This week has been CRAZY!
There was a lot going on so I'll try to fit everything in, in this short time I
have. So last Monday we had to do some MAJOR cleaning because we were having
house checks. We also had to clean our car. So Sister C and I were headed to
the car wash. Meanwhile, a train went through town so we had to stop and wait
for a while. So we made solid use of our time by putting the car in park and
cleaning the inside while we waited! I'm sure the people around us thought we
were nuts. We had the Windex and we were washing the windows inside and wiping
down the dash and such. So that was fun. THEN we went through the car wash and
it was Sister C’s first time! Ever. She thought it was so fun! She can now cross
that off her bucket list ;)
A cool experience on
Monday night-We have been visiting a less active lady, every once in a while.
She has an autistic boy and she is also having some marital problems. She and her
husband are separated for some time while they try to figure things out.
Anyway, we had her on our list to go visit again (it would be our third time)
but then I got sick, and then we went another time and she wasn't home. So it
had been a few weeks since we had been there. Well, while I was studying I was
reading the war chapters. It talks a lot about fortifying the cities and what
not. So I thought about the things we can do to fortify ourselves against our
enemy (the adversary). Of course all the little things came to mind: scripture reading,
church attendance, prayer, etc. So I felt we should talk to her about those
things and how she can fortify herself to have the strength to go through hard
times, as well as cut the adversary off. So we went to her house and she was
there. Before we even started teaching, she talked about how she needs to do
better at reading her scriptures and how God was going to send her "a
swift kick to the butt pretty soon" if she didn't start. I said,
"Well we just might be that kick!" So now we are going to go over every
week and read with her and help her understand the Book of Mormon. She is a
convert and had a hard time understanding it alone when she was converting so
the missionaries helped her then. So we said we would help her too! She then
went on to say that our timing is always perfect and the message that we share
is always exactly what she needs and she always receives answers from it.
AWESOME! So that was a huge testimony to me that the Lord is ALWAYS guiding us
even when we think he isn't. Because in our mind it was, "we should
probably go visit her soon. We could try showing this Mormon Message because
she is going through a hard time." So it never really felt like
inspiration or revelation, but more just that we were wingin' it. SO, that was awesome
to hear from her and it helped me to know that as long as I'm doing my part,
the Lord will always help us and that we help people when we don't even realize
it.
On Tuesday R’s back was
still hurting so we got some people to come give him a blessing! It went really
well and I think it touched him. He knows he is going to convert, but he wants
to take his time. He has some Word of Wisdom issues and he says he isn't sure
he is ready to change those. But hopefully as his testimony continues to grow,
he will WANT to make that change. He says he likes it and he doesn't doubt any
of it, but that spiritual conviction still isn't there. But his son thinks he
is already Mormon! He wants to be baptized, BUT he still won't even commit to go
to primary yet. His dad says I have a little bit of power over him for some reason.
So we always play rock, paper, scissors, to see if he has to go or not. But he
pinky promised that next week he would go and he would bring a friend so he wasn't
so nervous. But they are progressing really well!
We go to the
"asylum" every week and this week, they trusted me with the code to
let myself in and out! WOO! I officially moved up in the world! Apparently they
trust us now or something.
One night this week, we
were eating at a member’s house and we had tacos. It was super good and I had
like 5 (just the small corn tortillas, don't call me fat, I was starving ;)
haha anyway, at the end of the meal we said, "That was super good! Thanks!"
And the member replied, "Ya, the buffalo was pretty good too!" We
were super confused and thought he was lying, but nope. We ate buffalo meat
that night folks. I didn't even notice! It tasted just like hamburger. He said
his brother shot huge buffalo last year. It was like 90 years old and was HUGE.
We saw a picture and it really was massive. Anyway so that was kinda cool, I
tried something new without even knowing it!
This week we also had
zone conference and it was SUPER good! I learned a ton about really
consecrating yourself to your mission and really tapping into God's power and
miracles he has waiting for you. I loved it and it was super helpful. We also
went on exchanges this week. So I went with Hermana A to the spanish area
again! I love her so much. She is from Mexico City. I think I talked about her
on our last exchange too. If not, let me know and I'll explain in more detail.
Anyway her driving is getting a LOT better, but she is nervous about yellow
lights. She automatically slams on the brakes when she sees one. So we were
almost to the intersection and it turns yellow so we come screeching to a halt
and we are almost in the way of cars. I am yelling "Go Go Go!!!" But
she just sat there, so we just laughed and laughed and laughed. Plus she was in
the crosswalk so far that people had to walk BEHIND our car to get across the street.
So the rest of the day I would tell her if it turned yellow whether to go or
not. It was funny :) But I learned a lot from her! She is a super good
missionary and way dedicated. I hope to be as good as her someday! So she
taught me a lot of things that have helped her on her mission so I'm going to
try some of them and see how they work for me! Also, the some old, Spanish men
in her ward said they loved my black grandma shoes. It was quite funny. uhhhh
thanks? haha
Our older lady friend
took us to dinner again this week. She is getting so dang old and can hardly
function cause she has so many health issues. She is SO stubborn and at dinner
she made it very clear that she was never going to join the church. She keeps
telling me that I need to become a preacher or minister and get really high up
in our church because "yous really knows somethin'"(in an east coast
accent). She just thinks we are wasting time out here. But I love that woman; however,
we are going to have to drop her because we need to spend time looking for
people who are ready to accept the gospel! sad :( we will still go by and clean
for her every once in a while to help her out, but sadly we aren't going to be
able to use a lot of time on her anymore.
So this week has been
super great and we are preparing for our 15 year old’s baptism this week! YAY!
They announced it in church this week and I think there will be a pretty good
turn out. We also had some good help from the ward council in setting it up so
that will be awesome to see who shows up and how it goes. I am going to be
giving a talk, which makes me kinda nervous cause I don't want it to be boring!
But I am so excited for this young woman. We also have a young man on date too!
We taught him last night and put him on date for April 26. I think he is just
doing it because he is dating a member in our ward. He really likes her and I
think they will eventually get married. But he says he really likes everything
and he told us he would read 40 pages in the Book of Mormon by Friday so
hopefully he does that! But yay! We also have a few people that we have
recently met that we can start teaching soon as well!
Things are going good
here and it's getting warm. I already have tan lines.
A legit farmers tan line,
a watch tan line, and an insane shoe tan line. It's so crazy!
haha anyway hope you all
have a great week! :) Be good examples and try to share the gospel at all
times.
"We should share the
gospel at all times, and if necessary, use words."
-Elder Uchtdorf :)
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