Street lesson

Hey everyone!

This week I made apple bread in my crockpot. It was pretty good but I think that my cinnamon is a little old so the taste wasn't as strong as I wanted it to be and the apples that I used also were pretty low on flavor. It was still pretty okay though. Not bad for a crackpot....uh.....crockpot. Haha.

 

This week's completely lacking on the verbatim because I forgot to write it down. I feel like there was some good stuff but I can't remember.

 

We did go and celebrate my old companion Elder Reynold's b-day in style this last week. We went and rode to his apartment early in the morning, and got in while he was still sleeping. There were 9 elders in total. We all went in and brought him cake stuff and then flipped on the lights, jumped on the bed and stuff and started singing to him. He was freaking out hardcore and the first words he said when we had finished was, "What the FREAK!?!" it was hilarious. It was way fun too. I hope that someone does that on my b-day. Haha.

 

Well I am going to be staying in XinDian for another 7 weeks so that will make it six months here. Yeah! I am so stoked. I love being in areas for a long time.

 

This week I we had some pretty good miracles. I think one of the bigger ones was a Sister Lin2 that I ran into on the street. I was coming back from english class which we had left early because there weren't really any students. We were going along and I saw her and felt like I should talk to her. I had just talked with Elder Visser minutes before about how I don't really do that many street lessons anymore and he affirmed that he still does. I was thinking about that alot and then I contacted this sister Lin. She's actually already christian but she was very pleasant and willing to talk to me for a few minutes. The prompting came to say a prayer with her so I asked if that would be okay if we prayed together. She said that would be fine. We sat down and I asked what I could pray for her for. She mentioned that her body gets tired easily after an operation that she had a while back and that she would hope that it would be better. I prayed for her fervently and felt the spirit come over the both of us. I shared with her about the atonement from the BOM and about how Christ had really suffered every pain and affliction that would come on her. It was amazing the feeling of the spirit that came over us and I asked her to pray about the BOM and she asked if that was "necessary" and if "God [would] really answer". I showed her Moroni 10: 4-5 and promised that He would and she gave one of the sweetest prayers that I have heard offered about the BOM because it was so meek and so humble. She really wanted to know. She accepted my invitation to learn more and keep meeting with us. It was a great miracle because as she prayed and felt the spirit, she was able to be touched to the point where she could make the right choice rather than being merely a little curious like she was at the start. 

I know that God will work mighty miracles among His children and He loves us all.

Love,
Elder Siebert