First of all, birthday shout out to the one who gave me life! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!! 27 is a great age! ;)
BAPTISM!!!
We have a baptism coming up on Saturday
and we all know what means! We are just bracing ourselves for the
opposition that's going to come. We've already seen some these past
couple of days so we're just preparing for more! But YAHOO for a
baptism!
Oh my guess how many investigators we had
at church yesterday?! Did you guess 5? Then you would be wrong. Bummer.
WE HAD 9 INVESTIGATORS AT CHURCH! 9!!!! That is like....unreal in
Sparta, TN!! It was so crazy! AND I had to play the organ in church
again and so it was a struggle keeping them all rounded up (wow I make
them sound like cattle or something). Also 2 of them were these 2 random
ladies that just showed up! They have gone to church elsewhere and just
moved here but never really taken the discussions. And one of them, a
couple of her grandsons live in Salt Lake and are getting ready to go on
missions! Crazy!
You wanna hear like...the
craziest miracle ever?! This is like...one of those types of miracles
that missionaries pray for. Well, once upon a time there is a lady in
our branch who is like 96 years old and she comes to church with her son
and his wife. Well, turns out she isn't a member but comes every single
week! So we were like, "Um...why hasn't she been taught and baptized?!"
Well, we didn't really know how we would find that out until the
Lochners (the son and his wife) came out with us on Friday.
So we played the dumb card and we were like, "So how long has your mom
been a member of the church?" (because we knew he was convert) And
Brother Lochner was like, "She's not a member actually." And we asked
him why and he was like, "Well, I don't actually know why. She used to
take me to church way back in the 40s and we went for like 5 years
because my aunt had invited us and she's a member." And so we were just
like "Oh that's interesting!" And we kind of just let it drop. Well fast
forward to the next day and we get a call from Brother Shotton, another
member of the branch who told us that Helen Lochner (the 96 year old)
decided that she wanted to be baptized!!!!! WHAT?!!! So we get to church
on Sunday
and we were talking about when she would want to get baptized and
Brother Lochner was saying how she has had the missionary dicussions
several times before (I don't know why they never committed her to
baptism!) and she has been coming to church every single week for who
knows how long and she is totally ready! Um okay! Easiest baptism of our
lives!!!!!!!! We are still working out WHEN the actual baptism will be
because we wanted to combine it with Bennie's but they were saying how
she may want her own baptism and then they might want to wait until July
for a family reunion when all the family is in town to come. But it all
depends on what Sister Lochner wants to do so they are calling us today
to let us know what's happening. But isn't that INSANE?!!!
Well, here's some random stories for the week!
So we were trying to find this less active member and it was like 8:30
and so it was dark and we drove out to her house. But the road she
lives on....like isn't a road. It has a street sign but it's like this
dirt road with huge ditches and stuff and that make it really difficult
to drive up and of course there are no lights. So we drive up in and
there's only 1 trailer on the street so we figure it must be it. So we
get out and it's like....pitch black. So Sister Laws has to whip out her
flashlight and we walk up and knock and there's no answer. So then we
are walking back to the car and this guy is like, "Hello?" Sister Laws
didn't hear him for some reason and he scared the living daylights out
of me and so I screamed and then immediately realized that it was just
some guy and so I was like, "Sorry you just scared me so bad!" And then
Sister Laws was just sooooo confused because she didn't even know he was
there and it was just the weirdest thing. Haha so then we asked him if
the lady lived there and he said she lived further up the road. What?
There was more! The road just curved behind his trailer so it looked
like it stopped. And when we drove up there she has lots of lights so it
wasn't as sketch. Haha it was just the funniest situation.
So here's some updates!
James:
He's doing awesome! We went and taught his girlfriend before we helped
them clean his house and it was really awesome! And James was like,
bearing his testimony and stuff like that and helping her understand and
it was super awesome! And they both came to church yesterday and it was
great!
Bennie!!! :) He's ready to be
baptized! We are super excited for the baptism! Anyway, he is doing
awesome! We had testimony meeting yesterday because we have stake
conference this week and he bore just the best testimony ever! Oh it was
so awesome! Also, we taught him about the priesthood and the offices in
it and all that this week with Brother Tucker and he totally got it! It
just like...clicked! Sometimes he just remembers stuff and totally
understands and sometimes he cannot remember something to save his life.
Haha that reminds me. This week we were talking about the 10
commandments and we were trying to help him remember all of them. And so
had hand signals and rhymes for him so he could remember. But for some
reason he could NOT remember 7 (thou shalt not commit adultery) 9 (don't
bear false witness) and 10 (thou shalt not covet). We would ask him
what number 7 was and the conversation would go like this:
"Bennie what is the 7th commandment?"
"Uh.....don't covet"
"No, that's number 10...what is number 7?"
*thinks*
"Bennie remember the rhyme and hand signal"
"Uh...thou shalt not covet."
"No Bennie that's 10!"
Haha
and he would just keep saying number 10! Then we would ask him what
number 10 was and he would have no idea and we'd be like, "You kept
saying it for number 7! Over and over!" And he would be like, "Uh bear
false witness?" No Bennie! Haha it was seriously so funny. At least he
knows what they are and that he needs to follow them. That's what's
important! He is so classic though!
Bobby and Crystal are doing alright. We were going to see them Friday but they said not to come over because of bunch of stuff that was happening and when we went on Saturday
we took our Ward Mission Leader and it was like...just an awful lesson.
Well first Bobby is struggling with the word of wisdom again and
Bobby's brother is visiting and he's just.....not a good influence. I
don't think Bobby takes us as seriously when his big bro is there....he
just acts differently and it's a struggle. We ended up teaching them the
whole restoration again because Bobby didn't understand why he still
felt good when he went to their church so what makes us different. It
was good because now we see where he is coming from and stuff but we are
at the weird stage where if they don't start coming to church and
really acting then we are going to have to let them go. Which will be
awful!
I don't know if I told y'all about Tony
but he's this guy we have been teaching and he's super awesome! He's
been reading the Book of Mormon and praying about it. Haha when we were
talking about him praying about it we asked him how he felt as he prayed
and he was like, "I don't know how to describe it. I just
felt....melancholy." And Sister Laws with her "no filter" was like,
"What?! It made you feel melancholy?!" Haha and he just kind of looked
at her and then he was like, "Well that's not really the word I meant. I
can't think of it." Anyway he was trying to think of work that meant
"wordy" because he was confused to some parts in the Book of Mormon but
we cleared that up and also he came to church on Sunday! Wahoo!!! Anyway, that was just a random funny story.
Also watching 6 year old's do "magic" tricks is the funniest thing of my life.
I
read this quote that someone had on their wall last week that I just
loved and wanted to share! "God grant me the serenity to accept the
things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the
wisdom to know the difference." I just love this quote especially as a
missionary because there are so many things that we have the power to do
and there are so many things that we have the power to change and then
there are things that we just don't have any power over, like agency.
And the key is to find out the difference and then act! If we can change
something - change it! If we can't, accept and move on because there
are better things ahead! It reminds of the scripture D&C 123:17
"Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let us cheerfully do all things
that lie in our power; and then may we stand still, with the utmost
assurance, to see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed."
Sometimes we just have to do all we can and then wait for God to do the
rest!
Love you all so much and I hope you have a great week!
Keep on truckin!
Love,
Sister Myers
PS I'm not sure why I said keep on truckin but whatever...haha
PSS Pictures!
1. We held 2 day old kittens! Aw!!!
2. I like this sign.
3. Southern people put great things on the sidewalk! Hahaha
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