Monday, April 11, 2011
Wharfe Valley
Mummy and Daddy, This week has been BEA-Utiful!!!!! So much sun I can't even handle myself!!!! It was about...20*....what's 20* over there.....uhhh...it was about 70-80* delicious degrees. I've never seen so much fluorescent skin in my life!!!! People people, my retinas can't take it any longer!!! Here, those hankies look a bit chilly...here...borrow my poncho :D Pretty sure we were the only two people in all of Wharfe Valley fully clothed hahahhaha....yello! Good news though...my hands have a silly little tan and my cheeks have an ever so light pink-ish hue! SUCCESS!!!!! Too bad Sister Taylor's felt like death this whole week, coughing up a storm. I'm surprised she hasn't choked on her lung yet! In other news, President Lindley's 15 year old granddaughter, Maddy, came teaching with us! No pressure right! Well we did some street contacting, some knocking, and taught a lesson where we taught Jonathan and Amanda's daughter Sophie the Plan of Salvation. Maddy was a star! We even invited her to be baptized! Wha-BAM! When Maddy returned home, she went straight into President Lindley saying," I'm definitely going to serve a mission!!!!" Phew! That could have been bad :D Sad news about Amanda and Jonny, they fell out the other day and they're threatening to get a divorce...Jonny's looking for a flat in Skipton....more to come on that. I'm sure it'll die down, and everything will settle back to normal. We were so looked after this week! We went to visit Miss Rose on Oxford Road. She's so golden!!!! She invited her daughter in law (to be), Sara, to listen to us. As we taught them, our discussion turned into the Plan of Salvation. Sara talked about how she lost her nan and granddad recently and how they were her whole world! She said she'd stop smoking and drinking tea even before we taught her about the Word of Wisdom! AND!!!!! SHE CAME TO CHURCH! After testimony meeting, both she and Rose were puddles! They definitely felt the spirit! Sara leaned over to me saying, "I am definitely coming next week, and I'm dragging my fiancé with me! That day when you came by to teach Rose, my fiancé told me he was leaving and if I wanted to come. I told him, 'No...I think I'll stick around for a bit...I feel like I need to stay for some reason.' Then you lot showed up. I know I was supposed to stay for you! I needed to listen to what you taught Rose! God was definitely looking down on me that day! You two really are my angels!" Rose poked her head over our way and said, "SEE! THEY'RE MY LITTLE ANGELS TOO!" Then the hankies came out! BAM! MIRACLE! NEXT! Ooooh AND when we taught Sara about the Book of Mormon, Rose started teaching her about Joseph Smith and the Restoration!!!!! BAM! MIRACLE! NEXT! I also had this dream about this street near the church. On said street we met this lady with blonde hair and a stroller with a little boy. We went to this brand new street and as we drove down it I said, "Sister Taylor!!!! This is the street!!!!!" We started knocking.....a bunch of oldies...bah! At every door I asked, "Do you know a blonde lady with little kids that lives on this street?" Nobody did....We came to this one door, knocked and this young lady with blonde hair came to the door. After ten seconds...this little boy scurried into view....Sister Taylor and I scooped our tongues off the floor and asked if we could teach her more. She was busy, but asked us to come back!!!! We went back and her husband refused to let us speak with her!!!! It's a SIGN!!!! :D hahah we will go back! BAM! MIRACLE! We had Zone Leader Council this week so Sister Brown came out with me. Wharfe Valley was her greenie area. The night prior, I prayed about a street to go visit, and I felt very impressed about Harrgrave Terrace in Yeadon. When Sister Brown and I went out to Yeadon, we neared this street. At the same moment, I said, "I want to go knock this bit here." and she said, "Hey! I know a lady that lives over here!!!!" We rounded the corner and knocked on this door to find, Joan, a lady on major dialysis and is full blown dying! We had a great lesson with her and scheduled another time to see her. I asked her what her address was... 22 Harrgrave Terrace....What!??!?!!? I showed her my planner with "Harrgrave Terrace" plastered on the page! IT'S A SIGN!!!! BAM! MIRACLE! NEXT! Final miracle of the week. We wanted to go to the mission home fireside; however, Rose and Sara backed out. They had other plans....DANG IT!!! We called and visited all we knew....no luck. So we left it in Heavenly Father's hands. He knew where we needed to be, whether that was the fireside or out and about finding people. We went knocking on a particular street. People were especially snippy on this road, but we knew the most opposition comes when we're getting close. The last door we knocked on we met Suzanne. Suzanne lost her best friend in all the world last week. We talked with her about the Plan of Salvation, sang her a song, prayed with her, cried with her and set up another time to go see her. She said, "You must have been sent to me today!" BAM! MIRACLE! The Lord's hand is definitely in this work! How honored am I to be a part of this amazing work?!! WOW! I love you so much! I'm so glad everything is going well at home! Give everyone a big hug and a smooch for me! Love always and forever, Your Sister Stephanie White
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