Cold Toes, Warm Heart!

Lovely Family,

Hello again! Well, its another wet and freezing day here in the NL. We were thinking about going to the zoo today with some elders in our district, but after riding to the grocery store in freezing rain/hail, we decided to go shopping instead-- a dangerous alternative, but at least its warm! Actually, I really do need to go shopping. Apparently the "no boots" rule in my call packet only applied to the Elders, because the sisters all wear boots in our mission, and for good reason! After a day of tracting and lessons, I usually can't feel my toes. But anyways, I've been using an old pair of boots that a sister left behind who went home, but they're starting to fall apart and aren't exactly nice looking anymore, so I figured I should invest in some new boots.

Oh, and I've kept a little "food journal" that I'll mail to you all today- you'll find it pretty cool I think. I figured you would want to hear about the things I eat here. My interest in food has tripled I think since coming here. The eating habits and all are so different! It really is fun.

Well, apart from being freezing and wet all the time, I am doing great. I had a really bad cold last week, but it has left me completely, and I shouldn't have any more problems- especially once I get my boots!

Our 3 baptismal-date investigators are doing great! Lenneke ( the dutch woman) is awesome. She is completely impossible for me to understand because her dutch is so good, but she is really awesome- and she always helps me out with my dutch! My trainer says she is the most golden investigator she has ever seen, and I believe it is true. Andre, our other investigator being baptized this month is also amazing- he is sooo well studied in the gospel. Our lessons with these investigators are like a breath of fresh air- they truly are elect people!

I had a cool experience. Usually, we give our little 1st discussion to people and they listen and say something like "oh, that's really nice" or something, and its really frustruating. Our message is so unique and so bold- I just expect people to be totally suprised when we say things like "we have a prophet today". After all, it is a totally critical and unique thing. We went to teach an Ghanaian man the other day( who speaks English) and his friend was there. His friend listened to our message and was totally floored- he couldn't believe someone would claim to belong to the ONLY true church. He wasn't necessarily negative- just stunned. It was awesome! He just totally got it. I don't know when we'll teach him again, but it was so cool to see someone actually appreciate the restoration and the prophet Joseph Smith for who he is. The Lord truly prepares certain people to receive the message of the restoration and recognize it for what it is.

Another quick experience. So my dutch still stinks to be honest, but the other day we were in a discussion and I felt very prompted to say something. I bore a simple testimony, and you could actually physically see the spirit touch the man we were talking to. He had tears in his eyes. It was such a humbling experience as I promised him he would receive an answer to his prayers and even with my bad dutch the Spirit bore witness to him that it was true. The Lord is truly in control of this work and guides us every day- in evey sentence actually.

I love you all!!
Love,
Zuster Cherie Gulliver