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Hi everyone! This week wasn't anything too different although we did get ghosted a lot this week. However, that is okay because we also experienced many awesome miracles this week! For starters, we found 3 new investigators to teach! And all of them came to sacrament meeting - so it was fun to show up to sacrament and see so many new faces!
On top of that miracle, we also had the opportunity to invite one of our new investigators to be baptized! Her son was baptized into our ward last Saturday, so another miracle was being able to help her see and understand baptism through her son's example. The other cool thing about her is that she comes from a Christian background already (which never happens in Mongolia), so teaching her is super easy and fun because we can help her develop good Bible study habits and go more in depth with the lessons since she already knows the surface level things. She also helped her son answer the baptismal interview questions and asked to meet with us everyday this week so I think she's going to turn into a solid, faithful, covenant keeping member very soon!
Another miracle happened this week when we were visiting another new investigator of ours. In our previous three lessons with her, she was hesitant to pray on her own and always asked us to pray and she would follow and repeat our words. But during our last lesson, I asked her to pray to close our lesson, and she was like, "of course!" and then gave her first prayer! The first line she said was "Тэнгэрлэг Эцэг намайг сонсож байна уу?" (Heavenly Father, are you listening to me?). It was a solid, perfect prayer and it was so special to be a part of such a special moment. Her faith has grown so much since we started meeting with her and I feel so lucky to share the good news with our investigator and be a part of His work. I am so thankful to be Heavely Father's hands here in Mongolia and I know that all the miracles we see are from Him.
We also finally met with a new member we've been trying to meet with all transfer and he was by far the cutest Mongolian 10 year old I have ever met. He had the biggest cutest smile and the lesson we had with Him was so solid because he liked to participate and answer all of our questions (which never happens haha). He was also so polite and had a solid testimony of everything still even though he hasn't come to church in a while due to traveling.
We also didn't get a chance to meet many members this week because there has been a lot of unfortunate flooding in our area. In Mongolia, they don't have very good sewer systems so all the water piles up and floods like crazy. We saw a video on Facebook of a common road in our area that was so flooded with water that literal cars and busses were being washed away. So that was a hard hit on members here but we've been trying to find where help is needed. Please pray for our ward members that they will be protected and safe from the water!
English class has been going well. There isn't too much to update on there because the online class isn't super exciting haha. It is easy though and I love all of our students. Interactions are just smaller and less exciting on zoom. But we do go off on fun tangents such as talking about the new Barbie and Oppenheimer movies (which no one in Mongolia has seen for some reason).
So this week was supposed to be transfers but we recently found out that the new incoming American missionaries don't get here until next Monday so we've extended transfers a bit. We haven't heard any transfer news yet either but I will update you next week on what happens. It should be fun but there is a 99% chance Sister Stark and I won't be companions anymore which makes me sad. I loved being her companion this transfer. We are debating about who will get to stay in this area. I really hope I get to stay but I would also be excited to leave so we will see! But I will say, this has been by far my favorite area to have served in. I love American Denj with my whole heart and am so thankful to have worked here.
Other fun stuff:
- We watched the new Puss and Boots movie for mutual...6/10 because the animation was pretty cool
- Apparantly I insulted all of Mongolia by putting tomatoe sauce on my tsuivan
- We ate really yummy Indian food with our district this week - it was a sad final district counsel with my favorite district because two of the elders are going home this transfer
- We tried to find someone's address this week and couldn't find it at all...but we made friends with all the cute neighborhood kids along the way
- I got asked to translate for someone at a YSA Business fireside and didn't know any business terms so that was difficult
- We accidentally double booked an appointment with the same investigators as the Elders...
- Saw lots of beautiful rain storms this week! It was awesome!
- Today we went on a 5 hour hike with our district to celebrate Elder Harris and Elder Withers' last pday - it was beautiful!
- We had a zoom call with all the sisters in the mission because we are so small and wanted to help each other prep for all the new American sisters coming
This week I was studying a lot more about the Gospel of Jesus Christ, which includes Faith in Jesus Christ, Repentance, Baptism, the Gift of the Holy Ghost, and Enduring to the End. Through these 5 steps, we can effectively follow Christ and become like Him on our path back to Heavenly Father. However, before this week, I always had the mindset that we must act to have faith, repent, be baptized, and endure to the end, but the Gift of the Holy Ghost was just a gift we received from God during this process. However, this is not true. Receiving the Gift of the Holy Ghost requires just as much faith and action as the rest of the steps. In fact, without receiving the Holy Ghost, we cannot complete baptism. Joseph Smith once taught, “Baptism by water is but half a baptism, and is good for nothing without the other half—that is, the baptism of the Holy Ghost”. From this study, I learned that I want to take the Gift of the Holy Ghost more seriously and really focus on remembering the covenant I made when I received the Spirit. I invite you all this week to really study and seek the Holy Ghost. Try to hear Him this week as you study about Christ, as you seek to do good, and as you seek to represent Christ as His disciple. And if you've never heard the Holy Ghost before, feel free to message me with your questions! Have a wonderful week everyone!
Love,
Sister Potter
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