Aloooooha!
11/25/13
Well Familia,
Another week gone by:) I love my new
companion Sister Kim sooo much! She is probably the sweetest, most humble
person ever! And she is sooo funny! She says it is easy for her to talk to
people about anything because she knows she is just learning English so if she
says something wrong they will be more forgiving. She calls me "sister
Lowlie." We were talking to Sister Cocco in the ward and she was talking
about how her kids hate their last name because people always say things like,
"cocco puffs:)" and I told her how people always say "Rollie
Pollie Ollie" to us and sister Kim said, "or Lollie pop! haha!"
haha! I don't think she even realizes what she said. I've helped her with other
names in the ward but I don't want to correct her with mine cause I just think
it's so cute:). She has already taught me so much and I feel like we have
already seen so many miracles this transfer. It is really fun to be in an area
for more than 2 transfers. It's so nice to just get to work and not have to get
to know a whole area from the beginning again. It is also so fun to be in an
all Asian pad! Sister Takatsu and Ogawa from Japan and Sister Kim from Korea. Me
and the Asians:) They are all so sweet too. I sure lucked out this
transfer!
Nina is doing really good. She is
excited about her baptism but is nervous to tell anyone about it. She has an
interview on the 4th so hopefully she will be more confident after that. She
continues to grow her faith though and we have had such great experiences as we
teach her. On Wednesday, transfer day right after Sister Kim got back from
transfer meeting, we had an appt. with her so Sister Kim and I planned
something really quick and prayed that Heavenly Father would be there with us
to help us. We decided to have kind of a testimony meeting with her. We told
her to write down her testimony for a few min. and then after she could share
it if she wanted. She wrote it down and then decided to read it to us. She told
us that some of what she wrote just came out of nowhere and she just felt
prompted to write them. She then shared the sweetest testimony with us! The
spirit was definitely there. We asked if she would feel comfortable sharing it
in fast and testimony meeting next time and she said she was just super nervous
to go up in front of everybody. We talked about how sharing your testimony
really helps strengthen it, as well as those who listen. We then shared with
her our testimonies and after she was like, "Wow, I see how sharing your
testimonies really brings everyone together and strengthens each other and
really brings the spirit!" We then asked her if she would share her
testimony next fast and testimony meeting and she was like, "I want to,
but I'll pray about it:)" Keep praying so hard for her!
Alex told us last night that she is
also planning on bearing her testimony this next Sunday. She said she may have
to have Alana go up with her again though:). She is doing so good and sharing
the gospel with everyone she can. She wants to be a missionary so bad! There is
this one kid, Kalani, who the other sisters were teaching for a while but now
the area is changed again so it is just Sister Kim and I over 5th ward, so we
are now teaching him. He has had baptism dates set before and they have fallen
through. He is a foster child of a really great family in our ward and it is a
miracle that he has stayed with them for this long and not run away.
Apparently, he notices something different in that house. He wants to be
baptized I think but something is really holding him back. Alex is just what he
needs. She knows him and his situation and said she has even beat him up when
he was younger for doing something stupid but now she just wants him
"dunked" so bad!:) She is going to go to our lessons with him and she
has been inviting him to the temple every Sunday since her baptism. He hasn't
shown up yet but she says that she just goes and prays for him and that someday
he will show up. She got so excited when we told her to come to lessons with
him though. She was like, "I want to get that kid baptized sooo much! He
wants it and needs it!" She is so awesome!
This week has also been exciting
because we have put up all the trees in the VC and the stakes have almost
finished decorating them! I have been faithfully listening to as much Christmas
music as I can and am so excited to be able to share "Christmas
messages" with people here in the visitor center and then online. It's such
an easy way of softening hearts I think! Also, beginning yesterday, there is a
musical fireside at the VC every Sunday night until New Years! Last night was
the BUYH Concert Choir. It was so good to see Bro. and Sis. Belnap again and
also a few old friends. It's quite a sight to have a big choir like that sing
powerful songs about the Savior while standing right under the Christus Statue!
This is definitely going to be a wonderful, miracle-filled holiday
season!
I love you all so much! Thank you
for your prayers and love and support. I continue to pray for you always! I
hope you have a fantastic Thanksgiving day! The VC will be closed that day so
we will be going from member to member stuffing ourselves the good old
American, Hawaiian way:) This gospel is real and true and I am so grateful for
this time that I have to immerse myself in it! Thank you for all of your
examples to me and for everything! I love you all so much and pray for you
always!
Les Quiero,
Hermana Rowley
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