Hi everybody, today will be short but I feel bad not writing anything at all because this has been a great week. Last Monday we carved the one pumpkin we could find with the other Solo sisters. It was fun! I also bought a Snickers for Halloween. They don't celebrate Halloween here so ya gotta do what ya gotta do. On Thursday we started PLD, a two day Zone Conference with President Rowley. For the first day the Solo missionaries worked all day except for those who were leaders or trainers, who had a meeting at night. It was really cool because the time that we were working that day there were so many miracles. We asked directions from someone on the street and it turned out she used to learn with the Elders maybe 10 years ago. She said that we could visit her again. We also got a referral from one a less active member to go visit another less active family, and we also started teaching a new family and they were very happy to have us over. On Friday we had some really good discussions about working with members and finding people who will build up the kingdom, finding families who will strengthen the church here. It really got me excited again, because I've been a little low these last few days. On Saturday was Stake Conference. I and another elder were asked to help translate for the English speakers who would be attending. I didn't translate much but was able to hear some good talks. Now, yesterday was pretty cool! It was Stake Conference in Novotel, a cool hotel, because we don't have a stake center in Indonesia yet. We got to sing in the choir and I also got to translate a talk for the two people that came that didn't speak Indonesian. Even though it was only one talk, 10 minutes, for two people, I know I still made a difference and was able to do something amazing. Who knew 2 years ago that I would be translating Indonesian to English in a stake in Central Java? I can barely speak English but I know that through God all things are possible.
Don't ever forget that God will always help you do amazing things, even impossible things, if you allow Him to lead you, even if you don't know what will happen. So many times in my life I have learned that when we just say YES to the things He asks of us, or new opportunities that arise, He will lead the way and bring us and strengthen us to do things we never thought we could do. Thanks for always being there for me! Sister Stringham
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AuthorHOLLEY STRINGHAM: Salt Lake City, born and raised; returned missionary from the Indonesia Jakarta Mission.; a simple folk aimed on changing the world Archives
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