Happy Tuesday!
So
I'm apologizing in advanced, because I have no idea how long I'm
allowed to email until someone kicks me off this computer. We had to do
P-day differently today because of the lack of miles. We have the same
amount as last month, except the fact we had to drive to the temple
ourselves a few weeks ago, which ate up over 110. We were supposed to
have car clean checks, but since it was so cold, they were unable to do
so which made us really upset because we could have gotten a ride from
the Lamphs. We have to drive ourselves to the temple again in February,
and I have no idea how we're going to make it this time.
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| At least gas prices are low! |
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| Cute Gracie--the one that wanted to baptize her cat! |
Since
it was the first week of the transfer, we went to District Meeting and
we were really surprised that none of our district got transferred. Our
District Leader Elder Wood told us that our district is leading the
mission in performance. We were really shocked since we've all felt that
we could do better, as we never want to be in a standstill. Always keep
moving forward! I found out that Elder Anderson (my District Leader
from Fayetteville) is my zone leader in Conyers, and I did a fangirl
scream when I found out. This is going to be a GREAT transfer!
Remember
Do. and Le., the part member family that we taught when Do. and his
friends were high? Well, their Mom Sh. came to church two weeks ago, and
we saw her twice the past week. She wanted to have the lessons taught
to her again, and she asked us so many good questions. We love her so
much, and we're so happy that she's deciding to get back into the church
again! We're hoping that we'll be able to continue to teach Do., but
Le. wasn't too interested.
We
were able to finish the Plan of Salvation with V. and Sh., and I love
this couple SO much! They had so many questions about what would happen
if they died tomorrow, and if they'd still be able to get to the
Celestial Kingdom, or how ensure themselves a spot in the Celestial
Kingdom. Sh. was telling us that he went to church when he was younger,
and he still had questions for his minister. But now that he's been
taught the Plan of Salvation, life makes so much more sense to him
because he's never been materialistic and all that jazz. We saw them
another time last week and we asked them how their Book of Mormon
reading was, and both of them told us that they've been reading it
together. They've read the first four chapters at least 3-5 times to
make sure that they were comprehending it. Sister Stewart and I swooned
on the inside, and tried to hide our excitement as they asked about
Laban, and what did 'casting lots' meant. Did I forget to mention I love
this couple?!
An.
(the nine year old) was being very sassy when we stopped by and had to
teach her the last few principles of the discussions. For some reason
she found a certain TV show really fascinating. We told her that it'd be
a short lesson, and she replied, "Here's the lesson: Hallelujah! Amen!"
and then walked away. Finally after it was over, we said out loud so
her Mom could hear that she's finished all of the lessons so she could
get baptized (nonchalantly of course) and her Mom didn't bite. We're not
sure if she'll get baptized this transfer as their family didn't come
to church this week, but we're not going to give up!
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Way back when I got really sick after my birthday, and Sister Stewart was really sick of making all of those phone calls!
We've
been tracting a lot this week next to the church building where they
have a lot of nice homes, and we've been running into a LOT of pastors!
Someone told us that there was six pastors total in their neighborhood,
and two Jehovah Witness families. It was funny because I felt prompted
to go to this neighborhood, although I didn't even know it existed. We
thought it was just a place to go running. We knocked on every single
door this weekend, minus a few of them. The Jehovah Witness's came to
that neighborhood last Saturday and left some of their brochures. We had
to leave Mormon.org cards so the people who lived there could have
something to choose from. :) Well, we knocked into three pastors, and
both Jehovah Witness families, and one of them became one of our new
investigators!
We
knocked on this one door who had rap music blaring inside the house,
and he didn't hear us the first time we knocked. We knocked again even
though we wanted to leave due to the rap music. Pa. opened the door, and
he agreed to let us pray with him because the world is so crazy right
now, and people need to get their act together. We ended up finding out
that he's a Jehovah's Witness, but he only goes once every two months
because he doesn't like it. He has wondered why there's so many
Christian denominations, and he agreed that he'd be baptized if comes to
find out it's true! We're teaching him tomorrow afternoon, and we're
really glad that he's our age, otherwise his family would never give him
permission.
We
taught Da. and Se. again the Plan of Salvation, and they were so cute
playing with the pictures. We continued to help clean, and I got some
footie pajamas out of it! Sister Va. told us that because we're coming
over practically as strangers, her husband's heart is softening. He was
asking her all of these questions about the cup lesson, and wanting to
figure out what each cup represented, and why we were making a tower. We
hope that he'll accept to listen to the Spanish missionaries when they
come around.
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| Sister Va. gave me these footie Eeyore P.J.'s. Love Them! |
I was reading the General Conference edition of the Ensign, and this is one of my favorite quotes of the week:
"When these trials come, the adversary’s minions begin broadcasting that you did something wrong, that this is a punishment, a sign that Heavenly Father does not love you. Ignore that! Instead, try to force a smile, gaze heavenward, and say, “I understand, Lord. I know what this is. A time to prove myself, isn’t it?” Then partner with Him to endure well to the end. Spiritual confidence increases when you accept that “often trials and tribulations are allowed to come into [your life] because of what [you] are doing right”
-Sister Sudweeks
P.S.
They brought back my favorite cereal from the 90s. French Toast Crunch!
Sister Stewart and I had to buy our own box because we didn't want to
share. :P
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