Monday, October 28, 2013
October 21
So
last week when I emailed you all I told you that I was starting a new
area somewhere with a new companion. I was terrified and finally by 5:15
the missionaries that were down in Texas arrived and my area was the
last to be announced. :/ They announced that my companion is Sister
Moulding (which shes pretty awesome by the way) and then they announced
that we were going to a place called Valencia County which is right next
to Los Lunas. So they gave us our car (no more biking!!!!!! yay!!!!)
and we headed off. It was only 20 minutes away from Albuquerque and we
got there and ites pretty much a farming village!!!!!!! I was super
excited when I saw it. We found our house and we live right next door to
goats, Chickens, and roosters. And our neighbors are super nice they
came up to us and said hi and introduced themselves and they said that
they watch over the missionaries that live here and make sure nothing
bad happens to them. So we feel super safe here. But we go in and the
sisters before us left the place a mess!!!! I was super ticked off and
my anxiety was all over the place to go along with that. But then the
elders called ( we cover the south part they cover the north) and they
said they were heading over to meet us. So then when they got
there because of mission rules they told us to follow us to the church.
Once we got there I asked them for a blessing after the blessing I felt a
lot better. Afterwards they explained the area to us and we met the
relief society. So later we were back home when we heard a knock on the
door. The relief society showed up and helped us clean our house!!!
Bless their dear hearts :). The rest of the week has been pretty busy.
Meeting the bishop, our ward mission leader, lots and lots of meeting
with the elders and others. We did service, we also have tried some less
actives. And we also got 2 new investigators on our first week here!!!!
So so far so good were pretty excited!!! And we have also become super
good friends with the elders their names are elder reams and elder
reading and their both super awesome! Im super excited for this area!!!!
Love you all :) Also heres a pic of sister Tompkins and I back in my
old area with the Carillo family :) 
Monday, October 14, 2013
October 8, 2013
So
seriously what a crazy week!!!! We had 5 investigators that dropped us
due to different reasons, 2 moved out of the state very quickly, and
others asked us not to come by :( but overall its been good.
Monday night we saw one guy who was struggeling and we think he was drunk.... but we talked to him anyways.
Tuesday-
We were going to see a less active but we didn't feel good about going
so we canceled and she got really mad and called the mission office to
tell them were terrible missionaries OUCH! but the mission office told
us not to see her again and not to worry. Later we saw Silvia and shes
doing awesome shes becoming a really strong member of the church again
their working on getting her a calling. Later that night we saw a
referrel named Natalie she let us in right away and we set another
appointment with her. We then saw a less active and it was super sweet
she told us that we made her night by coming over to see her.
Wednesday-
We went and saw a less active named lucia and when we were there she
told us the real reason why she doesn't come to church anymore. It was
really sad (for confidential reasons cant say why but) we later saw
another less active and shes struggeling with a lot of things mostly
with her kids 2 of them are most likely going to jail so we helped as
much as we could.
Thursday-
I woke up in ALOT of pain and i couldn't even move so we tried calling
some missionaries some elders finally picked up and we asked what it
could be they said possibly kidney stones so they drove over and gave me
a blessing. Later the mission doctor called and said it was probually a
pulled muscle so i grabbed the heating things from my slippers and put
them on and we were able to go out that night. It was super painful but
we did get to go to a rs activity where we learned how to make fry bread
which is super duper good. I loved it :)
Friday-
Felt LOADS better :) so we went to zone training which was good. We
saw a few people afterwards but the best part was that we went back and
saw the referrel and we taught her the first lesson and she said yes to
baptism!!!!!!!! Im super excited shes awesome.
Saturday-
General conference was incredible. I loved president Uchdorfs talk i
want to print it off so badly and give it to all the less actives. And
also Elder Hollands was incredible. and also did anyone notice the fly
during one of the talks it was pretty funny.
Sunday- General conference was super awesome again. :)
Sept 30
What
a week!!! Its been awesome though! I have become a Green chile fan my
favorites are chicken enchiladas with green chile and pepperoni pizza
with green chile its the best thing in the world.
Monday- We tried
to see a less active and she forgot that we were coming and we couldn't
find anyone to go out with us so we stayed home and did weekly
planning... :(
Tuesday-
We got a phone call from our investigator Erin the one that was going
to be baptized she told us she didn't want to get baptized anymore and
that she doesn't want the missionary disscussions anymore :( ive never
been so sad. She had no reason the only thing I could think of is that
satan got to her. We tried a bunch of people and no one was home. But we
finally were able to see a less active named Leah shes really awesome.
Shes a convert of 3 years and we taught her about tithing she said shes
been lacking faith about tithing so we helped her with that.
Wednesday-
A member picked us up and we got straight to work. We first saw a lady
whose less active and when she opened the door and saw us she told us to
go away and not to come back. The member we were with got really scared
and didn't want to see anyone else but we reassured her that its ok and
that it happens so we saw another less active and she let us in and we
were able to share a message with her. after that we got dropped off and
got picked up by another member and we saw Silvia whose my absolute
favorite. Shes a convert from Germany shes really funny and crazy but
shes improved soooo much. She brings up the prayer now and we are able
to teach the lesson without a disruption its amazing how the gospel
changes people. Afterwards we tried to see more people sadly no luck :(.
That night we went to a less actives house where she has a neice that's
not a member so we went over and talked about god. The nonmember Debbie
said that she felt disappointed in her parents for not teaching her
more about god so we askd her if we could help her come closer to god
and she accepted. Afterwards we went and tried a few people but no such
luck.
Thursday-
Back to weekly planning... icky and we now started a new way of weekly
planning that we write down their commitment to follow up on, their next
commitment, what were going to teach them, and how were going to get
them to church. It takes FOREVER but it will be worth it in the end.
That night we had the scariest dinner ever and im serious!!!!!! Shes
this 90 year old lady who has completely lost her taste buds and has
lost her mind. First she has this really scary dog that has sharp teeth
and really scary eyes and it bites you every time you walk. Then for
dinner it was this soggy broccoli and this really cold lasanaga and this
jello with mustard on it. but I ate it all regardless of how scary it
was. afterwards her dog was biting my companion and my companion started
to kick it and the member couldn't see it and was telling us not to be
scared of her dog that it only bites boys we both looked at each other
and finally got out. We both felt sick after dinner but we went and saw a
less active named Laura. Laura hasn't been active for 15 years. One
excuse is that she doesn't have a dress to wear and the member with us
said she would wear pants with her to church, so then she brought up
that shes too tired to come to church so we told her about the later
church but she still rejects them all its really annoying and we cant
figure out the real reason. We then saw a lady named Laurinda shes less
active and she comes to church every week but she struggles behind the
scenes so we are helping her as much as we can.
Friday- We
had district meeting and it was really good. One of the elders has a
really rare disease called snails fever that he got from the Philippines
so we said our goodbyes to him cause he went to slc to university of
Utah to help treat it. so his companion is in a trio now so theres only 5
of us in our district but its really fun. Afterwards our district and
the other district went to panda express for district lunch and this
member that none of us knew paid for ALL of our meals it amazed us all.
The total at the end was about 84.00 dollars!!! Afterwards we continued
with weekly planning. That night we visited a referrel and she was
really sweet she let us in and we talked for like an hour and she told
me how much she loved Boise it really made my night she said that she
might move there and I told her she should lol then afterwards we
went and saw Debbie our new investigator we taught her the restoration
and it was a very good powerful lesson overall.
Saturday- We
continued with weekly planning most of the day but saw people in
between time. We saw an investigator named Robert hes a black guy from
texas and hes seriously the coolest guy I have ever met. We answered a
lot of questions about the blacks not having the priesthood, the role of
a women in the church and more it was really tough but we made it
through and we survived. Later we saw Silvia and we taught her the plan
of salvation she couldn't remember what it was and it went really well.
We then saw the relief society broadcast which was very very good.
Silvia came and our investigator Debbie came and she cried the whole
time and said she loved it :). Afterwards we went to a fireside of a man
that is apart of the preach my gospel committee and turned out it was
one of the assistants grandpa. To start out we sang called to serve and
we were partially into the song he stopped us and told us we could do
loads better so he had us stand up and sing as loud as we could. His
talk really touched us all. It was a very strong talk that we all truly
felt changed us all. Afterwards we sang Army of helamn which I
absolutely love. We sing instead of we will be its we are NOW the lords
missionaries. Afterwards I saw my mtc companion sister karl we both
jumped up and down and cried and hugged each other. its been 6 months
since I last saw her it was the best thing in the world to see her
again. afterwards the sister got us home ass they were leaving we heard
this skidding and we looked to see if they were ok. They luckily were we
ran to see what was wrong. They ran over a milk carton and it got
stuck. My companion craweled under the car and got it. I was pretty
terrified for her to do that but shes ok. So something to laugh about.
Oh also if any of you remember Debra that I use to teach that said yes
to baptism but moved. I met the elders that are teaching her and they
said shes getting baptized THIS SATURDAY!!!! I jumped up and down im
seriously so happy to hear of one person that I have found is getting
baptized.
Sunday-
We went to church and it was good. We continued with our weekly
planning that night we tried a bunch of people we tried a potential
investigator his mom answered the door and told us that their not Mormon
and we told her we were looking for her son so her son came to the door
looking terrified and he said one moment and closed the door and
afterwards another girl came to the door and asked us to leave it was
pretty akward.... Afterwards we saw a guy named Eugene. Eugene use to be
a temple worker but he got married to a nonmember who is a pastor at an
anti Mormon church. She stood at the door the whole time we were
talking to him and she looked ticked but we continued on. Its really
depressing to see him now. We tried others but no such luck.
Monday- this
morning at the laundry mat there was this ugly bug and one of the
sisters killed it with her shoe but for some reason it flew right
towards me. It gave me quite the scare but a good laugh too.
This week
will be awesome. Its hot air balloon season for Albuqurque so theres hot
air balloons flying all over its really cool. And this weekend is
general conference and my companion and I were chosen to clean the
temple Saturday night which were both very excited for. And next Monday I
get to go to the temple sooooooo excited. I hope all is well and love
you all. oh heres a pic of my companion and I and sister mcshane and
sister Rager at zone conference 2 weeks ago
Monday, September 16, 2013
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
Monday, September 9, 2013
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 :)
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