Hey!
Thank you all for the birthday wishes-- it was great!
Sister Lewis and I went out to eat at Deseyatkas this really good
Ukrainian food place on walking street. I had verinoky, and it was
great. Remember the family told you about that came to church on
Sunday? They had told us to give them a call after the holidays to set
up another appointment. (some of the Ukrainian Holidays in January:
6-Christmas Eve, 7-Christmas Day, 8-Saint Mary's Day) So I was super
excited to call them and have an appointment on my birthday! So at 10:00
we called her...no answer. We thought...okay maybe she was at work with a
customer and will call us back when she is done maybe 15-30
minutes...end of Language Study comes and goes still no call, so we
contacted to Center and had lunch then around noon we called her
again...no answer. By this time are worried about her, and if she is
okay? Or was this her not wanting to meet with us again? We couldn't
tell we felt that she was the king of person who would just say they
didn't want to meet anymore. And as the day progressed we got more and
more worried we tried to call a few more times throughout the day, but
each time was the same...no answer.
Other than that my Birthday was
super fun we contacted lots of people, and even had a fun dinner at the
end of the night. For desert I had chocolate and fruit sushi thing. It
was great! But sad since our investigator had dropped off of the face of
the planet.
The next day we tried
to call her one more time, and she answered!!!! We were soooooo happy!
turns out she had just lost her phone.Who knew how annoying that could
be for a pair of Missionaries! We were able to set up a appointment with
her for that evening before Game Night at the Church at 6:00. When she
got there she had her husband as well which was good. We wanted to show
her "The Restoration" film to conclude our teaching of the Restoration.
In talking before showing the film she told us that she had never felt
the spirit and didn't know why. Sister Lewis promised her that if she
would pay attention to the way she felt while watching the film she
would feel the Spirit.
The whole time while
the film was showing we were worried as to weather or not she would be
able to feel it ad praying the whole time that she would, (and that no
ones phone would go off or come bursting into the room.) When the film
ended and the lights were turned back on we turned to her and she was
crying. We asked her how she felt and she said that she felt good
inside. We then testified to her that that was the Holy Ghost that she
was feeling. She sad that she liked it and wanted to have it with her
always. We told her that she could if she would be baptized. She said
that she would, but first would have to stop smoking first (She had been
doing some research of her own and found out about the Word of Wisdom)
We told her that we would be there to help her the whole time. We the
committed them to a Baptismal Date, and they said YES! On the First of
February 2014! (ADAM! THAT'S THE SAME DAY AS YOU!!!!!!! ALSO HAPPY
EIGHTH BIRTHDAY!!!!!)
All in all this has
been a fantastic week! And it feels like it can only get better! I know
that this Church is true ad that it was restored to us through the
prophet Joseph Smith. I know that we are all children of our Heavenly
Father who loves us ad wants us to return to him, and that through Jesus
Christ that is possible. I know that he hears as answers each of us. I
know that the Book of Mormon is true. I have read ad prayed about it ad
have received a answer to my prayer. These things I know to be true
without a doubt. I love you all and am grateful for your testimonies and
examples.
Love
Сестра Граф
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