Being Survivor!

Dear Family & Friends, Sorry, I don't have a lot of time to write today as we are having a Zone P-day from 1:00-4:00 pm today, the theme being Survivor! It should be interesting... I'll let ya know next week how it went! This week has been really good!!! The biggest miracle and blessing of this week was Malcom. So Malcom is married to Maureen who is a LA in the ward. He is not a member and Maureen told us that whenever anyone from the church comes over, he leaves the room. The first time we visited, he was very quiet but he stayed in the room. Slowly, he is warming up to us!! Early in the week we went to visit them and at the end of our visit we asked if we could share a spiritual thought. We had written the "questions of the soul" in the front of the Book of Mormon. We had them each pick a question that they would like answered and then we read the answer from the Book of Mormon. Maureen wanted to know how she could have a better relationship with her spouse, so we had her read from 3 Nephi 13. Then, Malcom wanted to know if there was life after death, so we read with him Almo 40. He still said that he didn't really believe it. I think he gets really uncomfortable when we bring up the subject of religion and instead of answering the questions or give any input, he just laughs. But we decided that next time we would go over and give the entire lesson on Plan of Salvation. So we went over on Sunday after church and visited for a bit and then asked if we could leave a thought. We taught the Plan of Salvation and the spirit was SO strong. You could have sliced it with a knife. I was so proud of Sister Bertha, as she has been concerned about her teaching skills. She was so natural and it really came from the heart. He didn't have anything to say about it but it was a miracle that he even sat and listened to the whole thing! He is really coming around. We are just praying that his heart will be softened. Unfortunately, they are going to Spain for 3 weeks so we won't be able to see them again until the end of September. But we will continue to pray that Malcom will be prepared to accept the gospel. This week we also had exchanges. Sister Krylbourne came to Lich and Sister Bertha went with Sister LeFevre to Harbourne. It was a great exchange! I learned a lot and it was so good to get to know Sister Krybourne. She is from Sweden and she has such a strong testimony of the gospel. I will send a picture of us! I am so grateful for this gospel in my life and the happiness it brings to me! I have so much peace knowing that I can follow the example of my Saviour and live with my family again some day. I LOVE YOU ALL! Sister Jensen