Sister Waverli Lindmeir

Thursday was the best day of mine and my companions life ever! I was having a pretty hard time earlier in the week because the last companion i had, we were just killing it together! we were perfectly obedient and we just got the work done and we saw miracles left and right and we couldn't even believe the goodness of God! My companion now is awesome but she is really slowing down because she goes home pretty soon so it has been hard trying to help her to keep going strong and finishing strong.

Thursday morning i was feeling a little down because of the lack of people we are teaching and how this area is going, and how i just want it to explode because i feel that, that is the vision that God has for us here! Thursday morning Sister Jessie and i knelt down in humble prayer, pleading that God would lead us to people that were ready for the gospel. Thursday before we went into an appointment we get a call from the Zone leaders and  they said Sisters we have the best refferal for you! The referral they had for us name is Cody and they put him on date for baptism November 15th after just one lesson! Sister Jessie and i were so excited  that we went and saw him that night. He let us in and his friend Katie, was there and she is just as interested in the Gospel as he is! Then right after that Sister Jessie and i were going to go and try contacting another refferal and when we went to go contact the refferral we met this guy named Loyd outside of her apartment. Loyd is awesome and is soooo interested in the gospel! God Blessed us with 3 new investigators within one hour! HOLY COW does God answer prayers! he is so good to us missionaries!

Sister Jessie and i are in a finding stage right now and we are really working on finding the Elect to teach. I am so pumped for this area! This area has always been a dead area and i just know that it can explode if we do everything we can God truly is a God of miracles!

Things are going really good! I know that this week is going to be so good and i just can't wait to kill it! Love Sister Lindmeir

DEJAVU!!!Sister Lindmeir

It was really weird on wednesday to come back to the area that i first served in. I was a little nervous, but excited to come into this area and give everything i have to the ward and people when beforehand i couldn't because i was so new and didn't know what i was doing. Nervous only because do you all remember when i was haunted at the place i was living in my first area? remember how i couldn't sleep for my first two weeks and i would hear the creepiest things and one night i just woke up screaming?! well, don't worry. i don't know if it is just is not haunted anymore or if i am just to tired to be woken up, because i sleep like a baby! :)  don't worry the place is now blessed and all that good jazz so you don't have to worry about me, oh and MOM sent me a night light if i ever get scared so don't worry haha :)

It has been so weird driving around and seeing so many familiar things. On Sunday i was suprized to see that there were a handful of members that recognized me and one of them ran up to me and gave me the biggest hug and said i am so glad you are back! it is cool that even when we think we don't do much or leave an impact, we do. When i walked into church i also saw one of the ladies that i taught a year ago. Good old Patty Hendon! she is baptized now and it was amazing to see her and how she is such a strong member in the church. She has changed so much and it goes to show no effort is ever wasted. She had been taught by missionaries for 12 years and she got baptized just 6 months ago. she is awesome!

It has been cool to drive around and try some of the people that i used to teach. We tried this girl named Lilly that i we taught a year ago. When we knocked on the door and when Lilly saw my face she was so happy and excited! She told us that nobody had seen her in almost a year and she didn't know why because she loved all the lessons so much and the Book of Mormon. She was so sad when the missionaries stopped coming by. We are going to start teaching her now again though. She is just so great and loves God so much!

I love this area and i feel like it has so much potential. We really feel like God has a great vision for this area and we are trying to see his vision. The area is kind of dead right now, so i am so excited to help build it up! I have been praying a lot and have been brain storming some ideas of how we can help this area pick up and build up our teaching pool. Members are the key and we look forward to working with them closely, and going out finding those that God is preparing for his gospel. One thing that i have learned so much with all the areas that i have served in id faith is the key! This is one of my favorite scriptures ever!   "For behold, I am God; and I am a God of miracles; and I will show unto the world that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and I work not among the children of men save it be according to their faith." 2 Nephi 27:23 

I know that this scripture is so true that as we have faith in the Lord and as we do everything we can, he will show unto us miracles! He truely is all powerful and can do anything. I am glad to be back in this area and I really like my new companion her name is Sister Jessee. She is from Riverton Utah and she is just a sweet heart and i feel like we are going to work really well together!

i love you all! Love Sister Lindmeir

Elder Lindmeir Mission

The mission is the best! I got my new companion and hes totally a ginger.... its pretty cool, and right now I feel like I have never been so bussy in my life! I love it!!! cant even remember the last time I had time to write in my journal ( sorry mom ) haha. but its all good because the lord is blessing us with people to teach.

Miracles for this week!!!

#1

Met up with one of our investigators Skyler and he has been pushing off his baptismal date for a while now and by this time I had my new comp and I just told skyler right then and there you pick right now what you want to do and commit. He choose the right path and totally has been committed to make that first promise I love it!!!!!! 

#2

since Elder Olvera left I have this enormous are and zone to take care of and my new companion has never been a zone leader or worked how we work in this area so theres a lot on my back but I love it I just work work work and trust in the lord to do the rest and laugh while doing it!!! its a great blessing to know that the lord doesn't require you to be this good at everything he just wasn't you to do your best. the lord has helped us find places /addresses of people and to find specific people in a specific area.

#3

we met with tenille every day this week and she was able to make that step!!! within 2 weeks she was able to make this promise! the girl has some faith! and the evil one tried and tried to tell her not to do it but as she was reading alma 32 she got her answer that she needed to get baptized it 2 weeks. its amazing to see that the lord is just putting his children in our paths just ready to listen.

#4

Saturday night came and we received a call from the bishop and he asked us to give a talk about missionary work and how it helps us become more Christ like. I was so pumped!!!! and we only had like an hour to prepare a 15 min talk! it was legit was a powerful meeting on Sunday and we got the whole ward stoked to share the gospel!

it was an amazing week learned so much and I am so greatful for all you keep up the hard work!!!!!

elder lindmeir

Lessons to be learned Sister Lindmeir

Hey Everybody!

Let me just start off saying that people need what we have, and that the Lord is preparing people! A couple of weeks ago a guy in the YSA  invited a girl named Kelly to the branch. Kelly came and she enjoyed it very much! She used to be catholic but something in her life changed and she turned away from God and all his teachings as a teenager. She is very open and accepted a copy of the book of Mormon. We left her with 0NE Chapter to read. We met with her the Friday Following the Sunday and we asked her how her reading went. She started apologizing to us and she was like, I have been so busy with work, school, and my plays that I am in that I have only read a few books in the book of Mormon. I am so sorry sisters, I just wanted to be so prepared for our lesson and I couldn't finish. Sister Love and my Jaw was to the floor!!! this never happens!!! who does that?! it Was the best! we asked her if she was praying while she read, she said I have not prayed since I was a little girl. We talked about prayer and committed her to pray. She said she would.

On Sunday Kelly came to conference and afterwards we were talking to her and we asked her how her praying was going. She started to cry, she said "I have not prayed in so long and I didn't know what to say, so I just started talking to God, telling him how sorry I am about turning away from him for so many years. I was just pleading to him, to forgive me. And when I was praying it was like I was just talking to my dad. I have not been able to tell anyone or talk to anyone like I did with him and I felt so much peace." God is so real and I know he answers prayers and he truly is our Loving Heavenly Father. So many people don't know that and it is up to us to help them know that. Kelly is awesome and it is really cool to see how her life is changing already.

On Thursday we had a meeting with President Ware and he was giving us his testimony before the meeting was over and He Said " God needs us where we are, and where we are going to go" he looked straight at me and I was like NOOOOOOOOO! this means I am getting transferred but again. Sure enough transfer calls came and I am getting transferred. I was really sad about it because I just got doubled into this area with Sister Love who is the best companion I have ever had and the work here is now just exploding and I am learning so much, we are working so hard, and I have to leave again?! I kept asking myself why do I have to leave again?! This is going to be my 7th time being transferred why do I have to get transferred so much? I was really sad about it but then, In conference something that Jorge Klinbignet said in his talk really stuck out to me. He talks about 6 things we can do. the 6th thing says Except trials as part of your existence. Just expect trials, trust in the Lord and put a smile on your face and prove yourself to Heavenly Father that you can do this! haha I know I should expect trials in life sometimes I am a little whimpy and I like where I am at. I know that God has a lot of things that he wants me to learn and that's why he moves me around so much. or I am just not getting a lesson that he is trying to teach me... hopefully I get it this time haha. I have all faith and trust in the Lord though and I am excited to learn and grow some more!

Something That is super exciting though is I am getting transferred to West Richland which is the very first area that I served in! I only served there for six weeks and I always felt bad about that area because I was so shy and my companion was sick all the time that we didn't get all that I hoped to do done, and I felt like I didn't even make a difference. so I am excited to go back and make a difference and help everyone come unto Christ!

Love you all! Love Sister Lindmeir

TRANSFER CALLS

transfers came!!!! and my companion is leaving after 4 and a half months together... its always sad to see a comp go when you work so good with each other but hey I am so stoked to get a new companion!!!!!! we are actually having transfers at the movie theater and we are going to watch the movie " MEET THE MORMONS " woot woot we get to watch it tomorrow even before it comes out! so I am totally going to take a nap during that movie. I think I might be sleep deprived haha honestly my eyes literally fall from my face. but its all part of this great experience!!! and I love it. I think so far in my mission were I can say this is the hardest thing that I think will come in my path, I sure hope not, because it really has been able to strengthen me and build some more character, but honestly the mission is the hardest thing I have ever doneX100 haha put its so great to see because when something bad is happening or when you need to get something done or your on deadlines or you disappoint members and non members its so amazing to see and feel happy. I honestly can tell you I have only gotten mad 1 time since I have been on my mission and no matter what comes our way we know we can tackle it, and be positive about it. not last sunday but the sunday before that we were struggling to find new investigators and that day I fasted and prayed and when we went to church on sunday we told our ward mission leader that we need to find new people to teach and that we need his help and as we are talking we get a knock on the door, and sister Marler peeps in her head and says " hey we have a non member  walk into church with three little kids " as soon as she said that we got up laughing and gave her a church tour and she bore her testimony and on Monday we tought her, and set a baptismal date on the 11th in 5days. we have met with her everyday this week and she has gotten her spiritual manifestation that the book of Mormon is true, she knows that Thomsas S Monson is a prophet of god just by listening to him speak yesterday. The most amazing thing about this woman is shes about 30 years old with 3 little kids, has been struggling for months, Finacially mentally physically and I have never seen someone so positive about everything. she makes time to read her scriptures, and to pray and to come to church. you know the lord prepares people when they are like this. and there everywhere we just all need to open our eyes a little more and look for them. she told us that she loves the gospel that we are teaching her and that she loves the members and she said I cant wait to become a member of the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints. we are so blessed to teach her right now so if you have the chance just pray for her, her name is Tuniel.

so one of our recent converts got himself into Anti Mormon garbage, and it was so funny because he had a huge lists of concerns and we told him we will go through each one and answer them and I kid you not all of them were answered after about an hour ( wich was the biggest waist of time ) but he needed them to be answered and it came down to him that he kept on saying that there is no evidence that the book of Mormon is real. and I was just thinking to myself and I was just ready to show him all of the evidences that it was real. and it got me thinking that there would be literaly 0 point in sharing with him all the evidences of the book of Mormon. because even if we were to share it with him it would defeat the purpose of building faith, and especially building faith in Christ. In all of the so called " evidences" he found it was the little things and wasn't focusing on the big picture that the question is " Does the book of Mormon bring you closer to Christ? " and he answered yes. and all the other garbage out there is from man and not by god. and so it made me think about am I focusing on all the other little things or just Christ. that's just a thought. well it was a great week honestly I am so pumped to get my new companion and to keep seeing the lords miracles in our path!!!! love you all!!!!

elder lindmeir

A whole bunch of random good!

A lot has happened in the past week and I have learned a lot of great things! here is a very important lesson that I learned!

 I went on exchanges with a Sister missionary that has only been out in the field for like 2 months and when we went on exchanges the whole time she was just bragging about her area and how many people they have on date and how amazing they all are. There area is just booming! I was thinking a lot about it and I was wondering why I had never been in an area that we were getting baptisms left and right. I have always been put in dead areas and my companion and I work really hard and put all our trust in the lord and right when it starts getting really amazing and we have people on date and many investigators, I always get taken out. I was a little sad about not having as many baptisms as other missionaries especially when I saw this new Sister missionary having so much success and tons of baptisms. But then I was thinking about it a lot and I am so grateful that the  lord has put me into dead area where I had to really humble myself and turn to him. As great as these Sisters are that we went on exchanges with, they were really prideful, and they had quiet a bit of an ego.  God knew that If I was in areas like this my whole mission that I would be so prideful and that I wouldn't have to rely on him for his help and guidance. I am really grateful that the Lord has humbled me so much on my mission and I truly know I am so weak and I am nothing without him.

  the most amazing thing happened this morning!!!! So three weeks ago I got a text message from My mission president and he gave me special permission to call one of my old investigators from Moxee and terrace heights, Mandy Morgan. He gave me permission because he met her and her recently baptized husband Jarred at church and they had just barely moved to Kennewick, from moxee.   He wanted to make sure I had her knew address so I could write her and keep encouraging her to take the lessons. So when I called her 3 weeks ago she told me that she lived right by the temple. I told her that I was going to the temple on the 24th and that she could stop by and say hi if she wanted to! When I was in the temple today praying, i was asking Heavenly Father if I am doing enough and even making a difference.   I have been Struggling I guess a little bit lately with just wanting to make sure that I am the missionary that Heavenly Father wants me to be and making sure I am giving everything I have to him. When I walked out of the temple I hear someone yell my name, and it was Mandy! she came just running to me and we just embraced! I didn't think she was going to come and when I was talking to her I knew that it was an answer to my prayers that even though I don't have the most baptisms and I am not the best at teaching and I have so many weaknesses, that I am still making a difference. it made me think of this scripture: " And if it so be that you should labor all your days in crying repentence unto this people, and bring, save it be one soul unto me, how great shall be your joy with him in the kingdom of my father!" I know this scripture is true. There is something so special about Mandy and I knew That when I first met her, we knew each other in pre-mortal life! She is still not baptized but is taking the lessons.  I know she will be soon though.  When we were at the temple i saw the sweetest picture ever of Mandy and her husband getting sealed together forever with their little baby Carter. Her Husband Jarrad is a strong new member though and he has an awesome calling! and I know that he will help Mandy to know that she already knows the church is true and one day they will make it to the temple together. :)

 It has been an amazing day and week! Tons of miracles are happening and I am learning so much! love you all!

 love, Sister Lindmeir

Elder Lindmeir

this week on the mission!

we are having a blast in valley center!! there is so much work to do and we have really, I mean really been able to build the wards trust which is everything in missionary work!!! so now the fun part begins to find there friends so we can teach more people!

this week we had some awesome experiences!

#1 we are teaching this family and the wife of the families parents are accually members and converted about 5 years ago, and this is the first time when she accually wants the missionary lesson so we are giving it to them. we first tought her about faith and baptism about a week ago and this week we tought her about the gospel of Jesus Christ. As we were teaching her before the lesson we told her " we are going to invite you to be baptized but as we teach ask yourself why? why would you Rachael need to be baptized?" and so we started teaching and it was going great and then right we started talking about baptism she stops, and asks us a question and it was " were in the bible does it tell me that I have to be baptized to go to heaven because before my dad converted he just told me all I have to do to go to heaven is just believe in Christ." so we read the famous scripture of John 3:5, then as she read and pondered on that scripture she askes  " why do you put your hands on people heads to give them the Gift of the Holy Ghost?" then we read Acts 8, and as she pondered and read it.. there was a pause, and I just new that she had gotten her answer that she needs to get baptized, and so after about a 20 second pause I asked her " will you follow the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized by someone who holds the priesthood authority from god? and she pasued and said yep! and we gave her the date in wich could get baptized by and she said it works!! so as wqe are teaching her we turned to her husband ( witch accually there not married but they have been living together for the past 5 years ) and invited him too, and he didn't answer but she interrupted and said alright what do we have to do to be baptized? and we said well you either get married or move out, and Rachael gave Richard ( her boyfriend ) an ultimatum!! she said "well either we get married in the next couple weeks and get baptized together or your leaving!" hahaha it was crazy!!!!!!! sometimes that's what you got to do. hopefully he getsd his answer that these things are true in the next couple weeks!

#2 about 20 people from the ward on Saturday helped us build one of our recent converts roof for there house, and accually the father of the house is not a member and theres a grandma who lives in the same house and boy she sure hates us and is really anti Mormon! but when she saw 20 people who accually do construction for a living come and build her house, she was impressed!! and i accually got to talk with her and she was a lot nicer than before so her heart is softening! its awesome! we almost finished the roof of there house and at the end we set up an appointment with Roy who is the dad of the house and who isn't a member yet, we set the lesson that night around 7. we went by and we tought him the plan of salvation/the power of the priesthood authority. the reason he hasent become a member is because he believes you don't need an authority and that he doesn't need to be baptized to be a part of the church.

so we tought everything to his questions and concerns, and throughout the lesson we were able to commit him for baptism. but he was still kind of unsure. so yesterday he came to church and during the second hour ( gospel principles ) our ward mission leader brother reilly ( who is a boss ) gets up to the stand and starts teaching about baptism and about half way through the lesson he asks our row when we got baptized, and he started at one end and ended with Roy our investigator and when it came to him he said " I am getting baptized.  " he got supper stoked and everyone around him and he has some things to overcome but throught the gospel he can.

its so great to see this family get so excited for each other as they are coming unto the fold! cant wait to see them go to the temple!!! amazing things are happening and I have never felt so grateful for all the wonderful things we are given i love my mission and it means everything to me. its the lords time to bring his children back to him, how could there be anything greater than that?

love you all

elder lindmeir