We had zone conference this week and
that was really good! It was the first normal zone conference
since...like forever because the last 2 have been with general
authorities so they have been different! So yeah it was kind of weird to
just have a normal one! The training's were seriously so good though!
Okay
here's a crazy story. So once upon a time the Elders told us that they
randomly knocked on one door on this random street and found this girl
named Patty and she was super awesome! Just one of those prepared people
that is ready for the gospel! (She loved the fact that we have prophets
and said she would be baptized if she knew it all was true). So anyway,
they sent over her record Tuesday night but we didn't ever really look it at. So then Wednesday
night we decided that we wanted to go tracting. So we were over in this
one area and we could not decided where to go. And so we prayed and
then looked at a map and Sister Phillips was like, "I think we should go
here" And it was this one street that was pretty far from where we were
so I was just like, "Okay lets go!" So we go over there and we knock
into this one girl who was pretty cool and we are just kind of talking
to her and she said that 2 missionaries had knocked into her a while
back and we were thinking "Dang the Elders already tracted this." But we
keep talking to her to see what she thought of the pamphlet they gave
her and randomly I have this thought, "This girl is pretty cool. That
reminds me. We need to go see Patty. She sounds super awesome. I wonder
if she would let us come around this time (this was after 8 so pretty
late for people in the south)". And so we keep talking to her and then
we ask if we could come back and she said yes and we asked her her name
and she said it was Patty!!! WHAT?! Yeah we totally accidentally knocked
into her. It was such a weird moment. She's awesome though.
So
there's this awesome girl named Jade that we are teaching and she just
has the craziest life but she is super awesome and loves us even though
she only met Sister Phillips (before I came) like 2-3 times and she
already calls us her Mormons and stuff. She's super cool. Anyway, this
week we were teaching her....and oh the spirit is so cool. So she was
talking about all the bad in the world and about how sad it is so see
all the evil and stuff like that. And I just had this thought that I
REALLY needed to talk about agency. So I told her that the reason that a
lot of the bad is there is because of agency. God gave us the power of
choose and sometimes people don't choose good things and that effects
others, and sometimes in bad ways. But because it's a gift from God he
can't just stop what we are doing because it takes away that gift. And
she just looked at me and was like, "Wow. I have been asking myself why
God won't stop it my whole life. And NO ONE has been able to answer that
for me. I have asked that to SO many preachers and they just say things
like, "I don't know" or "That is too complicated to answer." And then
she just kept saying wow over and over. It was such a cool experience.
We weren't event talking about agency...we were talking about trials and
hardship....amazing how the spirit works!
Okay
so this week we randomly got this text from someone and they asked if
you could remember life before you were born. And we were just like,
"Who is this?" So we ask him and it's this guy named Frank, who is
George's roommate (oh by the way George moved so different missionaries
will teach him so that is sad) and he is just kind of odd but anyway
then he called us and asked if we could meet with him so we're like
"Okay!" So we meet him at the park and we have this super awesome lesson
about the plan of salvation and I guess he has this memory of the
pre-mortal life and how he was so excited to be born and he just
couldn't wait...and he was looking into a cauldron or something weird
like that. Also he has kind of a different concept of Christ and God but
we are working with him to help him pray and gain that relationship
with God. He says he thinks this church has the most truth. And he was
talking about how he is always watching the Elders get rejected and
doors slammed in their faces and stuff and that's what made him want to
learn more about the church....people notice!!!! Anyway, he came to
church yesterday and he really liked it. And he's really interested he
just has some really weird ideas and thoughts about things. I thought
Bennie was weird but Frank is a whole different story. But he is
definitely sincere and I think he really wants to change and become
better. He just has a long way to go. Haha we had the funniest texting
conversation with him this morning. Haha you just have to hear it
because we were seriously dying. It might not be that funny because you
don't know Frank and his personality but oh man haha
FRANK:
I got bored
so i read
US
Is that why you read lol?
FRANK
SHSHSH don't tell anyone
My grandma used to say curiosity killed the cat and couldn't eat it but then she said alot
I felt a creepy feeling like i was supposed to pick it up and read more
So i put it back in my bag
US
Who do you think would give you that feeling to want to read the BoM?
FRANK
It was an unfamiliar spirit my people call them strangers
It was in the Book itself
US
No
Frank that's the Holy Spirit. its a good thing! The Holy Spirit was
telling you to read because the Book of Mormon is true and from God
FRANK
It wasn't pleasant or unpleasant
Please don't be ill with me
US
Frank
we are not being ill we are just trying to help you understand. The
Holy Spirit is unfamiliar to people who are new to the Gospel. The Holy
Spirit always leads you to want to do good and the Book of Mormon is
GOOD
FRANK
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Haha he is just so odd haha ...but he's awesome!
We
talked to a super weird guy named Timothy and he told us Satan is a
girl and her actual name is Lucy. Also something about Nubians....And
something about giants and pyramids. Also Moses is really Moisha.
Weirdest thing that's ever happened to me.
Anyway.....here are some random thoughts:
1.
I ate some mexican dish called Mole and it was rice and chicken with
this peppery chocolate sauce and it was SO GOOD! Haha the Elders kept
telling me to try it and I asked what it was but they kept avoiding
saying there was chocolate in it and so I ate it and it was so good then
I found out it was chocolate later. Probably would not have tried it if
I had known haha.
2. I still don't know any Spanish
3. There are these weird things here that look like a mix between a cricket and a spider.....hm....
4. I never want to get knee surgery
5. We had literally had 4 other people besides us in Relief Society yesterday....that was just odd
6. It's super nice being clergy because you get a good parking spot at the hospital
Well,
that's all my random thoughts and stories for today! I'm learning so
much about following the Spirit here! Sister Phillips is seriously so
good at following the Spirit! I am blown away at the times when we'll be
planning for a lesson and then she'll be like, "We should teach them
this...." And then the LA or investigator totally brings it up or asks a
question about it and then we have a super awesome lesson on it! It's
seriously so cool to watch and I'm learning more and more about how the
Spirit works and to follow it because I am so bad at that.
I
heard a quote this week at zone conference that I loved: "Find the
Savior and you will find the reason for all that you do." The Savior is
really the reason for everything! He's the reason we are here on the
earth living our lives and the reason we do anything in this life! He's
definitely the reason I'm on a mission!
Love y'all lots!!!
Love,
Sister Myers
PS Next time I talk to you I will not longer be a teenager. Hm. Weird
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