Week 48 - Scary experience!

September 1, 2014

This week was different than all the others....

So we got transfer calls. I love Hermana Nord, she is my best friend!!!! I was so scared we were going to get separated...  but we actually are getting a third companion... I am so happy that I am staying here in Gloucester with Hermana Nord. BUT being in a trio is hard... We both are going into it with a great attitude.. But It is what Heavenly Father wants... so we gotta do :)

So my companion and I and a ward member saw 4 Hispanics outside a house.( When we see that we go because we are desperate and need to teach Hispanics). So we go over and we know 3 of them.. that we haven't been able to see recently. We didn't know this big man. Hermana Nord was talking to them and this big guy said, "YOU, ME", get over here now.  I acted like I didn't hear him and he said it again. He had a scary face and looked really mean. I told Hermana, "He wants me to go in his house." ( MOM DONT WORRY I AM FINE... AND I LOVE YOU HAHA) So we just went and he took us to the back of his house and told us to sit down.  Automatically my whole chest started burning, my throat was hurting and my hands and feet were tingling... I said we need to go NOW. I turned around and we ran out. We got in the car and sped away.... When we got in the car I started crying.. I felt dirty and sick inside. I felt like I was going to throw up. This was by far the scariest thing... EVER... Right when we walked in the spirit said GET OUT. NOW. Everything was fine. He was a little drunk. (A LOT)He probably wouldn't have done anything he was just drunk, but the moral of the story is listening to the Spirit. If we didn't who knows what would have happened. Another point is being worthy to have the Spirit with you at all times. if I wasn't worthy to have the companionship of the Holy Ghost I wouldn't have thought anything of it. But that was the most powerful feeling I have ever gotten in my life. The Spirit was so strong telling us to GET OUT!! I am grateful for the Spirit in my life! and the direction it gives us!! I am grateful for this gospel in my life!!!!!
 

This week was great. At zone meeting we all made a goal of 5 baptisms in October and we made goals to get to that goal. haha sorry if that is confusing but one of them was staying out till 9, no matter what. We had a lesson fall through and it was 8:15 so we decided to go Walmart and talk with everyone! so we did. We got 6 potentials and 2 return appointments. IT WAS AMAZING. Heavenly Father really does bless us when we are trying to reach our goals!!! It's just mind blowing!! We are getting more and more lessons each week! We are staying busy every day, running to one appointment to another. I love missionary work!!! I love serving the Lord!! :)
 

Have a good labor day!!!! :)
 

I love ya'll and miss ya'll!!!
 

Hermana Brugman

Jay and I just watched the Sarotov Approach two days before this so it hit close to home.

This was her companion Hermana Nord's view of the same story…….

My Version of our story ha :) 

One thing I'm grateful for is to know that heavenly father is watching over me and protecting us. Wednesday we were driving down this really winding/thin (like every street here) road and it was night and so we went around the corner (i am the driver mind you) and there is a huge suburban HAULING literally going 80 and it's 45 and he is on MY SIDE OF THE ROAD... and i can't swerve off the road because on either side there are huge ditches to prevent flooding... and so i honk and literally it looked like his car floated out of the way... (really really fast of course) and he literally missed us by maybe 2 centimeters. I would have probably died... because he would have hit us head on. on my side. None of us could breath after (we had a ward missionary with us) and i had to pull over and get myself together... literally probably one of the scariest moments in my life. 

Second, Yesterday we were driving to an apt and saw a potential we had met outside this house... with some other hispanics. so we turned around and went to talk to them... well while i am talking to the potential catching up (there was alcohol involved in this gather.. like usual) this BIG BIG hispanic guy (who looked a little crazy) pointed at hermana brugman and was like (in spanish) YOU! and pointed then to right in front of him and then in the house... she ignored him but he did it three more times and was very adamant (sp?).... so i told him i had to stay with her and she couldn't go alone... (and we had a member with us) so he said beuno... las tres. and did the same motions... so... we walked over to him and followed him inside.. he led us in the house and towards the back of the house (which was dark with a dim light) and then to the table in the kitchen (with some knifes out) and said (in english) pretty sternly sit down. i said como?? him.. sit down. me... porque? todo esta bien? him... sit down NOW. the spirit was not good in there to put it mildly and something was really wrong with him... so hermana brugman like lost it and was like no. i'm leaving. we're leaving and just started booking it towards the door. i of couse followed her.. and member was looking around quite confused (she is kind of spacey, but great!) and i told her to come on... so we left and hermana brugman booked it to the car... i said a quick goodbye to our inv and the potential and told them we would call them and sorry we had to leave... also the potential told me good idea cause that man was not okay.  :I hna brugman after was having like a panic attack in the car and told us how she had never felt the sprit that strong in her whole life telling her to leave and that her chest was so much on fire she couldn't breathe and her body was shaking... so who knows what could have happened... but i'm grateful that HF was watching over us and nothing did happen. 

Hermana Nord