"BESTEST BIRTHDAY EVER"

June 24, 2019

"BESTEST BIRTHDAY EVER"

Hello wonderful friends and family!!

Thank you so much for all of the Birthday wishes!❤ I feel so much love and i'm so grateful for so many amazing people in my life! Last night during our comp. prayer Sister Nelson prayed that I would have the "bestest birthday ever"! Prayers are answered haha! It's been such a fun day! Some of my favorite members made me a cake last night, Sister Nelson made me crepes for breakfast and we had a mini birthday party! And I got to talk to my cute family this morning! It's been such a good day! Along with a great birthday...THIS WEEK HAS BEEN SO GOOD!! We have seen some incredible miracles, had some good laughs, and found 5 new people to start teaching! The church is true. Missions are the best! I'm so happy!! Here are just a few of the miracles we saw this week!!

Ladybug miracle

A few nights ago we were getting ready to ride home for dinner but we felt prompted to knock on one more house with a cute ladybug flag on it. We walked up to knock on it and right before we knocked a lady walked out! Her name is Becky and she is the sweetest! We ended up talking to her for quite a while! She shared some stories of times where she has really felt Christ helping her! We were able to share our testimonies of the Savior and give her a copy of the Book of Mormon. She asked us if she could feed us dinner next week and if we could share more of her message with her! Non-members never offer to feed us so this was such a cool miracle!

Bike Miracle

A couple weeks ago we met a man named Jairo. We gave him a copy of the Book of Mormon and we texted him a few times to schedule a time to go back. He hadn't gotten back to us in a few days but we were able to talk to him on our bikes haha! We were riding down a pretty busy street and I heard a bike coming up behind me. All the sudden there is a guy riding right next to me on the road! I said Hello and realized it was Jairo! I asked him how reading the Book of Mormon was going and scheduled a return appointment while riding our bikes down the road! It was pretty funny! Sister Nelson kept looking back trying to figure out what was going on haha! The Lord has perfect timing!

Mailman Miracle

I've been really working on talking to everyone this transfer! I prayed for help to do that this week and we have seen lots of cool miracles from it. We were getting on our bikes knocking on some doors and I saw a mailman across the street. I told Sister Nelson that we needed to give a card to him! So I quickly put my bike down and ran over there! We were able to have a really good conversation with him, give him a card and a Book of Mormon and scheduled a time to give him a church tour! He is actually the mail man for our church so he knows exactly where it is and has always wanted to know more about it! He said he would love to come to church with us sometime!!

Family History Miracle

Okay, this is the coolest miracle of them all!! Last week we met a less active family and really connected with the daughter, Michelle! She hasn't been to church in years and is leaning towards another religion. But she said she is open minded and really interested in family history. We met with her on Wednesday and set up a family history account. As we were leaving we met her two friends Emily and Michael! They are so cool and are also interested in family history! We met up with all of them last night at the family history library. We had some members come with us. Michael is adopted and doesn't know anything about his real dad. We were able to find his real dad! And Emily's father passed away a few years ago and we were also able to find information about him! The spirit was so strong! We testified of the plan of Salvation and gave Emily a copy of the Book of Mormon. We are going to be meeting with them weekly to do family history and teach them more about the gospel!

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT

This week I have seen the hand of the Lord so much! I have really seen the Spirit working through me and I feel the Saviors love so strong. Yesterday in Sacrament meeting we sang my favorite hymn, I know that my Redeemer lives. I've always loved this song but yesterday I was just filled with the Spirit as we sang it. I feel like the words to that song are my testimony. I have such a strong testimony of the Atonement and I know that my Redeemer died and lives for me! I would just invite each of you to really utilize the Atonement in your life. Pray to feel the Lord's love for you. And strive to treat others as the Savior would!

I love y'all so much!! Thank you so much for all the love, support and birthday wishes!!

❤Sister Stringham❤