Sister Meservy’s Letter from January 27th, 2014
Subject: “I want a Book of Mormon in FRENCH”
Hello my beloved family and friends.
What a week. Ha. WOW. Opening a new area is HARD WORK. But let’s just say, SISTER BUSATH is a champion. I love setting goals. And doing scary things. Here are the top scary things of the week:
#1- Knocking on a Less Active door in a private community.
Okay, so It wasn’t that bad. Especially because I’m in Spokane, not Deer Park. So there weren’t any “No trespassing or you’ll be shot until you die” signs. So we knocked on this door and our new friend, Toni answered the door. She is from Germany, and her mother is from the CONGO. SO guess what her mom speaks? FRENCH. SO guess who got to read a french book of mormon? THIS GIRL. And that means that this girl is yet again COMMITTED to going to France and speaking French one day. I’ll probably share the gospel there too, okay? Cool.
But yes, we had a great lesson about God speaking all languages. See 2 Nephi 31:3. 🙂 Then they sat by us at church on Sunday. I LOVE THEM.
#2- Pulling over the car and rolling down the window to talk to people. This is terrifying. But really fun. Especially with Sister Busath. Our goals this week were to stop a dog walker and to pull over the car to talk to people on the street when we see them. (We only have a car on the weekends so there aren’t tons of chances. we have to take them all. or try to. . . . Still working on it). Well we did both. We pulled over to a man walking his dog and talked to him about the gospel. 🙂 He even walked up to our window to get a mormon.org card. 🙂
#3- Crossing the busy street 3 times in a row to talk to everyone we saw. That was Hilarious.
#4-Inviting our only investigator to be baptized AGAIN. She hates pressure, but it was the right thing to do. So Sister Busath did it- she’s amazing. And our investigator is PROGRESSING. I LOVE HER SO MUCH. I love teaching. I know that our area is about to explode. I can feel it in my bones. and my heart. which is even cooler than the bone thing.
…. Anyway. A good friend of mine sent me a quote to do one scary thing every day. Well that has just changed my mission. I LOVE IT. And Sister B and I just have a lot of fun doing the scary and awkward things.
Also. I just want everyone to know that I know the church is TRUE with all my heart. Sometimes I just think I am the luckiest human in the world. You know how Nephi explains being highly favored of the Lord? I feel him. Heavenly Father is SO good to me everyday, and SO merciful. I am just trying my hardest and changing more than I ever thought I could. Sometimes I pause and just think, I could never know more sure than I know now that the Book of Mormon is a Testament of My Savior and this is HIS church, but then I wake up and live the next day and realize my testimony is GROWING STILL. Ha. I guess I’ll never be able to stop it. 😉
So we are having a blast in Spokane and getting over all our fears together. It’s amazing. I am certain I couldn’t do any of this without my Savior, but since He is laboring right by my side- it’s my favorite thing, EVER. This missionary thing is getting carved deeper and deeper into my heart every day. The church is TRUE, my friends. I know it.
Love Love Love,
Sister Meservy