spirit because although we are
dressed nice and have the name of Jesus Christ on our name tags we are still
perfect strangers to them. I know there is some divine intervention there!
Lastly one of those moments I had on my mission that I will
never forget and will keep me faithful for the rest of my life. And really it
was so simple. We were tracting and the fourth house we knocked on let us right
in. The house before was sadly an atheist and the lady that let us in knew
that. That was one of the hardest things to know that the house before had no
hope in getting through this life. That this is it, really devastating. Nonetheless
the lady that let us in, She asked us questions of what we believed and at that
moment I gained a testimony of how important it is to just dive straight into
the restoration lesson which we did right after mentioning a few How To Begin
Teaching points. Anyways I mentioned her neighbor being an atheist because that
came up in our conversation and I was prompted to pulled out my Book of Mormon
and to read Alma 30:44, I have never in my life had such a strong conviction
that the Book of Mormon is true as I read that verse of scripture. My heart was
so full I thought it would pop out of my chest. I felt a burning sensation that
I knew with all my heart that it was the word of God and I could not in any
shape or form deny it. I have heard of experiences like that, and although the
sweet lady did not accept a Book of Mormon I know that she let us in so that I
could have that moment where I once again came to know that the Book of Mormon
was true for myself.
I know that the Book of Mormon is the word of God and will
never question that. I hope you all can find that testimony for yourselves too.
Hope you all have a great week!
Love Sister Mauck
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