Stories from Ruth #45

This week has been crazy and good! We have had so many funny stories.

Story #1 All of us sisters decided to get lunch and so we were heading home to do so when Sister Kaithwas decided to cross the street to talk to this man at the bus stop. So of course we all followed. Then the bus came and pulled over, although no one had waved it down or was catching that bus. We told the bus driver that no one was getting on the bus. And he opened his personal bus door, stepped out and asked "Now what did you do to get four lovely ladies to talk to you?"

Story #2 How do you know if the conversation has been too long? When your bus has passed three times or when you hear Hallelujah and Amen 30 times in a prayer?

Story #3
Random M&S worker: "Your the people with the dodgy badges!"
Sister Lotter and I: "What?"
Worker: "I met the two asian girls."
Sister Lotter: "Yeah they are both from India."
*long story proceeds... just to end*
Worker: "Are you from Canada? You sound Canadian."
Sister Lotter: "No. I am Austrailian."
Worker: "You sound American! Are you from Australia too?"
Me: "No. I'm from America."
Worker: "But you sound English! What?" *just scratches his head confused while we start walking off giggling*

Story #4 Sister Lotter and I were dying as it was 31 degrees Celsius and we had not eaten or had water since the night before. Well we went tracting and this enflish guy opened the door.
Sister Lotter started: "Hello! How are you? We are-"
Complete Stanger: "Come in! We have two young boys who need to learn about Jesus!"
*us standing there with our jaws dropped*
Sister Lotter: "Is there a female in there?"
Stranger "Yes, my wife."

So... we went in. There was the dude who invited us in, Paul, his sister-in-law from Peru, Marcella, and his two nephews who are in their twenties and looked like they had walked out of a vogue magazine. The football game was on and they were all watching it. But Paul told us to talk to Marcella and the boys about Christ. So we introduced ourselves and started with the restoration. We asked how they were all related and Paul said that it was a family barbeque, so they were other people in the backyard. They offered for us to stay but we told them we had to leave soon, because we were still in shock. Then this shirtless older guy in an apron popped in and asked "want a sausage?" We did, but we turned it down. Haha! They were so funny. We talked to them for a bit more. Met other family members. Paul told us that one of the boys had just returned from his trip from Barcelona and was now working for a bank. We regretted sying that we had to go at the end. They were so funny! Marcella had met missionaries before, and had visited a chapel, so she walked with us to the door when we left and we talked to her for a bit longer. The spirit was so strong and she said that she wanted to come to church with us sometime. So yeah!

This week I want to share Matthew 7:21 "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven."
I think this scripture teaches us a lot of important things. I know that there will be many who know God is Lord, but salvation was never dependant upon merely acknowledging a fact. We need to know the will of God and do it. We have to ask what his will is and submit our will to him. He knows everything, and we have to accept that he knows what is best. The most important thing in our lives is to study the gospel and scriptures God has given us, pray, and be obedient to the Lord and his commandments.