January 12, 2015
hello,
it is me, SISTER
DAHLBERG HERE IN COLLLLLDDDD Marceline, Missouri.
i love you all.
so you are never
going to believe this, on Wednesday night i was getting ready to wash my face
to go to bed and the water out of the faucet, just had a small drip, i yelled
to sister hayden....ummmmmm i think they turned off our water.................
then i realized what had happened. the water pipes froze..............well
turns out they burst and we haven't had running water since Wednesday night.
just picture it, sister hayden and i washing dishes with water bottles, we
can't do laundry. every time we have to
go to the bathroom, we have to drive somewhere, and we are showering at a motel
in the morning. hahahah I called the lady in charge of apartments for the
mission, and told her our situation. it
just so happened to be, that president morgan was in a meeting with the staff,
so she said, President Morgan is sitting right here, let me call you back. so
she called back and she said that President offered to let us stay at a hotel
in brookfield until the problem was fixed.
i assured him that i was sure we
could handle just showering at the motel that our land lady offered to let us
use, so we turned down the hotel. now
here we are.... still no running water. the other day we showered and left the
motel with wet hair and it was 9 degrees outside, so the bottom of our hair
froze. I told president today in emails that i always wanted to go to Africa on
my mission and now i get to live a little part of it! hahahahahhahaha i think
it should be fixed today! cross your fingers!
GUESS WHO CAME BACK
TO MARCELINE FOR EXCHANGES? MYYYY BFFFFFFF SISTER
MONTGOMERY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AHH!!!! if you can only imagine how happy everyone was to have her back in
marceline. best day.
Remember the White
girls dad? well get this. HE IS GETTING BAPTIZED ON the 24Th and he is SOOOOOOO
READY!!!!!!!!!! wow. SUCH A MIRACLE!!!! He was back and forth and wasn't 100
percent sure, but he told us that everything just makes sense now. He is
glowing! ahhhh! He is talking about what temple he wants to get sealed in next
year with his family and everything. AHHH! COOLEST THING EVER!! I can't wait
for the 24th! I jokingly told him I would just sign myself up for a musical
number at his baptism..... because I am SO GOOD at singing....and he just
laughed. I think we will leave that one to Sister Montgomery. YES SISTER
MONTGOMERY IS COMING BACK FOR IT!
The Bloss family is
supposed to get baptized this Saturday. They have come SO SO SO SO SO SO FAR!!!
I know Heavenly Father has a timeline for everything and it will work out just
the way it is supposed to! Please keep them in your prayers. We are working
with President Morgan and the branch president of this branch to get all the
details worked out!
So today in studies,
I was reading in Alma 24 about the Laminates repenting and becoming the
Anti-Nephi-Lehis. It talked about them being converted to The Lord and wanting
to follow God more fully, so they buried their weapons. That is such a powerful
chapter and lesson for us all. It got me thinking- what do I need to bury to be
more converted to the Lord? Think about it yourself. What do you need to bury
to follow God more fully? Just like Sister Montgomery and I did with the Bloss
family, we read that chapter and each one of us wrote down something we wanted
to get rid of in our lives to follow God more exactly. We went around the room and wrote it on our
own sticky note and then went outside and dug a place to bury the sticky notes.
I would challenge you all to do the same for this New Year! Lets start if off
following the lord more fully and i promise you MORE peace and MORE happiness
will come to you!
Oh this week we went
to visit former investigators and we knocked on a door and a man opened it and
said, "if the missionaries stopped keep getting switched out, I would be Mormon
by now." hahahahaha that was surprising because sadly, a lot of people
here seem to have a lot against the Mormons.
Oh this is cool too,
last night we went to dinner at the Zimmerman’s and I shared the spiritual
thought and read d and c 76: 22-23, not knowing it was Sister Zimmerman’s
favorite scripture. I told them
everything would be okay. You see, Brother
Zimmerman lost his job and they are trying to figure out where the Lord wants
them to go. Sister Zimmerman looked at
me with tears in her eyes. I gave her my little picture of the scripture that I
printed out before my mission and told her to hang it up on her fridge! They
are such an awesome family. LOOK AT THAT SCRIPTURE. It is one of my favorites!
From President Packer’s
talk called "The Witness" at the end he says, quote:
"After all the years that I have lived and taught and served, after the
millions of miles I have traveled around the world, with all that I have
experienced, there is one great truth that I would share. That is my
witness of the Savior Jesus Christ.
Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon recorded the following after a sacred
experience:
“And now, after the many testimonies which have been given of him, this
is the testimony, last of all, which we give of him: That he lives!
“For we saw him” (D&C 76:22–23).
Their words are my words.
I believe and I am sure that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that
He lives. He is the Only Begotten of the Father, and “by him, and through
him, and of him, the worlds are and were created, and the inhabitants
thereof are begotten sons and daughters unto God” (D&C 76:24).
I bear my witness that the Savior lives. I know the Lord. I am His witness. I
know of His great sacrifice and eternal love for all of Heavenly Father’s
children. I bear my special witness in all humility but with absolute
certainty, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen."
How
lucky are we to be lead and guided by prophets and apostles? SO LUCKY! I love
this work.
I
love you all. Have the most fabulous week! Please know that I love and care for
you all! Thank you for all the love and support!
xo
Sister
Dahlberg
January 19, 2015
Helllllloooooo,
Oh my goodness, there is so much I want to
tell you all. HAPPPPPYYYY DAYYYYYYYY.
Okay well I never in a million years would
have guessed that my companion and I would have to stay in a motel because our
water pipes burst in our apartment. Oh wow, what a week!
When we found out that our pipes were not
going to be fixed until later in the week, and as much as we loved showering at
the motel and driving back to our apartment with wet hair having our hair
freeze and having no running water. Literally. That was fun for a few days, but
finding out our apartment was going to take longer to fix, we knew we needed to
inform President and he would have a solution for us.... so when President
called we all laughed and laughed. I told him the story about our hair freezing
when we went outside and he said, "Oh no, I am sure you now have split
ends." FUNNIEST THING EVER. I laughed and laughed and laughed. So funny.
We figured out a solution. We stayed in
a motel in Marceline until the problem was fixed. All Sister Hayden and I could
do was laugh and keep plugging along. I am happy to say that we are back in our
apartment!! Oh what a crazy week!
Okay before I forget. I read Alma 26 a few
days ago. AHHHHHH may just be my new favorite chapter. I AM LOVING THE BOOK OF
MORMON!
Alma 29:9. LOVE
So are you ready for the most exciting news of
all?????????????????????????????????????
Long story short, Sister Hayden and I were
praying to Heavenly Father to help us figure out the situation with The Bloss
family regarding their baptism this week. We went and visited Christina on
Friday morning, we knew we needed to and we still weren't sure if Brent was
going to be able to get baptized. We had a wonderful conversation with her.
Sister Hayden and I got in the car and I had the most peaceful feeling come
over me. I looked at Sister Hayden and she said that she had the same feeling
as well. We read d&c 20 in the car about the qualifications for baptism and
my heart just felt happy and at peace. I felt that Heavenly Father wanted Brent
to be baptized with his family, even though he was still working through some
things, but he was trying SO HARD. We knew it wasn't our choice though and
really we didn't have much say. So we made some phone calls to the district
leader, who interviewed them and our branch president and President Morgan. We
knew that president Morgan held the keys over this mission and he would follow
the spirit in making the decision and whatever he felt was right, we knew was
right.
Later President called back and we all talked,
about this specific situation, and he had a similar feeling as we did and the
branch president. So we quickly planned
the baptism Friday afternoon.
THE BLOSS FMAILY WAS BAPTIZED AS A
FAMILY ON SATURDAY AND IT WAS THE MOST SPECIAL DAY!!!!!!! I wish you all could
see HOW FAR that family has come. Brent has been trying SO HARD to follow Jesus
Christ more fully. He truly had a broken heart and a contrite spirit. His life
has completely changed. AHHHHHH!!!! It is amazing what the gospel can do for
people and how it can change lives.
The baptism on Saturday will be one I never
ever forget. It was so special and unique to The Bloss family. Sister
Montgomery was able to come back!!!! Brent wore his cowboy boots with his white
jumpsuit! We all laughed and laughed. I LOVE THE BLOSS FAMILY!!! AHHHH!! Sister
Montgomery sang at the baptism and while she was singing the little one, Trace
went up on the stand and was making everyone kind of giggle. They asked me to
speak on the Holy Ghost and while I was speaking Trace started playing the
piano and everyone giggled. I couldn't pronounce a name in my talk; I tried several
times and someone in the audience said, “AHH JUST GIVE IT UP” EVERYONE LAUGHED SO HARD. Even me. We were trying
to take pictures with everyone in the family......hahah I will never forget
that. The Bloss baptism fits their family perfectly. They were so happy and
overall it was the perfect day for them! I know we will always remember
forever. THEY FOLLOWED THE EXAMPLE OF JESUS CHRIST AND TOOK UPON THEM HIS NAME.
SUCH A SPECIAL DAY!
They were confirmed members of the church
yesterday at the branch and it was so special. That little room in the trailer
was full of people and the stake president was there, so hopefully he sees that
they need to start working on the church building for that branch because it is
growing!!! Brent went first and he stood up and said out loud, "I have to
go in front of everyone? I may start shaking." Everyone giggled.
I AM SO HAPPY. THIS WORK IS THE GREATEST OF
ALL!!!!!!!!! THE GOSPEL CHANGES PEOPLES LIVES!!!!!!!
Don White is getting baptized on Saturday. He
has met with so many missionaries and he is finally ready to make this special
covenant with God, we asked him about it and he said, "It just all makes
sense." YESSS HE IS RIGHT THIS GOSPEL IS THE PERFECT GOSPEL. JESUS CHRIST
LEADS HIS CHURCH! We went and taught him last night and we asked him if he
would pay his tithing after he was a member, and he was like....."We
already are. YESSSSS.” He is ready and I am so excited for his baptism on
Saturday!!!! Seeing how far he has come, from the first time we met with his
girls to now.... it is such a miracle. God’s hand is in this work!! They are
even talking about what temple they want to get sealed in, in a year! AHHHH!!!
I LOVE MISSIONARY WORK!!!!
Miracles here in sweet, little
Marceline.
The weather here is warm! Well I should say
warmer. People say it won't last long. So we are enjoying it while it lasts. We
have zone conference on Wednesday in Columbia so that should be neat! I can't
believe this transfer is half way over. Where is time going? Oh p.s went we
went to St. Louis this week, we got there a little early, so we went to Target
for a few things. I almost cried. I guess dollar general just isn't living up
to Target. hahaha
YOU GUYS THIS WEEK WAS SO AMAZING!!!!! THE
BLOSS FAMILY IS BAPTIZED. Thank you for all the prayers regarding them and this
work. We can feel all the prayers and I know and can testify to you all that
Heavenly Father knows us and wants us to be happy. He has mercy, patience, and
he is full of love. And that is something that I really learned this week! HE
ANSWERS PRAYERS AND HE CAN PERFORM MIRACLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love you all so very much!!
Love,
Sister Dahlberg
January 26th, 2015
Dear Family and Friends,
It is okay to pick favorite weeks of my
mission, right? WELL THIS WEEK WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITES. I am typing so fast,
trying to tell you everything that is on my mind. WHAT A WEEK FULL OF MIRACLES!!!!!!!!!!!
AHHHH!!! I am on cloud 9 with missionary work.
Okay well to start off and maybe to get a few
giggles, this week was Zone Conference.
We were told MULTIPLE times by our district leader that it started
at 10:30. Marceline is, I believe the farthest area up in the mission, and
so whenever we have to travel, we always need lots and lots of time. Anyhow
Sister Hayden and I are driving to Columbia and I get a text from Sister
Montgomery, she says, "you sisters almost here?" WAIIIIITTT
WHHHHHATTTT????? My heart dropped to my toes, well it started
at 10:00...............and when we got there 30 minutes late.... the
mission nurse was waiting out on the couch for us, she told us that President
Morgan told everyone we were waiting on 2 sisters and when they came in to be
sure to turn and look at them. (OHHHH PRESIDENT MORGAN) I was sure she and he
was kidding, NOPPPPPEEEEE. We walked in, and almost everyone turned, the
speaker paused, and Sister Montgomery was saving us seats on the second row,
right in front of President and Sister Morgan. We sat down and I was giggling
because I was so embarrassed. I am pretty sure President thought we ran out of
gas or something because he chuckled and gave us the, "is everything okay
look?" After we talked to him, and we all just laughed and told him we
were told the wrong time. HAHAHAH Mom he jokingly told me he was going to have
to call you and tell you I was okay with the water situation, but seriously the
bottom of my hair froze.
Oh, and this week we were going to a lesson
with Sister Blank (branch member) and we got a flat tire. I think I may be bad
luck. But President wants to me assure you, that all is well!
Listen to this:
Saturday afternoon we were walking around
Marceline and we received a text from Jennifer White telling us that Logan (her
10 year old son) wanted to be baptized with DON!!!!!! A little back story....
when we taught the White girls, Logan would come in and out of lessons, but
would never stay longer than 5-10 minutes. We quickly started discussing how to make that
work. But we realized that it was going
to be overwhelming if we tried to teach him more of the lessons and have him
interviewed in a matter of hours to be baptized with his dad. So we walked over
to their house and Logan was sitting down with the parents, Jennifer looked at
Logan and said, "Tell the sisters" Logan began to tell us, "I
WANT TO BE BAPTIZED." Smiles filled the room; he had never shown a huge
interest of being baptized and never mentioned anything to anyone
until Saturday. I looked at him and told him we would make him a deal, we
would come over and teach him the upcoming week, we would come over almost
every day and teach him and then he could be baptized this week or next. He
looked and agreed with a big smile on his face. The mom let him leave the room
and we all started talking. Jennifer said, "Wait, can't a person that
holds the Aaronic Priesthood baptize? Yes, that is right. Once everything
clicked, I threw my planner in the air and said in excitement, “DON YOU COULD
BAPTIZED LOGAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" If only you can just imagine for
a second the joy that swept the room.
So with that being said:
DON WHITE'S BAPTISM WAS ON
SATURDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a wonderful day it was, full
of so much happiness and joy. Everything went so well, so so so so so so well.
After the baptism service and program, Jennifer (the wife of Don and the mom of
the White family), pulled us out into the hall and gave us each a glow stick
and said something like this, " I know this is cheesy, but you were the
light for our family. I want to give you a light. In darkness, light can help
us. Thank you for being our light." I about cried, it was the sweetest
thing. She had been married to Don for 14+ years and never ever saw him joining
the church, but isn't it amazing how Heavenly Father's plan is the best?
AHHHH!!!
After the baptism, The White family, The
Blanks, and Sister Hayden and I went to Pizza Hut. Logan sat across from me and
while we were waiting for the food, we played spelling games and I spy with the
White kids. Logan offered to say the prayer on the food!!!!!! During his
prayer, he started to get nervous, so I just whispered words to say to help him
just a little bit. He said the sweetest prayer ever, pretty much all by
himself. WOW MIRACLES!!!!!
It is okay to pick favorite Sundays on my
mission right? Well listen to this:
Here is a little update on what
happened on Sunday.
There was an overflow in the trailer. Meaning
they had to put chairs in the hall for people at sacrament meeting. 69 people
in total in that little trailer!!!!! (I may just start building that church
building for that branch myself because not too many more people are going to
be able to fit in the trailer)
Sister Davis and Brother Davis said the
opening and closing prayer, less actives we visit with! AND SISTER DAVIS HAS
BEEN SMOKE FREE FOR A WEEK!!
Becky, an investigator, came to church for the
first time since I have been in Marceline… MIRACLE.
Skeeter, a less active came to church with his
son.
Taylor, a less active/recent convert ish
passed the sacrament for the first time.
JENNIFER WHITE GOT CALLED AS RELIEF SOCIETY
SECRETARY!!
THE WHOLE WHITE FAMILY CAME TO CHURCH. All 9
of them!!!!
DON RECEIVED THE HOLY GHOST AND WAS CONFIRMED
A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH!!!!!!!!
DON RECEIVED A CALLING IN THE BRANCH!!!!! (Employment
specialist)
AND DON RECEIVED THE AARONIC PRIESTHOOD!!!!! MEANING
HE CAN NOW BAPTISE HIS 10-year-old son we are teaching,
LOGAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My heart is full of so much
JOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love seeing The Lord perform miracles in
this work, in this little town of Marceline!!! I am SOOOO HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS WEEK WAS SO SO SO SO SO SO SO AMAZING!!!!
I love you all so much!!!!
"When you were baptized you actually re-enlisted
to be in the Lord's ARMY. Mortally, you stood by Jesus Christ during the war in
Heaven. And now the conflict between good and evil continues here on earth. It
is real!" -Russell M Nelson
I really love you all so much!!!!
Love,
Sister Dahlberg
Oh p.s. who can believe I have been out 4
months? AHH!!!
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