First of all.....shout out to my daddy! Happy
Father's day to the best daddy in the world - at least for me because
he's the one that Heavenly Father sent me to so he's obviously the
perfect father for me....even though he's not perfect....and wears super
out of date clothes....
This week has been INSANE!
Actually just really long. Man the first week of the transfer especially
with a new comp or anything just lasts so long.
We had
transfer meeting on Tuesday and that was busy! We had to leave at 6 in
the morning because it's a 3 hour drive and both me and Elder Myers had
to be there by 9 so we could be in the trainer meeting. So we went to
that....and after that we go to the meeting with the trainees
also....but before that I had to run and practice the song I as playing
the piano for in transfer meeting then I hurried to the meeting....also
it was weird to be in that meeting because I had never experienced it as
a trainee since our flight was delayed and we just basically went
straight into transfer meeting.....anyway......so then I got my trainee!
Sister Orchard!!! She's so cute! She's older than me - 22 and from West
Bountiful Utah. Anyway it was a great meeting and super nerve racking.
Also that was the LAST time I'll see Sister Oldroyd before she goes home
most likely! She's going home in the middle of the transfer because of
school and I probably won't be at the next transfer meeting. Oh my
goodness saddest moment of my life. Oh I just love her and I'll miss her
tons! Also I'm going to miss Sister Phillips a lot! She was such a fun
companion! (Not that Sister Orchard isn't fun but I could just be my
super weirdo self with Sister Phillips haha)
So I
definitely think I am training because secretly I need some serious
training myself! Trainer in training! Sister Orchard is a super awesome
missionary who is already way better than I'll probably ever be.
Seriously I ain't even exaggerating or saying that. Pretty much she
doesn't even need training. Just needs to learn the rules and she's set!
It has been super interesting to me though because I forget that
everything is so new to her! Like, fireflies for example! Her reaction
to them was classic and it made me remember when I first saw them haha!
Also she's such an awesome missionary that I honestly forget like all
the time that she's in training and doesn't know how to do different
things in the area book and what not.
Okay update in the investigates! (Wow! I'm a poet and I didn't even realize it!)
We
set a date with George!!! SEPTEMBER 5! We saw him on Monday before
Sister Phillips left and we invited him to be baptized and set a date!!!
It's kind of a softer date because it's based on whether or not he
comes to know the church is true by that point. But he's doing
everything so I'm not worried about it! He's come to church for like 3
weeks in a row now! Yesterday we hadn't heard from him in the morning
when we called/texted so we didn't know if he was coming so on our way
to church we drove to his house and knocked on his door and his roommate
answered and said he was asleep.....and he was just on the couch right
there so we totally just woke him up and we're like, "You coming to
church George?" And he's like, "Oh....uh yeah...." So then we left and
his ride picked him up 15 minutes later and he came to church! WOOT!
Also he reads his scriptures basically every day! He told us, "Yeah I
read a little every day....not very much but a little bit." And I'm
thinking, "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! If every investigator did that we would
probably baptize nations!" Haha he's super awesome!
Frank
is.......Frank. Haha he's super hard to teach because I really don't
understand him at all. He'll say something about how he's feeling about
what we are saying or make a comment and then I repeat it back to him to
make sure I understand and apparently I never understand. It's super
frustrating. Also we will probably have to drop him soon because he
didn't come to church and he hasn't texted us back when we have texted
him the past couple of days....so that's just...sooo awesome......I
think he's lost any fire he had though. He just doesn't see how the
gospel can help him and the Book of Mormon especially. Even though he
told us he will read it, I just don't know how much his heart is in it.
And it's sad because he's had a lot of cool experiences thus far I guess
he just down plays their importance or something. I don't really know
for sure.
Okay so there's this less active
named Tony Jones. Oh man I just love him. He's just this giant teddy
bear that you just can't not love. Haha he seriously kills me. But he
won't come to church! But, we had a super awesome experience this week
with him! We drove by his house and I saw that he was home and I felt
like we needed to see him. But stupidly I just kind of ignored the
prompting and thought how we needed to try to see Bruce right then. So
we are on the way to Bruce's house and I just kept feeling like we
should see Tony so I told Heavenly Father that if this Bruce wasn't home
when we would go see Tony. (Okay right now it totally sounds like I'm
being super not humble and I'm like trying to negotiate with God but it
really wasn't like that haha). Well, Bruce wasn't home so I went
straight to Tony's. Well we get out of the car and right then the Elder
come out of his house and I'm thinking, "Great so the Elders just saw
them so maybe we shouldn't see him." (Yes I was definitely second
guessing) But I told that to the Elders and how I had thought I had a
prompting to go and Elder Myers was like, "Hey! If you received a
prompting then you get yo-self up there right now!" Haha and I was like,
"Okay, okay!" So we go and Tony lets us in and this other member -
Brother Christensen was there too. So here's the cool part: Turns out
that Tony had asked the Elders to come to help him with moving something
at his house and then when they were about to share a message with him
Brother Christensen showed up. Then right after the Elders showed up, we
came! And it gets better: the Elders shared several scriptures and
quotes and talked about how God is focused on who we are becoming and
how we have to just keep on trying and stuff like that. Well, not even
knowing what the Elders had shared and having had a lesson planned for
him for 2 weeks (we just had never had the chance to see him in that
time) we shared about the enabling power of the Atonement...and
basically how it helps us try. The Elders told him what, and we told him
how. And he said it was exactly what he needed to hear. It was so cool!
And the whole time we were there he just kept saying, "Are you sure
y'all didn't plan this!?" Haha...Nope! Anyway, then he was just super
inspired to come back to church and he was like, "I am going to be at
church on Sunday no matter what!" And when he commits to doing something
like that....he'll do it! Haha but that sneaky Satan knows that so
guess what happened? He got sick (courtesy of Satan incorporated) so he
couldn't come to church!!! Dahhhhhhhh!!!!!!
Rained all
day on Friday. We were inside a lot of the day because of weekly
planning but like no one was home or really wanted to see us and so we
walked around a lot! I was squeezing out my skirt by the end of the
night! It was crazy! Guess that's what happens when you tract in the
rain for like an hour and half! Also no one was interested so that was
no bueno. Esta bien though! We will find some peeps soon! Speaking of
finding, we have done a whole lot of working on cleaning out all the
random people in our area book. It's been cool because some of them have
actually still been interested even though it was a long time ago that
they were first contacted! At this on potential, we met their mom or
something and she is pretty interested! So you never know!
Random thought/moments of the week:
1.
I definitely had bread that was baked in a corn husk....like tamale
bread. It was super delicious. Also Guadalupe layered it and it was like
wheat and white bread....so good!!!!
2. The other night I killed two spiders and BOTH
of them had hatching egg sacks on them that you couldn't really see so
there was an explosion of baby spiders! Nasty! Luckily most of them
stayed on the napkin so I just hurried and chucked it in to the
toilet...but man two in a row?! Also I killed a large cockroach...and a
baby one.
3. We scratched our car on a curb the other
week and so now we have to get it fixed (they like to keep mission cars
super nice) and apparently it's going to take like 5 days! So we have to
take it in today and then apparently it will be done on Friday. What on
earth?! Yeah that makes no sense....maybe they are just super busy or
something but man.....no car for either of us for the whole week!
4. Riding bikes is the best way to go. Walking is terrible in comparison.
5.
Had a drunk guy tell us he didn't want to talk to us because he was
drunk and he wouldn't remember anything anyway. Man I was super
grateful. Talking to drunk people is basically 100% ineffective
6.
A different guy who was high called us Normans and said we don't live
life. Well last time I checked I was on a mission and it's the best time
I've ever lived so I'm pretty sure I'm living life to the fullest.
One of the departing missionaries at transfer meeting said 2 things that I just loved:
"You guys are all your own bomb.coms because we are all different websites...."
"If people rejected the most perfect person that God could ever give, of course
they are going to reject you." I've had to teach this principle a lot
to Sister Orchard this week. People will reject you and that's just how
it is. Sometimes no matter what you say or how much you try to bring the
Spirit, they still may choose not to accept. And it may have nothing to
do with you. Jesus Christ was perfect. The PERFECT missionary. He knew
EXACTLY what to say and when to say it. And yet he was still rejected,
even despised. I have to remind myself of this because a lot of times I
blame myself when people don't choose to accept our message. And yes,
sometimes it could be me, but that's not always the case. I know that I
just have to do my very BEST and Christ will make up the difference.
I love y'all lots and I hope y'all have the best week! :)
Love,
Sister Myers
PS Pictures!
1.
Sister Oldroyd and Orchard were talking about people Bountiful (they
are both from there) and I just smiled for the picture haha
2. Biking selfie...we look soooo good haha
3. 3 greenies! :) We also ate green jello. It was classic.
4. The family tree - 3 generations! :)
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