(Friends) 9-21-16

Sorry for the late email, Sister Gurney and I didn't take PDay till today, because we wanted to go to the temple. How are you all? This week was really amazing, quite challenging too, I'd love if you could please keep this area and Sister Gurney and I in your prayers. :)

We had a humbling week. We decided to ride bikes this week, just because we can and also we wanted to feel like real missionaries haha. You wouldn't believe how much we were mocked, it was so humbling to feel so much more like the Savior, to be mocked just because of the way you look. It was amazing the miracles that came from riding bikes, we were able to reach so many people on the streets that we would have normally missed if we were in a car. It was amazing to talk to people, we got 6 new investigators in one day!!! 

We felt really humbled this week as we went to visit a lady we met on the street, and while at her place a van pulled down the road and started playing music almost like an ice cream truck, and kids and families from all over started sprinting, the lady told us that once a week, since it's a really poor area, this van comes and brings bags of food for free to these families. The lady looked at us and said "come, we want to share." We didn't, we just sat there watching, it was so so humbling. 

Riding our bikes later that night we rode by this guy outside smoking, and kept riding by, we both felt like we needed to turn around and talk to him, when we turned around he was gone back inside, we walked to the door only to see there was door 7,8,9 we had three options, we decided to follow the spirit and immeditely sister gurney and I both pointed to door 7, we knocked and he opened it. It was truly a miracle. We had exchanges this week, and I went with Sister Maire from Australia, I learned HEAPS from her and I had the most sacred experiences ever with her!!! 

"The Lord know you. He knows your heart and is pleased with your sacrifice. He smiles upon you each day. He will uphold you and prepare the way for you. He  will send angels before you and you will feel their presence, and with the help of Heaven, your talents will be multiplied. I promise you that if you lift those around you, the Lord God, the creator of the universe will life YOU up. If you will only believe and incline your heart to our Beloved Father, he will place within you a peace that surpasses understanding. He will give you joy. May each of you always remember this." -Deiter F. Uchtdorf 

Arohanui, 

Sister Maddie DeLoach