The week started off with a good bang as us sisters had a sister lunch.
It's crazy that not even a year ago there was only one set of sisters in the
city and now there are four or more.... :) we are growing so much.
So I have
found this lactose free milk that tastes pretty good and we usually get that
(all my companions have been super supportive) but this is the second time that
my fake milk has been curdled.... HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE! Spoiled Fake
Milk=Bane of my EXISTANCE! I hate it so much! I just want to be a normal kid who
can drink normal milk and love her normal life. Oh speaking of being normal im
finally a girl who screams around spiders... dont like them... in fact one
decided to make a home in our pot and i was not amused. Then i went to go have
cookies and fake milk on the porch to make me feel better and i completely ran
into the screen door... almost broke it. That would have been bad, but instead i
just got to wear my milk. But eeehh, thats life. What are you going to do about
it? :) Oh the elders have a NASTY gigantic gummer bear in the office that they
all eat off of. Do you know how many germs that bear probably has on it now? Oh
i officially have 31 mosquito bites... majority of which have taken over my legs
and feet. Finally bought some OFF so thats good! ooops :) Oh and I get a
canadian drivers license this week!!!! yay! Sister Christensen hit her one
month mark and to celebrate we found snow.... well we did find snow but we
werent looking for it. it was on one of our adventures where i had NO idea where
i was going.... we usually find the best things on those.
There was just so much that happened this week. We practised for a musical
fireside we are going to be putting on... It is about families being forever and
it is going to be a great way to praise the joy that comes from eternal
families. I actually gave a talk this week about families too. I was asked to
give a talk on why i came on a mission and when thinking about it i boiled it
down to one word. FAMILY! The gospel has allowed my family to be together
forever and i want to share that gift with others. (oh and i did my talk with no
script, all from my heart, president and sister thomas showed up and they enjoyed
it which means it was a success!) There was a baptism this week in St. James
ward! It was so good to see someone make that commitment. It helps me renew my
commitment to do better and be better! I even got to see sister rush a little
this week and that was nice. She is always a boost of energy when she is around.
We saw a lot of new people this week. We went to a members house and got to meet
her fiance and she gave us a whole bag of stuff which included new shoes and
some jewelry... apparently she was just getting rid of it so she thought we were
poor and could use it... How sweet! We went to an appointment with the elders
with this couple where She got baptised a year or so ago and he is now
investigating. He is a finder.... he drives around and picks up random stuff
comes home and resales it or keeps is so he has a lot of hidden treasures around
his house. My favorite was a little frog he found it had a crown on it and
diamond looking things and it was super pretty..... I wonder what he will find
each week for the rest of the transfer :). Their story is so cute though. She
got converted and when he asked for his old wife back she said she's gone and
shes not coming back. now you can either join me or get over it. haha now he is
taking the lessons for the third time. He really does love her and i think he
will get baptized one day! We also met an investigator the elders gave to us
that "has doubts"... it just goes to show that everything you do matters and
that you have to be patient and loving and trust in gods timing... she said she
will turn around and expects us to call weekly... see things work out. Then we
went to this members house and they fed us phillipino food! oh how i love
it!!!!!! Their youngest daughter is so cute and drew us a picture of an american
flag! apparently she thought we missed home and now its up in our apartment so
apparently we did.
Why i call this week a week of faith is we have done a LOT of contacting
this week! We have tracted for a good three hours and done tons of street
contacting which means my week was full of door slammings, grumpy people, and
four potential investigators. It was fun! Oh and when we street contacted this
one guy i got 15 misquito bites right then and there and all i was trying to do
was explain to him that we weren't two tribes created by joseph smith who killed
each other... im trying to decided if it was worth the sacrifice of my legs. It
ended up being worth it later because we found bobby! He is one of our new
investigators and he was out on his lawn when we found him. He invited us to the
back where his wife was cooking and we taught him the first lesson. He asked so
many questions and is letting us come back to teach him more! I am super
excited... I dont even know how to contain it sometimes AHHHHHH!!!! But I wanted
to also tell you about Blanca. she is our other new investigator. She is a former
investigator where it looks like her husband was more of the focus so we are
going back to teach her. She speaks hardly any english but i think with a
translator we will be okay! I know that we were able to find these two new
investigators because of your prayers so thank you! Thank you for keeping your
brothers and sisters in mind so we can help bring them into the fold and remind
them of their divine potential. The other people we are teaching are doing so
good! Our twelve year old said the closing prayer at the end of our first
discussion and wanted to not leave town so she could go to mutual... that is a
HUGE step! We had to tell a less active that a member who has really helped her
out from another ward passed away. I hate being the bearer of bad news... and I
guess im not so sure how to deal with crying people either... maybe thats
something i need to learn out here! But speaking of learning we had specialized
training this week with the assistants and that helped SOOO MUCH! Its nice to
have a direction, a real direction, on how i can improve myself. With all the
slow days and everything not starting the way i want it to its nice to have
reminders from the assistants, letters, emails, and scriptures that i am enough,
i do enough, and god is pleased with my efforts. I am proud to be a missionary
and Im excited for the future!
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