Sweet is the Peace.....

We had our Danish class as usual today....from noon to 3.  Our numbers have dwindled down to 9 today. There is still an interesting mix of individuals representing Africa, Europe, South America, South Sea, Asia and of course...U.S.A.

The first part of the class went along as usual.  We meet for an hour and a half then take a break, then back to class for an hour.  Today as the teacher excused us for break, the lady next to me asked if she could speak with me....so I followed her out in the hall to an isolated area where we sat and visited.

She is going through a difficult time in her life, she is experiencing some very real depression and anxiety and she does not know where to turn.  She went to a Danish doctor who without further talk referred her to a psychologist.  Her appointment is in 3 weeks.  She feels like there is no meaning or purpose to life and she feels empty.

She prayed and she said that I came to her mind.

We talked past the time when class started, and finally went into class.  After class, I invited her to go to the center with me, where we talked for nearly 3 hours.  She had leftover winter root soup with me and we talked while we ate.  We went into the office and I opened mormon.org for her and showed her how to look around.  I even showed her my profile, or whatever you call that.  

I gave her a Book of Mormon in Spanish, I explained the Plan of Salvation, i.e. The Plan of Happiness.  I read with her Moroni's promise and I bore my testimony that there is a purpose to life, there is always always always cause to hope, that our Father in Heaven knows her and loves her, and that she is His child.

I shared with her my opinion that medication can be helpful for her, and that when she sees the psychologist, she can ask and then make a decision.  But she told me that she doesn't think there is a medication that will "fix" the emptiness in her heart....she said "I don't think I need medicine.....I need God."

It was an incredible experience.  I don't know what will happen from here, but she is reaching out....she is praying, and the Lord wants her to have the gospel.  She asked so many questions and amazingly I knew the answers.  

I will see her tomorrow in class, and on Wednesday she will come to the center to have dinner with us and she wants to help prepare the meal.  So she and I will make sugar cookies!

The Family Home Evening tonight was grand fun.  We had almost 40 here and our speakers were a couple who blog about love and dating.  They asked me to take pictures for them which they will post on their blog. Here is a picture of them with some of the best young adults in the world.

They are from New York and are currently traveling, before moving to Guatemala.  They have had some very difficult trials in their lives and have come to a beautiful understanding about how to treat each other and other people in the best of all possible ways, in order to achieve happiness in their own lives.

After their talk, the center erupted in conversations, laughter, CRUD and snacking on fruit. We had two investigators and 2 visitors from Rome.  Now all is silent, SK is in the kitchen cleaning (!!!) and I am ready to go home.  

Tomorrow, The Test!