14 Months
CHAPTER 59: FOREST HEIGHTS- DOWNTOWN EDMONTON
WEATHER: SUN
BIRTHDAY UPDATE:
Thanks for all the birthday wishes!!! I love and miss you all and appreciate the texts!!! My companions made my birthday the best day ever!! They made me a fruit cake (a cake literally made out of fruit) and i spent my day playing pickleball which was fire! Some of the elders got me some fire gifts so shout out to the crazy bread, treats, drinks, and cards!!! My companions also went above and beyond with gift giving! I had an amazing dinner with Sis. Hampton and she made me a cake. We got icecream with the elders and that about wrapped up my day! All in all best day ever!!!
EXCHANGES:
I went on exchanges with Sis. Opp this week in Blackmud Creek! It was fun to run things back with her! The exchange was super everywhere but really fun! We eneded the exchange with a volleyball night they run in their stake. I sat out with another sister so that others could play and we started talking. I was discussing plans with this sister about what I wanted to do after the mission and sharing some struggles Im having with deciding what to do. I didnt think much about the conversation after that and continued about the rest of the night. As I got in the car I saw that one of my recent converts (jack) had texted me about the very thing I was talking about earlier with this sister. It was a crazy cool miracle and it was cool to see that God was working through others to answer my prayers and help me know that he understands and knows me.
PLAN OF SALVATION:
Okay so this week we were downtown. (For a little history on downtown my companionship is the only sister companionship in the whole zone just because downtown can be a bit dangerous) So we were downtown in a pretty normal area we consider safe (as safe as it can get considering we are downtown) and usually as we walk theres lots and lots of homeless people. So this particular day that was the case. So nothing really out of normal. We went to the library, had a lesson fall through, and on the walk back to our car decided to talk to some people. One of the people we stopped just so happened to be a inactive member. (Spencer) As we got talking to Spencer the conversation was going really well and he was super friendly! About 5 minutes into a conversation with him a man runs over waving his arms at us telling us to call the ambulance because a guy on the other side of the street just tried to overdose. So Spencer gets on the phone and bids us to follow him to this guy laying on the floor (he was homeless). The ambulance people told Spencer to roll him on his back and start doing CPR. Spencer rolls him over and theres blood and mud dripping out of his mouth. As he performs CPR we are all realizing that this guy is already gone. The ambulance does its thing and confirms what we already knew. We end up leaving and it's was actually really sad. It was comforting however to know that god has a plan for each and every one of his children.
HIGHLIGHTS:
♡ The elders bought us drinks with scriptures on them!!!
♡ Got a priesthood blessing by some elders!!!
♡ Made pierogies at Sis. Terry's
♡ Ate at Opa
♡ Weekly Ben and Jerry lesson with the elders!!! (Our friends Ben and Jerry love to see us coming)
♡ Got a free dirty soda
♡ Spoke in church
♡ Had 10 people at us and the elders BOM study group on Saturday
SPIRITUAL THOUGHT:
We have been struggling to get in contact with our friend Shatra. So this Sunday we decided we would go stop by and see if we could catch her at her home. The problem was we only had her apartment address and no apartment number. We decided to have fsith anyway. We get to her apartment complex and there we face problem number 1, getting into the apartment. Most apartments you have to get someone to buzz you in. So we start buzzing people and nobody is unlocking the door for us. A man ends up coming out of the building and holding the doors open for us to go in. Step 1 This is where we run into problem 2... which floor is Shatra on... it would be easy if it were a small apartment complex but this apartment complex has 12 floors. So as any missionary would do we decided to pray. Step 2 We decided to go to the 11th floor because thats the impression we all received. We knock 1110 and nobody answers as we turn to leave i had a distinct impression to knock the neighbors door. I knock the door and out comes a lady and she invites us in. She told us her mom recently passed away and her 2 sisters recently died as well from cancer. We taught her the plan of salvation and testified that she can see her family again. It was amazing. As we left her house it was so cool to reflect and see how God was leading us to this women the entirety of the time. Although we didn't find Shatra we still were able to help a Child of God feel of his love. Step 3 ️
I love and miss you all!!! Email me!!!
Sis. Monson
