Q: Water Storage?
A: We do have some in the house.
Q: So what happened this week
A: Sister Hansen and Grissom found a dead lizard that was stuck in an investigator's door for YEARS.
The following is from Sierra. I've changed all member and investigator names to initials only. It does make it harder to follow Sierra's narrative, but I want to leave their lives private. (Sierra's Dad)
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Monday:
Dinner with the W's! The cutest old couple took
us to Ryan's (which is like of like Chuck-a-Rama). It as like being with a
grandma and grandpa. They signed on our dinner calendar saying
we could have dinner with them whenever and we took them up in it!
We had a FULL (practically The District version)
lesson of the restoration with some former investigators, N and
M. They both became new investigators! We got to teach about the
reformation, about dispensations, prophets today, and several verses of
the Book of Mormon. It was such a good feeling having used time
so well and enjoy it all!
We then had a return appointment with R where we
taught the whole restoration again with different parts standing out.
Such a productive after p-day!
Tuesday:
Ms S with Sister B. She still does not understand the restoration. Has
many of the same questions as last time. Such as: why is this truly
Christ's church when all other churches say that? What distinguishes your
church from others? Why are there so many churches? Had not read the restoration pamphlet, so we recommitted her to read it. (Because
she has SO many questions that could be answered if she would just
understand the restoration!) Sister B loved sharing her
testimony but took it in many directions, she committed her to Corinthians.
She had many questions about heaven with so many different
churches. Wow,
understanding makes such a difference.
Here's cute Sister B after Sister Heller's first
lesson with her!
Did some unique service by coloring Sister F
pictures that she said she would put on her wall as decoration.
Just on Monday we found out that in addition to zone
p-day, zone meeting, and our trade off in Florida, we also have a zone
conference in Dunn Ave and so we are VERY tight with miles. About 5 miles a day
for proselyting/p-day/non-meeting purposes. Members can't drive us to
missionary meetings but they sure are doing everything else! But we also are
doing our part and so we're biking quite a bit!
So.. we biked to A's who lives right by us and we
saw a man picking up pinecones! And he said we could help! (You'd be surprised
how hard it is to find people who will let you serve them) We got practically a
full yard's worth of pinecones quickly and then got to introduce the Book of
Mormon and then teach the full restoration. He was very appreciative and was
saying the whole time how excited he was. He's open especially to the Book of
Mormon and will want to read it next time. Wants to get to church especially
with his son. He has a great "I will" attitude and seems very
dedicated.
We then got to A's and had a quick lesson with
her where we read from the Book of Mormon. Was excited to read from it and sees
how it goes right along with the Bible! (She does keep calling it the Book of
Norman though ha-ha) She has noticed that the more things she tries to do better
and the more spiritual she is trying to be, the more Satan tries to pull
her down. She I s going through some hard times but is still relying on God and
trusting in him.
We then biked to try and see J but got to talk
to D there and had a great contact. D said "It's good you
caught me on a day I wanted to talk. I enjoyed this" she doesn't
usually join in so it was a good experience
Dinner with M's and Brother N at Pizza
Hut!
Brother N had read Mosiah 12-15 we had asked
him to read last time. He loved getting into the story and kept trying to ask
us what happened to Abinadi and the people! He was so excited and stick on the
cliff hanger! He committed to read more from the Book of Mormon every day - he
has been reading but now we wants to read even more so he can get to know the
stories and understand more doctrine. The M's are such great fellowship
for him! They have Brother N for dinner every time they have either the
elders or the sisters for dinner (twice a month!) it's great to see bonds that
last.
C family at the H's!!!
H' s were great fellowship in how they already
had connections and Brother H jumped right in and was comfortable with
however the C family took the lesson. They had not fasted since Jimmy had
gotten sick on Sunday. The C family had read all together (J and J
listening) 1 Nephi 17 and J was able to clearly talk about the events that
happened. They enjoyed reading the scriptures all together. We taught them how
to pay tithes and offerings and they committed to pay tithing when they were
baptized. They loved how it is a lay ministry and how the tithes are private.
They keep saying how otherwise the 10% is usual. We taught about confirmation
using John 3:15 and invited them to be confirmed June 5th. J and J said
yes but then J hesitantly said how they don't want to rush into things. She
is having a hard time adjusting (such as with how they don't preach sermons
from the bible on Sunday) but is going to keep trying to get an answer.
Tuesday night we laid on the floor at home
processing so much because we just care about the C family beyond words!
Wednesday:
After getting food at the "Mexican
Trailer", We got to rake leaves, wheelbarrow, and do other yard work for Sister
Stewart! We did 6 wheelbarrows full! It was quite a tiring but also
accomplishing day. After Laura Beth asked us to come and help her clean
out her room and her old mission memorabilia! (I can already tell i'm
going to have a lot of stuff from my mission too...)
Laura Beth then drove us to area 1 and we got to
have Dinner with Brother and Sister Miles! We had been seeing them regularly
but they then had trips so we hadn't seen them in a while. But happily they had
called us the day before asking if we could have dinner with them! Yay!!! They
always cook healthily and make the dinners big deal. And we get to teach a full
lesson after. They time in line with Sister Heller's weekly application of
commandments! We taught the Word of a Wisdom which they themselves had brought
up several lessons earlier. It was exciting seeing Sister Heller teach with
such boldness but definitely such LOVINGness. It was a perfect balance
especially since after they still have some concerns. It's hard seeing worldly
desires and justifications overtake what we spiritually know is true.
So after that we were stranded for about an hour and
a half so we street contacted in Spurgeoj which always has some excitement. A
great time for golden hour complete with two other lessons, a new investigator,
and a bathroom.
After we sat on a curb and waited for then Laura
Beth to come and pick us up (her brother had a seminary graduation so she
couldn't have just
We then drove back from Kingsland and just a mile or two away from our house we were blocked by a stopped train! Noo! But have no fear we could just spend our hour of training in the car waiting! But then... It still hadn't moved! So... We took matters into our own hands and walked through it! We left our problems behind and just walked through. Sister D was then planning to pick us up from the other side but someone we had seen before gave us a ride to the D's.
So here's a picture of where we parked our car and left our troubles behind! And then came back and got it after dinner.
Here's a day in the life of a low miles missionary:
Friday:
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