Sister Sabrina Trimble in Canada: We Are Beyond Blessed! July 4, 2016

In all honesty, I don't even know where to begin this week! Sister Brown and I have been so beyond blessed! To start we have really been trying to contact everyone that we see and talk to them about the gospel. So the other day Sister Brown and Sister Messick were coming out of our apartment and started talking to our neighbor Kayla. After chit chatting for a while then they started talking to her about the gospel and asked if we could come back and visit her. She said that we could so last Monday Sister Brown, me and a set of Elders (we brought the Elders because Kayla is technically in their ward boundaries) went over to Kayla's house and had an amazing lesson!! We talked about the restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and bore testimony of the Savior and His love for her personally and she just started crying. She said that last Sunday ( the day before we were going to visit her ) she just felt so low and she wanted to take her life... then she told us how she was looking forward to us coming over and talking to her about Jesus Christ and that she wanted to overcome the things that she is struggling with. We continued to talk to her and bare testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and it was an absolutely AMAZING lesson! The Spirit was so strong and she even committed to coming to church with the Elders! Oh I just love being a missionary and seeing the Spirit touch so many people lives and give them hope!!

Another miracle from this week was when Bishop Torrie, from Barnwell, called us with a referral to go and visit one of his patients! He said that he had been talking to Jennifer and asked her if she had ever met with missionaries before. When she said that she hadn't ever met with missionaries he asked her if he could send some to her house... so away we went!! Sister Brown and Sister Larsen had an amazing lesson with Jennifer and when Sister Brown shared the first vision Jennifer started tearing up! After their incredible lesson Jennifer invited us out to the Vuaxhall community breakfast and Demolition Derby on Friday to celebrate Canada Day! We had so much fun with Jennifer and her kids! She really is such a sweetheart and she has been so prepared to receive The Gospel of Jesus Christ! So, Jennifer was in charge of putting everything together for the Demolition Derby so we helped out a little too! We carried some drinks and tried to help with a float for the community parade. Then to our surprise we were asked to be IN THE PARADE with the 4-H group!! So just a little background on Vauxhall... there are roughly 1,000 people that live there and only 30 members attending the church from Vauxhall and the outside farming towns. So it was kind of an amazing opportunity to have 2 Mormon Missionaries walking in the community parade with the 4-H group in front of the whole town passing out candy!! It was such a neat experience and it all happened because Jennifer invited us to come!! But the fun doesn't end their! So we went to get lunch before the Demolition Derby started and we ended up talking to a lady named Dixie that we visited with a little bit at the Community Breakfast earlier in the morning and after chatting a little with her and Paul, her husband, we asked if we could come by and visit them out their house and they said YES!! Oh it was such an incredible day filled with so many amazing miracles!! And to top everything off Jennifer even gave us a free T-Shirt from the Derby!!! It is so neat to see how Heavenly Father places us in certain places at certain times so that we can find the people that He has prepared under the direction of the Spirit! I just love being a missionary!! (:

The last miracle that I wanted to share was from last night. Brenda and Lester have been less active for many many years and recently they have found out that Brenda has cancer. Needless to say this has really turned their world upside down because this is the 2nd time that she has been diagnosed. Last night we went over to visit with them and see how they are doing. We shared a Mormon Message called Mountains to Climb, it shares experiences of people that have been through different trials in life and shows how they overcame them with the Saviors help. The Spirit was so strong in the room and after the video was over both Brenda and Lester were speechless! It was so cool to see how both of them responded to the Spirit, Brenda even said, "I just love having you girls come over because I always feel so good when you are here." Just like it says in Moroni 10: 5 "And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth ofall things." I am so grateful for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I am so grateful for the power the Holy Ghost has to touch each of our hearts, testify of truth, and help us feel Heavenly Father and the Saviors love individually. I know that the Spirit is the true teacher. I am just so grateful to be able to be an instrument in the Lord's hands in helping a few of His children in Canada feel His love. I love the Savior so much and I am eternally grateful for the opportunity I have to share that love with others. I love being a missionary!!