In Which I Make a List or Two...

For my blog this week I will make a list or two...

(But before I do that, THANKS FOR THE BIRTHDAY WISHES!!! I did not ask my mom to announce that....just sayin'.)

FACTS I LEARNED:

• Tahitians will look at you as if you are the diablo in the flesh if you squash an insect.

• There are Muslims in the world named Christian. 

• Italian men and women of all ages are the touchiest people I've ever met in my existence. They will make sure they are touching a part of you if you are engaged in a conversation with them. Everytime.

• Half-Cambodian children have awakened a dormant desire in my heart to adopt every ethnic child in the world.

~SPECIAL EDITION: FACE-PALMS OF THE WEEK~ (because they're too priceless not to report)

• During a lesson, our investigator looked us straight in the eye and said: "I do not believe in answers to prayers. I believe in....magic."

• That same person came across a great discovery in the middle of our lesson that I was a mormon who was baptized and my companion was too. 

• The closing prayer during Relief Society given by a recent convert (who I love so much): "Thank you, God, for the chance we had to go to....Oh, what's it called..." "The temple." "AH YES! The temple."

• During a RDV with an Evangelist: "This textbook I hold in my hand is the word of God."

And, of course, THE MIRACLES:

Okay, I'll be brief... 

Basically, my companion and I got the feeling we should pass by a less-active church member who lived quite a-ways away. We felt strongly enough that we cancelled a lesson we had to go to in order to see this woman. 

When we knocked on her door, she opened it and immediately started bawling. She told us that her son had died three days ago and that if we had tried to come any sooner, she wouldn't have let us in. She talked to us a bit and mentioned a few church members in the branch she remembered were really nice to her and she would like to go back to church to see them again. 

AND BEFORE WENT TO HER HOUSE, we were talking with one of the members she mentioned who told us if we ever had a less-active church member that needs help, just call her. God did this on purpose, folks.

I don't have time to write all my experiences, but I could go on for days probably. Know that God has the desire to work through you, even if you're not a missionary, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT A CHURCH MEMBER.

I love you. I pray for you. You make me so happy :)

Sœur Green