Transporters

Transfers are coming up on Wednesday, or as Wade said in his letter "transporters." :) It was so nice last transfer to sit back and not have to worry about me moving or my companion moving, because I was being trained - which meant the odds of us moving were slim to none. But this week is a different story.  

We found out on Friday that Sister P. would be leaving me to head to Brighton to train another newbie, and I would stay here in the Kingston area.  I knew this type of change was coming, but it was still a shock to the system when we found out for sure what the changes were. I'm going to miss Sister P. so much!! Change is hard, but I've learned that you can't get too comfortable on your mission.  Sister Berati, a visitor's center sister, is going to be my new companion.  It is such a blessing because she is from Albania, so can help the Albanian family we found!!  She's the only one who could really help them progress towards baptism so I feel so blessed that she's coming to this area.  

Although we don't always know why the transfers happen the way they do, it's great to know that the Lord has everything under control.  As long as we have the faith that we're in the right spot, He'll strengthen us and help us grow.  I don't know where I heard the quote but, "Lift where you stand" is what keeps running through my mind.  I feel confident that the Lord has guided President to assign us where he has and I'm excited to see what this next transfer will bring.  

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Miracles

It has been a weekend of miracles I tell you. People said before I left that I was going to see miracles and the past couple months I saw little ones, but nothing like the past weekend. It started when our investigator from Albania - Esmeralda - committed to be baptized on August 27th!! Oh my goodness, I'm so excited for her! It's our first baptismal date in this area and we feel so blessed!  The whole process of finding and teaching her and now that she wants to be baptized is a miracle. A couple weeks ago (I think last week of July) we were waiting at the bus stop in the morning to go to our Zone Conference. I stopped this guy, just like anybody else, and shared the Mormon.org website with him and told him to give us a call. I didn't teach him any points of doctrine or anything special cuz he seemed to be in a hurry.  But the amazing thing is that he texted us that night!! He told us he's really busy with work, but we could meet with his wife Esmeralda!  They are from Albania and he speaks some English, but she doesn't speak any. So we just happened to have an Albanian Book of Mormon in our flat, and Sister P. just happened to know Sister Berati (VC Sister) who is from Albania.  When we called, Sister Berati just happened to be there, and now we've been able to meet with Esmeralda twice and Sister Berati teaches her through Skype in Albanian!! It's amazing how many little things came together and now she wants to be baptized!! I feel so blessed.  

Not only that, but on Saturday, we went to contact a referral from the office.  A lady named Bibian requested the Joy to the World DVD, so we went to deliver it to her. She told us she had received a little card through her mail box that had this little picture of Mary and Baby Jesus and had the number that you could call to request the DVD. She said she's kept the card by her bed for almost a year and she finally called.  Amazing!! She's a cute black lady (probs in her 40's) from Kenya and she willingly took our English BoM and Swahili BoM to read as well.  She has a strong belief in God and is trying to get work off this Sunday to come to church! Not only that, on our way out, she told us that she wants her daughter to meet us too.  She's doing missionary work for the church already and doesn't even know it by inviting her daughter! :) 

So on the way back to our flat on Saturday after meeting with Bibian, we stopped a man and gave him a Mormon.org card and he was in a hurry so I quickly told him to call us if he had any questions and he continued down the road.  30 seconds later he came back and said something along the lines of "Hey, for some reason I just feel really drawn to this.  I'm Muslim, but I just want to know the truth about all this..." Okay, so that was like music to my ears. I swear I could've taught him all 5 lessons on the street right there, but he was in a hurry to catch a train. I told him a little bit about the Restoration and he gave us his phone number so we can meet with him later this week!! My comp. and I just feel so blessed to have these people put in our path.  Seriously, the field is white already to harvest. :) 

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