October 18, 2014
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This week was
great--we got to go to the TEMPLE! I loved it. We watched one of the new videos
and it was SO educational. The emotion was over-the-top, but it helped me understand
so much more. Zr AA had already seen it, so she was laughing at how all of our
faces lit up when a different video turned on. But it was just such a contrast
to the other video. I loved it. I feel like I really learned a lot. I'm SO
happy that I'll never have to go 6 months without going to the temple ever
again, but at the same point, I really, really prepared myself
for the temple these past few times. And then once there, I took a lot of time
to focus on why I was there and what I was trying to know. And I really do
think I received answers to some questions I've been having--especially about
what Heavenly Father wants me to focus on for my last transfer and a week.
(Yikes)
Lelystad is really on
fire. We've worked our butts off and it's been hard, but we are definitely
seeing the fruits of our labors. I'm so happy about it. We set another baptismal
date this week. With V. We had the Elders at a lesson with us because we
couldn't find a joint teach, and we were talking to him about the covenant
of baptism. Mostly about how the Holy Ghost will help him. His life is crazy--he
tells us that every time we meet. He doesn't feel peace, and he's looking for
it. Well, that's what the gospel does! So finally he was like, "Okay,
okay. Let's choose a date, and then I will take a week and not meet with you
and I will just read in the Book of Mormon and pray and then I will tell you if
God gave me an answer next week." So....I really hope he gets an answer in
this week! He's going to be serious about it, so Heavenly Father will be
serious back.
So we get our
mini-missionary on Monday. We're pretty excited about it. Her papers are in
Salt Lake, so within the next 6 weeks she'll know where she's going on her
mission!
We visited an inactive
member from Austria this week and as we were about to share the thought, I was
like, "Wait, do you have a German Book of Mormon?" so I got to read
in German! Ether 12:4. I sounded like a Dutch-speaker. This'll be rough. But
anyway, it was so fun and I could totally understand it! I'm probably going to
make you guys only speak to me in German and then I'll only respond in Dutch
and then we'll all become tri-lingual. Well, dad, quadri-lingual.
You guys, I know the
gospel is true. And I'm really grateful for that. I'm grateful for covenants we
can make that keep us on the Path to eternal life. I know that making and
keeping covenants are the way that we show our gratitude to Christ for his Atonement.
IK HOU VAN JULLIE!
Liefs,
Zr Katherine Heilner
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