Dear All,
This week really went by so fast! Sometimes sister Baxter
and I feel like we are running around so fast but we love being busy and
working with people we are coming to love more and more each day (including the
sisters) and we truly can see the Lord's hand in our lives. He definitely does
95% of the work, the spirit does the other 4% and we do 1%! But that one
percent is the best that we can give.
I really loved being able to learn from the sister training
leaders in Slovakia this week. They taught us so much! Sister Ross dreamed of
being able to serve together ever since we were in the MTC together and that
dream was fulfilled this week! It was really nice to work with someone older in
the mission like me and bounce off of each others ideas and thoughts. Sister Ross taught me a great lesson: that we
are not expected to give the best energy and effort that we can at the end of
our mission but we are expected to give our all that is enough. My all can
sometimes feel less than it was a few transfers ago when I had a ton of energy
all the time but I know that as I do the best I can that day, that is all that
matters. Heavenly Father is really helping me to understand how the atonement
of Christ can help me to give my all each day as Christ makes up for the rest.
What a blessing!
I also love finding moments to laugh about each day. Life
really is made for us to have joy! some moments that still make me smile
include when a man from Asia who did not speak Czech answered back to me when
we tried to talk to him: brambory!!! over and over again and he smiled the
whole time and we just laughed together. Other moments include when we are with
members and we do not understand each others Czech and we just end up laughing
together. sister Baxter and I find more
reason to love the work we do and the people we serve more and more every day,
even the random people on the street who have really funny response when we try
to talk to them about the gospel.
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| We went to help the youth at an Indexing activity! |
A true miracle has happened just yesterday! we found a way
to help Lucia get to church. A member, just bought a car and has room to
take them to church so we will invite her this week and make sure that she
goes! she has been wanting to go for a long time but has not been able to for
health reasons (take the train). We are glad that the member was inspired to
buy a new car! He is very happy to help!
Desmond also didn’t come to church again this week but we
had a really good talk with him and he really wants to be baptized so we said
that he very realistically could be baptized in about a month and now he is
preparing for the 19.11.16 as a baptismal date! We hope that all will go well and
will really try to emphasize baptism with him.
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| We visited the sisters serving in Slovakia! |
All is well and we are excited to go on exchanges in Ceske
Budejoivice this week and see all the people that I came to love so much there.
This work is true and it is led by God!
s laskou,
sestra Manners
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