Today we had another really fun zone activity. We went golfing! We played all the districts against each other. I had only a few successful hits and putts. But as a district we got only 2 over par total so that was really good because no one else on our team had ever been golfing. I was coaching everyone since I knew everything they should do....I just couldn't do it myself. haha :) I just knew the technique. It was fun :)
This investigator we took shopping, reminds me of when Christ tells us that we need to humble ourselves and become like a little child. She is in her 50's but is just so innocent and kind to people. She is always smiling and trying to do her best. I absolutely love her. She had a pretty rough week this week though. She had to go to the hospital on Tuesday. Apparently she was at the doctors office for pain in her chest and the middle of her back and while they were there, she had a seizure. They called an ambulance and took her to the ER. So we went and visited her on Wednesday and took some men to give her a blessing. She did not look well when we got there. They blessed her that she would be healed from the things that were ailing her at that time and then told her that the rest was up to her. She had to have strong faith in order for the blessing to work. While we were visiting, her friend came in. This friend had gone 4 days without smoking but had gone on stress overload when her friend was in the hospital and so she smoked again. So I took her lighter and threw it away when we left. She has a desire to quit so that is good. She has gone quite a few days again so we are proud of her. On Wednesday we went and visited them again. When we walked in our investigator looked like a whole new person! She kept telling us that she felt so much better and that the men had told her that the rest was up to her faith. She said she had enough faith because when she woke up the next day she felt really good! She told everyone that it was the blessing and they have to have the faith. It's so adorable. She kept saying she knew it was the blessing that helped her feel better. While we were visiting we taught them about baptism and receiving the gift of the holy ghost. Her friend was out of the room for part of the discussion and we had just finished explaining to our investigator what a covenant was. So to check her understanding, we asked her to tell her friend what a covenant was. So she turns to her friend and says, "Ok, do you know what a condiment is?" Oh man I was laughing so hard. The member with us tried to correct her and said, "no, commitment..commitment." So then I was laughing even harder because all these people were talking and they were all saying the wrong thing. It was a funny moment, but you had to be there I guess :)
Those two ladies also came to church for the first time this week and loved it. Sister W and I spoke and they said we did a good job and they liked hearing us speak. We introduced them to the ward and told everyone they are getting baptized on the 9th! They are both so excited to be getting baptized. They have a lot of faith and they love having us come over. We go over probably 4 times a week. It's so awesome!
This week I went on exchanges with Hermana J. I love her to death. We went to the Spanish area. She wanted me to be able to say something in the lessons, so she wrote down a little snippet for me to say in Spanish. I just read it and she helped me with the pronunciation. (side note: I'm singing a song in Spanish at a baptism on the 9th.. you can't be serious. Sister W is playing the piano and Hermana G is going to sing a part and Hermana J and I are singing together because we don't want to sing alone. Also because I don't know Spanish!) So anyway, it was fun to be with her. We got to know each other a lot better and are good friends :) She is going home this transfer so I'm sad about that. But that was a fun adventure!
We have been visiting this week as well with one of the men we have been teaching . His wife is visiting her mom so she wasn't there. We went and read from the Book of Mormon with him a few times. He has a hard time retaining information as well as understanding the "thee's and thou's" so he reads everything twice to help him. He had an accident that caused him to have a hard time with those things I think. So we help him out. He is starting to get a lot more comfortable with us. He is starting to crack jokes and he hugged us the other day before we could do anything so that was awkward. But he is willing to try this stuff and to put forth the effort, he is just a little scared he said. So hopefully he will come around. I really like him. Unfortunately he didn't make it to church this week though. He did come to a baptismal service this weekend though. The Elders had a baptism so we invited him and he came. He was asking if anyone had ever drowned when they got baptized and he was so sure that some had to have in history at some point. "Especially since they used to baptize in rivers! If you slip, your a goner!" haha he was funny.
We got two new investigators this week too. One is a woman. Her daughter is a member in and she has been going to church with her daughter because her daughter just had a baby. So her daughter came down so we could have a lesson all together. The mom wants to keep going to church with her daughter until she can come down and go to our ward with her so she is more comfortable. We will try to change that though. She said she would get baptized when she got an answer but wants to take things slow because she is old and set in her ways. She seems pretty solid though!
The other one the sisters found while we were on exchanges. He is pretty cool. He has a stutter but is perfectly confident and doesn't care. He really wants to come to church but works on Sundays. He already asked his boss twice to get it off and his boss won't let him. So we are praying for a miracle because he is on date to be baptized on September 13th. We set the date out there so we can pray for a miracle and he can come to church. He is super funny. He also came to the baptism and was telling everyone the story about how we found him and then the lesson we had with him a few days later. We are excited to teach him and help him prepare for baptism.
We also taught a part member family. The husband is a member and even served a mission. They grew up in a small town and when they got married, everyone was really judgmental, including his family. So they got offended and pushed away. The wife took lessons from missionaries online a couple years ago. She said she is willing to go through the process again and see if this is the right timing for her family. Hopefully as they pray they will choose the right step instead of trying to please men. She is just really turned off because she thinks religion is supposed to bring families closer together, not rip them apart.
We are teaching a few less actives and recent converts as well. I am trying to get to know everyone in case Sister W leaves this transfer. Which, I had a dream last night that I was the one who got transferred and not her. We shall see! I hope she doesn't leave! This transfer is going by so quickly. We are hoping to be able to reach the standard of excellence by the end of the transfer so we are working hard. We had a good, full week so hopefully we will have another really full week! As I said before, we spoke in church this week. I spoke on missionary work because this ward is mostly converts, so I thought they would be more missionary minded and they aren't. :/ They are good but we need them to step it up because our area is so huge! It is hard to find "the one" when we don't have enough miles to get anywhere. Also, I CRIED when I gave my talk. I NEVER cry anymore so that was super weird.
We might be biking a TON this week because we are out of miles. But our area is huge and we have a lot of appointments so I'm not sure how we are going to be able to do it. ;) Oh, we also went to a funeral. Remember the girl whose mom died? The funeral was this week. Well I'm not sure what it was to be honest. We thought it was going to be the viewing on the night that we went but when we showed up, everyone was sitting down and watching a slide show. But one of the girls recognized us and took us right to the front to see the daughter. So everyone stared at us as we walked to the front and we awkwardly stood in the aisle while we talked to her. Hopefully it was a good thing that everyone saw us walk in and try to comfort her instead of getting mad and wondering why were there. Someone was getting up to a podium when we walked out so I'm not sure what it was that was going on! So ya! A really good week full of lots of good lessons and progress :) Thanks for the prayers and support! I love meeting all of these amazing people ready to accept the gospel. I hope they all can keep the faith and hold on through their trials!
No comments:
Post a Comment