4 December Letter:
Hello
and happy December! I love this month, especially when I get to share
about Jesus Christ, and really focus the season on Him.
This
week had so many miracles once again!
The highlights were
setting a baptismal date for our investigator, Evone for January 6th! Unfortunately she
still did not come to church on Sunday, though she said she would be there, so
hopefully we can help her understand the necessity to keep commitments so that
she will really be prepared for that date.
Another huge miracle was
running into a family that I met at the bus station at the end of October. I
had forgotten that I had their number, and I didn’t recognize their name that I
had written in my planner then, so during weekly planning, we decided that they
were one of the potentials that we wanted to follow up on this week to see if
they were still interested.
On Friday, after we were
following up on different potentials in Calwell that the previous sisters had
found, we were headed back to the car. Then we saw the father, Qusay, and two
little children, Ragheed and Roz, of this family I had met in October walking
back from school. We said hello and they remembered us and he invited us to his
home down the street where his wife was waiting as well. They are from Iraq and
speak Arabic and not much English yet, but they are learning. The wife, Wasan,
communicated to us that she is Catholic but has been looking for a church to
attend since they arrived in Australia in October. They had their name and
number written on a card and I realized that it was the very family that we had
intended to call that week! It was like Heavenly Father really needed us to
come in contact with them last week and he knew it would be much easier to
communicate with them face to face in their home!
We arranged a ride to
church for them and they came on Sunday! They came with the Best Family, who
miraculously speak a little Arabic because they lived in Saudi Arabia for a few
years. Sister Best was able to translate a little while we taught the
Restoration to them during the second hour, with the help of the Arabic
pamphlets we found in our cupboard. We are excited to bring them Arabic and
English Books of Mormon tonight! I just pray that we can overcome the language
barrier until their English improves. This experience just confirmed to me that
God’s hand is in all the little details of our lives, and He is at the head of
the work of salvation.
Besides
those miracles, we had a great ward Christmas party where lots of non-members
and members alike attended. There are lots of exciting things happening and I
am grateful to get to be a part of it here in Tuggeranong ward.
Have
a Merry Christmas season and if you are not already doing the light the world
25 days of service challenge, go check it out on Mormon.org. Sister Haretuku
and I are going to do it so we can try to become a little more Christlike
this Christmas.
Love,
Sister
Pace
Titan and Edlin, Belinda's kids who are two of my favorite little ones in
Tuggeranong Ward :)
28 November Letter:
I can't believe how fast time flies, it is already the end
of November! Btw I think I missed a few birthdays: Happy Birthday Joanna and
Tanner! And happy actual day of birth for my new baby niece Nora!!! The
pictures I saw are already so cute, which is impressive for a new born.
Congrats Ammie and Tanner!
It has been a really productive week. We were able to have
several first lessons with potential investigators. A lot of them seem pretty
interested and will hopefully become new investigators this week! Sister
Haretuku and I were able to set goals for the coming transfer that we truly
believe we can reach but will also really stretch us. We have already seen miracles
in doing all we can to reach them and praying for the Lord's help in making
them happen. We are really excited for a great transfer and to be together
again!
Well, I'm out of time I spent too long obsessing over Baby
Nora. Have a great week everyone!
pics: We set up a sparse Christmas tree in our living room
that we still need ornaments for. Christmas is here!!!!!
(Emmalynn just got this in the mail, but hasn't opened it yet. Shhh. . . . .)
It has been raining so much the past week and I love it! It feels more like Christmas time than when it is deathly hot.
(Letter we just got in the mail from Emmalynn, along with her endorsement on the back of her tax refund check which, ironically, has already been back and forth to Australia TWICE!)
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