Dear Family,
It was a week that felt like 3 different weeks! Things are going well with Sister Vernes and Zeegelaar. We all get along really well and have fun. We are quite the mixture of people together but it's always fun. I know they are still a little nervous about leading out lessons and talking to people but they'll get it just now. When I was gone they did great.
They contacted and were able to see a new less active that we have been trying to have a lesson with. They also got the relief society president over to Lucille. On Sunday Lucille stayed all 3 hours which is rare. We taught so many less active lessons this week--I think the most ever on my mission. We were able to find and teach new ones and also see some we haven't seen in a long time.
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| Elder Albis from the Philippines |
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| All Suriname Missionaries |
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| All the Sister Training Leaders in our mission with Sister Egbert |
But ok let's talk about Trinidad. We had to leave for the airport at 2 am on Thursday. It was just Sis Chris, Elder Bowen, Elder Prosman, Elder James and Hood. We got to Trinidad around 6:30 am. Got some Cinnabon for bfast--haven't seen that in a year. Crazy thing is I flew back to Trinidad the same day I flew to Suriname a year later. I went out with Sister Paul and Palmer that day. They have been on their missions for 6 and 5 months. They were a hoot together and a lot of fun. It was so trippy hearing foreign people speak english. I'm not trying to sound like a goober but I totally would lose some english words when it comes to teaching. Talking normally doesn't happen but teaching I'm just used to Dutch. We had a really fun time together that day. It definitely made me love Suriname though. I just like the culture better here...and the missionaries. I'm lucky to have a great bunch of missionaries.
That night I slept with STL's. There was Sister Mitchell, Sister Sommer (my first comp), Sister Cuevas, and Sis Chris. We had a lot of fun together. It was so crazy to see Sister Sommer again. She got me all caught up on St. Vincent stuff. Nick who I taught is still active and the branch mission leader and Ryno is still going to church. That's cool!
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| Sister Sommer |
MLC was really great. The focus was the Book of Mormon. So last MLC on skype Sister C and I did a role play of teaching about the Book of mormon. Well not trying to brag but I guess it was really good because President couldn't stop talking about it and then asked us to do it again at MLC...only this time our investigator was President Cornish from the seventy. At first I was a little nervous but then you just start teaching like an normal lesson with the spirit. Elder Cornish loved it. In the afternoon Elder Cornish taught about the atonement and one cool tangent he went on that I loved is he talked about prayer. He said Heavenly Father wants to help more. He then talked about the agency involved in prayer. He said "Heavenly Father would rather lose us than force us. If he forced us, he would lose us because it would not be righteousness". He also mentioned that Heavenly Father doesn't play games. We need to be sincere. I just really enjoyed that because I struggle with praying in faith. I need to put more focus into my prayers.
Overall it was just an amazing experience that I'm so grateful I was able to experience. The pictures are with Sister Sommer, all stl's, Old elders I served with in St. Vincent. Elder Haderlie from the MTC district, Elder Albis is from Phillipines--I served with him in St. Vincent but he was telling me his cousin is in your mission mom and dad. Also picture of all the suriname missionaries is in there somewhere.
Our plane was delayed going home so we got home at 4 am Saturday. Needless to say I'm still recovering from lack of sleep but it was worth it.
Love you all and thanks for the support.
Love,
Elizabeth
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