This week was slow at the beginning
and then just got faster and faster. Monday-Wednesday we got to stay at home
because my companion was sick. She had an infection in her gums that made her
lip really swollen. It did not look fun and so I let her sleep a lot. While she
was sleeping I read the scriptures and Jesus the Christ and when I needed a
break I decided to color. I thought of quotes I like and drew pictures to go
along with them. I will send a picture of them. Also this week me and my
companion decided to start doing a miracle a night, so we write a miracle or
two that happened that day on a post-it note and we hang it on our door. It's
been really awesome to see all the miracles that God puts into our life everyday.
We also wanted to unify our companionship more and so everyday we decided to
coordinate our outfits so we matched. It was so fun and lots of people asked if
we meant to do it.
Tuesday we were able to go and teach
one lesson. We taught the less-active named Jessica who has a goal of going to
the temple with her husband. We taught the gospel of Jesus Christ. As I was
talking about repentance I felt prompted to talk about the importance of
forgiving our self. She said that was exactly what she needed to hear. Then we
went to the dentist right after that because the swelling in my companions lip
went all the way up to her eyes. The dentist said he didn't know why it happened
but said that she needed to sleep with her head elevated. So we sent a mass text
to our district asking for extra pillows. The Zone leaders brought us some
pillows and also some ice cream and a chocolate bunny.
Wednesday we went and saw the recent
convert who is 94. Teaching her is so much fun. Every time we go there she asks
us who we are but she always remembers what we taught the time before. When we
teach her we start with a song that relates to what we will talk about and then
we teach the principle and close with a prayer. Usually the lesson only lasts
20-30 minutes. After that we went to the chapel to do Facebook and I was able to
Skype with Corbin who was struggling with reading his scriptures and wanted some
advice. I am so grateful for modern technology that allows me to do that. We
also went and taught the Petersens. We talked about tithing and fasting. We
also brought up family history and they want to do theirs so they can take the
names to the temple. We are taking them to the family history center this week
and hopefully we will be able to print off at least 5 names they can take to the
temple. That night the sister training leaders called us to see if we needed
anything because they were driving through Provo on their way back from Lehi.
They were able to pick us up and take us home so we didn't have to walk 30
minutes home.
Thursday night was super busy. We
went and taught a 9 year old girl who was baptized last year but doesn't come to
church anymore because she has no support from home. She is interesting to teach
because she is full of energy and very talkative. Then we went and taught
Malachi who is our new investigator. He is 9 and has been wanting to get
baptized for a long time but he said they haven't let him because his mom is not
active. But he lives with grandma and grandpa who go to church every Sunday, so
we are hoping we can get him prepared to be baptized next month. Our dinner
couldn't feed us until 6:30 so we did as much teaching as we could before dinner
because after dinner we had to go to our stake coordination meeting. Only one
out of five ward mission leaders showed up which was kind of disappointing
because we are finally getting work in the stake and we have no one to update.
After dinner we had the couple that fed us run us home because the pollen in the
air was burning my eyes so I went and put my glasses on. Then we head off to
coordination
Friday I got to get out of my comfort
zone a little but it was so much fun. In DTM we talked about the Holy Ghost and
how we can have it more in our lives as missionaries. Our district leader told
us we were going to implement it. So we said a prayer as a district and then he
gave us 15 minutes to go out where ever we felt prompted to go and do missionary
work. Me and my companion head down a street where we saw a lady sitting in the
grass with her baby. We talked to her for awhile and she told us she has a
friend on Facebook she wants us to start teaching and also her next door
neighbor might be less active or a non-member because she has never seen her at
church. We then crossed the street and talked to some "Google Fiber" guys. One
grew up in Utah and doesn't go to church because he doesn't have a testimony for
himself and the other guy was from Georgia and is baptist and he said that he
has some questions he would love to ask us sometime. So we gave him our
Mormon.org card and Sister Lani shared a scripture with them about Christ.
Afterwards we all came back together as a district and shared the wonderful
experience we just had. Then us and the other sisters went to Joe's, it is a
hamburger place that feeds us for free. It was super yummy and probably not
healthy at all. It's a good thing I walk all day. Then after that we went and
did our weekly planning and then we were able to teach C***. We taught how
our bodies are temples, so we combined the law of chastity with the word of
wisdom. It was a quick lesson like usual with her. There was a crazy wind storm
that night and it was BYU graduation so our dinner brought us Chick-fil-A. I
have never eaten there before, and it was pretty good. We also decided to go
meet our neighbors next door who just moved in because they just got married. We
also were able to ask them for their wifi password so that we can do all our
planning and stuff at home. It will be a lot easier than going to a chapel every
day.
Saturday was so crazy. We almost got
rained out. We walked through lakes of water to get to appointments and luckily
we were able to get a ride to the farthest appointment. We started our day early
since we were both healthy and ready to go work hard. We had a referral that we
hadn't contacted since February because we were only given her name and what
apartment complex she lived in. So since we had learned all about faith and the
Holy Ghost on Friday I decided we would go and see if we can find her. I told my
companion once we got to the complex that we should pray that we will be able to
find her. As soon as we said amen the door on the second floor opened and we
talked to the people and they showed us where the referral lived! It was such an
amazing testimony to me that God answers prayers. Sometimes faster than we
expect. We then went and ate lunch and headed back out. In the morning it was
only sprinkling and by the afternoon it was down pouring. I have never seen so
much rain, nor have I ever had to walk in that much rain. When my pictures send
I will show you what I mean. We did a lot more contacting referrals that
afternoon and it was probably the most success I have ever had with contacting
referrals given to us. There was a less-active couple that referred themselves
online through Mormon.org. They are wanting to get more active so they can go to
the temple. We then got a call from the AP's saying that they had a referral of
a less-active family who also wanted to get more active so they could one day
soon go to the temple. We then went and contacted this less-active guy whose
daughter is not a member and she is 18. He said he really wants her to be
baptized and so we are going to be teaching them and hopefully the dad will be
the one to baptize his daughter. Then we went to dinner and ate with one of the
Relief Society Presidents and she was able to give us about 5 names of
less-actives we should go contact. After dinner we decided to take a short break
from the freezing cold rain and we went to a chapel to do some follow up on
Facebook. While we were there my companion and I were looking at a map on the
wall and I didn't notice that my companion had leaned her chair forward and I
had my hand on the top of my chair and when we were done looking at the map my
companion leaned her chair back and my fingers got smashed hard. Almost like
getting them smashed in a door. So we ran to a members house to see if she knew
what to do. She taped them up and so they will be staying taped for a few more
days because they hurt really bad if I try to use them. That night we had a some
what less-active that wanted to feed us and so we went and ate a second dinner
with her and her girls wanted to color and play a matching game. So we did that
and then we taught them a few gospel principles and then headed home. We got a
call from our district leader asking us if we were planning on going to Gloria's
for free ice cream, and who can pass up free ice cream! NOT ME:)
Sunday morning we had to wake up
super early because we were invited to a ward council at 7:00 and it takes
almost 20 minutes just to walk there. That was super crazy! Then we went to the
Pioneer 4th ward and we were able to teach Young Women's. The young women's had
a visitor, it was a sister from the General YW board. We got to talk about
missionary work. Big surprise, but it was cool because one of the girls there
was not a member and there was one who was a convert. Sunday evening we didn't
have a whole lot of success finding people at home. But I guess we have a busy
week coming up so its all good.
There are miracles in our every day
life. We need to look for them and thank our Heavenly Father for all that he
does for us and all he has given us. So be sure to look out for yours this
week.
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