It started with us buying cat food on Pday in case we saw That Cat again. 35 cents, Big Spendas $$$ So turns out That Cat showed up and we had a blast and a half. Never loved a cat so much in my life. This is what a mission does to you.
We went out to lunch with the District. There's a cute little burger shop across from the Food Bank that we tried out. We are now in love. This is excluding two of the Elders. Our District is HUMUNGO.
This week we were way blessed by talking with EVERYONE. We went to go contact a couple of referrals the other day. As we were walking, a nice Hispanic man was walking towards us with a big cooler and a bunch of stuff he was carrying so we asked him if we could help and he couldn't understand us so he stopped, opened up the cooler, and inside were A THOUSAND CHURROS. hahaha He just kept asking "Churro?", "Churro?", "Churro?". We were so confused so we just took some and went on our way. Blessings for talking with everyone I guess.
Another blessing of talking with everyone this week was when we were heading out of our apartment one day and our neighbor across the street was doing some yard work so we asked her if she wanted any help and she said she had a huge wisteria that was taking over her fence. We told her we would love to get a group together to go take the thing down because let me tell ya, this thing had overtaken everything. She started to tell us all about how beautiful the tree was when it was younger and in bloom but that it had just completely taken over her chain-link fence over the years making it impossible for her to remove it herself. She was worried that her fence would soon be overtaken by this huge tree. We went over to help her with some members and the Elders and spent a while digging, weeding, whacking, clipping, tugging, sweating, singing, breathing heavily, untangling, and sawing away at this big wisteria. As we were working, I started to think about how this wisteria could easily resemble sin and it's powerful hold it can have on us. I thought of the story of Alma and his conversion story. He says:
17 And it came to pass that as I was thus racked with torment, while I was harrowed up by the memory of my many sins, behold, I remembered also to have heard my father prophesy unto the people concerning the coming of one Jesus Christ, a Son of God, to atone for the sins of the world.
18 Now, as my mind caught hold upon this thought, I cried within my heart: O Jesus, thou Son of God, have mercy on me, who am in the gall of bitterness, and am encircled about by the everlasting chains of death.
Alma felt the weight of his sins and knew of Jesus Christ, who would come and essentially untangle him from the wisteria that would soon overtake him.
Alma continues and says:
19 And now, behold, when I thought this, I could remember my pains no more; yea, I was harrowed up by the memory of my sins no more.
20 And oh, what joy, and what marvelous light I did behold; yea, my soul was filled with joy as exceeding as was my pain!
21 Yea, I say unto you, my son, that there could be nothing so exquisite and so bitter as were my pains. Yea, and again I say unto you, my son, that on the other hand, there can be nothing so exquisite and sweet as was my joy.
This woman, as we were leaving just kept thanking us and saying how relieved she was to have the wisteria out of her yard and untangled from her fence. I love being a missionary and seeing the Atonement of Jesus Christ work in the lives of those I meet. I know that Jesus Christ came to this earth and has given us the opportunity to be freed of the weight of sin and sorrows. I LOVE HIM! I love his Gospel and I know it is true.
We also got fried chicken and potato salad from her so not a bad deal.
Love you all!! Have a great week!
Love,
Sister Krummenicker-bocker
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