Let the Blessings POUR!

Whoa... what a week.  This week was super CRAZY AWESOME!   It was just a train of miracles, windows of heaven opened, and the blessings just landed on us hard core – not even sure how it happened.  One thing after another would happen and we’d just stare at eachother and say ‘What just happened!?’ Haha... Everything that happened this week should NOT have happened, it was so obvious that God had a hand in it all.  Our Heavenly Father lives, loves us, and want the BEST for us!  We got the STANDARD - and it was extra awesome because I wanted it for Sister Sheahan - she'd not gotten it on her mission and so this was her last week in the country and we finished it off for her so she could say she GOT IT!  YEAH!  So cool.  The two people with baptismal dates are STARS and I love them, expecially Natalie.  She is so cute and fun and I am so excited for her.  We just really have to help her gain a testimony of the Book of Mormon and all the commandments and get her boyfriend in America back on the track and then things will just look so AWESOME!  Man, I love these people.

So quick story... the last part of it all - we finished church yesterday and all we had left was getting a less active member lesson.  We went out to this one lady's house - I'd been out there twice and she hadn't answered before, but we were wishing on a prayer that she'd be there... no go...so we went to the next ladies house - who I accidentally thought was someone else and I think we freaked her out on the phone so that also was a no go - now it's like 3 hours till we have to be home and we're running around this HUGE city in the DARK looking for a less active member.  We heard that one was at a hospital...but we didnt' know what was wrong with her or what part of the hospital to look...that was a problem... stress rises by the minute...haha oh setting goals - fun but also sometimes very nerve racking - it was worse than a close football game, people, this was adrenaline...prayers...souls...oh man fun stuff... so we found out, aftern being in line for like 35 minutes or 45... this lady was actually CRAZY and not even IN the hospital!  So we ran to the next one, last chance, one hour left, and I fell in the snow in my skirt :) cuz we were running (poor sister Howells I got her into this, hey but I think it was worth it ;))  So we get to her house, un-announced, and the saintly woman lets us in, we talk about patience, and helping her back to all three hours of church and well, that was history!  God loves a good story... he sometimes makes us wait until the last minutes of the game to give us the strength to succeed...or places people in our path just when we need them - but he ALWAYS follows through.  He IS the master planner.  TRUST HIM!  Ah man, trust him!

What I learned?  Well, that God loves a good story - and he loves a good worker.  We really had to work for the Standard this week, that included a bit of running...in the snow...and nervous waiting...and lots and LOTS of prayer.  But the blessings CAME and CAME and CAME!  Oh, it was so fun to watch.

Our goals for this transfer have already been set and we are planning on being 100% obedient, working harder than we ever have before, really working on the Polish Language, and getting the Standard (a couple more times!), a baptism, and helping one less active become active.  I'm working on being less judgemental and putting people before the work.  Sometimes I get so caught up in wanting to work hard that I forget to watch out for others.  So I'm working on it.

But , everyone, I love this!  This is so cool, to watch God move things around and help us so much!  It's AMAZING!

I know that Christ lives and loves us. His church is run by a living prophet, President Monson.

I love you all! 

Love,

Sister Amber Allen