Hello Everyone!,
We are so looking forward to this new transfer and continuing the work that we have only just begun! The work is unfolding and spreading in ways that we never dreamed it could. We are discovering the true power of prayer and how important it is to be specific in our prayers. I am so blessed to be in St. Petersburg, to be working with the Largo Branch, to be serving with Hermana Dollahite, and to be a missionary!
The picture is of Lazaro, Elizabeth and Helen, taken the Saturday before Helen left to go back to Peru. While we’ve had hundreds of choice and spiritual experiences here in the Largo Branch, the baptisms of these three over the past few months will always be among the most spiritual blessings I’ve experienced.
We had our monthly branch family home evening this week. We had a 'Talent Night,’ and is there ever a lot of talent in this branch! The only low point of the night was probably the very sad attempt of the missionaries to sing one verse of 'Teach Me to Walk in the Light.' Luckily, there were many incredible acts that preceded us and everyone was so hungry I'm not sure they even heard us!
My favorite experience of the week was the reaction of our Branch members to transfers. Who knew how much they cared? By the time we went to our branch activity on Tuesday night, almost every member of the branch already knew that we were all staying...because they had ALL called us in varying degrees of panic the day before! A couple of the women who called us actually screamed on the phone when we told them we were staying! And putting aside some minor hearing loss on our part, I think everyone here in the Largo area is happy with the results of transfers!
We saw so many miracles this week! My favorite was with Yudi (pronounced Judy) and Aneudy. We have been working with Yudi since I got here; she is the girlfriend/fiancée of a less active member, Aneudy. They had a really hard time understanding the logistics of getting married and that they COULD actually do it without too many problems. They finally decided to get married back in August and set the date for...October 29th. I was so bummed! That isn't even this transfer and we have been working with them FOREVER! So I started praying and praying, and lo and behold we get a frantic call from Yudi that the building isn't available on the 29th and she doesn't know what to do! So we go talk to them and after exploring many options I suggest they just move it to the week before so all they have to do is change the 9 to a 2 on the invitations...and they agreed! So not only are they getting married a week sooner and in this transfer, but did I also mention that we were able to move her baptismal date to October 23rd in the process? Yay! God works in mysterious ways, even if it requires scheduling a regional youth dance in the building to do it!
Looking forward to this next week, as I look forward to every week I have in this richest of all fields. Who am I kidding? I look forward to every second, let alone every week! I hope you all have a great week as well. I hope you know how much I love and pray for each and every one of you. Thank you for all of the love and prayers you share with me.
I love you all,
Hermana Levanger
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