Week 38 - Ether 12:27

Apa Khabar! Hello everyone! I am so sorry about the little email last week. I also forgot my journal this week and so I don't even remember what happened last week. But this week was full of miracles so I remember a lot of it! So here we go! We got the opportunity to meet with a mother this week. We have really been focusing on finding families, and we met a mother who is raising her three year old son by herself. She is so excited to learn more about Christ and she has already read a few chapters into the Book of Mormon.  A few weeks ago my dad told me about a women he met at a work conference he had in Arizona. This women works here in Singapore. I was able to get in contact with her and have lunch with her and three other of her colleagues this week. Even though none of them really wanted to meet up to learn more, the spirit was felt and Sister De Campos and I got to bear our testimonies on the Book of Mormon. It was a very cool experience. Finally, after a long day of finding we went to a hawker center, or just a Singapore version of a food court and even though we were tired we sat down in front of a lady and started talking. She  asked me how I decided to serve a mission. I shared about how I was scared to talk to people and that I wanted to learn how to rely on the Lord to become better. She told me that she was struggling with the same thing and wanted to open up to people more. We were able to teach her more right there and even close with a prayer. The scripture I chose for my mission is Ether 12:27, where God promises to make our weaknesses strengths. I have found that I still have my weaknesses, but because of them, I relate to a lot more people. God gives me the strength to help them as they find hope for improvement too, and as I teach them how I have learned to turn towards the Lord and rely on him. So my weakness is my strength even though it is still my weakness? Isn't the Lord funny sometimes? Hey! I love you all! I hope you have a good week! Some other highlights of this week include: Finally getting a visa to stay in Singapore. When a person we are teaching took us out, and we ended up having to buy soda at a bar and explain a little bit about the word of wisdom. Perry the Potted Plant died. l just really don't have a green thumb. We brought a new person to church, and my old ward and my new ward combined to fellowship her out of this world. She has more friends at church than I do at the moment. Having 11 sisters stay at a four sister house for the week because it is zone conference here in Singapore! Love and pray for you all! Sister Skinner