Prayers Answered

Hello!  

Wow what a week! So on Tuesday I said good-bye to my daughter Sister Sila and hello to my new companion Sister Mafunda! She is from South Africa. She started her mission in Madagascar but a couple months ago they had to evacuate because of a disease in the country and many missionaries were moved here and she was one of them! She is almost done with her mission and so I am learning so much from her and all her experience. We get along great and she makes me laugh all day! We also are getting lost literally the whole day cause Sister Mafunda is new to the area too, so basically we just keep driving until we find it, and eventually we do! 

Yeah so driving is quite the adventure. The first time I got in the car I said a prayer that I could stay calm and safe. And He helped us get home even if we got lost at every turn! Here in Lusaka you drive from the city or the suburb then through mud and then over pot holes and yeah its been fun. Oh and round abouts here, they are so exciting! But don’t worry I have been safe though! We say many prayers that Heavenly Father will protect us and He does. There was only one scary moment on the way to an appointment where we were driving through this puddle that was so so deep and so I try to go up on the higher ground and the car is like tipped and it feels like we are going to fall but I just pushed the gas real hard and we skidded a little and came out of what I would call a lake. Esh it was scary haha but other than that most of the roads are paved and good! It’s fun times!

In the new flat I have a huge desk all to myself and I love it so much! The sisters I live with are so fun too! One is Nigerian and can make the best rice ever and the other is a Tongan and she is so good at doing hair! We have a good time.

 Okay but back to missionary work. The new area is definitely different than my old area. The people are a lot more self-reliant but I am learning that even those people need the gospel. Most of the people we teach speak good English and ask such good questions! Especially this one named Bonfiace. He wants to know all about temples and about Joseph Smith. His questions are always so deep like in the Bible it says if we confess with our mouth we are saved so what do we believe regarding that and all these questions about Heavenly Mother and about apostles and wow its intense. But his desire to learn is truly amazing.  

Another one of my favorite lessons this week was with this young women we found named Alli. We knocked on her door and as we got to know her. We found out she was Jehovah witness. And usually the Jehovah Witnesses here in Zambia once they find out who we are they don’t let us talk to them. But I could tell she was different. We got to know her and found out about her family and as we were teaching her about the Godhead and about how she has a loving Heavenly Father, we talked about prayer. She told us she had not prayed in a long time because she felt like Heavenly Father would help her for a bit and then things would be good and then get really bad and so she just stopped asking him for help and was trying to do things on her own. But still finding no success. She told us how lonely she was and how life has been hard.  Her dad drinks and smokes and how that makes her sad. We were able to teach her more about prayer, more about how she truly is a daughter of Heavenly Father and he wants to help her. That our challenges are tests for us and we can learn from them and as we continue to rely on Him, He will help us. Our relationship with Heavenly Father takes time and effort but as we pray it can grow stronger. As we were testifying and teaching, she started to cry. We committed her to pray and she said she would. After the lesson I thought about how much our Heavenly Father does love his children. When we pray we can’t see him but he lets us know He is there by how we feel and through the Holy Ghost. I know our Heavenly Father hears and answers our prayers. One of my goals while on mission is to have more effective and meaningful prayers. I know that as I continue to pray and help other learn to pray that I can have a stronger relationship with my  Heavenly Father. It just takes us talking to him and going to him with anything! Even for help on driving or help with big decisions or help with a test! Heavenly Father will be there for us if we ask in prayer. Just try it! 

Hope you all have a good week!

with lots and lots of love all the way from Woodlands,

-Sister Moulton