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FHE
with Ro. and the Tuberville's went fabulously! We're having FHE again
tonight at Ro.'s house, but we're going to be providing the lesson The
last FHE was all about how we are a child of God, and we even made sugar
cookie people and decorated them as each other. Sister Turberville made
Ro., Ro. made me, and I made Sister Stewart! It was fun getting to see
Ro. and the Turberville's making such a strong friendship. Ro. didn't
come to church because she's making Thanksgiving dinner all by herself,
and she's pretty stressed about it. We're sad because she hasn't been
reading or listening to the Book of Mormon either. We're hoping to see
her twice a week because we're not really teaching her Preach My Gospel
lessons during FHE because the Turbervilles have a three year old
Gracie, and Ro's granddaughter Ka. who's ten doesn't have a long
attention span.
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| I am a Child of God Family Home Evening |
We
had a wonderful lesson with Ca., Ap., and Da. (whoops, found out we
were spelling her name wrong) about the Plan of Salvation. We used
visuals to explain it simply, and at the end we asked if they had any
questions, and Ca. asked what we had to do to make it to the Celestial
Kingdom. We told him that he needed to live the gospel of Jesus Christ-
Faith, Repentance, Baptism, Gift of the Holy Ghost, and Enduring to the
End. He asked us when the next baptism was, and we had to explain to
him that he had to be taught all of the lessons first, and to gain a
testimony of the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith. He then got his
notebook out, and started to take notes about the gospel of Jesus
Christ, it was so precious! Ap. (the mom) has already read part of the
Book of Mormon although she works 12 hour shifts at night, and she told
us she wants to read it more. She mentioned to us that she is really
grateful for us coming over because she just went through a bad breakup,
and looks forward to us coming because of how she feels. Ap. doesn't
want to commit to a baptismal date yet because she's had a lot of bad
experiences with other churches. She wants to come and feel the spirit,
and then make her decision. We called them on Saturday to make sure that
they were coming, but Ap. told us that her Mom was in town, and that
she wanted to spend as much time with her as possible. We were so bummed
because none of them came, and we don't think that Ap. will have
Saturday night off again this week, or next week. There's only two more
Sundays until the 13th, and Da, and Ap. have to come to church at least
twice before they can get baptized.
We
were able to see J. again, the guy that slammed the door in our face
because a red hornet got into his house. It was SUPER awkward because we
parked across the street from his house, and we started to make calls
and discuss a few things before we planned on going to see him. Then his
Dad came up to our car, asking if we needed help. We said no, and asked
if J. was home. He declined, and told us that he was a fixing to come
home soon, and that he'd be back soon. We thanked him, and we were
really unsure what to do because we wanted to see him because we were in
the area, but we didn't want to go to any of the other doors around
him. A few minutes later, he came home (and we didn't know) and J.
walked up to our car. We set up a return appointment for tomorrow, and
apparently he's taking a religion class this semester so he's interested
to compare the two. So awkward, but at least we're teaching him
tomorrow hey hey! :)
Elder
Kopischke was absolutely amazing on Thursday, and so was his wife. She
is so cute and adorable, and I loved how she quoted Disney! He invited
us to think of a question that we wanted answered, and to write it down.
Ponder about it, and then promised us that it would be answered by the
time it was over. Then he invited us to do the same thing with our
investigators when it came to church. Have them have a question in mind
before church starts, and then promise them it would be answered. One of
my favorite quotes that he quoted from Elder Bednar was, "You have been
called for what you will become in the future, and not for what you've
done in the past." It gave me so much comfort because now I know how
much potential Heavenly Father sees with me in the future, and that He
knows I can do great things in the Covington Ward. Da. was able to come
to the fireside Thursday night, and she enjoyed it. It was a great
reunion because it was mission wide, and I was able to see people from
Atlanta, Fayetteville, and some of my favorite missionaries! I loved
seeing Sister Sullivan, Burrows, Watts, and many others. :)
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| The Atlanta, Georgia Temple is stunning at night! |
Af.
(the Muslim woman we're teaching) was unable to come to the fireside,
but she made it to church, and LOVED the talk that Sister Stewart gave
about grace. We're not sure where to go with her, but we'll continue to
work on increasing her faith in the Book of Mormon!
So
we were out tracting on Saturday and we saw this old man with crazy
tattoos check his mail and walk into a house that says, "Beware of Dog"
on it. We stared at it and Sister Stewart said, "I really don't want to,
but the Spirit is telling me really strongly that we need to go to that
house." We knocked on a few doors along the way, and we finally knocked
on the door we were scared to go to. We ended up meeting that old man
St., and he was actually really nice! (Shocker, right? The Spirit tells
us to do something, and it's only for good!) We found out that he was a
three time cancer survivor, and he loves God will his whole heart and
soul. All of the tattoos he has he got a few years ago, and they're all
religious. He has tattoos all on his neck, his shoulders, chest, and
then he took off his shirt to show the tattoo he has of Christ on his
back. Lets just say.. our eyes were huge when he did that! He LOVED to
talk, and he talked about how he was high on Christ and God's love. He
accepted a Restoration pamphlet, and we briefly talked about the
Restoration. Since it was the holidays this week, he didn't want to set a
return appointment, but he promised to read and pray about the pamphlet
we gave him. We got his number so we can call him to see how he liked
it, and that we're welcome to come back anytime. He is one of my list
that I'll never forget how I met him initially!
The
last thing that I really loved about seeing Elder Kopischke was when he
showed us the Bible Video of Peter walking on water. When Peter looked
away from the Savior, that's when he started to sink. So if we always
look toward the Savior, we will not sink and will have enough faith to
overcome any trials we're going through. It was also cool that Elder
Kopischke and his wife sat at our table during lunch in between
trainings. :)
Have a Happy Thanksgiving Y'all!
-Sister Sudweeks
P.S. Sister Stewart is multitasking as she eats a quick snack and looks up where we need to go next.
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| One last birthday picture. |
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