Small Miracles That Show Prayers are Heard

We took the Turpins on a grand tour....of the local grocery stores, Tiger (kind of a dollar store) and Jysk (a housewares store).  Besides just showing them how to negotiate shopping, paying and price-checking, we helped them look for some little Nisse men.  They are as taken with them as we are.

Unfortunately, we didn't find them....everywhere we have looked, they are gone.  We will go to some other shops later in the week to see if there are anymore available.

In the afternoon we went to the center.  It was a few hours before any YSAs came.  By 7:00, there were only 5 there plus Elder and Sister Turpin, SK and me.  We were a bit concerned because none of the 5 were in charge of FHE, but by 7:15 we had about 17 there, including the FHE chairman and our intrepid leaders Morten and Lea.

We heard a marvelous message from a young returned missionary who had served in Greece.  He told about a little orphaned-boy who received what we would hardly consider a gift, but to the little boy was an answer from Father in Heaven...because it was the very thing he had asked for.  It was a sweet story about prayer and the answers that come....little experiences in the eyes of the world, but to the one receiving the answers they are miracles.

Then we wrote to the missionaries...all 19 of them!  Tables were set up, paper and pens handed out, and everyone bent over rectangles of paper to write a Christmas message.  I had put a couple of calligraphy markers in my purse a couple of weeks ago, and found them there tonight as I was looking for a pen, so I addressed the envelopes.  That was fun....I hadn't done anything like that in a long long time.

We have had some wonderful visits with the Turpins today.  They have wonderful testimonies...this is their second mission.  Their expressions of faith are inspiring to me.  They are very comfortable visiting with the YSAs and seemed to enjoy them so much this evening.  They not only visit, but they both pick up on small cues about individuals who need a little extra attention.  They are great people

One of our prime directives since arriving in Denmark has been to "love the young single adults."  I have always thought that was an unnecessary to state because we have loved them since we first got here. But this last week, I have been frustrated with myself and wondering if we are doing anything of worth.  I have been praying to know if we are doing enough.....but thinking there was no way to answer that one.

When our sweet young Gismo left last week, I hugged her to say goodbye, and she told me that we made her feel loved.  That was a such a sweet answer to prayer. Such a small thing, but it meant so much to me.