Sent June 9th, 2015
Rakkaat ystävät,
This week we've had a lot of
things fall through and a lot of things not go as expected. BUT there was a lot
of good stuff that happened this week too, even if we really had to dig to find
it haha.
A couple highlights
include, but are not limited to:
We spent 24 hours on exchanges
in Kuopio between Wednesday and Thursday evenings, and that was a lot of
fun. Sisar Johnston always says that when you go on splits as the Sister Training Leader that all your fear goes away, and that's why the STLs always
seems so fearless. Boy was she right! On Wednesday evening, Sisar Andersson and
I walked up and down the same strip of sidewalk and within an hour had stopped
and taught about 10 people, gave out two copies of the Book of Mormon, and got
a couple phone numbers. I've never had that kind of success before, nor have I
stopped nearly so may people. It was incredible.
Being with Sisar Lafferty was
funny because, obviously, after 4 months together we had patterns, and honestly, I
had to fight back the same fear that I always seemed to have when we were
serving together. But despite that, we still did some great street contacting,
and then spent an hour trying to find somewhere to go to the bathroom. Haha, I
told you there were patterns. It was a great exchange day, and I hope those
wonderful Sisaret learned as much as I did.
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| Back with my former companion, Sisar Lafferty. |
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| Sisar Andersson - she is so Finnish it hurts ( in a good way) |
On Friday, despite Sisar
Johnston begin sick, we got to out to one appointment in the evening with a
wonderful recent convert in the ward. She is awesome and has such a strong
testimony. We actually spent most of the appointment helping her fix some
problems with her e+mail account. I was so proud that I am still decently
proficient in the technology department, and that I figured it out in Finnish.
It still blows me away that I can understand this foreign gibberish.
We had an excellent Stake
Conference, broadcast to all of northern Europe from Scotland. If the Scottish
accents weren't enough to make the whole meeting perfect, Elder Holland was
presiding. It was an incredible meeting. One man, a stake president I think,
spoke about how we are all on the Lord's rescue team and referenced the Miracle
of the Little Ships from the shores of Dunkirk during WWII. He spoke of how we
are all like those little ships - no matter how small or poorly-equipped we may
seem, we are all invaluable parts of the Lord's rescue efforts against the
powers of the adversary. Even if we rescue only one or two souls, we've made a
huge contribution and our joy may be great. It completely blew me away.
Then Elder Holland spoke for
about 45 minutes and pretty much just bore down in testimony of the Book of
Mormon for the whole time. It was amazing. They don't call him the bulldog of
the Church for nothing. He spoke of the authenticity of the Book, the power of
God that went into its writing and translating, and the truthfulness of its
contents. Most importantly, he testified as a special witness that the Book of
Mormon truly is the word of God and that this is the true Church of Jesus
Christ. There is no doubt in my mind that Elder Holland is an actual called and
ordained apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ.
I know for myself that the Book of Mormon is the word of
God. This, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is the true and
complete church of God on the earth today. Joseph Smith was a prophet. Thomas
S. Monson is a prophet now. Jesus Christ is my Lord and my Savior, and I love
Him.
Keep calm, press on, and stay shiny!
Rakkaudella,
Sisar Hillebrant
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| On exchanges in Kuopio |
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| A drunk man gave us flowers and Sisar Johnston photo bombed. |
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