tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83710058731400167362024-02-18T22:31:57.105-08:00Sister Amy VernesTrinidad Port of Spain Mission 2015-2017Vernes Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03577132645255555782noreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371005873140016736.post-26915726433005073612017-06-17T22:32:00.001-07:002017-06-17T22:32:47.819-07:00She´s home!! June 16th Frankfurt - Germany<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So Zuster Vernes was supposed to arrive around 11.10am on June 16th...well arrived she did, but her luggage didn't...and we had to wait for about two hours before she finally walked out!</div>
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Jumping for joy...Amy is finally home!!<br />
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<br />Vernes Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03577132645255555782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371005873140016736.post-44963475215064970212017-06-15T11:24:00.000-07:002017-06-15T11:24:02.781-07:00Preparing her homecoming - June 15th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Patiently awaiting Zuster Vernes homecoming...and making a banner to welcome her back!<br />
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This little guy was barely walking and talking when his auntie Amy left for her mission...now he´s almost 3 years old and she´ll be surprised at how he has grown and he´ll be talking her ears off.<br />
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<br />Vernes Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03577132645255555782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371005873140016736.post-1775034659317796082017-06-15T01:30:00.000-07:002017-06-15T01:34:15.151-07:00Departure of Surinam - June 13th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So Zuster Vernes has arrived in Trinidad on Tuesday June 13th and will be on the plane on Thursday June 15th via Toronto - Canada and then the journey continues to Frankfurt - Germany!<br />
18 months of being a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are going to end but the good thing: as a member of the church you CAN always be a missionary even without a badge!<br />
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If you´re not a full-time missionary with a missionary badge pinned on your coat, now is the time to paint one on your heart - Elder Neil Anderson<br />
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Member missionary work does not require the development of strategies or gimmicks...it requires genuine LOVE - Elder Russell M BallardVernes Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03577132645255555782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371005873140016736.post-62388384723510396272017-06-12T12:52:00.000-07:002017-06-12T13:07:23.979-07:00I know God will only give me challenges I can handle - June 12th<br />
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I can't believe that my mission is over. I am leaving tomorrow morning to go to Trinidad stay there until Thursday morning and then I am on my way to Germany. </div>
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This week isn't how I expected it to be at all. I thought that everything will go smoothly and perfectly. I thought we would just have a full schedule every day. Hahaha, well it was quite the opposite. In fact all of our appointments that were planned got cancelled. And contacting wasn't very successful either. I can't remember when it was but one of these days I got really really sick. I could barely move and so that meant I had to stay in the WHOLE day. And I was SO frustrated with myself and just the whole situation. I prayed to God and asked Him to help me, so that I can go out and teach because that is all I really wanted to do. During my prayer I felt peaceful I was still sick the next day but healthy enough to go out and teach.</div>
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We met a man named Roy. Zuster Jordan and I locked our bikes and saw him sitting on a bench. So we sat next to him and started having a conversation about God. As he was going off about something random I had a very strong impression to ask him a question. I kind of just brushed it off as it would be rude to interrupt him. But the impression just wouldn't leave so I then interrupted him and asked: "Roy, are you happy?"</div>
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He then tells us how is grandchild of 8 months old passed away and just feels hopeless, he felt that God has abandoned him. </div>
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We then talked about God's love and it was just such a spiritual moment. We hand him a pamphlet of the gospel of Jesus Christ and told him that this is the recipe of happiness.<br />
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1 O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.<br />
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2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understands my thought afar off.<br />
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3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.<br />
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4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "helvetica";">On Sunday I had to bear my departing testimony and well long story short they had a lot of people assigned to speak and so when it was my turn to bear my testimony it was already time to close the meeting. During the meeting I was just praying to know what I need to say as I wouldn't be able to give my talk anymore and so then I felt like I needed to share the struggles that I had this week.</span></div>
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So when I went up I told the congregation how I needed to have a Priesthood blessing a couple of weeks ago because I was starting to get anxiety about going home. Family please don't take this the wrong way, I love you and I can not wait to see you, but I am sad to not be a missionary anymore and because I just don't know what to expect. In my blessing I was told that there are many challenges ahead of me and that it will be hard.<br />
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Which honestly just freaked me out even more about going home. It also said how my life won't be like how I have planned it to be like but I will still be happy if I continue to keep the commandments of God. I then realized during my testimony that I need these challenges in my life so that I can progress.<br />
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I am forever grateful that I have come on a mission it has changed me forever. I am grateful for the challenges that I have had and the challenges that our Heavenly Father has in store for me. </div>
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I know that God will only give me challenges that I can handle. I remember when I got interviewed by my Stake President (before the mission) and he asked me what I am looking forward to on my mission. </div>
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I told him that I am excited for the hard times, for the times when I need to rely on faith, when I don't have another choice but to rely on my Heavenly Father. He looked at me completely shocked. </div>
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I love you all so much.</div>
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Thank you for all your support and love!</div>
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Vernes Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03577132645255555782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371005873140016736.post-43017517148171783832017-06-06T03:05:00.004-07:002017-06-12T13:09:51.485-07:00<div style="font-family: helvetica;">
I can't believe I only have 8 days left in Suriname!!! Then I will be in Trinidad and then... BAM I'm in Germany. </div>
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We had Zone conference this week which is amazing as usual. Pres. Egbert was talking about Temples and I honestly can't wait to go to the temple again. It was really cool as we were mostly reading in the old testament and just reading how God has instructed his children to build temples from the very beginning.</div>
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We taught our investigator Micky this week which is always a highlight, he is just so humble and accepting of the gospel. We asked him if he would be coming to church on sunday. He then says: " Well according to this book (the pamphlet) it says to not procrastinate and come to church and I have missed two Sunday's which is too many so I will come to church." Sunday came along and Micky did come!!! Which just made me so happy he started making friends right away and stayed the whole three hours. After church we asked him what he thought of it and he said: " I just feel like I came home".</div>
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Sometime during this week I went on exchanges with the Rainville zusters. (my old area) </div>
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It was good going there and seeing these Zusters work hard, being obedient and they have just changed so much. </div>
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Their teaching skills have improved enormously which made me happy to see.</div>
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Then when I returned back to my area we had an appointment with Jorgan. When we arrived a less active Michele was there as well. So he then joined the lesson which is good because Jorgan is painfully shy and just doesn't really talk. </div>
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After the lesson Michele then says: " Hey sisters you said you were going to visit me today at the same time you told Jorgan you would visit him, that's why I came here." </div>
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Whupps!! felt pretty bad that we doubled booked ourselves but it all worked out. :)</div>
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Wendell also came to church yesterday he then said the closing prayer in Gospel Principles class and he said:" I am grateful that I can be here. I know that these are good people and I want to continue to be surrounded by them and continue to be a part of it".</div>
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Well I hope everyone's week was good. </div>
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On my exchange I got to teach my past investigator Marilin in very broken Portuguese!! I am grateful that Heavenly father blesses me with the gift of tongues in those times when we teach Brazilians. Also Marilin will be moving back to the Dominican Republic and will get baptised there. I am so excited for her. </div>
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Vernes Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03577132645255555782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371005873140016736.post-76674212082328655652017-05-29T11:45:00.003-07:002017-05-29T11:45:51.230-07:00I just love sharing the gospel - May 29th<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This week was honestly amazing. Being able to go to MLC. It kind of just felt like a very long EFY/YSA Conference/ General Conference all in one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yesterday after church we stopped by at investigator´s house. She started to open up to us and told us that she needs to move out of her difficult relationship. But she is stuck there as she doesn't have anywhere else to go with her son and doesn't have enough money yet. She then just kept repeating how she only needs to survive one more month there and by then she will hopefully have enough money. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We then said a prayer and asked Heavenly Father to let her know that she is His daughter that she can have peace in knowing that He loves her, knows her and cares for her. That He has a better life planned for her. She then hugged us and started to cry which really touched me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This week we also got to see Arthur in the hospital which was good. He has been really depressed as he is really sick. When we visited him we were able to help him see the positive things in life. We made a list together of what we are grateful for. I think that helped him a lot as he was able to recognize the blessings that God has given him in his life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The theme of this week was for sure Romans 8. It's one of my favourite chapters in the New Testament. </span></div>
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Vernes Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03577132645255555782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371005873140016736.post-84007790578425079272017-05-22T17:33:00.000-07:002017-05-22T17:35:29.228-07:00One look and we know - May 22nd<div style="font-family: Helvetica;">
This week literally flew by!!!</div>
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So tonight I will be biking to Kwatta and then tomorrow morning I'll be heading to Trinidad for MLC. I will return to Paramaribo on friday. I'm excited but not looking forward to stay out of my area for that long. But I am confident, in my companion Zuster Jordan, she will do great. </div>
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Zuster Jordan and I have just been on the same wave length which is great. </div>
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We just give each other one look and we already know what the other one is thinking. </div>
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We invited our investigator Micky to be baptized which he accepted. Later during the week we also taught him Word of Wisdom. And it went really well. I was slightly concerned as he has clear Word of Wisdom problems. As we explained to him why the Word of Wisdom is so important. He was quiet for a while. He then looked at us and just said:" I will try. No I will stop. I feel like I need to stop." </div>
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Sometime during the week we had a lesson with a new investigator named Olga. She is an old woman and can't walk very well. Anyways we get there and she just starts talking about random stuff. Then her phone rang.<br />
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We say yes. And she was literally on the phone for 35 minutes!!! </div>
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I was just so confused. And it was hard to interrupt her to say that we need to go. </div>
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Our investigator Wendell wanted to fast to receive an answer whether he needs to stay here in Suriname or go back to the Netherlands so we fasted with him. We had to run in pouring rain to get to his house, completely soaked we read in Omni (I think) and started our fast. We were just continually praying for him during the day as he smokes like 30 cigarettes a day. But for the whole two meals he didn't smoke and later he only smoked 2 which was really amazing.<br />
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We klop and guess who answers the door... Sister Salik!! Anyways we had a good lesson with Stephanie, we watched a General Conference talk by Pres. Monson to strengthen her testimony of a modern prophet. </div>
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Yesterday during a LONG day of contacting we started talking to a man who was drinking a beer. As we tell him that we are here to speak about God and helping others to come unto Christ. He looked at his beer and then said:" Should I throw this away? It isn't good to drink is it?" </div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We had a lesson with a new investigator which is Manisha. She is 18 and has two kids. When we got to her house her boyfriend came out and started talking to us unfortunatley he wasn't very interested. At some point Manisha came and we started teaching her about Prophets and the Priesthood. After our prayer she then says: " I am really happy that you came, I was feeling a little down the whole day but I feel a lot happier now" </span></div>
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Vernes Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03577132645255555782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371005873140016736.post-967996982486752732017-05-08T10:48:00.002-07:002017-05-08T10:51:40.130-07:00I need more spiritual food - May 8th<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This was another great week, we had many great lessons with members and investigators, I just love this place so much! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So first let me update you on our investigator Wendell. We almost see him every day to prepare him for his baptism as he some things to work on still...But he has been changing So much!!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He even called us this week and just asked what is a good chapter to read in the Book of Mormon. During a lesson, Wendell stopped us and said: I don't know what it is but I just feel really good. I feel warm in here (points towards his heart) I have never felt this way before"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It was really awesome.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We have a new investigator, Brother Cederburg, he´s around his 80s. We were teaching him about the Restoration. When it was time for us to go. He then said:" Why do you always do this to me? I need more spiritual food."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This week we met with another new investigator named Micky/Feliksdal. We contacted him whilst an appointment fell through and it turns out he's actually really awesome. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We taught him the Restoration and once we explained how the same church as Jesus Christ was restored/brought back. He looked at us and then said:" Now I understand. It's a good thing you girls are teaching me this cause I had no idea." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sometime during this week Zuster Jordans bike broke down so we had to walk back home and exchange bike tires which almost took the whole day but I can now say I know how to fix bikes :)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We also saw Arthur this week. We watched the Restoration movie with him. And during the 1st vision he started to cry. The spirit was just so strong. I have never seen any of my investigators react that way. Later in the week we had the Najorda family come with us to Arthur's and the father and son gave him a Priesthood blessing as Arthur is very sick and the doctors can not figure out what is wrong. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This was only the fathers 2nd time giving a Priesthood blessing as he had been inactive for many years and never received the Priesthood. He is very active now and is a great example to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I love you all so much</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Zuster Vernes </span></div>
Vernes Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03577132645255555782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371005873140016736.post-54184242687351398772017-05-05T07:00:00.002-07:002017-05-05T07:00:52.495-07:00I want to live in the light - May 1stWell...it has been raining a lot and I do not like it one bit! I only like it when it stopped raining and we are just biking through flooded streets.<br />
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We had lots of appointments falling through this week but that is okay because we just contacted all day long in the rain. We found some awesome people though which made it worth contacting and get completely soaked.<br />
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We actually got talking to this one girl, who at first was a little rude towards us, but then we started talking about God and we then ask her: If God was here, what do you think He would tell you?"<br />
Which took her by surprise...we then all shared about what He would tell us and how He would want us to improve. It was a really good conversation, it softened her heart a lot.<br />
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Unfortunately one of our investigators, Jason, moved to a certain place in Suriname where there is no church and no missionaries. Which was really sad as he was progressing a lot. I just really hope that he´ll be able to read from the Book of Mormon and strenghten his testimony.<br />
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This week we had a lesson with some new investigators, the Schippers, they are an elderly couple and we taught them about the Restoration and really focussed on the Priesthood. Then brother Schipper said: "I think that my baptism didn't count, they didn't have the Priesthood."<br />
He then looks at us and says: "But I need to be baptised with the Priesthood? Do we have the Priesthood here in Suriname?" <br />
My companion and I both smiled and told him how we have the Priesthood here in Suriname. It was really cool seeing him understand the importance of the Priesthood.<br />
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We had a super awesome lesson with Stephanie, we have been doing the challenge of President Egbert which was to teach the 4 keys lessons: 1. God, 2. Restoration, 3. Book of Mormon and 4. the Atonement, then give them 3 Nephi 27 as a commitment and invite them to be baptised.<br />
So we were following up with Stephanie, she read and even marked, then I started saying:<br />
"Stephanie, will you follow in the...<br />
Stephanie: "YES"<br />
Me: "uhh you will bap...<br />
Stephanie: "YES, I will get baptised."<br />
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Before I go, I have to share this one more experience that happened.<br />
Zuster Jordan and I were looking through some former investigators and one of them was Arthur.<br />
Not sure if anyone remembers him but he read the Book of Mormon within 3 weeks and was preparing himself to being baptised...but then he randomly dropped us.<br />
I then thought, maybe we should call him. The moment I told my companion...the phone rang...<br />
I looked at the screen and it was...ARTHUR!!<br />
We had a lesson with him yesterday and he told us why he called us: "I felt like I was in complete darkness and I want to live in the light, which I know only comes from the gospel."<br />
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This is all for this week, sorry I didn't take pictures.<br />
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I love you all,<br />
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Zuster Vernes<br />
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<br />Vernes Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03577132645255555782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371005873140016736.post-38278433863783445342017-04-26T10:32:00.001-07:002017-05-05T07:03:29.370-07:00The Priesthood is truly a power of God - April 24thCant believe that we are now in week six of my 12th transfer...<br />
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This week went a little different than how I expected. I had a fever sometime during the week and I just kept throwing up all over the place. It was absolutely horrible! Therefore we couldn't go out very much, BUT my companion was taking good care of me and so were the other sisters. Then the senior couple came by and brought me medicine and Elder Crawford gave me a Priesthood blessing and from that I just knew that the next day... that I will be healthy again! And I was!! Just to say that I am grateful for the Priesthood would be an understatement. I feel so happy to have always been able to receive blessings since I was a young girl from Dad. I know that the Priesthood truly is a power of God! Without it...we would be lost.<br />
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So, with me being sick and then we had the "Wandel Markt" (is a marathon/walk where surinamese people are wearing their cultural clothes) Missionary work was a little "dead".<br />
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However we did get to see Michiel, who is a less active due to his work, has been giving us his friends as referrals. He came out teaching with us to one of them which is Jorgan.<br />
Jorgan is SUPER quiet, at the beginning of the lesson there were so many noises and distractions. Children screaming, dogs barking and cars honking at each other. Michiel later told us when this was going on whilst we were teaching the Restoration, he said a prayer in his heart that the Spirit will be able to be present and the noises will go away. After a couple of minutes...it was completely silent and we had a powerful lesson about the Restoration.<br />
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Michiel bore a very sincere testimony of the truthfulness of our message, that the church has been really restored through the Prophet Joseph Smith.<br />
Having him bear his testimony really helped Jorgan, especially because they were friends you could really feel the love that Michiel had for Jorgan.<br />
I can testify of the importance of having members helps us with our investigators.<br />
I encourage all of you to go out with the missionaries. WE NEED YOU!<br />
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As we were teaching Jorgan, our investigator Junior, was actually sitting really close by doing his schoolwork and was listening very intensively to our message. Which we didn't know at the time but Michiel told us that when we left, he got up and wanted to know more from Michiel.<br />
Now Junior is very interesting as last time during our lesson he was asking a lot of questions to basically start an argument, but during that lesson with Jorgan, he softened his heart and the next time we saw him...we had a very spiritual lesson with him.<br />
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I really love being on my mission! I love being a missionary, I´m so grateful for this opportunity to grow and learn and help others.<br />
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I love you all, speak to you soon.<br />
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<br />Vernes Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03577132645255555782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371005873140016736.post-22422101905033073432017-04-19T00:44:00.001-07:002017-04-19T01:53:55.857-07:00I don't want to lose it! - April 18thThis week was great, we worked hard and it payed off.<br />
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Monday: a really good day, we went to the Najorda´s (active family) and we got talking to Brother Salik. Eventually I asked him when he got baptised, he then started laughing and than told us that he isn't baptised yet! It was mind blowing, he has been coming to church for years!! And no-one knew that he never actually got baptised. So now we are teaching him. He has got some problems which is why he doesn't want to get baptised yet.<br />
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And we held a monkey on Monday!!! Pictures will be attached next week.<br />
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Tuesday: it was pouring rain! It reminded me of that one talk in General Conference about trials:<br />
"Look up, open your mouth and DRINK IT."<br />
So thats exactly what Zuster Jordan and I than did.<br />
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We also had the chance to see Sister Salik, she gave us the classic bread with eggs and jam, some juice that isn't actually juice. We then got on the subject on sharing our testimonies, she then says:<br />
"People might not like it when I share my testimony because I talk too much, but I have to share my testimony every fast Sunday. You want to know why I share my testimony every fast Sunday?<br />
Because I don't want to lose it!"<br />
I felt the Spirit very strongly when she said that and so I have made a commitment to myself to ALWAYS bear my testimony, because I don't want to lose it either!<br />
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We also got to do some service this week. We painted some more tables at our investigators<br />
grandma´s house, it was really great. Now the lady who takes care of the Oma (=grandma) is taking the missionary lessons!<br />
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Sunday: a very touching day for me, we walked to Wendell´s picked him up and we then walked together to church which took about 45 minutes. It was great as we were able to talk about spiritual things which prepared us for church. Then when we were waiting in the church, we explained to Wendell the importance of the Sacrament and the meaning of it.<br />
The day before that we talked about Christ´s Atonement with him which was perfect as the talks that were given was about Jesus Christ and His Atonement. He felt the Spirit very strongly that day.<br />
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My former Portuguese investigator, Marilin, came to church as well. Unfortunately she isn't in my area anymore but she came and felt the Spirit even though she wasn't able to understand what they were saying.<br />
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<br />Vernes Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03577132645255555782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371005873140016736.post-6948242771200020612017-04-12T10:25:00.000-07:002017-04-15T04:46:46.849-07:00It was a long week - April 10thWell...I am with new companion, Zuster Jordan, she is super awesome! She is from the country, like hunting, farming...she is very short and comes from a very large family, so quite opposite of me BUT I love her and we get along really well.<br />
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I don't know why but this week has felt really long. We had Zone Conference, interviews with President Egbert, packing and unpacking, moving into a new apartment and had a lot of meeting to go to. Unfortunately we didn't get to do much of proselyting as usual...therefore I don't not have much to report on.<br />
Because Zuster Jordan is very short, she couldn't fit on any of the bikes that we had. We then switched bikes as my "Old Dutch Lady" bike was able to lower the seat. But even then she was too short for it. And I had to be on this tiny bike which had a seat that we couldn't adjust higher. Luckily after two days the Crawfords gave us another bike, which fits the best out of all the other ones, but Zuster Jordan still needs to jump off it as it is still a little too big.<br />
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We were able to do some service at our investigators, Wendell, Grandma´s house...we painted her chairs which actually took the rest of the day but she was really happy once we were done and we were able to share the gospel and contact her caregiver which was great.<br />
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Sometime during the week we were able to go contacting, as we spoke to this woman, Wendell, totally ruined our contacting. He saw us...so he just wanted to chat :) And then we moved on to the next house one of the other kids (a teenager) that we first contacted kept following us which made contacting slightly awkward.<br />
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When we visited Wendell this week he said: " Whenever you (girls) come you give me spiritual strength."<br />
Also he wants to get baptised which we are so excited for!<br />
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Hope everyones week was amazing!<br />
Love you.<br />
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Zuster Vernes<br />
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<br />Vernes Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03577132645255555782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371005873140016736.post-61305876769986657642017-04-09T11:43:00.000-07:002017-04-09T11:44:34.363-07:00The Spirit was so strong! April 3rdIt was a good week, unfortunately most of it we had to stay inside because we all got the flu. I still have it but its getting better. And Zuster Hendricks got bitten by a spider and she's allergic to the sun, so her skin was on fire. We spent some of our days in the doctors office.<br />
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Sometime during this week, President Egbert, called and told me that I am getting a new companion from the MTC (=Missionary Training Centre), we will be serving together in Paramaribo North, her name is Zuster Jorgen from Ogden Utah.<br />
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On Monday we got to see one of my favrotie investigator; Stephanie and her family, we were talking about scripture study and baptism. Karol, brazilian member, helped us out a lot and shared a very sincere testimony of how she gained her testimony of the Book of Mormon.<br />
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At the end of the lesson Stephanie´s finance than said:<br />
"I guess it´ll be better that we´ll get baptised ."<br />
My companion and I just looked at each other and said: "Yeah, that would be good."<br />
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Wendell received a Priesthood blessing, he decided not to use black magic, which was a huge relief. Dave then came and gave him a blessing of comfort, during the blessing the Spirit was just so strong!! As soon as Dave finished, Wendell looked right at us and said: "You felt that too right?"<br />
His complete attitude just changed which was just so amazing to witness. He is super awesome and reads out of the Book Of Mormon every day!<br />
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Then of course we had General Conference which was just amazing as usual. There were quite a few talks that spoke directly to me, I really love this gospel, I feel so privileged to be here in Suriname and to serve our Heavenly Father.<br />
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I love you all so much, keep reading the Book of Mormon!<br />
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Speak to you soon.<br />
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Zuster VernesVernes Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03577132645255555782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371005873140016736.post-87529520536909823302017-03-29T11:07:00.004-07:002017-03-29T11:35:19.506-07:00Best week of my mission so far - Mar 27thThis was a hard week! For two reasons: 1. we worked SO hard and 2. we met a lot of people that started arguing with us...BUT it was also THE best week of my mission so far!<br />
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We met up with our Brazilian investigator, Marilin, even though we haven't seen her in a while, she had been reading her Book of Mormon every day and has been marking it too.<br />
Which was AWESOME!!!<br />
I really don't know how, but the Spirit puts words in my mouth and somehow they make sense in Portuguese. I feel so privileged being able to experience these kind of things.<br />
It has humbled me a lot...I just really love my mission!<br />
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During the week Zuster Baker was working with us until our new companion would arrive, it was a blast having her, she's hilarious!<br />
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Anyways we went over to our Dutch investigator, he then told us that he is planning on going to the Binnenland and use black magic to get rid of bad luck that his ex wife put on him.<br />
We told him about the Priesthood and shared our personal experiences with the Priesthood, how it is a blessing of comfort, guidance and healing. We explained to him that it is the power from God.<br />
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He then said that he wants to receive a Priesthood blessing. Since we have been visiting him, he has been changing slowly, he has been starting to recognise the Spirit. He told us when we were leaving:<br />
"Whenever you come I just feel this peace in my heart. I feel good and calm."<br />
He came to church yesterday.<br />
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We then went over to Brother Bandu, as we klopped (knocked) he asked if we could come another day. We said: "No, why?"<br />
Brother Bandu: "I need to clean my garden."<br />
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We then lock our bikes and start helping him, it was really fun but also very exhausting, after we finished he changed his mind and told us that we can have a lesson with him and his girlfriend...which was sweet.<br />
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For Zuster Bokai´s 7 month mark we wanted to treat her with some ice cream. When we returned to our bikes it turned out that Zuster Bokai had lost her key. She locked her front wheel to nothing.<br />
As we were carrying her bike home, an old guy named Richard, stopped us, grabbed some tools and snapped the lock open...we then thanked him and taught him the Restoration.<br />
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Once Zuster Hendricks joined us, Zuster Bokai and I met some crazy people, but it was a lot of fun.<br />
We saw so many miracles and worked so hard.<br />
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I can't remember when this was, but at sometime during this week, our first appointment fell through, we tried to see other people but with no success. We then thought to check someone that we contacted a couple of days ago. Luckily she was outside cleaning...we started to talk about God, we then asked her how God was protecting her in her life. She then started telling us how her her husband has been abusing her, mentally and physically, for 36 years, she then started crying and told us that she knows that God was with her and she felt His comfort.<br />
She also told us how God has blessed her with great children that have good jobs, despite the past that they have had. It was very touching, we made an appointment with her for this week.<br />
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We also got to see Sham, an investigator, Sham has a friend who is very much Anti-Christ.<br />
It was an interesting lesson, it was great to see Sham bearing his testimony and told his friend straight up that this church is true and that we are good people.<br />
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I´m excited to see what next week brings!<br />
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I really love my mission and I´m sad that it is going by so fast. But I will be forever grateful for the experiences that I have had here and for the people that have inspired me.<br />
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I love you all so much, speak to you soon!<br />
Zuster Vernes<br />
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PS: a special thanks that I got to inherit Zuster Parker´s clothes when she left. I have a whole new wardrobe!<br />
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<br />Vernes Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03577132645255555782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371005873140016736.post-12400872636087822052017-03-20T13:00:00.001-07:002017-03-20T13:12:09.058-07:00This week highlight: Ashweens baptism! March 20thWell the transfer has ended and the next one is starting...I´m excited for this transfer as Zuster Bokai and I will be in a trio. We don't know which Sister yet though.<br />
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The highlight of the week was Ahsween´s baptism! It was so awesome, his testimony was really touching, his mom attended the baptism and the church the next day too! Which was so awesome, she is so supporting of her son which is really great even though our faiths are very different.<br />
But she is a great mom. Some members of our branch came as well which I was so happy about.<br />
I made a promise to myself to always attend any baptism that are from our ward because it is so important to support the new brother or sister.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Ashween baptism: </span><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;">On Thursday after Ashween passed his baptismal interview he said: "I am so happy, I want to cry."</span></span></div>
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This week we also celebrated Phagwa...<br />
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....which is a Hindu New Years...<br />
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...Ashween asked us to celebrate with him and his family.<br />
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Another success has been Michele, he´s a less active that we have been working with, he has been coming to church every week. He asked us this week if we could fast with him, it was his first time fasting so of course we said yes! It was such a great experience being able to fast with him, he has changed SO much!! He is reading from the Book of Mormon every day, and he wants to go on a mission!!<br />
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This week we had a lot of meetings to go to so we didn't have as much time proselyting.<br />
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I´m excited for this transfer. I hope everyones week was good.<br />
I love you. <br />
Zuster Vernes<br />
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On Tuesday we were teaching Jason, a new investigator, he is really great. During the lesson our phone just kept buzzing and it was literally everyone who we were going to visit after Jason.<br />
Unfortunately...they call to cancel, BUT at least they called. I prefer that way more than trying to chase after them. Zuster Bokai and I decided to go home and have lunch, we then felt that we need to call a newly wed (Elena & Jordan) to see if they needed help with anything. It turns out that they do. So we went right over and started carrying their fridge into their kitchen, cleaning and lots of painting.<br />
I honestly just really love to serve others, it brings me so much joy. Their house still isn't done so<br />
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During this week we had a lesson with Mina, a new investigator, we invited a Guyanese member, Sister Salik, to come out teaching with us. As we arrived at Mina´s house we started to call Sister Salik´s phone, we then here laughter inside the house, and heard a very familiar voice. Zuster Bokai and I look at each other...and say at the same time: "SISTER SALIK!"<br />
We klop (knock) and Sister Salik answers and says: "Come on in, honey."<br />
Sister Salik is the best!<br />
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I would love to share some contacting experiences in our designated contacting area that we have had this week:<br />
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Wednesday: as we were contacting we saw a woman on the street and she was just standing there with her child. So we went over and she recognised us as a member lives above her and we go there to teach them. She asks us if we want to sit wth her, once we sat down, she told us that she has been praying and she has actually been trying to find us. She told us that she felt she need to stand outside...and there we were! She told us some very personal trials, we bore our testimony of Gods love for her and the life the she can have through the gospel.<br />
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On another occasion, when we went contacting, we were actually getting ready to leave our designated area, but I saw a woman cleaning her garden and talking to this woman. I felt like we needed to speak to her, but it is always just super awkward when you have to interrupt someones conversation. Luckily her friend left, so we hurried over there, we talked about God with her.<br />
We then ask her if she has ever heard about the LDS church. She then says: "Thats a strange question."<br />
Us. "Why?"<br />
She: "Because I am baptised in the LDS church."<br />
Us: "WHAAAAAAATTT?"<br />
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This week we had a lesson with a woman from a different faith. Long story short, she would try to proof to us that the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints isn't the true church.<br />
Honestly, the Spirit was just so strong! She might never join the church but I have gained a stronger testimony from this experience! I don't have any doubts that this isn't the true church! There isn't anything or anyone that could make me think otherwise!<br />
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I love the Book of Mormon, I feel the Spirit whenever I read it. I know that it is written by prophets.<br />
I KNOW that it is true!<br />
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I love you all so much, speak to you next week...Stay strong!<br />
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Zuster VernesVernes Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03577132645255555782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371005873140016736.post-12452484368707993972017-03-08T12:21:00.001-08:002017-03-20T13:16:03.249-07:00He´s been praying for the missionaries to find him - Mar 6thThis week was another good one! We have had a lot of good lessons with our investigators, less actives and active members.<br />
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First I would love to share an experience that happened this week...we were heading back home from our appointment with Zuster Loes (recent convert), as we were biking home, we past this man who was leaning against a car...smoking. We greeted him and past by, as we continued biking I had a thought which was: Contact him."<br />
I then thought: "Nah, its okay, we just past him and its awkward to turn back."<br />
Then I heard: "Contact him, or else God won't be able to trust you with His children."<br />
So, we turned back. The man had a huge smile on his face. Told us that he had been trying to get our attention these past weeks. He got baptised in 2010, but hasn't come to church in a long time.<br />
He has been praying for the missionaries to find him!<br />
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"Does the Lord trust us to be an answer to someone else´s prayer? Can He count on us to follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost?"<br />
The more we follow the Spirits promptings, the more opportunities the Lord will present to us to be the answer to someone else´s prayer. - Elder Don R. Clarke<br />
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Ashween, our investigator, is on fire!! He hasn't been drinking any coffee anymore! And he's looking forward to his baptism, we are preparing him for it, I think we only have to teach him 2 more lessons and then he's good to go. He likes us to write down what we talked about during our lesson and then he studies it. He is by far my favourite person to teach, he's so humble and teachable.<br />
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On Saturday our day was pretty much empty, but we were fasting and felt confident that God will place people in our paths. Every hour we were able to teach someone whether it was a contact, investigator or member. It was really great! The only hard part was that people kept offering us food and drinks, so that was awkward...once we had to decline it as they get offended, but luckily on Saturday they didn't and we just had amazing lessons with everyone.<br />
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Keep reading the Book of Mormon, it has blessed my life, I learn something new every time I read it.<br />
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Speak to you soon, I love love you all.<br />
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Zuster VernesVernes Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03577132645255555782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371005873140016736.post-14832350350411289002017-02-27T09:57:00.001-08:002017-03-20T13:16:35.146-07:00Best week of my mission so far - Feb 27This week was probably the best week of my mission so far!<br />
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Our goal was basically talk to everyone we see and to have lessons with them. And so we did!<br />
We had some very spiritual lessons with people that we just contacted on the street and some of them really want us to come back, so I´m excited to see how the Spirit will change them.<br />
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Carol, a Portuguese member, doesn't speak any English or Dutch. She is in our area, so we visit her and she comes to church.<br />
So I sometimes have to translate for her in the very very little Portuguese that I know, but it has been great as the Spirit directs me on what I need to say.<br />
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I think it might have been last week and I am not sure if I mentioned this but we had an appointment with Michele.<br />
As we arrived at his house we were told that he wasn't home, it then started to rain. A lot.<br />
So we thought we´ll just wait a couple of minutes in case Michele comes back. Then his older brother Miguel comes out and we had an awesome lesson about God with him.<br />
Many people have invited him to come to church as he has a lot of friends who are members, one of them is the District President. Anyways, we are now teaching him and he is super awesome and keeps all of his commitments.<br />
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In other news, his younger brother Michele invited his friend Janek to join in our lesson with us.<br />
We invited them both to come to church...and they CAME!!!!<br />
It was so great to see Michele finally coming back to church and bring his friend along.<br />
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We had a lesson with Ashween, we taught him the Word of Wisdom, and to my surprise he really loves coffee. When we told him that it is a commandment that we do not drink coffee...he thought for a moment and then said: "Okay, I´ve decided that I will no longer drink coffee."<br />
It was just so awesome, even though he has a disability, he is in tune with the Spirit and he really loves the gospel. He bears his testimony in every lesson. He is a great example to me.<br />
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As we went contacting in our designated area, we had a quick dinner and stood close by a winkel (shop). There were a couple of people standing there, so we decided to talk to them and it turns out that one of the men was baptised 11 years ago and he stopped coming to church 2 years ago.<br />
We are excited to get him back to church.<br />
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We had the opportunity to visit a member in the hospital this week who had a stroke. It was sad to see him as he didn't seem like the same person. We´ll be visiting him this week again and so hopefully we´ll be able to share a message with his family members.<br />
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I love you all so much!!<br />
Keep reading the Book of Mormon.<br />
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Zuster Vernes<br />
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Vernes Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03577132645255555782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371005873140016736.post-60956360092909352542017-02-20T10:31:00.002-08:002017-03-20T13:17:08.429-07:00I love teaching - Feb 20th This week, Zuster Bokai and I did some contacting as we usually do, we had some sweet contacts and even though a lot of people rejected us, it was still a great experience as we have been bearing testimony of the Book of Mormon and felt the Spirit through each others testimonies.<br />
Whilst contacting we klopped / knocked at this one house...which turned out to be a bar.<br />
We were very confused as there were only two people in there.<br />
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We´ve been having some really great lessons with Michel, he has been actually marking in his<br />
Book of Mormon and bought a study journal and wrote down things that he has learned from reading, so whenever we come, he is all excited and shares what he had learned.<br />
He has been progressing a lot now, he just need to come to church. But I think when we bring a member that he´ll have the courage to come. All he really need is a friend.<br />
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Stephanie (investigator), she's so awesome! When we arrived she told us that she´s been researching the Book of Mormon and is very interested in it. When we gave her one, she then said: "This is so beautiful." She was very excited to read it.<br />
I´m excited to see how she´ll progress. She offered a very sincere prayer and expressed her desire to our Heavenly Father to know if the Book of Mormon is true.<br />
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Friday - I went on an exchange with Zuster Baker in Kwatta (my old area).<br />
A lot has changed since I have served there. It was great seeing Zuster Baker in action, they have some solid investigators, one of them is Anastasia, she bore her testimony and told us how grateful she is that she has found this church.<br />
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Three of our investigators came to church which was really awesome! Ashween walked in with a white shirt and tie, which was really great to see. He is now on date and honestly the Spirit has changed him so much! I love teaching him I can't wait to see him enter the waters of baptism.<br />
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I hope everyone had a fantastic week :)<br />
I love you all so much,<br />
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Zuster VernesVernes Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03577132645255555782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371005873140016736.post-22369133010512877002017-02-15T00:15:00.003-08:002017-03-20T13:17:42.386-07:00I´m excited for many serving opportunities - Feb 14We had a good week, were able to do some service which was really great. We made cookies with a member and then painted an engaged couple´s house. We´ll be helping them some more during this week which I´m really excited for as we don't get that many service opportunities.<br />
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We had some really good lessons with Ashween, he committed to being baptised at the end of this transfer. Which is super great! It was really funny, he told us that he looked up on YouTube how people get baptised and wanted to show all of them to us.<br />
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Sometime during this week, my bike broke down (its called the Old Dutch lady), luckily it was at the end of our day...unfortunately...we were on the Ringweg and its a pretty busy road and it takes a while to bike from there to get home. Anyways, so we had to walk home which took us like 40 minutes to reach half of the way. Then Zuster Bokai did something to the Old dutch lady and we were able to bike the rest, which was great! However the next day, it was still broken but fortunately for us, our investigator Sham was able to fix my bike!<br />
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Sham is really great and he still is getting very emotional during our lessons. He told us some amazing news a couple of days ago...HE STOPPED SMOKING! And we didn't even teach him the Word of Wisdom! We are still teaching from the Restoration, but he said that he felt like he should stop. He said, that sometimes he still has the urge to smoke, but he then thinks of God and us and the urge goes away which is super awesome. The Spirit is changing him.<br />
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It also turns out that my companion Zuster Bokai...has a phobia of kittens, tis week we came in contact with a lot of kittens and she freaked out. It was really funny but the own was very confused as he was holding the kitten.<br />
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We left our investigator Oma Abduhlhamid to read in 2 Nephi:31<br />
When we came back to our appointment...the minute we sat down..she said: "I know what you're trying to say here. You want me to be baptised, and I know that I need to be baptised. I´ve been investigating for almost a year and it has been clear since the very beginning. And so I have prayed and I want to be baptised in April."<br />
It was really awesome!<br />
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We have a new investigator, Stephanie, and she's very educated in the Bible, so we shared the Restoration with her. As we were explaining the great Apostasy, she then asked: "But how did we get the Priesthood?"<br />
It was just really great seeing her engaged in the lesson and just has a deep sincere desire to know more.<br />
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Marilin, Dominican investigator, is SUPER awesome! The minute we entered her house, she was holding the Book of Mormon very close to her heart, had a huge smile across her face...showed us all of the verses that she marked and explained how much she loves the Book of Mormon.<br />
It was a huge testimony builder for me as I find it very hard to teach her in Papiamento and I just have to completely rely on the Spirit helping me to understand what she is saying. At one point during the lesson I just felt very inadequate on teaching the Book of Mormon in Papiamento.<br />
But then I felt a warm feeling in my heart and a thought popped in my head that I won't have to say much but to use the verses in the Book of Mormon that explain what it is about. So thats what we did, and it was awesome! At that moment I realised how important it is to being worthy of having the Spirit with you at all times. I realised that the only reason why Marilin wants us back isn't because of our personality but because of the Spirit that she can feel during our lessons despite our lack of language and because she is reading the Book of Mormon.<br />
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I know the Book of Mormon is true, there is not a single doubt! I love the Book of Mormon, and I know that we need to read it every day!<br />
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I love you all so much.<br />
Zuster Vernes<br />
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<br />Vernes Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03577132645255555782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371005873140016736.post-11340871997097183392017-02-06T11:24:00.002-08:002017-03-20T13:18:10.496-07:00In tune with the Spirit - Feb 6thThis week we went to see Sham, and had a fantastic lesson with him. He´s very in tune with the Spirit and its great because he recognises it as well. Right before we come to our lesson, he sprayed some cockroach stuff in the house which made all the cockroaches run out. However, they were flying right at us during the lesson and crawling on us. It was super scary. One was sitting on his shoulder as he was talking. I didn't really want to say anything as he was bearing his testimony, eventually it flew away.<br />
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We also got to see Arthur, he brought us some food and he is a really good cook. Unfortunately for me, my whole plate was covered in ants. I am not exaggerating...it was literally covered.<br />
He then says: "Just eat it, its extra protein."<br />
I did eat a little bit just to be nice...but ugh...that was a challenge!<br />
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We had another lesson with Ashween and teaching him is always great! At the end of the lesson he then says: "Sisters, I want to give a talk on Sunday."<br />
As he always see different people giving talks. We told him that he´ll be able to bear his testimony on Sunday and everyone gets the opportunity to bear their testimony. I wish you could´ve seen his eyes...they were just filled with joy.<br />
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During weekly planning we went through some of our former investigators and we felt prompted to call Dwayne. He´s been taught by sisters for a long time. So we call him and ask when we can see him. He then says: "Can you come now?"<br />
We went and had a really great lesson. During the 1st vision the Spirit was very strong and we have another appointment with him. I hope he´ll be able to progress.<br />
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Normally I bring my planner as I write things down that I want to say in my email but I accidentally brought my new planner and left the other one at home...<br />
Well thats all I can really remember, next week I´ll be able to write more.<br />
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I love you all so much, read from the Book of Mormon, I love it!<br />
Oh and next P-Day will be on Tuesday.<br />
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<br />Vernes Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03577132645255555782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371005873140016736.post-48790020792505367582017-01-30T12:50:00.003-08:002017-03-20T13:18:41.404-07:00I know that what you are saying is true - Jan 30We had another lesson with Marilin (Brazilian/Dominican) and it turns out that she used to visit the LDS church quite regularly in the Dominican Rep and she absolutely loves it. When we went over she was super excited to tell us that she read from the Book Of Mormon, she´s now in 1 Nephi 4!! Which was super awesome. As she was explaining to us that she has been reading, she held it close to her heart and she told us that she loves reading from it! It was super awesome. As we finished teaching her the Restoration, she had tears in her eyes and she said: "I know that what you are saying is true."<br />
She is just so awesome, we´ll be bringing a member with us to our next lesson, her name is Marilla, she speaks Portuguese and English. I am very excited for her to come out teaching with us.<br />
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Had some awesome contacts this week, one of them is Sham, he´s probably round 50 and he´s a Hindu. Anyways, he invited us to sit down with him, we then get to talking about God and he started to cry. He then stands up and says: Let me give you some juice."<br />
Zuster Bokai asks me: "Why is he crying?"<br />
Me: "I don't know."<br />
We were just so taken back by it as he is a very tough guy, so we didn't expect it all. He returns and we continue talking about God and he just wept. It was a very tender moment.<br />
He then says: "God sent you here. He sent you because I need to know about the gospel."<br />
Our next appointment is this week with him, we are excited to see him.<br />
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We went by another investigator, Shurly, who we haven't been able to visit. She told us that she´s been reading the Book of Mormon (BOM) and she really loves reading it. She is now in 1 Nephi 13<br />
It was perfect as we were teaching her about the BOM, she just had a smile on her face the entire time whilst we were teaching. We invited her to be baptised but she said that it would be hard as she is Hindu. But she did say: "If God answers prayers to know if this is true, than I will want to be baptised."<br />
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This week was the Worldwide Broadcast which changed our schedule a lot but I like it.<br />
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Ashween wants to be baptised, which is super awesome! He´s been coming to church every week and he absolutely loves it! He told his Mom that he doesn't want to leave the church, which is sweet.<br />
A member came out to teach with us and it turns out that the member is friends with his Mom and they have known each other for more than 40 years. So it was awesome having her bear her testimony about the Plan of Salvation.<br />
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We went by Mary and brought the Young Woman President with us and our lesson was amazing! Zuster Parabiersingh bore a very powerful testimony of the BOM and invited Mary to come to church. Unfortunately she didn't come but I know if we keep on bringing the members that she will come to church.<br />
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We also had the opportunity to help out at a wedding, which was great. We made some cookies and decorated with balloons.<br />
The members go crazy over the cookies.<br />
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Hope everyone had a good week.<br />
Love you & speak soon.<br />
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