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My sweet companion did this for me for my 13 month mark!
She's the best.
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This was when we went
to the temple with Joakim. I love that place. Gonna miss him!
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My district right before transfers. Sister Rust and Ricks,
us, Elders Stein and Sasser. Love them!
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| Sissy R and I :) I love her!! |
Week 58:
Hey Y'all :)
Seriously this was an amazing week. There were multiple
miracles every single day. The biggest one- we reached 7 lessons with members
present!!! I looked through all the progress records in the area book and
within the past 4 years, the highest LTMP week was 5 (we have reached that as
well a couple of times). This has never been done here, we could not believe
it! Before Elder Munday switched zones, he promised us we would hit 7 LTMP's
before I left. Of course, I didn't believe him. Reaching 4 was something of a
miracle in itself. But we worked so hard and felt strongly about making 7 our
goal. We not only hit that goal but we also had 3 people at church, set 3
baptismal dates, had 4 other lessons, 5 new investigators, talked to 156
people, and had 2 lessons with less actives. Unbelievable! I still can't
believe we did it, and for our reward we watched 17 Miracles last night after
planning. Love that movie!
YES, we have baptismal dates!!! Esmirna, and soon we'll
count her whole family when we meet with all of them again. Her date is August
23rd, please pray for her because she's still a little unsure. We are taking
their family to tour the temple grounds this week. Alisha has a date for August
30th. She is so incredible, love her! And a new investigator, Tristina for
August 30th. She's 20 and has a baby. She needs the gospel and she said she had
been praying for people like us and we came right away. All of these were
complete miracles- all credit to God.
On exchanges with Sister Kerr, we saw a dead dog in the
street and watched as it was taken away by animal control. :( That was a bit of
a damper.
We also ran out of money for the month, and I ran out of bug
spray..awful I know. I go through a whole can in 2 weeks. So I was getting bit
like crazy and I finally said a desperate prayer to God asking for bug spray.
The next house we knocked on offered me a HUGE bottle of bug spray randomly.
Miracle!!
We also went to the temple at like 6am, but it was so worth
it! I love the temple. Can't wait to go every single week at home.
This week felt so good and it's looking like another great
week ahead! I love everyone here so much. I realize my time is soon ending
here, but I am loving every second. I've never been more tired in my life but
as quoted from 17 Miracles, "It will all be worth it".
Thanks for all your prayers, letters, and support! Sorry I
haven't written to individuals in a while, I'll try better this week. ;)
Love you SO much,
Sister Dalling
ps applying to school sucks.
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Week 57:
You know you've been somewhere too long when you can't
'contact' anyone at the store because you've already talked to them a million
times.
Sachse feels like home, especially this past week. It was
beautiful weather! Huge tender mercy from God. Felt like I was right back in
Oregon. I had to wear a coat tracting one of the days because it was like 70-80
degrees all day, just amazing!! It was truly a great week. I'll start with the
bad parts first and then end with the miracles-
I GOT STUNG BY A WASP. TWICE. I was so mad at that wasp. We
were out tracting and we were teaching a lesson on someone's porch and it just
attacked me out of nowhere and it stung our potential investigator right after
me! So you can imagine that lesson didn't last very long. I just keep getting
hurt, I don't know what it is! But no worries, I survived.
Also, Joakim left for Norway on Saturday. He won't be back
until after I'm gone. It was really sad saying goodbye but we'll stay in
contact. He's like a brother to me! He has a lot of work to do up in Norway-
the members there would love to hear his conversion story and I pray one day
his family up there will accept Christ.
And our phone broke. But the Lord provides! We only had to
go for a few hours without a phone. Members let us borrow their phones. One
member even gave us their 'go' phone for a few days. The miracle was that the
mission office said our phone wouldn't be delivered for another week but 2 days
later we got our phone in the mail! The office couldn't believe it. Life
without a phone is stressful! But God spoils me :)
Miracles!! So many. Every day!:)
On Tuesday we had Abby come out with us all day. It was so
fun having her with us! She is going to be an incredible missionary someday- she
was fearless! We went chalking- drew the plan of salvation- and talked to a
lady at the park about it. We went to go teach Mary, but she was sick. Her
great grandson Jordon was there though and so I asked if he'd be interested. He
said yes! Backround- He's
amazing! And he sees how much he needs the gospel. It just worked out perfectly
that we had Abby with us- they are both 14. He told us he always hears God is
real but has never known for himself. We taught him the restoration but ended
up focusing mostly on Christ and the Atonement. The spirit was so strong, we
all ended up having tears in our eyes. I felt such a strong urgency for him.
Like he needs the gospel now, it can change his life forever. He was going down
a wrong, dangerous path, but he honestly wants to change. It was such a
beautiful lesson. We met with him again that week with Br.Condiff and he
accepted the baptismal invitation! His mom and Mary were shocked about
everything. He wants to come to church and mutual, it's unbelievable. I love
the gospel! I love what I do! The Atonement changed my life, it's so exciting
seeing it change another life. The least I can do to show my gratitude to my
Savior is to keep working, even after a couple wasp stings. It's all so worth
it.
Have I told y'all about Denise? I don't remember if I did.
But she is a miracle. We have taught her twice now. We knocked on her door and
she invited us right in. She told us E.Merrill knocked on her door a year ago
and left a Book of Mormon. Thank you for following the spirit elders!! She
still had the book with his name in it. They didn't even teach her anything but
felt prompted to leave it with her. She is super active in a Methodist church,
but she is so amazing. While teaching her she said "wow, maybe there is a
need for a prophet". It will be an incredible journey if she converts, but
it is definitely possible.
Jacob's wife finally got back from Jordan this week! We'll
meet her later this week. Please pray she will be supportive. Jacob is SO
close.
You'll never guess who we taught last night. The Guntas
family! If you don't remember, Sis Stephenson and I taught them a while
ago. Blake was great friends with the Bishop's sons and investigated the church
for a while. We found out it's spelled Giunta..but it was awesome! I felt
prompted to stop by their house and they said they had just been talking about
us the other day. That had been really busy with a wrestling tournament for a
long time but wanted to continue learning. So we taught Blake the restoration
again. It was an incredible lesson.
Also we ended up talking to some famous minister for almost
an hour! He leads a ministry that travels around the country helping religious
leaders 'see the truth' and the wrong in what their teaching. So you can
imagine how nervous we were. He only really wanted me to answer because I was 'senior'.
Can't tell you how grateful I am for the spirit and for everything I've learned
here in Texas! He loved what I had so say and mostly ended up helping us know
how to correct false doctrine we run into each day talking with all the faiths
we do. He said it was refreshing to see young girls like us who know so much
and dedicate so much of ourselves for our beliefs. Nicest minister I've ever
talked to! He owns For His Glory if you're curious.
We had interviews this week with our zone. President and
Sister Taylor are so amazing! They talked a lot about foreordination. They were
meant to be here with us and we were called to be here in the pre existence.
That is an undeniable truth! I have had so many confirmations that I was meant
to be here at this exact time to meet specific people. Also I loved how they
defined success and how to achieve it. Success comes after all we can do and
then is something we choose for ourselves. Being successful means you feel the
spirit constantly guide you and are happy! I love it! So grateful for all the
success I've had.
There's a lot of excitement about missionary work in our
ward. We have some amazing investigators. The Lord is with Sister Reboquio each
day. I'm doing everything I can to make my Father proud. I will give til I have
nothing, work until he stops me, go until I drop. Please keep us in your
prayers. We know we can baptize in August, but it's going to take a lot of
faith. We watched "Legacy" this week and it was just the
motivation I needed. My ancestors worked so hard for Zion. Some even died for
it. They left a huge legacy of faith. I'm so grateful to feel just a glimpse of
hardship for the cause of my Savior. I echo the original apostles of Christ-
who in their hour of persecution went "rejoicing that they were counted
worthy to suffer shame for his name. And daily in the temple, and in every
house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ." Acts 5:41-42
Four more weeks of this transfer! One day at a time. I love
my companion! Don't know what I'd do without her.
Thanks for all the support! I love all y'all and each y'all!
Love,
Sister Dalling
36 Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not.
