This has been a pretty good week. We started teaching some new people that the members found for us, and they are awesome! And the weather has been beautiful – it rained a little on Sunday, the first time in weeks!
Hong and Mike – doing great! Lessons with them are always so much fun. It was so cool because we were talking about Faith and Miracles and Answers to Prayers, and Mike was helping us teach his wife about those things! She told us that she is 90% sure that God answers her prayers, but only 40% sure that Jesus actually walked on water. I thought that was so interesting. To me, prayer is the bigger miracle. Walking on water does not seem like that big of a deal when I compare it to prayer. I just can't believe how amazing it is that God is actually listening to me even with all of the other people who pray to him, and the fact that he is the Supreme Creator of the Universe and I am just little ol me. But the Love He has for me is beyond my comprehension, so that is a huge miracle in my book.
This Sunday was the Primary Program! Since we go to 2 wards, I got to see 2 primary programs, so it was pretty much the best Sunday of life! Definitely the best Sunday of the year anyway :) The theme for the primary children this year was Studying the Scriptures. Both groups of primary kids sang "Scripture Power" which is not a reverent song at all – in fact, they were practically yelling, and the Golden Hills primary kids each had a set of scriptures in their hands which they thrust in the air every time they sang the words Scripture Power. But for some reason, both times the kids sang that song, it really hit me and I almost started to cry. I think it is because I have found how powerful the scriptures truly are. Hong for example, does not understand a lot of things simply because she didn't grow up with a religion background. She didn't grow up believing in a God or in a Savior. And as we have been teaching her, it is never the things I say that make sense to her, or the things my companion says. No matter how much we explain something, she doesn't always get it. But, as she has been reading the Book of Mormon (even though she doesn't even understand the words all of the time) things start to make sense to her. There is a special power that the scriptures bring into your life when you start to read them. I have seen it in my life and in Hong and Mike's lives, and in many other people's lives while on my mission. It truly is amazing.
Also, I can't remember if I told you all last week, but Elder Bednar is coming to our mission!! November 12th and 13th. I. Am. So. Excited. :DDD
Much Love,
Sister Daelemans
Pics from this week: Sister Harmon and I playing piano together!!
Beautiful Tehachapi!!
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