we have an investigator who has a heart problem that no one can figure out. she was just referred to a specialist and is going to johannesburg to receive more treatment very soon. unfortunately for us, we will miss her a lot. we met her by accident, we went to her house thinking it was someone elses house, when we realized it wasn't the right place, we just talked to her. she is 21, a university student, lives alone and has a large yard that didn't look very well kept. after speaking to her we asked her if we could help her with her yard to which she said yes. so the next wednesday we rallied the forces (the elders in our district) and all of the tools and went to work. we gave her a book of mormon and set an appointment to see her the next day. when we got to the appointment we found that she had read from the very beginning to 1 nephi 3. she came to church and left half way through, when we went to visit her we found that she has been sick with a heart condition for a long time and when she works too hard, or is in new situations, she gets very bad chest pain and then she becomes dizzy, even to the point where she can pass out. so the reason why her yard is unkept is because she is physically unable to do it! it also turns out that her parents were visited by missionaries when she was six and she still remembers, especially about the book of mormon. everything about us meeting her testifies to me that it was 100% not a coincidence, when we went to her house the first time, she wasn't even home. she met us outside as we were about to leave. another testimony to me that i don't know the mind of God. we have really grown to love her and she is doing so well (minus the heart thing) truly we will be so sad to lose her, please pray that she can get better soon.
another reason why i don't know the mind of God, WHAT? I get to train?! i am excited and nervous, thank you for all of your advice, i will do my best and the Lord will do the rest. :)
love all of you, and i love the work! thank you for all the support.
sister blum
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