computer will not let me sign into my email. It keeps saying "sorry an
error occurred while trying to process" or something dumb like that
and I switched computers and browsers and nothing works so now I just
have to do it on my iPad and I don't have my little keyboard so I have
to do all the typing in the slow way so now I'm just really mad so of
this letter doesn't sound as happy as usual that's why.....ugh...the
struggle.
On a better note...this week was crazy but good :) better than last
Sunday! Willie was facing lots of opposition there for a bit...he told
us on Monday that he didn't want to meet with us anymore...but he
wasn't quitting....but he's good now. It's a long story but he came to
church yesterday and is back to normal...just your average opposition
I guess! :) we had a birthday party for him and it was a lot of fun!
:) I'll send a pic :)
NEWS FLASH: SPARTA CHURCH BUILDING BUILDING HAS COMMENCED!
So I was thinking about Lucy, my pet guinea pig the other day because
we were at this members house and she made the most delicious grilled
veggies ever (zucchini, onions, peppers, etc.) and I just kept eating
and eating them and I was like "They're healthy so it's okay right?"
Then I thought about how Lucy is obese even though she only eats
veggies and I was just like, "oh great..." Haha
We found a drive through bar.....um what?
Said bye to Jaleta yesterday.... :( she's off to serve the Lord! Oh I
just love her and I'll miss her so much! She'll be such a good
missionary though, I'm so excited for the people on Florida because
wow....miracles are about to happen!
We met this girl named Maddie this week and she said we could come
back and talk to her. So we went back and sat down with her and her
husband (they are both like 19 by the way) and the friend they were
living with who was in her 40s). We taught the the restoration and
while I would love to say that it was a great lesson and the spirit
was there....unfortunately it was an entire lesson of bible bashing.
We couldn't even say one thing without the, pulling out some verse on
it and it was just awful. Then the husband said the closing prayer and
basically prayed to save our souls and for us to find our way. Good.
Good good. Also he said 'Father' probably a hundred times...like every
4 words or something...it was ridiculous....yeah so I don't even know
what to do in those situations....we like, didn't want to leave the
restoration only half taught because that might have been more
confusing but the spirit just wasn't even there....the struggle is so
real. It's so sad to see people so hard in their hearts and set in
their ways that they won't even let someone else explain their
beliefs, whether they agree or not.
Also we had this lesson with this potential who we have tried to see
soooo many times and she kept saying to come back and so we kept
coming back and we finally got to sit down with her and then she
wouldn't even pay attention! We were doing the cups lesson and she
just kept flipping through her bible and not even looking. Oh it was
so frustrating. Then she kept telling us pointless random stories that
had nothing to do with anything. Oh the people of the south.....
Hey remember Keesha? So we FINALLY got to go see her this week and we
taught her, her fiancé, and his brother the restoration. She's and her
fiancé aren't really interested...sad day! But, the brother seemed a
lot more with it...we had his attention the whole time! Don't know if
that will go anywhere but at least one was interested....also the
fiancé said we should come back in like 2 weeks when his mom was there
because she had been looking for a church and wanted to find God. Okay
then!
Okay here's a crazy not coincidence slash miracle of the ice storm:
So once upon a time we had that crazy ice storm and so the past
several Saturdays have been spent helping people clean up their yards
from all he debris. So, a member of our branch, brother Shotten, had
gone up the mountain in our area and asked people if they wanted our
help and so then later that week we went up and cleaned up their
yards. So there was this one family that we helped out and Brother
Shotten asked them if we could come share a message about Jesus Christ
and they said yes. So on Thursday me and sister laws went to see them.
Well the dad answered and we shared the new "He Lives" Easter video
with him and then we ended up teaching some of the restoration right
then and get this: he tells us that he grew up in the LDS church and
was baptized when he was 8! Say what?!!! But then he moved to
Tennessee when he was 10 and hadn't been to church since. So we get
his info to check to see if his name hasn't been taken from the
records or some thing and we set a return appt and wow...it was just
so crazy.....
Oh here's another cool story: so we were tracting this one street and
we talk to this old lady who is working (quite energetically) in her
yard....so then we compliment her on her property (it was big with
lots of gardens and stuff) and she's like "well let me take you on a
tour!" So we follow her and she starts asking about who we are and
stuff and when we tell her we are LDS she's like, "Really? Me and my
husband have been to Nauvoo and your temple in SLC and it is amazing.
Oh we also went to Palmyra and basically followed John Smiths life
(haha) and we went to the forest where they say he had that vision and
wow, when we were there - what a feeling! So....I just love you guys!"
Um....what just happened? Haha it was crazy....then we went back
yesterday to set up a time we could help her with her gardens (don't
know how she keeps up with all of it at 82 years old!) and we showed
them the Easter message and it was just a weird lesson...so we'll see
where it goes!
Well, that's about it for the week! Nothing much more to update on! :)
Love y'all!
Love,
Sister Myers
PS
We got a flat tire yesterday and a member of our branch and a random
homeless man helped us change it. Haha there was this giant metal
thing that had a screw in it that went in the tire so that's good. We
have to go to cookeville to fix it because Sparta has nothing haha.
Also a JW knocked on our door during weekly planning the other day and
he asked about our picture of Jesus and then I told him who we were
and he got super weird and the just sort of jetted out of
there....hahaha
Okay I really just didn't put in my spiritual thought so yeah that's
why I sent this:
So since my 9 month mark, or half way mark is coming up this Thursday
I was thinking about myself as a missionary and who I have become on
my mission and I was kind of getting down because a lot of times I
feel inadequate and like I haven't changed enough...you know...the
normal thoughts that I know come from the adversary....well this
morning I randomly opened my scriptures to Alma 26 and started reading
and I love these verses when Ammon is talking to his brothers:
2 And now, I ask, what great blessings has he bestowed upon us? Can ye tell?
3 Behold, I answer for you; for our brethren, the Lamanites, were in
darkness, yea, even in the darkest abyss, but behold, how many of them
are brought to behold the marvelous light of God! And this is the
blessing which hath been bestowed upon us, that we have been made
instruments in the hands of God to bring about this great work.
I love that because he's basically like, "Look how far we've come! So
many people were in darkness and we brought them light!" And obviously
they couldn't help EVERYONE and give EVERYONE the goalie, but they
still gave it to many and it got me thinking about how I need to quit
looking at how far I need to go. I need to look at how far I've come.
No one is perfect or is expected to do anything perfectly. I am
working to change and become better every day and that's what
important!
Anyway, that's all...love y'all!
PSS Pictures!
1. Church building building commences!!! (I know I look really bad
haha wind is dumb)
2. The drive through bar...... ?
3. Willies birthday party!
4. Just me holding Bobbie and Krystal's puppy :) #bejealous
5. Me and Jaleta :)
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