This
week was really an excellent one. The weather is super nice and we're
low on miles, so we biked on Saturday. I like biking a lot because we
always see more people that way. I don't know what's gotten into my
lately, but I have been way less scared to talk to people. Like, I'll
just walk over to them and be like yo (well, in a more dignified manner
and stuff). We were walking through a trailer park and I saw these three
Hispanics across the yard and without even thinking I just marched
right over to them and was like hey! And totally got a referral for the
Spanish Elders. Missionary work does get easier. It's just a matter of
letting myself adjust... and 5 months in, I think I'm getting the hang
of it. More so than my first day, haha. I'll always be learning, but
it's nice to have the weight of fear slightly off my shoulders for now.
Our
investigators are doing so great. :) Sister Diamond has decided to get
baptized with her kids, which means President can't baptize her because
he'll be released, but what a wonderful alternative! I am so blessed to
be teaching families. Sister Diamond is seriously the most solid
investigator of my life. She texted us the other day telling us how her
coworker was totally bashing mormons and had all these crazy ideas about
us and she told us how she didn't get angry, she just calmly explained
and testified of what she knew to be true, and she really helped her
coworker to see things in a different way and understand. How amazing is
that?! She's not even baptized yet and she's defending truth and right.
She gets a lot of opposition, but she is so strong and just tells them
what she knows. Amazing. She'll be a great Relief Society president one
day.. :) She fed us dinner the other night and it was so much fun. She
is a great person. So wonderful to talk to and really supportive of us,
too. So grateful for Sister Diamond! We'll be starting the lessons with
her kiddos soon, too.
Salina is progressing
slowly, but she's progressing. She is still not 100% convinced she needs
a relationship with God, but more and more she is receiving light into
her spirit. She's listening to the Book of Mormon and she really
remembers a lot! We had a lesson in the church the other day and it was
wonderful. The spirit was peaceful. We helped her discover that she has
felt the spirit. She came to church, too! Her little son, Zion, was a
little squirmy, so we're not sure how much she heard, but she was still
there! That's still something. That's still action. More and more I
think we'll understand how this is going to bless her life. She's just
the sweetest!
The very last mission devotion
for President and Sister Eaton was last night. It was really fantastic.
We got to sing a I Know That My Redeemer Lives in spanish and we sang
Hark! All Ye Nations with recent converts from all over the world.
Really neat! President Eaton bore a powerful testimony at the end. He
was bold. It really strengthened my testimony and confirm to me that
this is, indeed, the truth restored on the earth. So often I can feel
the subtle temptations of the devil to doubt and disbelieve it all. That
none of this is true. I'm in tune enough with the spirit now to realize
that those doubts are lies and Satan is not going to get me. I know
this is the truth. I know it with all my heart. I know that only through
the Priesthood authority that has been restored to the earth can we be
made fit for the Kingdom of God through baptism and receiving the gift
of the Holy Ghost. I know it is through this authority that we can be
sealed for all eternity in family units, to never be separated. I am
grateful for this knowledge. Bringing the the Good News to the world is a
tough task with all the array of opposition and those who don't want to
hear a thing about it. But, that's okay. I love the examples of Alma
and Amulek. They're the bomb. Best missionaries ever.
I'll really miss the Eaton's. They cared about their missionaries sooooo much.
I will forever be grateful for them. They have changed my life. I am so
grateful I came to this mission so I could have President Eaton as my
mission president and have Sister Eaton to help me through my struggled.
She was seriously with me every step of the way. The whole time. She
treated me as an individual and cared about my problems. None of us were
just "another missionary" to the Eaton's. They knew us all by name and
love us. I can't wait to visit them in Rexburg when I go home (he's a
religion professor on campus)!
OH MY GOSH I ALMOST FORGOT THE FUNNIEST PART OF THE ENTIRE WEEK!
On
Friday, we all got blessings from our District Leader and his comp,
before Sister Zavala was being transferred the next day just for extra
strength and guidance for the new challenges ahead. We were at the
church building and there was a scout spaghetti dinner going on. The guy
in the kitchen saw us and said "MISSIONARIES! COME GET FOOD!" As nice
as it was, none of us really wanted any, but we took some anyway to just
take home. Sister Woolsey took just a tiny plate of some haha. We left
and were in the parking lot while the Elders were still getting their
food. Sister Woolsey had the hilarious idea of leaving the little plate
of spaghetti on the hood of the Elder's car and we left a pass along
card that said "TAG". Hahah. So we left, thinking we were pretty
funny... We get home a while later for the night and we walk up the
stairs and we see our table and a chair set up in front of the door like
someone had been eating there and we were like what the... and we look
at IT'S THE PLATE OF SPAGHETTI!! The Elders left it with the pass along
card that now read "YOU'RE IT". HAHAHA WE JUST DIED LAUGHING. Not sure
if prank wars are allowed, but, it's totally on... Look how hilarious
this is! Hahahaha!
Missions are fun, ya'll.
Here's
to a new week in Elk Plain! I got some fabulous pictures of Mt. Rainier
this time. Still so much better in person. Graham is the coolest.
Love ya!
Sister E
PS: LONG LIVE THE 2 WEEK LONG TRIO!
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