We had FHE with a part member family this week and that was a lot of
fun! We played Book of Mormon bingo and it was such a neat way to get use to the
names and all the different things included in the book of mormon. Since a
majority of our investigators are kids right now we are getting better at
keeping things fun and simple and book of mormon bingo is a great way to do
that.
We had a miracle story this week with a lady named F***. She is a
former investigator (meaning she was taught by missionaries and for her it was
like 8 years ago) we have been calling her once a week and asking if there is
anything we can do for her and usually end up saying a prayer with her on the
phone. We then were able to stop by and give her brownies and she let us set up
a time where we could come back and teach her. We have taught her twice since
then and have another appointment later this week! Its been great to see the
lords hands in this work!
We have been working with one of sister rush's investigators and I LOVE
HER! Her and her family are so great! This week we learned how to follow the
prophet and played prophet says... kind of like simon says but with a
prophet.... and it stuck with them which was great! We also went to teach just
the mom so me and sister christensen got to play in the spray pad with the kids
for distraction... it was a lot of fun! She also attended a baptism with us and
seems to be progressing from the daily contact we have been making.
We have been working with a couple of less active members that live on the
northern part of our area! One of them had a stroke over a year ago and still
seems to be recovering from that, the other we have been painting her
ramp (sister C****) i have actually talked about her a lot. Well they both
came to church this week it was great! sister C*** actually gave the
other lady a ride, the ward mission leader called me sneaky and gave me thumbs
up for getting two sisters there with one ride :) .... It was great to see them
at church, it really made my day!
We found a unique way of finding this week. We drew the plan of
salvation in chalk at the park and actually walked a guy through it teaching him
each part and then giving him a book of mormon and a pamphlet. It was such a
different way of looking at things but it was really fun! I got a video of it
that i will send home the next time i send my card home. We did this when we had
exchanges with sister kunzler and we also celebrated sister christensen's
birthday this week... lots of colorings and treats you would think i was
in primary again.
I had exchanges with just sister rush and we were able to find my
momentum again so im ready to go to work and not ever give up! While on
exchanges we taught one of my spanish investigators and luckily sister rush was
with me because we found out her mom was sick and she was leaving for el
salvador for a month. She said she was going to take the book of mormon with her
on the trip so hopefully she is ready to be testified to by the spirit because
it is such a powerful book! Sister rush also mowed a lawn in a skirt for service
as a finding activity... we were able to talk about baptism with the lady whose
lawn it was but it was still funny to see grass up and down her legs. We also
met a chiropractor name dr. bob. I was able to relate the gospel to his work
because i knew what he did. It was the neatest thing and i know that the spirit
was truly talking because i cant even remember my phone number for my mission
phone sometimes.
I have a new tracting area... its called charleswood in winnipeg and im
really excited for this. I havent been able to actually work there yet but i
know that the lord will bless my efforts where ever im at as long as i am
obedient and do good things with my time.
We helped with a member baptism on Monday and the dad doing the
ordinance forgot to pull out the plug.... one of the people helping said i
should be able to do it so i offered to help and realized there was NO WAY i
could do that without getting soaken... that didnt stop sister rush. She jumped
in, pulled it out, then realized all her extra dry clothes from pday activity
was in the car..... she can be crazy sometimes but at least she has fun doing it.
Learning to have fun is the key! Fun can be found everywhere if you
just look hard enough. there was a quote that says laughter is the shortest
distance between two people and i want you to know that as you send things that
are funny and make you laugh, I feel closer than I know I am! thank you for
everyone's encouragement and love! you are all incredible!
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