Missionaries are put in the right apartments

I just realized that I keep forgetting to talk about my neighbors! We have some really amazing neighbors here in Perth Amboy and they have become a really huge part of our lives. They are not members and they are American. It is a Mom and her 3 daughters who are 9, 7 and 5. The middle daughter who is 7 actually has a tumor in her brain which causes her to be blind, so as you can imagine, this mom has her hands full. She is an incredible mom though, she just loves her girls. The girls LOVE us. They will watch us from their window and whenever we go over to their house they just tackle us and they pull us in all different directions to show us their toys and games and to play with them. WE LOVE them.

 

We try to serve them in any way that we possibly can. We take her trash out and lately she has been calling us when she needs something, which is so great for us. The daughter had chemo for her tumor a year ago and her tumor stopped growing and they said that she would probably be safe for a couple of years, but last week the mom pulled us into the house and she was in tears because at her doctors appointment her tests had shown that her tumor has begun to grow again and that she has to go back into treatment. She is starting to have some small seizures too. Its hard. Yesterday was the oldest girls birthday so we went to her birthday party. It was so cute, but it just felt sad though because the other one has to start her treatments on Tuesday.

 

 This morning we decorated her door for her birthday, we could hear them get so excited when they left for school this morning it was so cute. Today we are going to buy a frame because we found a really neat picture of Christ when he blessed the Nephite children that we want to give to them. We think the mom will really like it and it will be something that can comfort her as her daughter starts treatment tomorrow. Hopefully her heart will soften and be open to our message some day because she always tells us politely that she's not really interested in religion. We are hoping that it will come with a lot of service and showing love for them.

SERVE YOUR NEIGHBORS! It is important!