Dear everyone,
Happy New Year! I hope it was great. We had to be inside our apartment at 4 because Nederlanders really love their fireworks, so that's safest. I have to admit, I wasn't sorry to be out with all of the fireworks going off! But it was super cool to see and to hear from inside the apartment.
So, transfer calls came last night. And I'm staying in Assen! That's pretty rare to stay for 5 transfers, especially because Sister Hoff has only been here with me for two. But transfers are inspired and I'm sure that the Lord has His reasons! I'm not complaining--I love Assen with all my heart. It's just a little awkward now because I already told everyone at church good-bye...but that's okay. Komt goed [it's good]. I'm very excited about my new companion. She was just in Apeldoorn, so I've worked with her already a little bit this past transfer. She's great.
One of the big miracles of the week is our baptismal date, as always. He missed his appointment on Wednesday and then we just couldn't get ahold of him. We were pretty worried, but then we ran into him while biking to another appointment. He had some problems come up all of a sudden and had to arrange quite a bit of stuff, but he said that he was coming to church! And he did, all three hours. During investigators class we were able to teach him with three other really great members of our branch, and he just loved all of church. He kept saying that investigating for him (with no religious background) was hard, and when we asked him what was so hard he said that it was that he didn't have a habit yet of praying, so it was hard to remember to do it. The branch has been fellowshipping him super well and we're really excited for him!
One of the big miracles of the week is our baptismal date, as always. He missed his appointment on Wednesday and then we just couldn't get ahold of him. We were pretty worried, but then we ran into him while biking to another appointment. He had some problems come up all of a sudden and had to arrange quite a bit of stuff, but he said that he was coming to church! And he did, all three hours. During investigators class we were able to teach him with three other really great members of our branch, and he just loved all of church. He kept saying that investigating for him (with no religious background) was hard, and when we asked him what was so hard he said that it was that he didn't have a habit yet of praying, so it was hard to remember to do it. The branch has been fellowshipping him super well and we're really excited for him!
A few more of our huge miracles this week also happened on Sunday. Yesterday we went over and taught a first lesson to a family in the branch. The husband is a member of our church, and the is Christian, but not a member. Their oldest son just turned 8, and so their home teachers are helping them with a lot of things, including making a decision about whether or not their son should get baptized. So we taught the family with the home teachers there, and it went really well, even if it was sometimes a little hectic. Their 3 kids are very active! But they're a lot of fun.
Then after that we went to another investigator, who we've been teaching for a few months now, and her biggest problem has been that she hasn't felt comfortable praying. But we taught a great lesson on prayer and at the end invited her to pray (again--she always says that she doesn't feel comfortable because she's not good with words). And she did! For the first time ever. It was so sweet and pure and innocent. It was a wonderful moment. It is wonderful to remember why we pray--because we're talking to our Heavenly Father, who loves us more than we can imagine and who wants more for us that we know, and even more than we want for ourselves sometimes. That's why I'm here, to help people realize that! And I love it.
Hope all is well with all of you!
Zuster Stevens
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