First of all, thanks for all the birthday wishes and gifts! That was really
fun. :) Everything is going well here minus the fact that
our whole house is now sick. I had an insane sore throat all day Wednesday
and could barely talk. I don't think I've ever had such a bad one so I
thought I was getting strep. But Sister W swears by the goodness of
vinegar and so she made me drink some apple cider vinegar and surprisingly
it helped! I couldn't even drink water because it hurt so bad, but the
vinegar didn't hurt when I drank it and it actually helped soothe my
throat.
My rash is finally gone! It slowly left and the last place it
remains is in my belly button. It's gross and won't go away! haha But anyway, I
feel much better now that that is gone. So my sore throat went away by the
next day which was surprising. However I then had a crazy runny nose! No
joke, I used a whole roll of toilet paper in almost one day as well as two
"on the go" packs of kleenex. Ridiculous.
So that day was my birthday! I woke up and opened all my fun presents :) We
had dinner at the super cute older couple that I talked about before.. They are so awesome and do so much for us. They
gave me a cute little gift of some Arizona salt shakers and made me a cake
and everything! Since I am sick I had to fan my hands really hard in order
"blow out" the candles so I wouldn't get anyone else sick! haha. that was
fun. Then we had a big haboob! There was a really pretty sunset so we
stopped to take some pictures on the side of the road and you could just
see this wall of dust coming upon us. So we took some pictures and got in
the car as the wall of dust overtook the sun and everything went dark.
haha. It was a crazy one! So we just stayed parked on the side of the road
for a bit because it can be dangerous to drive in them. We eventually made
it out and made some visits for the night. We also knocked on quite a few
doors that morning and just walked around. We really need some new
investigators so we have been working on that recently. Then that night
Elder H (my old district leader is in my zone again! Only he is not my
district leader. He's in another district) and his trainee Elder B made
me a nice cheesecake and brought it to me for my birthday! They are so
sweet :)
The next day we had planning so we used all of our party supplies and had a
party at planning! We made cupcakes and decorated them and had crystal
light in our fancy cups and plates and all that jazz :) I also made the
glow in the dark balloons float ominously by taping
one to our light so it was just hanging there so when the other sisters came home it was just there. It was fun. We also went out
to a zone lunch that day too. So we did a lot of fun things this week!
This weekend we really did do a lot of knocking doors/going through
potentials and such so we walked and knocked a lot. We didn't have much
luck on some of the days though. Especially Saturday. It was a bit slow. We
stopped by one of the couples we had taught and we don't know what happened with them
but they are no longer are interested :( The guy said we came at a bad time and
they aren't interested in the Mormon church anymore and they are going to
try another Christian church. He said there are things he doesn't agree
with but he wouldn't tell us what they were when we asked. He said he
didn't want to discuss it :/ So we might stop by another time and try to
figure out what he is hearing because there are just so many rumors out
there! So that was a little sad because they had been coming along so well.
On the bright side our soon to be baptized sister is coming along really well and is getting anxious
for her baptism. She has asked me to sing with her daughter at her baptism
so it is going to be interesting. I'm not sure how we will practice because
her daughter lives an hour away almost. We shall see! We also had another
huge haboob on Saturday so we sat in our car for a while again. We aren't
supposed to be out in the dust because you can get Valley Fever that way.
So we made some fun music videos.. haha we are nerds and silly but it was
fun. Plus we have to get all our good memories in since Sister W is
going home in 2 WEEKS! That is so crazy. I don't like it.
So Sunday we went on a "road trip" to the boonies of our area and had a
good lesson with a guy . He cries every time we go over there and
he feels peace and basically is getting a lot of answers that this is true,
but he doesn't think so and says he wants to be sure. Plus he isn't coming
to church or reading as much as he should to be making sure it's true. So
we will see what happens with him. We don't teach him much because we don't
have enough miles to go out there often and he doesn't usually make set
appointments. He has a hard time committing to things so that is hard.
We
also went and saw the guy who came to church a few weeks ago and
brought his non member girlfriend. He said he was going to come to
church but things came up and hopefully they will come next week. The girlfriend came out too and the guy made the comment that her divorce just went through so
now they have to get married. Then he said "but first you'll have to get
baptized!" and she just said, "oh ya, will I have to do that first?" haha!
that's a good sign. And so we talked about how we could have a cute little
wedding in the gym of the church and have a lunch after so then she started
asking about what she would need to wear and how they do weddings and such!
So we told her they would have to get married before she got baptized and
that we would love to start teaching her. She had loved church and even
gone home and downloaded gospel library on her phone! wooo! So we asked
when we could come back and pat said, "Everyday!" haha so I guess they like
us! So we have an appointment with them this week! I love them and I'm
super excited! I hope all goes well :)
So that was an awesome blessing
since we hadn't had much success this week with finding.
Soooo then after that we had dinner at a member's home (we had steak and a
yummy dinner). Then they said we needed to load up in the car and go to another member's home for dessert because they had invited them over. So we went there
and the Sister kept making sure I was in front when we walked in and
stuff but I thought nothing of it. So I walked in and saw the Bishop's wife
there and thought, "oh they are having lots of people over for dessert!"
and then I walked in and there was a big group of people from the ward and
everyone yelled "Surprise!" haha! They had a surprise party for me! My
companion was behind it all! She had been in cahoots with Sister W and
they planned the whole thing! So
they invited all the members there and we had a lot of yummy desserts and
they sang to me and such! So that was really nice of them and I seriously
had NO idea. I was so oblivious and my companion was sure that I had had
an idea about it but I did not even see that coming. So that was super
nice! What awesome people :)
Plus, to make it better, we were able to contact a referral (finally, we
have been trying for weeks) while we were up there (it also takes quite a
few miles to get to that community) and set up an appointment with her! She seemed really nice and said we could come back this
week as well :) Yes!
Then to finish up the night, Sister W and I played with the helium
balloons that were given to me at the party. It was a good time :)
So ya! It was a good week and we were able to find a few more people to
start actively teaching so we are really excited about that. I have an
awesome companion who threw me my first surprise birthday party ever, and I
think I'm finally going to get better soon! :)
I hope everyone has a lovely week! Oh, I also finished the New Testament
today so now I'm going to read the Book of Mormon and Doctrine and
Covenants side by side. My goal is to read all the standard works before I
come home. I am waiting to tackle the Old Testament though...haha. I love
reading the scriptures! It's one of my favorite things to do :) So don't
forget to read your scriptures and pray everyday! It is a key to happiness.
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