Busy Week!

Well I officially have a year of missionary work left to do. And this week was super busy but good.

 

Tuesday- And it rained rained rained. My companion and I got caught in the rain. Then my bad broke :/ so we called the other sisters to find out where goodwill is. But they came over and got us so we got a new bag. Afterwards we came back and its pouring so we were sitting in the car waiting a little bit when this guy came to the car and he told us hes a member in my ward and we put their bikes in their garage and the sisters took us to our dinner appointment.  Afterwards we saw this lady named Tanya and her 3 girls. Tanya has a lot of health problems going on and in their last ward the ward wasn't nice to them. the elders gave one of the girls some ties and she started to wear them to church and people told their daughters not to talk to her. And so they have a hard time going to church. And the member we had with us with inactive for 25 years and told them her story and told them to not make the same mistake. it was a very powerful lesson. Afterwards we saw a recent convert on 3 years named leah. And leah has been hearing a lot of anti Mormon stuff lately so weve been working with her to keep her testimony cause she's struggling with it.

 

Wednesday- We saw a less active named Silvia. Shes seriously one of the craziest people I have ever met. I very much believe what elder Morris told me. Missionaries attract the weirdest people. Silvia doesn't take us being there serious at all, but shes really funny. We then helped a lady in our ward move. Were really sad she was like a mission mom to us. She always made our food requests and was always doing so much for us. Later that night we met with Erin the girl I told about last week. She asked us if she could get baptized!!!!!!!!! We told her yes. She then told us she looked up the requirements for baptism and she said she will quit coffee, and listen to music that is uplifting and everything else it takes to be lds. It was amazing.

 

Thursday- We saw a lady named Sherry and she has all these wild birds its really cool. I got to hold a dove :). We talked about having trust in god to help us in times of need. Later we saw a lady named Sister Puma she takes us coming over as social hour and not a time to learn so we sadly have to drop her and hand her over to the ward. We then saw a guy named Jimmy. He was baptized when he was little but due to things he hasn't been back since he has a huge heart and we are continuing to work with him.

 

Friday- We had an awesome district meeting about working with those that are in actual need of us. Later that night we saw erin again. We taught her the 1st vision and afterwards we asked her if she would get baptized on October 26 and she said YES!!!!!!!! She jumped up and down and told her parents and they wrote it on their calendar. So ERIN IS GETTING BAPTIZED!!!!!

 

Saturday-  We saw a less active named angela. She hasn't been active in years and shes struggeling big time. She has a handicape son that just had surgery, she works full time, shes getting divorced, and she got robbed its really sad so we talked about god with her. Afterward we saw Silvia AGAIN... shes super funny and never fails to not make me laugh. Then we saw this crazy black lady named Betty who was mad cause we couldn't stay for over an hour... her daughters walk around the house shirtless and we were there for like an hour while we listened to her talk about tattoos and how beautiful they are... enough said about her. Later that night we had a ward pizza party and talent show Silvia and her roommate whose less active came and Erin and her parents came. We left before the talent show so we could stick to mission rules but we heard it was really good.

 

Sunday- Erin sadly didn't come to church :( But Sherry, silvia and ed all came to church after a very long time :) Then we took a girl in the mission prep class tracting one guy came out with a knife!!!!!! but then we saw a potatoe afterwards so phew. Then 4 people told us to come back which was awesome. We then went out with our ward mission leader and his wife we ran into a really scary dog, and 2 people screaming and hitting each other. (note to self don't go to that area at night) But we did see a potential investigator her kids were home and they said their mom was in the hospital so we gave them our phone number to call us so I call that a miracle that we came at that time. And that was our week Love you all

The Church is True

Hey everyone so a lot of you know this was a crazy week. I had a fever and some other stuff happened. But in the scriptures it promises that trials will only be for a small moment and that's so true. After the crazy week. We met this guy named Zach who was outside smoking. My companion went up and started to talk to him. He was busy so he asked us to come back in a few days. My companion and I rolled our eyes and walked away. We went back a few days later and he let us in. He lives with his parents and his sister. At first they left us alone with him.  a member with us by the way) And as we were telling him how this gospel would bless his life his sister came out and asked if she could sit in we told her yes. She told us that shes been looking for a church and that shes gone to other church but people have made fun of her and haven't been too nice to her. She said she has mental health issues and that people don't understand it that well. We told her that this is christs church and that everyone sees everyone as a son or daughter of god. I told her that we have 2 men in our ward that have autism and sing really really loud and that people love them to death. We gave both her and her brother a bom. The next day we went by and walked with them to church. They both LOVED it. Everyone came up and talked to them and asked them to sit with them. They felt very welcomed and loved. They asked about baptism and asked when they could. All the craziness from the week was worth it. They loved church. God truly loves all of his children.

 

Ive been out 6 months and ive seriously learned how much god loves his children. Including myself This church is the true church it has to be true. I have no doubt

 

Theres a song im listening to right now from an efy cd. The lyrics say "You are feeling the weight on your shoulders. turn it over. take the courage to take one step. someone is there to help with the rest. its something only you can do. Don't carry the burden as the years go. You don't need that crushing in your life. Have faith to pray to see this through. Theres one who knows you perfectly. he can take the hurt away. Healing starts within just let him in. and let in begin.

 

Its seriously my favorite song ever its amazing. I love you all :)

Hard times and Good times. Please keep the prayers coming!

So seriously what a week!!!!! So one of the sisters in the mission who is also a sister training leader (Sister Leondhart) only had a week left of her mission. And me and her have bonded very much on the mission. She grew up very similar with a mom with alot of problems and she struggled with self confidence and other things so i asked her how she has grown since the begging of her mission and how she has learned to forgive her mom. She told me and it amazed me. The next day she asked if it would be ok to do exchanges again. We said yes. We first started out with a less active named Rebecca. Rebecca has been struggeling alot lately and when we came in we could tell something was wrong. So we asked her and she said that everything was horrible. We talked and she said that shes been having probleems forigivng people including her mom. So we both talked about our experiences with our moms and we both felt inspired to ask her if she needed a preisthood blessing she said yes. So we told her we would get that arranged. Afterwards we went out to fro yo and talked about our past and about how she forgave her mom and she encouraged me to do the same. She gave me a picture of jesus holding a little girl and i cried. We then afterwards tried a few people but one we stopped by named Rose. Rose is a potential investigator. We went by and she told us that she had a heart attack but that she was ok. We talked to her and said a prayer with her and she asked us to come back. It was awesome. The next day was going fine but after our dinner appointment when we went to our bikes my bike was still there and my companions bike was GONE!!! Someone stole her bike. I called our zone leaders to ask what to do and a cop pulled over to ask if we were ok. he said that there was nothing he could do and left. As we were walking home the primary president saw us and picked us up and got us home. The next day some members bought my companion a new bike!!! What amazing members :). The rest of the week was pretty rough. I struggled alot with anxiety and depression and had alot of stomach issues along with it so for a few days the work was really slow due to that reason. Monday night was awesome though. We taught an investigator named Garret the first vision and the book of mormon. When we told him the 1st vision he freaked out!!! He thought it was amazing and he said he felt amazing when he heard the story. He said he wanted to refer all his friends and wanted his wife to hear it. It was amazing!!!!We also saw 2 less actives that are seriously impossible to get ahold of. it was awesome then we tried some investigators named mary and paula but right when we got there they were very drunk. So we left right then. So then this morning we went to Rebeccas house and again she looked upset but even worst. so we tried to talk to her but she wouldnt listen. So we said a prayer with her but afterwards she kept saying that its not worth us being here and that she diddnt want any human contact at all. So my companion asked her if she wanted us to leave and she told us yes. So we got up and as we were leaving she told us she was taking her reocrds out of the church :(. Were both really bummed but we know theres nothing else we can do. So that was my week. I love you all and I have one more year to do the lords work crazy how time goes :/ looove you all