Uge 60 – because you know, I’ve been out that long…..what the?!!?!

Well, life is good :D Just as crazy as always!! Especially in Esbjerg….I feel like there is never a dull moment around here. For real.

We have been meeting with Ana Marie and Min and their Family (they were baptized last December. She is from the Phillippines and he is from Burma) – Min had questions about the plan of salvation, so we were trying to explain that to him. It’s hard because he doesn’t understand a lot of English or Danish, and so that makes Things fun. But, it’s really amazing to see how much he just so wants to learn and know! and how much he trusts God. It is truly such a testimony to me!

Kristina is doing way well :) she has had a hard time remembering to pray, and so this week, her and Freja sat Down to eat and forgot, and a few mintues later Freja reminded her to pray :D and she’s been trying to teach her dad too :) sooo cute!!

And I just have to tell you this, cause I love this :D We get a call from the elders saturday night just purely asking if we had cookie dough. we were about 5 minutes from home, so we told them yes. So we just hurry and made some and they came over and we gave them cookie dough. Apparanly they had had a reallllllllly bad day and just needed some happiness. So they called us for cookie dough :D soo cute! I really do just feel like momma out here….it’s rather funny. But I enjoy it :)

Something kind of cool! We realized even more of a reason last night as to why we are studying PMG with this one family. It had been a couple week since we had met with them to do it because of mothers day, and then last week Kristina was over there with us and so it had been a bit. And you could tell they all missed it :) so the last time we had them all write Down their testimonies about the book of mormon and this time we shared them. Well, we were just going around the circle with them and we got to this boy – he’s 16, and he just said pass. I don’t really know. I still have mixed feelings about it. And it just all clicked. This is why. This is why we’re here. this boy doesn’t know yet. he’s still struggling with it all. This is why God wants us in this home. And at the end, the mom, was saying something about how she has loved studying with us and how it has been so good. And she just looked at us, and the expression in her face was one of just pure joy. I just knew how much us doing this meant to her. I realized how much she was grateful that we were helping them and helping their Family. And that just made me so grateful!!!! I just love being a missionary :D

And I realized a couple of Things this week too. One. Ok, this might just sound silly, but, I am just as important as those that I teach. I am just as important as my companion, my investigators, less actives and recent converts. I am important too. And one thing that I need to remember along with that, is that I as well need to take the time to talk with God too. I don’t quite know why it has taken me this long to realize it, but it has. But now that I know, I am grateful!! Now it’s time to remember that. And take the time to talk with God. And remember that there is no time limit on it. It isn’t necissarily something that I can plan out. Sometimes it will take 2 mintues, others it will take half an hour. But that time for me is just as important as any one else’s time with God. I am just as loved and just as special. And so are you!! And I am SO grateful for that!!

 

Something that I am definitely learning throughout all of this is God’s love. He truly does love us! If we just think about how much we love our parents, or our siblings or our cousins (or NEPHEW’S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) , then we can see just a very, very smal glimpse of how much Heavenly Father loves us. The being that created us, the one that gave us life, He is our Father. He is our dad. And He will do, and has done EVERYTHING for us. And if we just go to Him, just talk to Him, He will show us the way. He has promised it time and time Again. But sometimes, just like Moroni challanges us to do, we have to put that promise to the test. We have to take that step into the unknown, and actually test it. Will He actually catch us when we fall? Will He actually light the way if we take the step? We will never know if we don’t jump, if we don’t get off the couch and take the step. We have to act. And the second we act is the second we will know that He is there. But nothing will change if we don’t. So, here is to making some changes.

Love you all!!

Have en rigtig fantastisk uge!!

Mange kærlighed,

Søster Rigby

MKH,
Søster Rigby

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