Monday, October 29, 2018

So Many Miracles & Exchanges



Dobre Den! 

This week I have witnessed so many miracles. I love being a missionary!!! I know that God has a hand in his work and he puts us in the right place, at the right time, with the right people. 

Monday we played basketball at the church which was super fun! People asked if I played basketball in high school. I owe all my skills to my brothers. After p-day ended, we went to visit a lady named Connie who is a new convert to the church. We invited her to come to Lynn's lessons with us, who is her next door neighbor. Lynn is the one who decided out of the blue that she wanted to be baptized. It will be good for both of them to go to church together. 

Tuesday we did a service project in the morning. We helped a lady clean up her yard... we picked rocks out of their garden and moved dirt around.Later, we had Czech language study. We usually just practice teaching lessons and I was asked a question that I literary found an answer to in my personal study that morning, so that was super cool! Then we had a lesson with the Sander boys. We taught them the ten commandments through a matching game, matching words and pictures together. We had a lot of fun with it. Then a guy texted us named David. His family is super against the church and we have been teaching him through text because he has been nervous to meet with us because of his family situation. He is so prepared for this gospel. Some of the responses he has given us are just incredible! Right now he is working on setting up Skype on his computer so we can talk. I'm super excited to see where it goes. He is a miracle. The next miracle I witnessed today was when we went to get some information of a lady we ran into my very first day in the mission tracting. She gave us her last name and told us that it was Czech, that's why it was spelled so weird! What?! Sister Brooks and my jaws dropped and we explained my situation. It was pretty cool. Sadly none of them spoke any Czech. It was just cool to think that we ran into her on my first day. 

Wednesday we did weekly planning. Then we went around and invited a bunch of people to the trunk or treat. We visited a sweet old woman named Ophelia. We've visited her a few times and taught her a few principles but I'm still not sure how interested she is in the church. She is going to the Domican Republic for three months for the winter. We made sure she had a book  of Mormon to bring with her. We were lucky to catch her home. 

Thursday we went on exchanges with the sister training leaders. I went out to New Plymouth which is an old town with a lot of farm land. We visited some families and helped a lady move who isn't a member. She just decided to pack up and move to Montana with 2 days notice. It was crazy and she was a little overwhelmed. After we went to visit this awesome part member old couple named Hank and Rosie. There is so much I could tell you about them. They are so cool. Hank said my smile and eyes reminded him of someone he knew, but he couldn't put his finger on who it was. And... yeah.... There was just no way of avoiding a hug from Hank, he wouldn't let you. Rosie went on a rant about some things too. We had a hard time getting out of their house. I slept over at the sister trainer leaders house. 

Friday morning we drove back to Caldwell and went to district council. I witnessed 3 incredible miracles later that day. #1 A man named Robert who has been taught by missionaries before and went off the grid for a while was home when we knocked on his door. He came outside and said he had gotten married to his girlfriend... which is ideal because now he can get baptized. He gave us his and his wife's number and told us to call them but to plan on coming back on Tuesday evening. It was such a miracle because we knocked on his door, he knew exactly who we were, and set up a time for us to come back and visit him. It was just such the ideal situation. That doesn't happen very often. #2 Christy is back from her trip. She speaks Russian and has a thick accent which makes it a little difficult to understand her at times. She hurt her ankle and sister Brooks put her name on the temple prayer roll. She believes the reason she didn't have to get surgery on her ankle is because of those prayers. But the cool part is that a sister just came home from her mission in Russia, so we are going to bring her to lessons with us. #3 we had a lesson with Don and we read 3 Nephi 18-19 with him about the sacrament and baptism. We got him on baptismal date for November 10th. That was huge! Literally last week we were thinking that we might have to stop teaching him. I wish you all could meet Don. He is so funny. He has come a long ways and it has been fun to watch him change. He has given up smoking and drinking.

Saturday was a really rough day, it had to counter the good day we had yesterday. We were biking and a bug flew in my eye and I couldn't see anything. I was biking blind, praying not to crash..... Then I ran over a squirrel... With both tires and I am on a racing bike with super skinny tires. I didn't even think that was possible... but it happened. It was pretty nasty. Then not long after that, sister Brooks got a flat tire. We were a pretty long ways from home, but there was a couple just down the road we have visited a few times who aren't members. We asked if they had a pump to fill up her tire. They tried but she has a weird nozzle on her tube that wouldn't fit the pump... so they loaded us up in the back of his fancy, old, orange, slow poke delivery van. It was awesome. They took us to the ward mission leaders house. He tried to fix it but ran into the same problem. So he thought he had a tube to fix it. He took the back tire off and everything and then the tube was to big. Haha so they gave us a ride back home and took the bikes to brother fly for him to fix. It was such a hassle. We could have fixed it with our pump, but the elders borrowed our pump. It was a rough day. We had so many people we were going to visit that night too, but all of our plans got canceled due to a flat tire. 

Sunday morning we got a ride to ward council. We attended two primary programs. Phoenix was the only one of the Sander boys that came to church. Another miracle.... Don came to church and stayed the entire time!!!! I love that guy!!! The first think out of his mouth when he walked in to talk to us was a swear word. I think it took a few people there by surprise. Don loves to joke around and have a good laugh. He is really struggling with his health though. He has had pneumonia like 12 times. He is always in and out of the hospital. He really enjoyed the primary program. Also, we went to priesthood with him. That was a bit of a different experience for me, but it made Don feel a lot more comfortable. We went to ward choir practice, then we had a fancy dinner with an awesome family. Then we were dropped off at Brother Fly's to pick up our bikes. He wasn't home, so we were stranded in the freezing cold on his front porch until he gave us the code to his garage. Then we went and visited a few more people. Sunday's are always so busy. 

I love this work. Also, I want to encourage you to pick up President Nelsons challenge if you haven't yet and finish the Book of Mormon by the end of the year. Mark up all the times it mentions the Savior. It truly is amazing and has built my testimony so much! 

I love you all,

Sestra Guymon

Also we harvested our pumpkin patch today that was growing in our front yard. :)

PS

President just called me!!! My visa came!!!! I fly out November 13th!!!!! 

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