"You are Nothing"

Bonjour! We had so many things happen this week! So buckle in!

Wednesday we had a lesson today with our Zone Leaders, it was with this lady named Mary who speaks French and which is why I was invited with my companion, to translate. The Spirit was very strong and she is so awesome! We then had our lesson with Romal whom we met last week and we read 1 Nephi with him and explained what was happening.

We had District council Thursday! And we celebrated Christmas in July today at our district lunch. We made Christmas cookies and cupcakes for our District potluck and decorated with Christmas stuff haha you gotta do what you gotta do when you're the only Sisters in the District lol.

Christmas in July!!

Some Elders came in and were wearing winter coats so they went all out! We also had a lesson with the Tagalog Elders and Alemar arrived late with some Filipino food.

Interesting Filipino food... it's called Siomai

Friday we met with April. Dallin, Connor and Mitch were all present and we all shared our favourite Book of Mormon story and how we have related these stories to our lives and we told April that as she continues to read she will be able to maybe relate these stories to her life and understand them better. 

We went to the park Saturday afternoon and we drew out the Plan of Salvation with chalk on the sidewalk and it was really cool people were stopping to look at our picture! 

Our Plan of Salvation drawing

Afterwards we went to one of the Elders' baptism and our person that we are teaching didn't show up because he thought it was on Sunday...but we ended up staying because the Elders asked me to lead the music and one of my companions said the closing prayer. It was an amazing experience seeing a mother and daughter enter into this covenant with the Lord. So happy for them and their journey to come! We then went to this block party BBQ hosted by another church and got free food, though one of ladies said "you are nothing" directly to me, or so it felt... I mean she isn't wrong, it was the way she said it. It was very degrading. 

I'd like to talk about that for a minute though. I know that without Jesus Christ we are nothing, or that we can't reach our full potential. We cannot find the most peace, the most joy, the most fulfilment in life without Jesus Christ. I know that I am so much more with Christ in my life. 

So we were at the BBQ with the Travelling Sisters, Sister Spinney and Sister Rivera, and afterwards we split off on exchanges. Sister Mitchell and I were with Sister Spinney Saturday evening, and had some great conversations with several people (Tyler, Jarusalem, Andy, Eddie, and more), setting up return visits!

Exchange with Sister Spinney

Sunday Sister Rivera and I were together so after our many church meetings, we had dinner with one of our members, then went out tracting. We met again many nice people, and set up a return visit with Cody, who lived at the last house we knocked at!

Monday I was with Sister Rivera and Sister Hathaway. 

Sisters Rivera, Zumbach, and Hathaway

We had a lesson with someone they had met Saturday night and he accepted a baptism invitation!! So exciting! We also had exchange review before going to dinner at the Hadfield's, finishing our evening by contacting a few people and tracting.

I love that I have the opportunity to share God's love with all those I come in contact with! 

Lots of love!

Sister Tatjana Zumbach