This week was so good. Tuesday we had our first lesson with Lisa which went very well. She is so prepared. She knew all about Joseph Smith, The Book of Mormon, the Word of Wisdom, and even things like Modesty. She said she has been listening to podcasts online about different topics of the church, and she loves it all. She loves how our church is run and how everyone has a part. She said she loves how she feels when shes at church and when she learns about the church, she thinks the church is true and accepted a soft baptismal date. Seriously, our jaws were dropping just the whole lesson, we were amazed at how ready she is. It is amazing to see how the Lord prepares people. The best part about it was that we asked her how she got her Book of Mormon. She told us how about 6 months ago that she ordered a Book of Mormon on lds.org and asked if missionaries could come to her home and visit. She told us that she was so sad, because missionaries never came, and the Book of mormon ended up coming in a mail. Sister Smith and I were both just shocked when we heard that. If anyone EVER wants a book of mormon, the missionaries bring it! It is really hard to to avoid the missionaries, because we are the ones who deliver the Book of Mormon-even if you don't want the missionaries to come. So I just think that is a huge miracle. When I first came to Graz I had been searching for the person I promised in the Pre-earth life that I would find them. I just KNEW that there was someone here that I would help. When I thought of who that person would b, I pictured a brown haired, ysa-aged girl always came to my mind. So for the time I have been here I have been doing everything I can to find that person. I don't know, when Lisa told us that, I just KNEW it was her that I promised. It is no coincidence that Sister Smith and I are here at this time, to be able to teach her. We may have not found her, she found us! but She is suppose to be in Sister Smith and I's life. I just know it. She has already been such a blessing and helped me more than she or anyone will ever know. Or even maybe, I didn't promise to help her, but she promised to help me? I don't know, but one thing I do know is that My God is a God of Mircales, and Heavenly Father never ceases to amaze me with the miracles I have been able to witness on my mission.
Another little Miracle, I didn't tell you guys, but I had to go to the doctor a few weeks ago because I had an infection in my body (Don't worry about it, it was just something little). During my check up the doctor saw something and had to take a biopsy. I am not going to lie, but I was really nervous. I was able to get a blessing from Elder Tew and Elder Byers, but I still was really worried afterwards. Something that was said in the blessings made me think that something was wrong. Later that week we had a eating appointment with a YSA from America. Just so happens is that she is Gluten Intolerant. We got to talking about Gluten and the effects of eating it. She ended up looking up the things that could happen if one still eats gluten when they have celiac disease. I had the biggest wake up call in my life. I have never felt so much in my life how important it is for me not to eat Gluten. I was afraid, and I was nervous that I had lost my opportunity to treat my body right with healthy, gluten-free foods. I was worried I was a little too late. Well, low and behold, I am okay! The biopsy came back good. I have no shadow of a doubt that I went through this little scare, to know how important it is for me to follow the gluten-free diet. I know ya'll have heard this a million times, and everyone knows how terrible I am at eating gluten-free, but I literally had the biggest wake up call in my life. And in the blessing that Elder Tew and Elder Byers gave me said "You will be grateful for a Healthy Body." O man, I am grateful that I am healthy. I really and truely feel that Heavenly Father has given me another chance to eat gluten free so I can live to an old-healthy age. Now everytime I have the temptation to eat something with gluten, I think of stomach cancer, or not being able to have kids, and my temptation goes away. It is just NOT worth it. It is another wonderful miracle I have been able to witness.
We had a tausch this week with Wiener Neustadt. I got to work with Sister Garrett who I was with in the MTC! She is a transfer older than me and just the coolest. She played basketball in college and always schooled me in the MTC when we would play. haha But it just so happens that our Tausch fell on the day of the basketball game of Brett and Nolan. When we told her she literally fell to the ground and cried because she was so happy/excited to go. The game was soo much fun. There were less people at a professional basketball game in Europe than a JV basketball game in High school, but we had such a blast. The wonderful thing about it was that we were able to have 3 nonmembers there with the JAEs (YSA) and they all enjoyed themselves as well. It was a super close game and Graz ended up winning by 4 points? Everyone really enjoyed ourselves and had a great time. Afterwards we stayed and talked with Nolan and got his number. We will be meeting with him this week, and hopefully give him a Book of Mormon before he goes home on the 28 for the Off season. It was such a wonderful experience, and I realized how much I love basketball! Man, it is the best. I attached pictures of it.
Easter was so great. We showed up to church and all the members kept giving us chocolate bunnies, candy, meat, nutella-they showered us with gifts. It was so nice, our ward is just the best. Don't worry mom, they really take care of us:) Afterwards we headed to the Genge's for a nice Easter Lunch. It was so delicious, and just so much fun. I really love being here, especially in Graz.
Mom, next week I probably won't be able to email until Wednesday, we are headed up to Vienna on Sunday night because Monday we have a huge mission finding day with the Salzburg and Vienna Zones (We'll have around 80 missionaries), then on Tuesday we have a Mission Tour with Elder Timothy J. Dyches, then we will come home Tuesday night, so don't be alarmed:) Next week is literally going to be crazy. It is the last week in the transfer, and we will be in Graz on Wednesday, then Thursday and Friday we will be in Munich for Mission Leadership Council, and then Saturday there is a JAE conference and they want all of our district of missionaries to be there, so that week is going to be so much fun, and crazy, but I am excited;)
Ich weiss ohne Zweifel dass, diese Kirche wahr ist. O meine gute. Ich bin unendlich dankbar für unser Erretter, und Ich weiss mein Gott wirkt Wunder. Ich bin so dankbar eine Missionarin zu sein!
Love you guys!
Sister Allman
Here are pictures of all of us at the game, and here is a picture of Lisa and I at Elder Tew's birthday fhe!
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