It's been such a great week! I've been learning so
much lately. I feel like over the past 6 months I've changed my way of
thinking, and the world looks different now. It's incredible! I'm so
grateful for and I love my mission.
This week
we had another lesson with the family from Africa! I love them so much!
There is a bit of a language barrier... the father thought the Book of
Mormon said we use the blood of men to cleanse ourselves from sin....
most definitely not true! But teaching them is such an incredible
experience. We tried to give them a chapter from the Book of Mormon to
read and they said that they would have the whole book read the next
time we see them! The Book of Mormon testifies of Christ and I have
gained a testimony that the Book of Mormon is "the most correct of any
book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get
nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book."
(Joseph Smith) As we read the Book of Mormon we become better acquainted
with the Savior. Not to mention it's a pretty good book!
We're
also still working with another girl whom I also love so much! We gave
her a church tour and she just kept saying "it feels like home here. I
feel comfortable here." That made me so happy, because I know the church
is a place for anyone and everyone to come. Everyone's welcome! No
matter what!
We had an amazing lesson at a
dinner appointment the other day! We planned on teaching a short message
based on the restoration of the gospel, but the spirit took it a
completely different way! It was one of those lessons where I walked out
thinking "what in the world did I just teach?" There was a moment where
I knew I needed to share a scripture in Alma 34 but I didn't know what
verse so I just passed it to Sister Nerenberg and she read a verse that
fit perfectly in with the lesson. It was so cool! I know the Lord has
His hand in this work because I could not accomplish anything on my own.
He knows what we need to hear and He provides us with a way to receive
the spiritual nourishment we need.
We met a
member of the congregation who doesn't attend much anymore from Ukraine!
I love her so much! She's teaching us Russian! I know what you're all
thinking "Sister Bloomfield is crazy, why does she keep trying to learn
so many languages?" but in all honesty one of the goals I've had since I
was like 12 is to be at least quad lingual. And I'm dead serious when I
say that. My mission has been giving me a nice opportunity to sample a
lot of different langues! By the end of my time here I'll have an
endless amount of languages to choose from to learn. But the sister was
so happy to hear we wanted to learn Russian! When it comes down to it,
languages aside, I love just connecting with people. It helps me to see
how much Heavenly Father truly loves all of us. More than we will ever
be able to understand.
This Sunday we had an
amazing regional broadcast from Salt Lake. It was so incredible! The
talks were mainly about finding joy in this life and helping others
along the way. I have gained a testimony that our Heavenly Father wants
us to be happy and enjoy our time here on the earth.
Anyways, have an amazing week!
The picture is of my and Sister Nerenberg walking in the rain! Taken by one of the sisters we live with :)
