Thinking outside of the box

Helloooooo everyone! I'm doing well! This week we taught Nanthini a couple of times and committed her to baptism on May 6! We still have a lot to cover with her because she is Hindu...but we taught a really powerful lesson at the Brampton Soccer Center while her son was at school. haha We taught her how to pray and the Spirit was so strong! Sister Anusuya (that's how you "officially" spell it) said it in Tamil so Nanthini could understand it more fully and Nanthini just started crying. We just wanted her to know for herself that God loved her and knows her personally and she got that answer! It's probably the coolest lesson i've been involved with thus far. Having SisA translate some parts in tamil is such a blessing. I think she'll be in this area for a long time because there are so many indian people here. Why i'm here with her? I'm still trying to figure that one out...haha So that was really exciting. We are working towards that date as a goal but her cousin is getting married and she has something wrong with a disc in her back causing headaches and what not. She was coming to church yesterday to get a blessing but couldn't make it because she felt so sick. Investigators ALWAYS get sick and miss church the week after they commit to baptism haha...ironic, eh? She loves meeting with us though and we have a great relationship so I really hope we can help her out. Sister Wirthlin left on Tuesday. Her companion arrived from the MTC so we sent them off to Oakville. But Sister Scott invited us over for dinner on Tuesday night so Sister Anusuya, Wirthlin, Harwood & I got to spend dinner with President and Sister Scott! We're pretty lucky. In attempt to find some new investigators we've been thinking out of the box. So this week we set up a table on the grass outside the church by the sidewalk with BOMs in all different languages, pamphlets, cards...you name it, we had it. The coolest thing happened. Amidst the people crossing the road to avoid us a car came to a slow putt-putt stop right in front of the table. We stood there for a second in pure shock and then walked up to them and their car had run out of gas right in front of us. hahaha There's a gas station just 200 yards down the road. They were sikh but were totally open to hearing what we had to share. They said they were really excited to read the BOM...I was back at the table talking to people who were passing but the sisters didn't get their #! So hopefully they'll call. We thought that was the coolest thing though. I got a GPS! It's saving our life every day. :) It was right after SisW left we drove to Canadian Tire (kind of like WalMart but not as good) and there it was- the cheapest i'd found it so I bought it! So to answer about Vivian---she sounds great on the phone. Now that missionaries are in Oakville hopefully they can meet with her again. We took Sister A to her first Dairy Queen visit. I bought her a choc dipped cone. She kept saying, "oh sister, this is sooo goooood!" haha she's so funny. Every time we pass she says, "next month we're going there again!" If any of you would like to write her, she would LOVE it! Sister Wirthlin and I got on a topic about how scary it is to run up the stairs in front of someone in your family because they always try to spank you or something...you know what i'm talking about? hahah We were laughing and both agreed that when your dad follows you it's always the worst for some reason. Anyways, she was teary eyed and expressed how sad she was never having a caring dad because her dad was abusive and left her family when she was young... We got stopped by a pastor from a different church the other day. He was passing in his car and saw us walking so he pulled over and started to talk to us. He asked us how many people we had converted. haha He was really nice and was just curious about the work we do. He even thanked us for being young and active in church. It was interesting. We continue to do work in Brampton!Can't wait to talk to ya on Mothers day! I realized yesterday that it'll be here before ya know it! I"ll try to find someone who will let us use thier skype! :) love and miss you sister messer