August 7, 2017
Hello, everybody!
On
Monday night we taught Sister F with Sister B, who was a
great interpreter and fellowshipper. Then we received a referral so we
went to see her. She ended up being an 16 year old girl named N who is really sweet and was referred by her best friend in Nebraska,
where N and her family just moved from. She has been to church and
other activities with her friend and enjoyed it. She wants to feel
more strongly that God is there. She and her family belong to another
church and seem pretty set in it but we'll see how it goes!
We
had district meeting at the mission office on Tuesday because of
interviews. I got to see Sister Lesuma and talk to her for a little
bit! Sister Durrant got to see her last companion, Sister Zinck.
Interviews went pretty well. After we got back we went to see S (N's mom who we've been trying to teach) and talked about the Book of
Mormon. She is open to reading it and meeting with us.
We
stayed for most of Wednesday in hopes of killing Sister Durrant's
cold. She is better now. We had coordination that night and a meeting
with Bishop. Both went well. That night we had about half an hour left
and we were walking around our apartment complex. We needed up meeting
some really cool people and giving away 3 Book of Mormons!
Thursday...was
my birthday! We weekly planned, ate cake, and weekly planned some
more. We had a lesson with a less active member named Sister D,
who has been really struggling since her husband's death 5 years ago.
But during the lesson she really felt inspired to come back to church
and said she might be late, but she would be there on Sunday! She also
invited us back for dinner next week.
We
saw S again on Friday and she was asking questions and seemed
interested in the Book of Mormon. At the end of the night we had
stopped by a woman named R who we had met awhile ago but nobody
answered. We passed back by her house and her son was outside starting
the lawnmower. He went and got R and we had a great conversation
with her, showed her the Prince of Peace video, and gave her a Book of
Mormon. She asked kind of out of the blue if there was a way she could
receive a blessing for the family's upcoming move to Virginia. Some
nuns had blessed her sons when they were babies and she had really
appreciated it. We said sure, we know some elders who would love to
come by! So we will probably be going on Wednesday night.
On
Saturday we were finally able to go to the Mary & Martha House
thrift store to serve again. It turns out they were open an extra hour
for a sale. We ran into some members of our ward who we hadn't met
before. They gave us a referral and introduced us to the employees who
they knew. We had a great discussion with two of the employees about
what we do as missionaries.
On
Sunday I met another Natalie Porter at church! She and her husband
were visiting for their honeymoon. Brother L wasn't feeling well
and Sister D didn't make it either. The elders had some people
there, though, which was awesome! After church we stopped by a woman
who we had met before and she let us in for a lesson on the spot! It
went pretty well. We read the Book of Mormon with T after dinner
and she seemed to connect with what was being taught. Finally we saw
the C family and got to know R, the super sweet 15 year old
daughter, a lot better. She has been through a lot but is always
smiling. We gave her her own copy of the Book of Mormon and showed her a
video. We are excited to see what happens; she likes to read! At the
end Sister C gave us authentic tamales. They might have been a
little too authentic for me...my eyes were watering and my face was
burning up, haha. But it was delicious!
There
was a scripture that stuck out to me this week as we and all the
missionaries in the mission joined in a mission fast. I know that
Heavenly Father loves us and wants to help us in any way he can. I have
felt his love many times and I am so grateful for the blessings he
gives me even when it feels like nothing can help.
Alma 31:32
"O
Lord, wilt thou comfort my soul, and give unto me success, and also my
fellow laborers who are with me--yea, Ammon, and Aaron, and Omner, and
also Amulek and Zeezrom, and also my two sons--yea, even all these wilt
thou comfort, O Lord. Yea, wilt thou comfort their souls in Christ
Pictures
1. Eating lunch at the mission office before interviews
2. Happy birthday to me!
3. My snazzy cake making skills
4. It's a marble cake!
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