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Our
P-day this week was just plain and simple. We studied first, then
cleaned our apartment, did our hair, shopped at Costco (WOW! you't can't
believe the number of people), went to the Dollar Store, Fred Myers,
gassed the car, wrote letters....and then the day is over.
Tuesday
we had a miracle. During our Companion study we felt we should visit
Kathleen. She is less-active and although she says she wants to come to
church, she expresses words that her husband is sick with cancer and
won't let her come. When we knocked, she never invites us into her home
and we visit on her porch, she came outside and closed the door (It is
rather cold) and she cried and cried with her head on our shoulders as
we gave her hugs. She said she thought of us all morning and "prayed us
there". She is having problems with anxiety and depression that we
have never recognized for a year until this last month. Anyway, she
calmed down a bit and said she and her husband were going to come to
church last week and then she had a hard time. We visited, had prayer
with her and for her and left. Thursday on our 'bread run' we decided
we needed to check on Kathleen and give her a couple of loaves of this
delicious bread. As she opened the door, so extremely grateful to see
us....and the two loaves of bread, her husband popped his head around
the door and graciously introduced himself and we shook his hand. He
told us he felt he really needed to do a better job of taking care of
his wife and they were coming to church this week. Yes, it has been a
year and by small and simple means great things come to pass.
Wednesday
Bishop called us and asked us to 'find PanNaMa'. We reminded him we
were Missionaries but also pretty good detectives so we would go to
work! She is the only member of her Burmese family with a husband and 7
children. Their family moved in Feb. and 'no one' went looking for
them that found them...including us. So, we went to their previous
apartment complex and knocked on 5 doors looking for someone that knew
where the family in #112 had moved. No one knew or would tell us. As
we were leaving "Colonial Gardens", a u-shaped complex, a lady on the
opposite side came out with a baby on her hip and another little person
at her feet and asked us if she could help us. She was also Burmese.
We told her the name 3 times and she did not understand us until we
said "Apt 112". Then she knew it was PanNaMa, she invited us into her
little apartment and she gave us the address and the phone #. Why did
this lady come outside? It was one of our 'incredible
miracles' that happen daily. No, we did not change water to wine, or
walk on water but this sweet little lady just stepped outside because
Bishop Floyd needed to know when one of his sheep were!!! We
found the apartment, visited, met the children who had been in school
for the first time since we met her in January and shared Heavenly Father's love with
her!!!
Zone Meeting was at the N. Seattle Stake
Center on Wed. We left home at 9, knowing we needed to be there at
10:00 and never knowing what the traffic on the Seattle freeways would
be like. Our Entire Zone went to the meeting fasting and the "Spirit'
just could not be restrained for the entire 2 1/2 meeting! What a
privilege and blessing it is to experience hours such as these.
President Choi is a Seventy, a General Authority, and it is such a
wonderful opportunity to 'sit at the feet of this great man'. He tells
us often to 'Have Fun with the Spirit' and that the Gospel of Jesus
Christ is glorious and brings love and happiness into peoples lives so
we need to enjoy sharing it with the World. He is such a positive
person and so are his messages. Sister Carter and I feel it is fun to
share such a message with those that have forgotten or those who have
never known the truth of it's words.
He told us to check our
Spirituality. We are each like a computer and when too many Apps are
added to our computers, they slow it down and it does not run as well.
(I know most of you can't believe I am talking like I know much about
computers..but this made sense to me). We are likewise slow and not
running as well when we add so many of the 'Worldly Apps' in our lives.
It is necessary to re-format ourselves and clean out the bugs and
unnecessary activities in each of our 'Personal Computers'. We do this
by repenting, deleting out weaknesses and being obedient to those rules
we know we should follow. Then we will be able to 'Run our Computers
(that is us) at a greater speed and reach Higher Expectations.
Well, I have chatted long enough. Hope your NEW Year is great and even better than the last.
I want you to know that I am extremely grateful for Jesus Christ and for the Atonement.
I am very thankful to be a Missionary and to have the health to do all we do.
May God be with all of you and Bless you this year!
Love,
Sister Frame
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