You ended that email perfectly. I truly always want to be perfect and
its so frustrating, Lately its just been really tough to grasp the fact
that im not a perfect missionary. I'm not as good at the language as I
want to be, not as good as a teacher as I want to be, the list can go on
and on. I also am fully aware and constantly reminded by the spirit
that I never give myself enough credit either. This week has been
another humbling week, but I had an amazing experience. We had a lesson
with this norwegian dude who some missionaries contacted on the bus
several months back. I randomly decided to call this dude and told him
we wanted to meet up with him.. half expecting him to say no. He agreed
to meet with us last thursday but I don't think he was necessarily too
excited. So we went over there and he had some chip and candy out for us
and was offering us drinks and stuff. Totally nice dude. We started
talking, did our whole getto know him, explain our purpose thing and
then went on with teaching the Restoration. It definitely wasn't
flawless but he seemed to be sort of understanding it. When we got to
the book of mormon, I felt prompted to have him read the last 2
paragraphs of the intro out loud. I also for one reason or the other (i
guess i could say I was prompted) I afterwards paused and then asked
what Hit him. It was a question I've never really asked or phrased
before in Norwegian. It was no coincidence that I asked that question.
He was totally describing the spirit and was taken back on the feelings
that were "hitting" him. He was feeling the spirit so strongly.
Something he never felt before especially from just reading a couple of
sentences. The Spirit was so strong that I felt like it was quite
literally right there with us. It was a way cool experience for Elder
Gunther and I because it really brought this work into reality. I know
that the spirit has our back up here in Narvik, especially when we're
doing our best to find, teach and baptise. Although we didn't give the
most smooth or perfect lesson, by any means, it didn't matter because
the spirit was right there with us. I'm grateful that we're not alone.
So that was pretty much the highlight of the week, especially because we
fasted to find a new investigator that week who would be baptised by
the end of the year. We spent wednesday
in trondheim and that was an adventure. Long story short, our
connecting flight's plane hit a bird as it landed so we ended up being
stranded in the airport for 2 hours as they did a safety inspection. So
we ended up being way late to our short meeting in trondheim but we got a
service check to blow like the equivalent of 50 bucks in food at the
airport haha. once we finally made it from te airport to the church, it
was time to catch the bus back to the airport to go back home.So we were
literally in our meeting in trondheim for maybe 30 minutes! It was so
frustrating. Especially with blue skies and the big city teasing me.
I really hope you aren't suffering in too much pain and that
everything will end up all right with your health. Don't get too broken
by the time I get back. I 'm excited for all the siblings and all the
new things happening. Know that I love you all. Have a great week.
Thanks for all the love and support.
Eldste Skinner
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