Oh my Goodness, this past week was so amazing!!! It was so hard, but so good! Sister Olson and I are practically twins; it is pretty hilarious! Not once has she told me to slow down my walking! She keeps up! And she is only 4ft 9in. We teach really well together and most importantly, we love to work hard! We had the most Recent Convert/Less-Active Member lessons on my mission so far! We had 15 in a week! We work with A LOT of Less-active members; which is really neat! One of them is Jeanmarie. She was baptized when she was 18, and has not been very active since. She told missionaries only a couple years ago to stop contacting her. The previous missionaries started talking to her and she warmed up to them. And now she wants to prepare to go to the Temple Another is Greg Mercer who was also baptized when he was 18 years old, but has been completely inactive since. He is so great and has two daughters (9 and 11yrs.) who we are teaching right now! They are hilarious! When they pray, they each take turn making silly comments like "Don't eat during the prayer!" "Sisters, is there anything else you would like me to say?" "It smells weird." etc. But I absolutely love it! This week, we also got 6 new investigators. One of them being a beautiful Indian couple. They are so sweet and were listening very intently when we taught them. They are excited to learn more. We also taught a beautiful Chinese/Japanese Family this week. We were checking on a women, she was not home, but I felt very strongly that we needed to go knock on the door accross the street. But we had a lot to do, so I ignored the prompting twice until I couldn't handle it. So I told Sister Olson that we needed to knock on the door and the family let us right in! It was almost like they were expecting us. They are chinese, but lived in Japan for a really long time. I said "Hello, my name is Sister Lindmeir" in Japanese and they were really excited. Thank you Ayaka!!!! They have two Children. A 9yr old boy and a 2yr. old girl. We asked if they believe in God. The parents said "no", but the boy said "Yes!" It was really exciting to hear that! So we taught them the Restoration. They did not agree to a return appointment, but we are going to bring them info on Boy Scouts for their boy. I have learned that being a missionary, it is still hard to follow the promptings of the Spirit! But I have also learned that if it is a good idea or thought, go with it!!! I feel that the Lord is trusting me more as I have learned to heed to these promptings. As some of you may know, we were snowed in this week!!!! There was so much snow on the ground. About a foot!!! And there snow plowing system is really bad in Virginia so no one drove anywhere for 2+ days. We live in an apartment complex. The apartment called us the morning before the snow storm and asked if we would be willing to shovel sidewalks. We did that for about 7 hours until I couldn't move anymore. It probably was not very smart, but it was fun!!! And we talked to a lot of people. Service totally softens hearts. Sister Olson and I have been fighting a cold all week and have not had a lot of energy. But the Lord really blessed us with so many miracles. I think it is because we truly have had to put our trust in him and hope and pray that everything will be okay! There was even one night where we were crying and tearing up when tracting because it was so cold outside. People kept telling us to go home. One guy asked us "How long are you Sisters going to be working?" I said "Until someone lets us in." And he still didn't let us in. No one let us in that night. Even when every house, we would say "Let's go one more door" "They will let us in". It reminded me of my favorite scripture in D&C 121:7-8 which say's that if we endure our afflictions and troubles well, we will be lifted up at the last day. I know that that is true!!!! I love you all!!!!-- Sister Kiana Lindmeir 3202 Arrowhead Circle #E Fairfax, VA 22030
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