This week was amazing! On Tuesday we had a great zone training meeting at the mission office. Afterwards, the sisters in the zone sang happy birthday to me and then everyone knew it was my birthday coming up. That night, Sister Anderson and I went out to dinner at the restaurant where we teach the owner. It was really good! We taught our investigator B who is really cool and our ward mission leader and his wife were able to join us. We've been teaching him almost every night, but he still doesn't understand why he needs to come to church if he has a personal relationship with God.
Then on
Wednesday, I woke up to my desk being heart attacked by Sister Anderson
:) I opened my package from my family. I got some new shirts that I
love and the card was awesome! My parents recorded themselves saying,
"Happy birthday" :) Then we headed off to Tampa before 7am so Sister
Anderson could be at metro with Sister Smith. It was fun to be with the
other sisters, but walking around campus is long and hard. I broke out
into hives for some reason, too...we still haven't figured it out.
Sister Anderson got some, too. Anyway, then we went to the apartment
for dinner and made pizza and ate cake :) Sister Smith's companion,
Sister Phillips, was with us, too. When Sister Anderson and I got home,
we heard a knock on the door and thought that was kind of weird. I
looked outside to a car driving away and when I opened the door, there
was a plate of delicious cookies and our door was heart attacked by the
young women in the ward :) Sister J sent me a happy birthday text
telling me to look outside :) I also got a happy birthday text from
President and Sister Cooper and K! How did everyone know? Haha :P
Thursday
was awesome, too! We decided to drop (stop teaching) a bunch of people
because we haven't been able to get in contact with them. It was sad.
But we met with this girl named A who we haven't been able to see in
awhile and she is amazing! She just graduated from high school and was
the drama club president. Since we last saw her, she had the
opportunity to attend an AA meeting (even though she doesn't drink) and
was really inspired by the faith in Jesus Christ she saw in the people
there. She really wanted to come to church and said she would find a
ride. The next time we saw her, she had a ride and was really excited
to read the Book of Mormon. We invited her to be baptized and she
really wants to! We decided on September 10 as the date, and her
birthday is September 11! How perfect is that?! She will receive the
gift of the Holy Ghost on her birthday :) We also were able to see M,
the owner of the restaurant, and he had read 1/3 of the Book of
Mormon! He asked us what the 10 commandments are and we taught them to
him. A lot of our set lessons that we had with people fell through this
week, but we had so many miraculous unset appointments :)
On
Friday, we stopped to use the bathroom at Publix and met a really nice
lady. She had a relative who served a mission and really wanted to buy
us something. We told her we were fine, but she ended up buying us
candy bars and fruit salad bowls :) On Saturday we met a lot of cool
people who we were able to make return appointments with. We also saw
one of our investigators who said he would definitely be at church the
next day and even bring a friend, but neither of them came. A didn't
come either because she slept in and her ride fell through :( Next
time we will contact her earlier so we can get her a ride with the
Ts who live really close!
There were so
many miracles this week, I can't even write them all! I just know that
there are people who are ready to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ, we
just need to find them! For the members of the church, you are really
key in being an example and a friend to people and teaching them through
your everyday interactions. Would K have wanted to join the
church if her friend C hadn't invited her, shared her testimony,
and been an example of Christlike love? The members of the Lithia ward
are so great and willing to help in missionary work and talk about the
gospel with their friends.
Oh, the other crazy
thing that happened this week. This morning as I was washing a cup, it
just broke in my hands and I have cuts on 3 of my fingers. Not sure if I
suddenly got Spiderman super strength or something? So hives and
bandaged fingers...that's my life.
Tonight, I
will yet again be on campus with the YSA sisters because Sister
Anderson and Sister Harper are going to help Sister Cooper with the
departing missionary dinner for the missionaries going home.
--
Sister Porter
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Pictures:
Birthday Preparations!
Picture 1: The pancakes Sister Anderson made for me on Sunday :)
Picture 2: At the restaurant...it's really cool and western-themed :)
Picture 3: My cake!
Birthday!!!
Picture 1: At birthday dinner - me, Sister Jensen, Sister Harper, Sister Swanson, and Sister Phillips
Picture 2: me with my cake :)
Picture 3: My desk! It was so cute :)
Picture 4: Our door!
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