So this week has been a bit frustrating as EVERYONE has been burning us (meaning they set up and confirm appointments with us, but then minutes before, they cancel, or they never tell us and we show up and no ones home....ugh).... and Ulaanbaatar has been covered in thick smoke from a forest fire somewhere. Someone told us it was coming from Siberia... kinda ironic I guess. Even though we got burned 15 times in one week, we were still able to do some good work, and have made good progress with some people.
Maria is doing AWESOME! We will finish her lessons this week and next week she will get baptized. But the biggest news with her is that she had been praying really hard that when she talks to her boss, that her boss would understand and she could get Sundays off (hard thing in a non Christian culture)... well she didn't make it to church until the 3rd hour, but she showed up extremely happy! She talked to her boss and her boss said she CAN HAVE SUNDAYS OFF!!!! She said she felt amazing and she knows God answered and is blessing her! It was a huge testimony builder for her. She learned about temples this week and she wants to go so bad, but she is even more excited about her baptism coming up and she is invited all her non member family and friends! She's the bomb!
We also taught Shinebayar a couple times and he is doing great! We taught him about the priesthood and Christ and the great apostasy and Joseph smith and he understood it all perfectly!!!! He will definitely be a leader in the church someday! The coolest part came as I was teaching about Joseph smith and I shared the story and kept asking him things like: if you were in Joseph smith's place, what would you do, what would you think/feel, what would you ask God if you could see and talk to Him, and he loved it! He truly was relating himself to Joseph smith on his own and he said he wants to ask and know now as well! He also asks awesome questions like how are prophets chosen, how do people receive the priesthood, who organized all the churches after Christ died, ....etc. We also set a baptismal date with him and he is very excited about it! He always thanks god for helping him become a member of this church when he prays :)
This week, something adorable happened during English. I was helping a 12 yr old who doesn't speak very much English understand, and we were talking about if we could have three wishes what would you wish for, and these were her 3 wishes: 1)to be happy 2)to help people 3)to do well in school
Well, she is just a rockin and humble 12 yr old, and then she said she was interested in the church, we got her info and her and her friend came to church on Sunday and their families will meet with the missionaries this week!!! The service we do here of teaching English truly brings miracles.
Oh, and we are only getting more famous here in Mongolia, everyone keeps telling us they saw us on tv, that our clip is getting all kinds of shares, and there is a meme about us now!!! Crazy! (This was the TV interview).
Moogii is doing great as well! He is reading and understanding super well and we taught him about repentance this week and he understood super well and said he will start repenting! Lots and lots of other stories from this week, but no time to write them all, so I will end with a quote I really like:
"Patience is not passive resignation, nor is it failing to act because of our fears. Patience means active waiting and enduring. It means staying with something and doing all that we can- working, hoping, and exercising faith, bearing hardships with fortitude, even when the desires of our heart are delayed. patience is not simply enduring; its enduring well!!" -Pres. Uchtdorf
I have one month left on my mission, and I know it is going to fly by, but I love this place and am so grateful to be here. Love you all!
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Hi Sister Harker, love reading your Musings from Mongolia and of the successes you've been having. Don't worry about those "burns" because that's a big part of missionary experiences that will help you in your post mission life when people let you down. Even people in the church but you'll be prepared because of you experiencing it on your mission. Remember, "On your Mission your sorrows will outnumber your joys, but your joys will outweigh your sorrows. " we have one week left on our mission here in Hawaii and will miss the YSA'S. Take care and see you back in Roseburg. Oh, one more saying. This is by President Monson " Good missionaries say they have 1 month left before they return home. Great missionaries say they have 1 month left to do the Lords work."
ReplyDeleteHi Sister Harker, love reading your Musings from Mongolia and of the successes you've been having. Don't worry about those "burns" because that's a big part of missionary experiences that will help you in your post mission life when people let you down. Even people in the church but you'll be prepared because of you experiencing it on your mission. Remember, "On your Mission your sorrows will outnumber your joys, but your joys will outweigh your sorrows. " we have one week left on our mission here in Hawaii and will miss the YSA'S. Take care and see you back in Roseburg. Oh, one more saying. This is by President Monson " Good missionaries say they have 1 month left before they return home. Great missionaries say they have 1 month left to do the Lords work."
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