So we have been
seeing this member at the Assisted Living Center in Sparta and a few
weeks ago she had a stroke and was in pretty bad shape. She couldn't
really talk and couldn't really use her right side at all. So the other
sisters used to visit her before the stroke and she is super awesome and
just couldn't come to church because of health. So anyway we have been
visiting her at the Nursing Home that is in the same building as the
Assisted Living (but obviously she wasn't in Assisted Living anymore
because of her stroke). We had been going and reading the Book of Mormon
to her because she loves it and can't read it on her own, and also I
have been singing to her and she just loved the company. But then she
passed away on Wednesday which was really sad but also really good
because she was definitely ready to go and she knew it. So yeah we have
her funeral to go to today.
PEOPLE! WILLIE IS ON HIS WAY TO BE BAPTIZED!!!!!!!! WOOOOHOOO!!!!
So,
I've talked about Willie before but anyway - recap - Willie has been
learning from the missionaries since the beginning of December and has
come to church EVERY SINGLE week for over 3 months. He is so ready to be
baptized but because of some things in his past, he has to get
permission from the First Presidency to be baptized. Before he could get
that he had to come to church every week for 3 months and keep all the
commandments. So anyway long story short, he did all the things he
needed too and yesterday one of President's counselors, President Riches
came and interviewed Willie. He will send that to President Anderson
who will send it to the First Presidency who will approve Willie's
baptism....*please wait while Sister Myers leaves the library and
screams with happiness for a minute* :) Haha So now as soon as they send
back the approval he will have a regular baptismal interview and then
HE CAN BE BAPTIZED! :) :) :)
Random
moment: so this week I totally couldn't remember the word "vigilante"
and I struggled to remember it for like a whole evening and morning till
I asked at District Meeting (sister Laws had no idea what I was talking
about) and they were just like knew it right away.
Aaanywaaaaay....now that I just told you completely pointless information.....I'll update you on a couple of people!
Bennie:
He's doing awesome! He came to church an hour late yesterday and after
sacrament meeting ended I was like, "Bennie why were you late?" And he
was like, "I don't know! I mean, I left my house at 8!" And I was like,
"Uh Bennie I think it must have been 9 when you left because of the time
change" It was so funny because he was just like, "Oh." Anyway so we
are just trying to set a baptism date with him...we keep telling him to
pick a day and he's just like, "I don't care what day!" And we are like,
"Bennie! It's your day! You decide!" Haha and then we just keep telling
him to pray about it....THIS WEEK hopefully!!! :)
Ashlee:
We pushed back her baptism date (well, we didn't reset it yet but we
just told her we would have to push it back) because she still won't
come to church! We have talked to her about making it a priority but I
think her being 13 and with her personality she just can't make it that
priority....it's hard to explain.
Bobbie
and Krystal: They are doing pretty good! They still haven't come to
church but I think their excuses are valid, not just made up stuff that
people always give us. We taught them about receiving answers to prayers
and stuff this week and it was a really good lesson! We talked about
what the Spirit feels like and Bobbie said he feels it when we come.
Then as we left that lesson he was like, "When are y'all going to come
again?" People don't ask us that! Wow! Then yesterday after our lesson
we had about how the gospel specifically blesses families they were
like, "When is the next time y'all can come by? What about Friday?"
Um...YOU are setting up the next appointment?! It's like unreal how
genuine they are. Also here's a couple of funny stories from our
meetings with them: So like I said, yesterday we taught them about how
the gospel blesses families and we were directing the first part of the
lesson to Blake, the 4 year old. We go a long string and had a knot in
the middle of it (to represent eternity and the knot is life on earth)
and we were going to try to ask him something about what the knot is in
comparison to the rest of the string. It was just so funny because
Sister Laws was like, "What does the knot represent?" Right off the bat
and I just looked at her like, "Uh....that is the most general question
in the world" and it was so funny because Blake was like, "String?" Yes
Blake, the knot represents string. Haha and then we were just laughing
at how general the question was haha and then we kept accidentally
asking really general questions like that. But it still turned out to be
a really good lesson because we just have to go about it a different
way - and Blake still caught on really fast to the whole string idea.
Oh
and the second funny story with them: (quick background: we have this
one investigator that has this husky that just had puppies - cutest
things ever and he is totally giving them away) so we were at Bobbies
and Krystal's yesterday and after the lesson Sister Laws is randomly
like, "Do you guys want a puppy?" And Bobbie was like, "Yeah actually we
have been wanting one" "A husky mixed with something else?" "Yeah!"
"Like you seriously want one right now? Because we know someone who is
giving them away!" "Sure!" So we called up James, the guy with the
puppies and he was home so we drove over there and Bobbie and Krystal
and their kids followed and so we got to go play with puppies. They
took one so now we get to see it every time we go over there! Then after
they picked we were all just standing there playing with the puppies
and we were like, "Hey you should name it after us because we got it for
you!" And I was like, "okay how can we combine our names? Laws and
Myers....Liars!" Haha so we were joking around naming it Brother Liars
(because it is a boy)....but Blake wanted to name it Rubble so we'll see
if that even happens haha...probs not but that would be sweet! We also
talked about how they could name it Maws or Maws Paws because that is
also a combo of our names....haha
Aaaanywaaay.....so
we had to stay in on Thursday this week but we were able to do a really
good weekly planning session and then in the evening organize the area
book so it was actually really productive!
Guess
what we got to do another service project this week!!! WOOT! Salt Lake
sent an 18 wheeler of food for people who were struggling from the storm
and we all gathered and packaged it all up (because they didn't have
time to put the boxes of food together). Then Sister Thrift, the member
driving us, had a big truck so we went to another area of the county and
delivered a bunch of the boxes to a church that was handing out food.
Then okay - quick funny story - we went out to lunch and Sister Laws,
well she LOVES water and for some reason she was really thirsty so she
drank 6 glasses of water....like, pretty large glasses and so was like
about to explode from drinking so much! It was just so funny because she
just kept drinking and drinking! haha
So we went finding at
this one apartment complex this week and it was SO successful! The first
day we went we got 2 new investigators, 3 referrals and 2 people who
just wanted us to bring pamphlets to them (because we had run out but
they said we could bring them one). Then then second day we visited the
referrals and 2 were not interested but one, Michelle, was SUPER
awesome! She let us in and we taught her the restoration and her kids
asked if they could go to church when we invited them to church and she
was just so cute! Then we went and took a pamphlet to one of the ladies
who said we could bring one (it was funny because she said she was
looking for a church but wasn't interested in hearing our message) and
so when she opened the door she was like, "Wow you came back! Come on
in!" So we go in and she's like, "So after you left yesterday I prayed
about whether I should talk to you more and I felt like I should so
that's why I let you in just now...also I realized that I never even
asked you about what y'all believe so...like what are some of your basic
beliefs?" Um what? That never happens!!! So we taught her the
restoration and she is just super open to learning more and praying
about it and everything! Her name is Teresa and she is just awesome!
Miracles in the apartment complex!
Well
sorry that letter turned into a novel! There was just so much to say!
Wowie! And next week there will probably be a lot to say too! :) But
that's good! Also this transfer is like, getting pretty close to being
over and that is just insane....
Well, love y'all so much and stay awesome! :)
Love,
Sista M
PS Here are some pics from the service project if you didn't already see them on Facebook :)
1. Just carrying some boxes of food and loading them into trucks!
2. Me and Sister Merrell (Sister Sumbot's trainee)
3. Us in action! Woot!
4. All the missionaries doing it (there were other members and stuff but that was just the missionaries)
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