Well, here we are again. It feels like
yesterday when I emailed. I didn't get as many emails this week and I was sad
but then I got over it :) What a fantastic week. Are there such things as a bad
week on the mission?
We dropped K. a little while back because we
hadn't been able to meet with her for about 2 months and it was ridiculous. We
would go by and she would say "Oh come back in 4 days at 2:00" but of
course she was never there so S Har. and I would always quote her, throwing out
random numbers "4 days.. 4 days!" We went to see her b/c we were in
the neighborhood and set up another random time that probably won't happen but
she was telling us about some scripture that has been sticking in her head all
day "it's one about depending on God and finding strength in him... I
can't remember... where was it.... OH Luke 2:52" We looked it up
afterwards and were just like -_- yeah K., 4 days, 4 days... Luke 2:52...
I forgot to tell you that I got 16 bug bites.
Lesson learned, no more teaching 8pm lessons outside. During comp study one day
S Har. and I were watching the District and one of the sisters made a really
funny face so we spent about 3 minutes laughing and imitating the face. Oh man-
with 2 hours of companionship study you get a little crazy.
We are teaching an excommunicated woman named
L., I can't remember if I've told you about her but I absolutely LOVE her. She
likes us a lot but sometimes it is hard to get to our lessons because she just
talks and we try and teach off of what she says. Last time we went over she was
sorting through her jewelry and had a huge pile for us to go through and take
whatever we wanted. It was legit. I got some super hipster bling ;) Speaking of
hipster- S Har. and I went thrift store shopping last Monday and we're going
again today. You can find some solid stuff in thrift stores. I think I will
only shop at thrift stores for the rest of my life.
Wednesday we went to the TEMPLE! YEAHAAA!! I
can't believe we get to go once a month. I just love the temple so much. I
didn't want to leave. Our session was at 6:30 so we had to wake up at 4:30 in
the morning /: By the end of the day my head was literally spinning, I was so
tired. I love when I'm exhausted at the end of the day because I feel like I
worked hard and did my best. It was a great day, we taught 6 lessons. It must
be the blessings of the temple.
Thursday we were teaching our investigator R.
(boyfriend of less active member T. I can't remember if I've told you about
them). I absolutely love them. He is really really funny and makes us laugh a
lot. But we invited him to be baptized-again- and he nicely told us that he is
not getting baptized but we can keep coming back. BUT here's the good part. He
always does his Book of Mormon reading, he just hasn't prayed, so we aren't
giving up :) T.'s two kids are also our investigators. Anyways we were
explaining baptism by immersion and he said "immersion.... sounds like
some sort of ethnic group. Like I'm getting baptized by an Asian."
hahahaha oh my gosh. We were laughing so hard. When we taught them yesterday R.
PRAYED! We have been trying to get him to say the closing prayer for an
eternity and he finally did it. He said "dear Heavenly Father, thank you
for the chicks coming over and sharing their little.... mission." He
always calls us the chicks. I was so happy. We read with the whole family
Moroni 10 and I could feel the spirit strongly in the room.
We thought we were being super creative coming
up with this baptism lesson for B. (the 9 year old) how we would boil an egg
then have her draw all over it to represent sin then crack off the shell to
represent being baptized. But apparently we didn't boil the egg long enough and
it was kind of an epic fail but it got her to pay attention more so it's okay
:)
We passed off TW to the zone leaders because
they are over the YSA branch and we feel like that is what will help him the
most. It was really sad but we still teach S. so we still see him often. They
are truly changing. They haven't quit smoking yet but I remember first meeting
them and making an immediate judgment that they couldn't change. Teaching them
is definitely a tender mercy from Heavenly Father. It is helping me see how
Christ sees people and their potential.
S Har. and I are trying to think out of the
box and come up with new ways to get member referrals. Right now we are working
with the ward mission leader on a "Member MTC" fireside where we will
have fun classes on how to share the gospel. I'm way excited! I absolutely love
the Malley ward. I finally feel like I know people really well and am starting
to get a connection with a lot of the members.
Saturday we taught the Restoration to this
newly wed couple in our ward. We are trying to get them sealed in the temple.
They are SO DANG CUTE! Can I just please get married already? They came up to
us on Sunday before Sacrament meeting all excited and said "We just got
callings!! We're Primary teachers!" Afterwards S Har. and I were like, I
don't think know they weren't supposed to tell us that yet haha.
Sunday- BEST DAY EVER! We had 3 investigators
at church which is the most we've ever had and B. brought her friend N. who is
taking lessons from missionaries in another ward. We had about 4 new less
actives there, not just ones that have been coming back the past few weeks, but
4 brand new ones coming back. Including SW!! As we were singing the opening
hymn and I was looking around, my heart could not have been more full. Bishop
even got up after sacrament and made a comment about how many people were there
and he started crying and said "please know your Bishop loves you and
wants you to be here all the time." It was really awesome. S Har. and I
taught the 9 year olds for Sis P. because she was gone. As we were sitting in
sharing time the Primary president gets up and says "Since the Sister
missionaries are with us why don't they come up and talk to us about
prayer." So we gave pretty much the entire sharing time on the spot haha.
People seem to think that they can do that, because it happens a lot ;) We have
taught almost every class so far. I really really loved teaching
Primary, I hope I get that calling one day. All the little kids love us.
We get mobbed every Sunday by the whole Primary. Our investigator D. left after
the first 2 hours because she wasn't feeling well so we didn't get to talk to
her but she texted her fellowshipper and said "tell the girls I
did their assignment. God told me to pray and ask if the BOM is true and I
decided yes." SAWEEET Can't wait to see her this week.
Later in the day we ran out of gas so we had
to break the Sabbath and we texted the zone leaders to ask if that was okay and
they replied "#oxinthemire" hahahaha. Also, while we were contacting
we met a girl named C. and I freaked out. She said she'd never met another
Collette before.
I write waayyyyy too detailed emails. It's
probably annoying. I didn't get any response to my question last week so don't
forget about that please! :) I was wondering, siblings who served missions-
what was the longest you were in an area/with a companion?
Shout out to Cheyenne! I will be writing you a
letter today. Love you!
Funny moments:
When Sis P. said "Cabbage patch kids. I
remember those. They were ugly as sin and everyone wanted one."
Friday I woke up having crazy nightmares about
sleeping through my alarm and I kept getting up all night afraid it was past
6:30 #missionnightmares. S Har. was told me how at 1:30 she got up to close the
door (She can't sleep with it open) and when she was getting back into bed I
got out of bed and kneeled down to say my morning prayers and then started
making my bed. Hahaha.
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