Well, this week has been good. It
was busy, and great! :) So many things happen in a single day that by the end
of the week It's hard to think of what to write about. But here are some great
things that happened.
On Tuesday a lot of our plans fell
through. We had been very excited because we had a lot of lessons scheduled,
but it always seems that on the days you almost have your whole day filled with
lessons they all fall through. :) Haha so we went to our back-up plans, which
was to visit a potential that the Elders from the previous transfer had found.
Her name is X! We had knocked on her door so many times before, at so many
different times of day, we were about to give up on trying again. In fact as we
were waiting on the doorstep Sister Winert began to say, "You know, I
think X might be for future missionaries-" and then the door opened! :)
She let us right in and we were able to teach her the Restoration! She is a
talker, and she couldn't say enough nice things about the church and the Elders
that had helped her move. :) Service really makes a difference, and can open
people's hearts to the Gospel. The reason she hadn't answered the door is
because she has problems with her lymphnodes (spelling?) and she had been
really, really sick. She still is pretty sick, but Heavenly Father led us to
her on a good day! She's really hard to meet with, just because of her health,
but I believe that she's ready to progress! :) It's wonderful!!
On Wednesday we had another great
experience! We were on exchanges with Sister Haupt (who is actually the other
Sister Training Leader) and we had received a referral from the Spanish Elders.
So we went to go and contact her, and she was there! I love referrals. :) She
is an older black lady who loves praising Jesus! She is so, so awesome. :) We
weren't able to teach her a full out lesson because her daughter was home, and
apparently she doesn't have the best relationship with her daughter. But we
were able to talk to her a little bit and set up an appointment for the next
day. At that appointment we were able to teach her about the Plan of Salvation,
and she really liked it. She said that she felt the spirit when we taught about
it. We asked her if she would progress towards baptism, and she said, "I
really need to be baptized. Yes, I want to be baptized." So, she will be baptized
at the end of August!!!! :) I'm so excited to keep teaching her, we were so
blessed to find her!
Something sad happened this week. On
Thursday we had an appointment with X and the Y family. We had Stake
Coordination right before, and President and Sister Hobbs were there. Sister
Hobbs had been trying to come with us to one of our lessons, and we let them
know that we had one with X right after the meeting. And they said that
they wanted to come! Ah! I was super nervous. Teaching in front of the Mission
President and his wife, no big deal! But long story short, the lesson was so
powerful. The spirit was so strong. One of the Y boys had his non-member
girlfriend over, and she was crying at the end. We were so excited forX,
and we challenged him to ask if the Book of Mormon was true. The next day we
contacted him to ask if he had been able to pray and read, and he basically
told us that he wants to continue in his own religion. We were really sad, but
we know that we've planted a seed! One day he'll be ready to continue, he's
such a great kid.
This past week we were also able to
have another lesson with Brother Z! It was great! We had just gotten out of
dinner, and when we checked our phone we saw that he had called a few times. So
we called back and he told us that he had been wondering if we might be able to
come over that night. Long story short, we ended up going. He told us that he
had, had a really spiritual experience that day, and he just wanted us over to
have the spirit in his home. It was really humbling. We were able to teach him
a lesson, and he at one point he asked very specifically for my testimony and
why I was on a mission. I was able to tell him how and why I'd chosen to
serve, and how I knew for myself that the church was true. It was a powerful
experience. It's not something I'll forget. I'm so happy that we've been able
to meet him, and help him come back to church. :)
You might also be wondering about the
A family, and well...we haven't been able to meet with them again. But
don't worry, we're not giving up on them! I think Heavenly Father is trying our
faith. We'll see them again! Hopefully this week! :)
Transfers are also in a week! Can
you believe it? I sure can't. Sister Winert is going home in a week! :( I'm
going to miss her. A lot. She has been an excellent trainer, and I've
learned a lot from her. I'm nervous for what's going to happen, but I'm also
really excited. Here's to a new transfer and a fresh start! :) Also, I've been
out three months this week! Isn't that crazy? In some ways it seems like I've
been out here forever and in other ways it doesn't seem like it's been that
long. Crazy!
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