3/26/18 Wonders of Wonders Miracles of Miracles

Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles-
God took a Daniel once again,
Stood by his and side and- miracle of miracles-
Walked him through the lions den!

Okay, so it wasn´t a lions den. But Vicious Dogs! 3 of them in one day. Well, the first one was an adorable little puppy. While we were waiting outside a member´s house, a puppy kept biting at the end of my dress. He was sooo cute. 

And then later we were walking down a street, and a wild, big, angry dog started charging us, growling and barking like a lion. And my companion, my ¨mom¨ of the mission,  who´s supposed to teach me and protect me, grabbed me by the bag and threw me in front of this dog!!! Luckily, he was on a chain, that yanked him back right before he bit my leg off. My companion apologized and said she just ¨panicked¨ sph

And then later, this same day, we approach an investigator´s house. She had a vicious mean dog tied up in front too. We manage to run past him so we could knock at the door. But nobody was home, and now we´re cornered by the door. I distract the dog while my companion runs back. And then I try to run around him, but he bites the end of my dress and tore a little bit of it! But we got away fine.

Miracle of miracles

Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles-
I was afraid that God would frown,
But like he did so long ago, at Jericho,
God just made a wall fall down!

One of our investigators lives in an apartment surrounded by a wall. We have no idea how to get in this wall normally. The gate is always locked and there´s no bell or buzzer. But we´ve managed to visit this woman about 6 times by means of miracles. The very first time, we check the car gate- closed and locked. We walk down a little bit and check the other gate- closed and locked. On our way back, we see the car gate wide open. No cars and come in nor out. It was nothing less than a miracle. We go inside and have a wonderful lesson. It has been like this every single time we visit this woman. The gate would miracuoulsy open, or somebody would forget to lock it, or a car would be leaving at just the exact time we were arriving. Never once have we had to turn away because we didn´t know how to get it. God has always provided a way. He knows this woman needs the gospel, and he´s not letting a simple wall stop her.

When Moses softened Pharaoh's heart, that was a miracle.
When God made the waters of the red sea part, that was a miracle too!
But of all God's miracles large and small,
The most miraculous one of all
Is that out of a worthless lump of clay,
God has made a man today.

Um...I´m not sure if I have a miracle for this part of the song...

The Spirit softens people´s hearts all the time!! Whoo

Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles-
God took a tailor by the hand
Turned him around and- miracle of miracles- Led him to the promised land!

Um...It´s a miracle we don´t get lost. Our area is 3 times as big as most (Because it used to be 3 areas, now it´s just ours). There have been many times when we start to get lost, but then turn around and find we are where we´re supposed to be! 

When David slew Goliath (yes!), that was a miracle.
When God gave us manna in the wilderness, that was a miracle too.

We kinda started running out of money this week because we´ve been buying more snacks and such. So the other day we were thinking about how we can convince a member to feed us. We decided to buy something from a little place down the road. And he gave us free beans! Aww. And then suddenly our neighbor came by with lunch! She´s not a member or interested in the lessons, but just thought we would like some food (always). So manna in the wilderness. Whoo

But of all God's miracles large and small,
The most miraculous one of all
Is the one I thought could never be:
God has given you to me.

You there, reading my email. Yes. I love you. It´s a miracle that I have you in my life. I love you so much.

I like this song, I sing it a lot when little miracles happen

And miracles happen everyday

With wonder and sunshine,

Hermana Pollard ☀

3/3/18 If she weighs as much as duck she is a witch!

Dear Ya'll,

I'm going to keep this weeks email short and simple.

A couple of weeks ago, mom sent me a package of valentine stuff. Including some marshmellow Peeps. I think peeps are gross, and they just sat in the fridge for a while before we had the brilliant idea:

S'mores

smores from peeps!! What?? They were sooo good.

Did I even send pictures from the baptism??

I'm gonna do that now just in case

Okay, there were really good stuff this week, but I'm just going to share a funny story.

So we're teaching our cute young couple (the ones that are getting married soon) and I just notice a bit of garlic tied to a string above the door. We ask them about it, and she just casually says "oh, there's a witch that lives on this street, and last week she came and cursed the baby. So the garlic keeps her away." and we're just like.... ok..... so...ok. And we just sort of ignore that.

And then later that week we contact this old kinda crazy looking woman named Babara. And the first lesson was kinda weird because she wasn't really paying attention. We're just like "oh well." When we try to go back for a follow up appointement, she was never home. So we started to say her name more and more dramatically each time, like "Baahbarahh!!!" Because we could never find her. And then the next week we were on the street again and noticed her light on and decided to follow up and see if she was actually interested in another lesson. We knock on her door and she yells "Who is it??"

so I say "The Missionaries!!"

She doesn't respond. Maybe she didn't here me?

"The missionaries!!"

-still nothing-

"The Sisters!"

-nope

"The gringas!"

-silence

"the blondes!"

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"Your neighbors!"
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"Your friends!"
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"The Mormons!"

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"BAAAHHH BAAHH RAHH!!"

during this whole exchange, my companion is dying of laughter, and trying so hard to hold her laughter in, especially when I said Babara. I was laughing pretty hard too

But babara still doesn't answer the door.

Okay guys, be smarter than this. Don't pretend you're not home after you already say "who is it?"

My companion goes over to the window (invasion of privacy?) and can see her in the kitchen! Babara quickly ducks and tries to hide behind the table! She keeps peeking her head up and then ducking down again, like.... we can see you..? So I say "we know you're there! If you don't want to talk to us, just say so!" She still hid. Oh well. It was kinda funny.

But then a few days later we run into her on the street and she's totally friendly and open and pretends like she never hid. We put a date for another lesson. And when we go, she was there and didn't hide and opened the door and everything. But then she didn't pay attention at all in the lesson again and rambled about crazy stuff. So we're like "...okay bye.." She gave us the hibie-jibies (how do you spell that?)

And then when we left, I said "Maybe she's the witch that lives on this street." interesting.

That night, I had a dream that Hermana Kennerley and I were walking down the street, and I tripped (this happens in real life a lot). Hermana Kennerley doesn't notice and keeps walking. As I'm trying to get up, suddenly Babara is standing over me and she curses me!!! I dunno, maybe it wasn't a curse. It was in a Spanish, and I didn't understand it.

With Magic and Sunshine,

Hermana Pollard ☀