Anyway......we did set 2 baptismal dates! Woot!
Bennie: MAY 2!
James: JUNE 10!
More details later.... :)
Random side-note: TEMPLE IN T-MINUS 3 DAYS!
So....this
week was like...really long. I don't even really know why, it just was!
I can't even remember what happened this week and what happened last
week or when this or that happened or what day...its just been bizarro!
:)
Well let's start with my brand new iPad that I have just chillin beside me here in the library
It's
AWESOME! Okay, it really isn't that different except it has this super
awesome like military tested crazy case that could like probably protect
it in the zombie apocalypse or the second coming. Okay not really...but
needless to say it's better than the previous case. Also, we have some
different apps on there...like this sweet weather app that tells me way
more information than I really want to know...like the fact that
currently the moon is at "waning crescent" or tha the UV Index is
"moderate 3"...I don't even know what the UV index is! :) Also, they
have a couple of language learning apps so I could totally just keep
working on my Spanish for when I fulfill my dream of tracting into
someone Spanish (long story haha). Also there's a sweet new app (we
actually had it before but I just didn't tell about it) of all the
pamphlets and they are like interactive and don't have pictures that are
like 100 years old and they are just sweet. We haven't really used them
in a lesson or anything yet though....Also the new iPads are 32 GB so
that's sweet.
So we went back and saw Michelle
this week (I told you about her in the last letter...she was one of the
ones in the apartment complex) and we taught her and her kids the Plan
of Salvation. Several things occured:
1. The 11 and 8 year old just soaked it all in like there was no tomorrow (they are so smart!)
2. When we reviewed, there was no question that they understood the importance of baptism
3. The 11 year old understood how you could still progress in the Spirit World }(um...like no one gets that)
4.
They said they wanted to go to the celestial kingdom because that is
only place God is and that's where they can be as a family forever!
5.
Sister Laws invited them to be baptized (funny story about this: Sister
Laws gets freaked out by inviting people to be baptized and we were in
this one lesson and I was signaling her to invite him to be baptized and
she wouldn't do it so I just did it and before we went to go see
Michelle I was like, "You have to invite her to be baptized! We didn't
do it on the first lesson so you have to do it this time! I always do it
and you have to learn!" and it took some convincing but she finally
agreed) and they said yes and the kids were so excited!
6. We
gave them a couple chapters in the Book of Mormon to read and the 8
year old asked if her mom could read them right that night and Michelle
said, "I'll read them to you before bed."
7. We were talking
about how you have to pray to come to know that these things are true
and how God will always answer our prayers and the 11 year old was like,
"How do you know when He answers you?" Well, let us tell you! (I don't
think anyone has ever asked me that question on my mission so that's
SWEET!)
Anyway...so yeah needless to say they are awesome.
We
went on exchanges this week and I went to Livingston with Sister Penrod
and that was like the greatest thing ever. We figured out that we are
basically the same person. Well not really but really. There are so many
unique similarities between us that it's slightly freaky. Like the way
we think and process things, or the fact that she has super thick hair
like me. But yeah...except I'm not an STL thank goodness (excuse me
while I go knock on wood). I ain't cut out to be one of them!
Oh
also while on exchanges I mucked out horse stalls...that was an
adventure but fun because I just love manual labor...that just sound so
weird but yeah I really do. It wasn't even bad at all though :)
So then we got to do service again on Saturday
and it was raining and muddy but whatever I had my rain boots so I
didn't ruin anything! Except my leg when I was foolishly running and
fell on some rocks....but whatever...it didn't even really hurt until I
have to scrub dirt out of it later that night because I didn't clean it
out good enough.....yeah....
So we saw Bobbie
and Krystal yesterday and guess what they named their dog?!!!! Not Liars
or Maws paws....ha! Tricked you again! You thought I was going to say
they named it after us! False! They named it Rubble Jr. Not sure why it
has the Jr. on there but whatever....a 4 year old named it so yeah
haha...it's better than "Fluffy" or something. Anyway, so they didn't
come to church again yesterday but here's a lesson for you all about
following spiritual promptings: we were sitting at church at 9:30
and it didn't start till 10 (usually it starts at 9 but this week we
had Branch Conference (equivalent of Ward Conference where all the stake
people come) and so it didn't start till 10). Then Sister Laws was
like, "I wonder if Bobbie and Krystal will come because they promised.
Maybe we should go knock on their door and make sure they are awake."
And then I was like, "Yeah maybe we should." And she was like, "Nah...I
don't think that would really do much." And I had thought as she said
that, "Why not?" But I was just like, "Nah..." also and so then later we
were like, "Man we should have gone with that prompting Sister Laws
had! But we didn't and so then when we went over yesterday night they
were saying how they accidentally slept in and so that's why they didn't
come. I reckon they would have come if we had knocked on the door! Oh
well though...you live and learn. They are still doing great though and
are super sincere. And when we were talking about when we would come
back Bobbie was like, "Y'all can come every day if you wanted to! I
don't care!" They are seriously just the best people ever. I just love
them.
We set the baptism date with Bennie like you read before! Woot! May 2 is his 65th birthday and so that's when we will do it! It's only like a month and half so that's no even bad!
Oh wait guess what I just remembered?! President Anderson called us on Wednesday
night and told us that the First Presidency's secretary had Willie's
information in their hand! WOOT!!! It's only a matter of time now!!!!!!
So
yesterday we got in late #mustrepent but it was okay because it meant
that we set a baptism date with James! He is another one of our
investigators and has been coming to church and reading the Book of
Mormon a little bit and we were finally able to set a date with him and
he chose June 10! That's further away but who cares?!! He's awesome! :)
Anyway......something
I learned this week is that we have to make the mistakes we make so we
don't do them again....let me explain: a lot of times we say to
ourselves, "Man I wish I could just go back in time and not do that! or I
wish I would have done this!" But really, if you were to go back in
time....you would just do that very same thing because you would be just
as ignorant...nothing would change. But, because you made that mistake,
you won't make it again because of you know NOW. Live in the NOW and
not in the past and what could have happened because 1. you can't change
it and 2. even if you went back to the past....you would have just make
the same mistake. NO ONE is expected to do anything perfectly or to be
perfect. I hope that made sense.
Also, I don't remember if I shared this before at some point but I just love this scripture: Romans 8:28
"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love
God". If we Love God then everything is going to work out! It's that
simple! How do we love God?
1. We serve the people we love right? Serve Him! How do serve Him? Serve others! - Mosiah 2:17
2.
Read the scriptures - when we come to know people, we love them - and
we can come to know our Heavenly Father through reading His word
3. Pray - we don't come to love someone if we don't ever talk to them!
It's
by doing the little things! And if we do those little things then
everything in our lives will just work it, maybe not the way we expect
but they will work out!
Love ya'll lots!
Have an awesome day!
Love,
Sista M
PS Here are some pictures from this week! \
1. While at the service project on Saturday: there are just so many funny things about this picture haha
2. Us and the Elda's in the car after service...we are all wet and gross from the rain but whatevs
3. Also a pic of my scrapes
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