Subject: Life in Voronesh!
Well things have finally calmed down from all of the traveling! Elder Eliason and I have been working miracles like it is no bodies business! We have one baptismal date with a man named Igor from Uzbekistan and more coming up!
This last Sunday was an amazing day! It all started on Sunday A less active lady who is here as a student from Africa came to church and we happen to be her home teachers and were able to set up an appointment for later that day. (This lady is awesome! Her dad got the church started in her country and now they have a huge stake there) Well, she lives in the dorms and so when we go there she has to meet us at the door and the security takes our passports while we meet and talk with her. So when we get to her dorm we have to call her to have her met us at the door. Well, it turned out that we could not get a hold of her! We called and called and called and everytime the operator would just say that the phone is blocked or unavailable. So we decided to just contact around the building while we wait for a little bit longer and then head back to the branch for our next meeting. There was a moment when a guy was walking away from us and we ran him down and he immediately new we were American. He ended up being a professor at the school and speaks better english than I do!! He is even part of the American Mathematical Societ! I have no idea what that is or what it mean but obviously he is a genius! We had a great conversation with him and were able to talk about the Book of Mormon and give him a copy and he was very interested. So, we were pretty glad that we didn't completely waste our time in that area because we got a really good contact. So, we headed back to the branch. At this next lesson we were planning just to help a young couple with English. Well, it turned out that the husband barely knows english and the wife knows it great. So we started talking with the wife and then the husband just throws out all of these amazing questions! What is the Word of Wisdom? How do you pray? How do you know that God answers your prayers? What does it feel like to get an answer? What is the Book of Mormon? In short, the lesson turned very quick from practicing english to an intense gospel lesson! It is an amazing feeling to come away from a lesson knowing that God has prepared people and that is exactly what I felt at this point! They are an amazing young couple. Well, at this point it was time to go home so we started heading home pretty well pleased with what we happened but disappointed that we couldn't meet with the lady from Africa. Then we got a call from the lady and she was like where did you guys go? Why didn't you come? So we explained and she said that it didn't make sense that her phone would do that because she was sitting there waiting for us to call! (Basically at this point we took the not phone working as a sign that we had to contact and get the awesome contact that we got) but that is not all we found out from the lady that she needed us to come over and give her a blessing. She had come to church that day and when she left she said that she felt like she was forgetting something. Then she realized when she got home that she needed a blessing because she was going to be leaving to go to Moscow way late that same night when it is dangerous especially for strangers and then she realized that we were coming and could give her a blessing. So at this point we took it as another sign that God was trying to tell us that we need to help her and meet with her so we got permission to be home late and went to her house, gave a great blessing, and then came back home! What a day! throughout that day and I think throughout everyday many small things happen that we disregard or don't notice, but in reality God is leading and guiding us. He is blessing us and giving us the opportunity to bless his other children. We just have to recognize and act. This is what a felt and realized on that day. It was a great day full of man small and simple miracles and these small and simple miracles happen everyday and that is what makes a mission so amazing because for some reason you have the time to take a step back and look at how God is guiding your every step.
I love you all! Have a great week and remember who you are!
Elder Weihing :)
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