Miracles Throughout the Mission

I have been trying to figure out a way to have the missionaries more involved in the blog. So I sent out an email this morning to our missionaries asking them to share a miracle of the past week. I was pleased and buoyed up and strengthened as I read these beautiful miracles. ENJOY!

We found an older lady and her family in the area book: so we decided to stop by: nobody was there so we just left a note and went on our way: a few days later we felt like we should stop by again: we did and they were there: we were able to teach them: shortly after her daughter left her: she was heartbroken: but she told us that she knew that God loved her because he had sent us to her when she needed us most:
the family also finding alot of streanfth in the book of mormon: after reading the beatitudes in 3 Nephi12: they cried because the spirit was testifiing to them of its truthfullness: and it seemed to be written for them.

Elder Cowling

Numbers are one of the most difficult things to do right in the Dutch language because they are exactly backwards from English. Where we say thirty five in Dutch it is five 'n thirty. The Lord was able to use this language dislexia to our advantage looking up inactive members this week. Sister Sharp read the address to me as one hundred three and fifty and we took off down the street only to stop mistakenly at one hundred thirty five. The woman of course was not the inactive member we were looking for but would love to have a free video about Jesus Christ and we have an appointment to come back this week to teach her. I am so grateful that the Lord can truly turn our weaknesses into strengths and so long as we are out doing the best we can, he will bring us to people wanting to hear the gospel!
We were also able to make contact with the inactive in one hundred fifty three. Her husband was very antagonistic to the church (and her and her children and life in general) but had passed away less than a month ago and she was so greatful to be visited again by people from the church for the first time in many years. We are going back this week with a brother from the ward who she still remembers visiting her more than fifteen years ago. It was truly a day where the Lord was arranging our schedule!
Sister Wieland

We had a few miralces just yesterday. At church a man decided to walk into the church and see what it was about because he has some things that he doesn't like about the church he is at right now. So we taught him a little bit and then went together to fast and testimony meeting. There he loved how we offered the sacrament and also he loved some of the testimonies of the members there. After sacrament we set up an appoinment to meet with him and he is now a new investigator.
Also after church we went with a joint teach who is preparing to serve a mission and went to a lady who is a student here in the Netherlands. We taught her about Joseph Smith and the Restoration and the Book of Mormon and she absolutely loved it. she said,"I think I need to come to your Church." She is another new investigator and we have a return appointment for this week.

Elder Owens

Things are going great here in Groningen. I love it. The Lord has been really testing our patience and willingness to go and do. However in the past day or two we are starting to see many great blessings. We were headed to the university and I sat nest to a brother from Nigeria, Kingsley, who is studying here for 5 months as a part of his study at Cambridge and he loved what we share. We went back and taught him and hw wants to meet with us as much as he possibly can with school.
Yesterday, we were 15min early for our bus so we talked about if we should call some people or walk into the centrum for a few minutes. We felt good about walking to the centrum and one of te first people we talked to was Oscar from the Dominican Republic and hw was like hey missionaros? Yes He was happy. He has lived here for 13 years and is working. His dad is a member of the church and a bishop in the DR and told oscar when you find the missionaries you need to talk to them. So he said I beleive you are good poeple and can help me come closer to God. Here is my address and number. I have to catch my train call me tomarrow to set up our apt for Wednessday! He had soooo much light and just had that sicere heart that was willing to change and do his best.

Elder LeFevre

Over the last 2 weeks we have been trying to visit a in active member who had moved to leeuwarden but had not been able to find her home and then when one of our appointments fell through we felt to go back and try one more time and see if she was home and she was we talked to her about what had happend and found that she felt that something has been missing in her life since she left the church and stopped going. we asked her if she would like to work with us to build up the courage to go back and that we could bring some of the members for her to meet to help her feel strong enough for that and she said she would love that.
Elder Hymas

We had an AWESOME miracle this week! We went to an appointment that is about 30 minutes away by tram, and after our appointment, we found that our next appointment had cancelled. So, we decided since we were in this 'far away area' that we would look up some former investigators. We went to the tram halte to go a couple of stops further, and without thinking, accidentally went to the wrong side of the halte. We walked up to the waiting area and said hello to a young woman. She said hello back and then asked us if we were from a church. She said that she has been having a lot of problems lately and wanted our advice. We talked with her about the problems going on and were able to testify to her of her worth as a daughter of God and teach her about prayer and how she can get guidance from Him through prayer. She is from Hindu background, so she didn't know a whole lot about Christ--but as we sat and talked with her, the spirit testified to her of the truth of the things we said. She set up an appointment to meet with us this week, and she is really excited to read a couple of the things we gave her about her worth as a child of God. After we talked, we realized we were on the wrong side of the tracks, but by then it was time to head back to the city anyway, so we got on a tram with her and headed toward the city. It was a wonderful experience.

Zuster Fowler

So this last week we were having a really difficult time and it was raining cats and dogs---the last days, hello!---and we were doing this consecrated hr. and no one wants to talk to us. All about sects and mormons, in short slammed windows.
So we come to this house and this woman opens her window, we pose the question: What would you ask God? And she answered that she would ask him why he took her Dad so early. This unrolled the red carpet for the Plan of Salvation and therefore the pearly gates of the Atonement and all that follows. And we got to seal all of this with our testimonies that we know its true, and not because of being raised in the gospel or what our parents told us was true but because we have been forged and tempered in the Lords oven, and now we have a rock-solid, and may I add, shiny testimony.
The cream on top: We have a return rendez-vous. Inevitable end result. baptism and lasting conversion.
Sr. Curran

This week we found a young man we had seen a few weeks before and wanted to talk to but couldn't. Elder Waldie had been praying to find him, and then we ran into him during a consecrated hour and gave us his address and number. Amazing!
--Elder Bell and Elder Waldie

The miracles that elder thompson and I saw this week were teaching a zr from indonesia about the boek van mormon and how it adds more knowledge of the bijbel and her relationship with heavenly fathjer. We also helped an elderly muslim zuster feed the ducks. She was happy that we helped serve. We chatted with two elderly zusters at a bus stop and thanked them for their smiles. We invited them to chruch and they will continue to be smiling!!! The Saviour loves us and I'm grateful for the members and desires to build and serve where they are. In de naam van jezus chrisuts, amen

Elder Pratt

Yesterday during consecrated finding I was sitting in the tram. A woman who entered the tram at the doors right next to me caught my attention. I felt like I should move over so she could sit next to me. As soon as I moved over, the woman sat down and I began a friendly conversation with her. She had just come from mass and was happy to speak with someone who could appreciate her experiences feeling uplifted through worshipping God. It turns out this woman came to Belgium four months ago from the Philippines where she had many friends and neighbors who are members of our church. One neighbor gave her a Book of Mormon. She is facing a difficult challenge right now adjusting to life in a new land and getting used to her new husband. I was able to testify that God loves her and is aware of her situation. I encouraged her to keep praying and reading the scriptures. It was wonderful to reach out in Christian love to this sweet daughter of God who needed to be reminded that Heavenly Father loves her.

Zuster Bennett

Elder Relitz and I attended a funeral about two weeks ago for the uncle of our ward mission leader. The widow of the man was left alone with two ten-year old twins. our ward mission leader invited them to church. The twins were able to come and had a great experience with the other kids in the ward. before they came to church, one had a dream showing her the location of the church. Our ward mission leader was surprised when he asked them if they knew about the church and the one girl said she knew exactly where it was! When they came home after there church experience they told there mother how great it was and next week they will be coming as a family!

Elder Robert