This has been such an amazing week!
One of those weeks where you're just filled with happiness to the point
where you feel like you're going to overflow! I love being a missionary
SO SO much!
This week began with an amazing
ward activity in Brookswood put on by the ward mission team. Can I just
say, I am so proud of the Brookswood ward mission team! I am so grateful
for all the work that got put into this! We decorated cookies and then
delivered them to a homeless shelter later on. It was so much fun! Words
cannot express how much I love the people in this ward! I love them so
much! (And the Willoughby ward too of course!) I hope I get to stay here
for a long time! Brookswood and Willoughby are honestly like a second
home and these people are like family.
Decorating
cookies was such a blast! Later in the week Sister Van Valkenburg and I
went to the homeless shelter with a couple of families in the
Brookswood ward to pass them out during lunch. It was such an incredible
experience. It was so much fun watch little kids run around, handing
out sprinkle caked sugar cookies. It lit up so many faces. We ended up
with 443 cookies total. I have so much love for the people in this area,
I can't even describe it!
We've been seeing a
deaf lady in our ward pretty regularly. She's so lonely because she
can't understand anything at church. It makes me so happy to be able to
communicate with her. I'm going to try and teach her visiting teachers
ASL so she can have people to help her when I leave. I'm so grateful I
was able to meet her! Heavenly Father truly does put you in the path of
people you're supposed to meet. I can say that of so many people in this
area.
We've started teaching a lady from
Russia! She has been taught before but contacted us and said she wants
to learn more! She's even been to Vladivostok and said she loves it
there! I told her about Grandma and Grandpa and she thought that was
cool. It's so amazing how the spirit guides us as we plan and teach.
During our planning session I felt like we should have her read 3 Nephi
17, but I didn't know why because that had nothing to do with what we
were teaching. At the next lesson she started asking all these questions
about the chapter and kept saying "how did you know? how did you know
to have me read this?" The lesson ended with her asking for a priesthood
blessing. The spirit was so strong. It was incredible!
Lately
I've been thinking about how Christ continually said "I came into the
world to do the will of the father" during His earthly ministry. As I've
thought about why I came out on a mission, I realized that I want to be
able to echo Christ's words. Heavenly Father has a plan for us and I
want to strive to accept His will in all things. I came on my mission to
do the will of the Father, and I came into the world to do the will of
the Father.
Check out the Light the World initiative on mormon.org! It's an amazing opportunity to think about Christ and serve others this Christmas season and is never too late to start!
Love,
Sister Bloomfield
