Skip to main content

Lamanieten? Liever niet dan

Zuster Merg's Weekly:


Title comes from the one and only, the hilarious, the elect: John, who is getting baptized in October (fingers crossed). 
This week was good, kinda hard, and fun. All around the spectrum. I try not to sugarcoat things, so I'm just gonna give you all of it! Some stuff that happened....
--had Zone Conference and got PUMPED about missionary work. I want to be better at seeking and fulfilling the Lord's vision for my day. Every morning, we plan our day out knowing that things won't go according to plan. But the more I've been on my mission, the more I've realized that is just God using us to fulfill his vision for the day. He has a work he needs us to do, but we have to answer the prompting of the Holy Ghost to find out what it is. 
--we learned we will get the senior couple car when the Vermeerens leave to travel back and forth every week between our two areas. Normally I'd be really excited because that means we are more efficient, but that was really hard news to hear because it means I might have to drive again on my mission. To be honest, I never want to drive again after the accident. I had a couple of PTSD attacks, but we got it under control and for as long as she is in Suriname, Zus. McGuire is going to drive. I'm super grateful for my awesome companions that helped me out this week! They're amazing and I love them lots.
--learned that the other guy in the accident is out of the hospital and healing quickly!! I'm SO glad he's ok. I can't wait for the day when I can meet him and give him a big hug. In Zone Conference at the end, President Baird shared a story about how all things come together in Christ. I don't know if I'll know the whole reason why the accident happened, but I know God has a plan and His plan is always the best. I felt the spirit testify to me these truths. It was very special. 
--cool lesson with Icean where we just asked him a bunch of questions until he recognized what he was feeling was the spirit.  I love when that happens.
--CLINT IS ON BAPTISMAL DATE. I REPEAT. CLINT IS ON BAPTISMAL DATE. We told him we'd make him pizza we were so happy Haha. 

Yeah, those were the highlights! I love you guys and hope you have a great week!
Love, 
Zr. Mergenthaler

Cint, Junior, and us before ZC



From Bonni:

Pics from the Vermeeren's Blog:

Zone Conference





Cleaning and Moving.  Every week.






Getting Driver's Licenses



Can you tell in which grouping of pictures Emily is feeling the worst?  She is smiling, but I can tell.  In fact, before we even talked to Emily today, Rick and I were looking through these pictures and we said, "She's having a hard time."  Sure enough, she was having a very difficult day, but powered through thanks to her sweet, supportive companions and senior missionary couple (who are going home soon--sad).

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Back To School Meanies

 Letter From the Nest August 15, 2025 https://open.substack.com/pub/lettersfromthenest/p/back-to-school?r=48qui&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web One August, more than twenty years ago, at an evening book club discussion, my “older” friends (now I look back and know those women were the age I am now), were discussing the woes and triumphs of back-to-school season. One woman was anticipating her youngest child’s senior year of high school. She said, “For more than two decades, our lives have revolved around the school district’s academic calendar. I don’t know how I will plan my life without knowing about school breaks or holidays.” I remember her bittersweet tone as she anticipated freedom from school schedule constraints but also mourned how those constraints guided her choices. What would she do? Other women joined the discussion, wondering if their kids would have good teachers, if they’d be able to balance volunteering in the classroom, how to streamline school supply pu...
Post a Comment
Read more

My Legacy Stinks

 Letters from the Nest https://lettersfromthenest.substack.com/p/my-legacy-stinks Lately, I have been asking you, “What will you do to make Sunday special?” This is me encouraging you in your worship without giving you a prescribed list of things to do. One thing I do differently on Sundays is that I read a Sunday book that’s “different” than the fiction I read during the week. Usually, it’s a religious book, but sometimes it’s an inspiring biography or narrative nonfiction with an uplifting theme. My Sunday book for the past few months has been “Both Things Are True,” by Kate Holbrook. This collection of essays explores a range of topics, including faith, forgiveness, women’s roles, trials, history, and more. Each chapter contains a dichotomy that fuels the discussion. For example, the chapter on forgiveness explores both the concepts of forgetting and remembering. Last Sunday, I began reading the chapter entitled "The Weight of Legacy," in which she discusses the dichotomy ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Lyme Disease??

Let me just preface this by saying that I am soooo grateful for good health insurance. I have been to the Dr. for the kids lately so often, that I am embarrassed that they recognize our family when we walk in the door. So, here's Ricky's story. A couple of weeks ago he was extremely sick. He had a fever for over a week, complained that he couldn't move his legs, and ended up with an awful looking rash all over his body. We went to the Dr. 2 times for this. The first time, she said, it was a virus and it should run its course. When Ricky was getting worse, instead of better, we took him back in to a quick clinic where the nurse diagnosed him with strep (even though the short test was negative). Well, after a priesthood blessing and antibiotics (which we discovered later that he didn't even need to take--and in fact they may have made him feel worse), he got better. Then, last week, I discovered a new, crazy rash on his legs which continued to grow, turn purple on the in...
5 comments
Read more