15th pday email from Albania!

Hello Everyone,

This week I have learned so much. I first wanted to say how blessed I am so have President Weidmann as my mission President. We had interviews this last week and I see more and more through his wisdom and spiritual input in every aspect of the work here in Albania, Kosovo, and Macedonia, is a blessing to all those that come in contact with the missionaries and the members.

I have seen witness after witness of the purpose of why each are specifically called here and I know that these witnesses are just the beginning. I know more and more of the LOVE that Heavenly Father has for each of his Children and I am so blessed I have the WONDERFUL opportunity to testify of this to all that we come in contact with. What blows my mind away is that some are not aware of this miraculous love God has for them. I personally don't fully comprehend the love he has for each of us. But I am beginning to see more and more. And that is a blessing in of itself.

Something that Sister C and I have started is a notebook where we write down blessing that we see in our lives from day to day even in the small and simple things to the big and miraculous. We had a lesson this week with a woman and gave her a book so she could start one for her own. Inside we wrote the scripture, Doctrine and Covenants 78:17 - 19:

17 Verily, verily, I say unto you, ye are little children, and ye have not as yet understood how great blessings the Father hath in his own hands and prepared for you;

18 And ye cannot bear all things now; nevertheless, be of good cheer, for I will lead you along. The kingdom is yours and the blessings thereof are yours, and the riches of eternity are yours.

19 And he who receiveth all things with thankfulness shall be made glorious; and the things of this earth shall be added unto him, even an hundred fold, yea, more.

When we gave this gift to her and talked about the Hand of the Lord in our lives, she was completely taken a back. She looked at us and said that we had read her mind and was wanting something just like this to document what God has done in her life for her. One of the amazing things about her is that as we talk about the things she is facing day to day, she always remarks how the Lord is giving her the strength to keep going and endure and she is amazed how she can keep going. She knows that it is all through him. Motra C and I have talked more than once how she is an inspiration to us. As well as the rest of those that we teach.

I love this gospel with all my heart and I know that there are those that are waiting to hear God's word and so we are taking the challenge of finding a new investigator every day and sharing God's word with them. I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior and that through him and Because of Him, there are no ends, there are only new beginnings. A bright future full of HOPE.

One last story I want to share is amazing. So this last Pday I was writing when I got a call from a random number. I started to talking to this lady and I could hardly understand what she was saying but she said she was interested in meeting. I asked if it was for the lessons or for English help since we do that as well and teach a spiritual thought at the end. She said both. SO we planned on meeting her the next evening. Well, we met with her. OH MY GOODNESS! SHE IS SUCH AN EXAMPLE TO THE FACT THAT WE ARE SEED PLANTERS AND THAT SOME ARE LATE BLOOMERS BUT THEY STILL RISE TO THE SUN. Two years ago two elders knocked on her door and she said that she and her family met with them two times. Well, this planted a seed in her heart, and two years later she went on the lds website and emailed someone saying she wanted to get in touch with people in the area where she lives from our church. Well, she got a few numbers and ours was the only one that worked. (Coincident, I think NOT!) Anyway, she also said that she knew that after we die that our spirits don't die. She knew this because a friend of hers died and came to her in dreams after he died.

Well, after this lesson with her, we shared with our zone leaders and sister training leaders and our mission president and I realized that her story is inspiring so many not just us. Something that was amazing with her is that as we met with her SIster C and I both received revelation that we were specifically supposed to teach her.

I know that God lives and that he knows what is best for all his children. I know that he sent his son, Jesus Christ, to suffer and die for us. Something that our Sister training leaders challenged the sisters was to study the scripture Moroni 7:45 and to take each section and study it. This last week I was studying "suffereth long" and I grew a HUGE understanding of what does that mean now and what the Savior went through. I know he understands what we each go through. I know he is by our side every step of the way.

Motra Bezas

Her book of blessings she made from the Christmas journal gift we sent.