Perfectly Perth: Meet Sister Sinaga

Hello my people.

Sister Parsons left this world (Australia) and entered Heaven (Utah) on Thursday. She will be deeply missed. I MISS UTAH!!! Ya'll don't know what you have.

My new companion is the one and only.....SISTER SINAGA!!! She was in my district when I first came to Australia! I have stayed in the same district my whole mission, but now she is back in High Wycombe and we are now companions! I LOVE Sister Sinaga. She is SO crackup and so dedicated to serving the Lord and doing work. She is from Indonesia and she loves Chili. And she loves taking pictures of me when I'm not looking. And of herself on my camera. I love her.

Having Sister Sinaga back in High Wycombe has helped me see that people's hearts are softening. We keep getting out of lessons and she says, "What the heck?!" (in her indonesian accent) When she says that, I know we just experienced a miracle! Hahahaha!

We are teaching golden investigators and some of the people who didn't let them in in the past, we now see regularly! What the heck?

We had a lesson with our investigator named Yuli on Saturday. She is from Indonesia and is Muslim and they imagine God as just a spirit. Not a person. He's not a "he". He's an it. God. A thing. Not a person. Something that is everywhere but nowhere.... Our lesson was filled with the spirit. Scriptures kept coming to our mind that we shared with her to answer her questions. She kept having "Ah ha" moments. Everything started making sense. We invited her "just for this lesson" to picture God as a person. A man. Someone who loves her so much and is standing there listening to her. We invited her to pray with us and she said, "No no you. You do it. It's your turn." We didn't let down. 3 times we invited her. I had the idea to share a scripture in 2 Nephi 32:8-9 and after we read that she said, "Okay. I will pray." We closed our eyes and folded our arms. And she prayed.

It was the most amazing experience. Her prayer was so simple. So sincere. She ended her prayer and she was crying. She said, "Why am I crying?? Am I crazy?" Haha! We told her she was feeling the Holy Ghost. She was feeling God's love.

She said, "I feel so happy. I feel so much...relief!" #liquidheart #whattheheck

We also had a great lesson with Gemma. She's basically Mormon already. At the end of our lesson, she asked US if we wanted to pray? Who even does that?? Gemma.

I'd be okay if I stayed in High Wycombe my whole mission. I love these people. There is so much work to do, and I want to do it.

A few weeks ago, my sister sent me something that said, "Babe, you got this." I testify that this is true. For me, and for all of you! You got this! Whatever you are going through, you can do it! Maybe sometimes you feel you can't do it. But God can do anything. So get on His side and through His power and His Spirit and His commandments and His strength, you can do it. You got this.

Something Sister Sinaga says to me all the time is, "It's not hard. It's just us. Just do it."

It's just us.

Just do it.

Love you.

Sister Beardall