We felt like we should take the longer route home one night and I'm sure glad we did! We ran into a woman, Shannon Schrader who we met 3 months prior. She was outside with her friend taking a smoke break. When we saw her, we instantly pulled over and ran to talk with her. She invited us into her hotel-of-an-apartment. She informed us that she had been praying to God that she needed purpose in life and she couldn't seem to find it. She asked God to send her someone to lead her to find hope. Then, we showed up a couple minutes later. We taught her the first lesson, The Restoration of Jesus Christ's Church. She accepted to hearing the other messages we have to share and thanked us for being Angel's sent from God in her most needed time. Her young adult son had recently passed away and she's all alone in Alaska. I'm so glad we took the extra time to follow a prompting that helped a woman find hope through Jesus Christ.
We had our weekly bible study with our elderly friends and there was a new worker there, Kasia! She is a young woman who just moved here from Kotzebue and has short, bright purple hair. After the study, Kasia came up to us and expressed her love for the bible. We got her number, and offered to bring her some carrots that we picked at the carrot farm! She invited us over to her home that night and we taught her about The Book of Mormon. We shared with her 2 Nephi 26:33 which reads, "...he invited them all to come unto him and partake of his goodness; and he inviteth them all to come unto him and partake of his goodness; and he denieth none that come unto him, black and white, bond and free, male and female; and all are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile". God loves us individually no matter what! No matter your race, class, or gender... he loves you more than we could ever imagine. I love teaching others about the everlasting love that Jesus Christ has for every single one of us. I'm learning that loving others doesn't come easy to most people. I know that as we pray and look for ways to show simple acts of love to those who have differences to us, that Jesus Christ's grace can help our differences become similarities.
We ate dinner with our Relief Society President, Laura Baez. She fed us really good salmon! Well, I thought it was good. Sister BB strongly dislikes fish and it was hilarious to watch her gag it down when Sister Baez wasn't looking.
Choose JOY,
Sister Rex
Pics:
-Sista Staheli & I
-Kasia &Noel
-Ian's birthday party!
-Halloween decorating crew
-harvesting frozen carrots
-Trick or Treating at a horse farm
-T-rex Squad with Cole &Kristen at our ward trunk or treat
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