From: Nicole
Schmidt [mailto:nicole.schmidt@myldsmail.net]
Sent: 05/12/2015 11:41 AM
Subject: Mangos from Heaven
Sent: 05/12/2015 11:41 AM
Subject: Mangos from Heaven
Hola a
todos!!
First off happy
birthdays to Grandma Schmidt, Jerika, and Isaac. Love you all!! :)
So this week was
just WONDERFUL. Ah! Can not even explain it with words. Honestly, we saw some
really awesome little miracles... literal miracles! I am so stoked to share
them with you all. Some miracles were really fast responses to prayers
My first miracle
was I am still going strong with my goal of finished the old testament by June
24th, and the book of mormon in spanish by the 24th. The first miracle is that
I got through Isaiah in the bible and all of Alma this week. They were so
great! Especially Isaiah. It was a little difficult, but I learned so much and
it was cool to see so many prophecies of our time! I'm really gaining a love
for the bible, especially because my companion joined the church 4 years ago
and her whole life was super into the bible, she's been teaching me a ton of
cool things and we are really coming to love using the book of mormon AND bible
in our lessons. It's been sweet.
2nd miracle is that
a 12 year old we are teaching got permission from her mom to be baptized on the
22nd of May! She's so cute. Her name is Daniela. She has been attending church
for 4 years and everyone thought she was a member up until 3 weeks ago, when
she told everyone she still hadn't been baptized. We started teaching her, and
she knows everything so it has been a super quick process. But her mom gave
permission and we are on for a great baptism on the 22nd! (The day before my
sister DANNI's baptism in UT. Daniela and Danielle. How cute. :) )
3rd miracle. On
sunday, the man who offered the closing prayer in Sacrament meeting is around
80 years old and in his prayer commanded everyone to repent and then said ''If
we repent Father, please send us rain. It's May 10th and we've seen no rain
yet.'' (Rain is important here). Well, we walk out of church and it started
raining for the first time in May! I guess we all repented at the same time!
:')
4th miracle. Skype
wasn't working on Sunday, so we decided to say a kneeling prayer and ask
Heavenly Father to help us work out the problems. Literally after the word
Amen, the internet connected and we could skype! And skyping my family was just
wonderful!!! I sure do love them!!!
5th miracle.
Yesterday we were contacting and we saw some people at a park getting ready to
play volleyball. They asked if we could play with them and we said we would for
a bit if we could share after. Well, they ended up running before playing
volleyball, and my comp is super cool that she offered us to run with them. In
our dresses. With our bags. With our bibles and triples. And run. And run. And
run. Turns out they were all 7th day adventists and the miracle is that they
actually let us share with them even though they were super strong about their
beliefs! Exercise -- Working off all of these empanadas + sharing the gospel...
2 birds...1 stone. And we even got a return appointment with them!
And perhaps the
COOLEST miracle of the week were our celestial mangos. So yesterday we were
working because we changed pday to today. So we were working and working and
working our tails off before lunch, and then it dawned on us that because we
changed pday we didn't have any food at home and didn't really have any more
cash to be able to buy a meal. We started worrying because we were
hunggrrrryyyyy. I said, ''Ah. How will we be able to work all afternoon without
food?? What should we do?'' And my comp said, ''Father, please help us.'' Just
like that and we kept walking, and 10 seconds later, a man walks out of nowhere
(literally nowhere near where we had said we were hungry, he wouldn't have been
able to hear us!) with two mangos and tells us ''Here, eat these''. And walks
away.
OH MY LANTA.
It was just a
little testimony builder that God really is mindful of his servants. My
companion and I now refer to them as celestial mangos, and we had one yesterday
and it was good! We were also able to find a little extra cash left over and
bought some food. Hallelujah. Our Heavenly Father is just so wonderful!
It's the simple
miracles that mean a lot.
Other than that I
am just so happy. The mission really brings TRUE happiness. There is nothing
like seeing people accept the gospel, change their lives, and become powerful
instruments for good. This truly is the work of the Lord. And, as a quote from
17 miracles go (which is only fitting to quote that movie since we had lots of
miracles this week) ''It'll all be worth it''. The hard and trying moments
really make the good moments even more incredible. It's the coolest thing ever
to be a missionary, to see God's hands, and to feel his love like never before.
The spirit is so strong in this work and I can not deny that God is mindful of
us and loves us SO much.
May we all have the
spiritual eyes to see our ''celestial mangos'' everyday.
Hurrah for Israel!!
:)
Love, Hermana
Schmidt
Celestial Mangos |
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