Heavenly Father cares about our LITTLE desires

Once upon a time Sister Oswald told me a story about how she was drookit (drenched) walking to a dinner appointment to the Rodgers. SHe said that Sister Rodgers commanded her and her companion to take off their wet clothes so she could put them on the radiators to dry while they were eating. Sister Rodgers gave them her night gowns to cover themselves.

I always thought it would be HILARIOUS to buy a mu-mu/night gown to wear for bed, but never got around to buying one. You know the ones that are absolutely outdated? Yeah I think it would HILAROUS to wear one of those to a slumber party (yes, my sense of humor may be different than most). However, earlier this week the rain came down and the puddles came up. Sister Hopkin and i were on our way to the Rodgers. Ironically the sun had been shining ALL day and we decided to take a risk and leave our coats at home. We had an appointment at a bus stand and didn't have time to run home. We decided to run to our appointment because we've been trying REALLY hard to be obedient with time.

We arrive to our appointment with the Rodgers ON-TIME! (brownie points) and were a bit wet. Sister Rodgers takes ONE look at us and says "You're soaking, take off your jumpers and your skirts and i'll dry them" 

My mind is singing the chorus of love from my Heavenly Father. I felt so loved knowing that Heavenly Father KNOWS me. I didn't have to pray all i needed was the desire. I was SO excited to wear one of her night gowns! I'm grateful I've built my relationship with Heavenly Father while I've been serving him. I'm grateful that we have a relationship of trust and understanding. I know Heavenly Father is my Father in Heaven who knows me and knows what I need to help him show his love to his children.

~Sister Garlock.

Story time :)

Sister Hopkin is great! She cracks me up all the time with the funny things she says. We have a couple in the ward who are pure blood glaswigen (they are from glasgow). They are well known for having difficult accents to understand! Fortunately for Sister Hopkin they were the first people she every met in East Kilbride! haha

Anyway, We had a dinner appointment with them on wednesday. Sister Hopkin was incharge of the phone on tuesday and part of the phone responsibilties is to confirm appointments for the following day.

 

We were waiting for a bus when I said "We should probably make sure it's still ok if we see the Rodgers for dinner tomorrow" She looks at me with innocent eyes and says. "Will you call them?" I lovely say...."No"  and then "If you have trouble you can hand the phone over to me, but you need the experience."  Sister Hopkin puts on her brave face and voice and phones to confirm. When she hangs up I ask  "How did it go? Is it alright if we still come over?" Sister Hopkin gives a priceless reply "She said something and I don't know what she said, but I said yes!"

 

 I couldn't help but roar with laughter!!!!!  That's my Sister! Oh it was a great moment!

Rain!

As you can see it rains A LOT here in Scotland. This happened the other night. Sister Hopkin and I just got out of an appointment and within minutes rain started lashing down like a monsoon. I took my liner out of my coat the previous day because it was sunny and quite nice. I didn't think I would need to for a while. Shows that Scottish weather is unpredictable and is impossible to prepare for.

 It was Sister Hopkin's FIRST rain monsoon experience and I hope she enjoyed it. I have come to love the rain and have learned to embrace it. It gives me an undescribable feeling of determination to press forward. If you don't understand, it's missionary thing. :)

This week has passed too quickly. I felt tuesday was saturday and saturday was death. I was SO tired at the end of the week. Sister Hopkin and I have seen so many miracles I don't know where to begin.

 I'll share one experience at the beginning of our week:

Sister Green ( a member) offered to take us to Glasgow for the day while she was at the dental hospital. We had a great time in glasgow wandering around. Our p-day ends at 6 and Sister Green is well aware of this fact. We waited in the dental hospital from 5-6 and then started finding until Sister Green phoned us. Fortyfive mintues go by and we stop by the dental hospital again--to our surprise the place is locked and closed down. 

We think "WHAT!!??"  The security guard tells us that no one is in the office anymore. Soon after Sister Green phones us and says "I'm so sorry" with no panic we say "it's fine, don't worry where are you at? we'll meet up with you" she responds "I'm home!" I think "home?" I say "East Kilbride?" she says "yes, i'm so sorry, i've never left missionaries in glasgow before."

She had been waiting outside a shop from 5-6 waiting for us!!! what are the chances? We just barely missed each other. We laughed it off and told her we had our bus passes.

 On the bus we met a young man named Tony. He noticed a picture of Christ on my planner and asked me if I prayed to him everyday? I told him yes and bore testimony to him. Sister Hopkin and I shared The Book of Mormon with him and he gladly accepted to read and pray as well as have the missionaries contact him within the week. It was an amazing experience. Both Sister Hopkin and I KNEW there was a reason that Sister Green left us in Glasgow, and Tony was the reason.

  Sister Hopkin is amazing and had ONE Book of Mormon with her (we didn't think we would need supplies on our p-day). He was very receptive and such a delight to talk to.

 It was a great experience to be on the other end of the stick. People approaching me with power statements about Jesus Christ. It was a great lesson to me about talking to everyone and how to do it nicely. Tony will be baptized......some day. I'm waiting to hear from the Elders in Glasgow about their miracle when Tony accepts to be baptized to live with his family again.

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY-SAINTS IS TRUE!!!!!! I love it, I love my Savior and my Heavenly Father.

Have a great week!

~Sister Garlock