I have
so much to tell you! so last Tuesday the mission house inspectors came by and
they walked in and knew instantly that we should be moved. Our apartment was rough and our house smelled bad. The smell was
making me sick and I wanted out of there so bad! We got to do more tracting and
ran into more members... they are everywhere! Wednesday was an incredible day!
We have lots of kid investigators and so we decided to find some visual aids and
games for them to make learning a little more fun! We got to meet the stake YW
President and she took us out for milkshakes. While we were eating we got a
phone call that was an answer to our prayers. They finally found us a new place
to live.( the apt they were in was not a good situation) We are living with the Taylors. They are an old couple with a big house. I
feel totally spoiled living here. The District Leader
calls us Princesses now (Dad you were right!)
We had a fun dinner appointment
with a family we see quite often. Sister J( the mom) served a mission
and loves the idea of helping us as much as possible. We had a lesson that night
with a 10 year old girl who can't quite decide if being baptized is what she
really wants. Its really hard to help her out because she has such a strong
testimony. That night we had a meeting with all the Ward Mission Leaders and it
was amazing how much they help us!
Thursday I definitely earned a gold star!( I
put a star in my journal on the days I feel like I really earned them) We had
Zone training and car inspections in Vernal. During our meeting we talked about
how President McCune is giving us less rules to follow. So now we can listen to
any kind of uplifting music and not just lds artists! We also found out that
each missionary is going to be getting a tablet! Thats right!! I am so excited
for that, it will give my shoulder a break because we won't be carrying our
scriptures everywhere now! After that we headed back to Roosevelt to start being
Missionaries again. We had 4 appointments! All of them went really well and I
feel like the people here progress faster than we can teach! Its seriously
incredible!
Friday we decided to do a car fast because on Thursday we used 107
of our miles and we only get 800 a month. We are probably going to have to talk
to the mission president about making it a bigger number because we have used
about 600 already and its only the 15th! So we got to walk everywhere and luckly
the weather cooperated! it was 75 degrees and sunny all day. My companion got
sun burnt. After lunch we decided to meet some families we have been hearing a
lot about. The first family we talked to loved seeing us and the second was not
interested at all. We got back a little to early so we decided to do some
tracting around the neighborhood we live in. We knocked on the door of this
amazing family. The dad is Greek Orthodox and the mom has no
religion, they have 3 year old twin girls who are super cute ( they look like
michelle stoddards kids) They let us come in and share a message, The dad
said that they really aren't interested but they love hearing from us and said
we could stop by anytime. Hopefully if we continue visiting their hearts will be
opened. Saturday we did some tracting and were pretty successful. You are
probably wondering what makes a day successful, well if we are invited in and
get to share a message with them, thats what make it successful. At 4:00 we had
a baptism. This 10 year old boy was baptized and his dad was rebaptized! The
spirit was super strong and amazing! Saturday night we got to teach a 10 year
old boy with autism. He has such a fun spirit with him and it was fun teaching
him. After our lesson we did some more tracting in an area we didn't realize was
ours. One of the families we ran into gave us 20 pounds of moose and elk meat!
Yesterday (sunday) was great, we attended two wards and it was fast and testimony
meeting. After church we did more tracting, I am seriously surprised how much
tracting we do! But we found some one who wants to take the discussions!
He was taught by the Elders awhile ago but his mom said he would probably learn
better from us sisters! For dinner we went to the family with twins
who is not interested and we had a great time with them. I am sure they will
come around some day because I could see him as a mission president!
Utah
weather is a lot like Idaho, today we woke up to 4 inches of snow...even though
it was 75 degrees two days ago! Over all I feel like I am doing pretty good.
There has been a few times that I have felt home sick but as soon as I get to
work I forget about it. I love you all and miss you! I have a request for
everyone. PLEASE be member missionaries, with out you the work does not get
done!
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