Things are going great here in Abbotsford! This ward is on fire! This is the busiest I've been on my mission! It's incredible.
Right
now we're teaching this amazing girl from Germany. She was so prepared
by God. We had a crazy lesson where we brought a member who brought her
baby and the baby cried the whole time. That made it hard to teach but
as we left I had this weird feeling that things were supposed to happen
that way. Don't really know why, but I know that God has a plan and he's
figured everything out down to the minute details. We had zone
conference this week and one thing we talked about is how God can use
things that we may see as failures, for our benefit. For example, in 1
Nephi 3 and 4 when Nephi failed to get the brass plates, maybe Laban had
to have all that money so that he would go out and party and get drunk
and maybe Nephi had to go to Jerusalem just so he could recognise
Laban's face so that when the time was right Nephi could not just get
the brass plates, but also save Zoram and put an end to Laban. God
always has a bigger plan than we do. Maybe we're supposed to do more
than just get the brass plates, even if that's all we want to do. Sorry
if this makes no sense. Just go read 1 Nephi 3 and 4.
The
other day sister Tapon and I had a feeling to go to this park. When we
got there it was just a playground with a bunch of little kids and some
old ladies from India who spoke no English. Usually we would just leave
but we felt like we should walk around, so we did and found this Indian
lady who speaks Tagolog! She only speaks Tagolog and Punjabi. Luckily
Sister Tapon speaks Tagolog. We met with her and her son (who also
speaks English thankfully) and were able to teach them. The spirit
guided the lesson so much. I didn't understand about half of it, but I
was still able to teach and feel the spirit testify.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust
in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own
understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy
paths.
Sister Bloomfield
