Sisters gained the victory over the Spanish Elders and Fulton Sisters!
Wahoo!!! The bonus challenges were pretty funny this time....actually
just super random. Here's what they were:
1. Quote disney
2. Show a video while tracting
3. Relate the gospel to a sport
4. Contact a Lamanite (anyone hispanic or something like that....and
you can probably guess who chose that one! Easy way for those Elders
to get referrals from us!)
5. Use the word 'rug' while tracting (we chose this one...don't ask
why we chose the word rug haha)
6. Make a follow-up appointment to do service.
That last one was the hardest! People in the south are so nice and
polite that they don't want anyone to help them! And find-a-thon or
not we really do want to help!!!!! Hahah service is so much fun!
Well we didn't die in the scorching week. We just got really sweaty
and gross. They always tell us that we must look our best because we
are representing Christ and we want people to want to take a message
from us and I'm like, "Who is going to want to take a message from 2
crazy girls on bikes, dripping in sweat, with frizzy hair and somewhat
stalkerish attitudes!" Good thing the stalkerish attitude comes with
any missionary....haha
Oh my goodness here is a really funny story for you: so we were at
Guadalupe's this week and I was reading the Book of Mormon out loud in
Spanish. Recently I have been listening to/reading along with the Book
of Mormon in Spanish so I could get better at reading in Spanish. So I
was showing them that I had improved a little bit. So after reading a
verse I asked Guadalupe, "Was that terrible?" And Guadalupe said,
"Si." And I was like, "Uh...." And Luis told her what she had said in
Spanish and then we were all just laughing about it and then Luis was
like, "It wasn't THAT bad." It was just so funny because Guadalupe
just assumed she knew what I saying but she didn't mean to say it was
terrible (although it probably was and they were just being nice haha)
Random thoughts:
1. So we were at this guy's house and he asked us if we wanted a stop
light with an arrow on it and we were like, "Uh....no I think we are
good." So he pulls one out and oh my goodness I didn't think they were
so HUGE!!! Pictures attached.....
2. Luis made Ceviche this week. Best. Thing. Ever. Oh my goodness it
was so delicious. Shrimp, crab, tomatoes, garlic, lots of fresh lime
juice, onions and carrot...on chips. SO GOOD!
3. There's a leak in a pipe in my bathroom. That's been an adventure.
The guy isn't coming to fix it till Wednesday so I just have to keep
towels down in the mean time.
4. My bike is also out of commission because a screw/bolt came loose
on the pedal and I need a socket set to fix it. Matthew says he has
one and he said he would let me use it so I can tighten that and be
able to ride it. In the mean time I am riding one of the Elder's bikes
so that's been fun.
5. Us and Elders sang "My shepherd will supply my need" yesterday. It
was different than the one by Mac Wilberg but really good. And Brother
Millers son who is a concert violinist and REALLY amazing, played with
us and wow it was incredible. We got a lot of compliments. And we had
only practiced like 3 times. #talented
Oh but I just remembered a cool story. So I realized my pedal was
loose and so I was trying to figure out how to tighten it on the side
of the road and this guy walks us and looks at it and tells me what's
wrong and how to fix it and we get to talking to him and it turns out
he has taken the missionary discussions before in like Washington DC
or something like that and he has the Book of Mormon, D&C and Pearl of
Great Price. What?! He really didn't want to talk to us though....I
guess he's not interested but I am thinking because he talked to us he
is going to be thinking about what missionaries taught him and maybe
he'll pick up that Book of Mormon. Anyway, it was just kind of a cool
experience of God putting us in the right place at the right time.
We took a couple steps back with Beth. We took a member couple with us
to her lesson (which they were super good for her and we were really
grateful they were there) and it was a pretty good lesson! the only
problem is that Beth says she doesn't want to come to church because
she feels pressured by us. I think we just talked too much about the
importance of coming to church. We asked why she wouldn't want to come
and all we could get out was "I don't know". We think there may be
some sort of underlying concern that maybe she doesn't even know
herself....we are praying the Spirit will help us to discern what that
is.
We taught this old guy named Marvin this week. I think I told you
about him. He's the one who his friend in Utah referred us to him and
he wants to marry her so he's learning about the church. So we aren't
sure about his motives and stuff yet. But anyway, we taught him this
week and he has trouble remembering things. It was basically the first
lesson all over again. Also he was talking about how he was baptized
on his bed once. Like the powers of heaven came down and spoke to him
(like baptism by fire I guess) and he felt God's power to strongly and
all this stuff and I had no idea how to respond....I mean I like asked
him at one point if he would like to be baptized by water by God's
power and he was like, "I have." And I as like "In the water?" "No, on
my bed. But I was baptized in Kentucky lake and in Paducah" No Marvin.
Hahah it was such a struggle. He just did not get it.
So here's something pretty cool. A couple weeks ago we met this girl
and she referred us to her mom who then referred us to her mom....so
we are teaching 3 generations! Well yesterday we went and taught the
oldest generation, Ann and her fiancé Cody. Last time we only vaguely
taught the restoration and this time we taught the whole thing with
the cups because they had a bunch of questions about it. Well we
invited them to pray about it and it was so cool because Ann was like,
"Alright I am going to pray about this and read the book. You have
done your part and now i need to do mine!" Oh man I wish everyone
would understand that it's all up to them after we teach!!! So yeah
that was super cool.
We met up with this lady this week that I had only met once who is
Community of Christ (aka RLDS). She really likes the Sisters but has
no interest in changing whatsoever. While we were eating with her (she
took us to lunch) she was like, "This is good. We are just here to
talk. I'm not trying to convert you and you aren't trying to convert
me." And in my head I'm just like "uh....welll actually..." Also she
said that recently she became a priest in the priesthood and actually
got to baptize someone. That was the weirdest thing on the entire
planet to hear. It made me sick. And we had no idea what to say....we
just sort of nodded our heads and took a drink. So sad.
Mary Powell (recent convert) is doing a lot better!!! she hasn't been
to church since President Dennis came to our branch and that was a
while ago! She didn't come 2 weeks ago because she was cleaning her
house. So the Elders didn't give her the sacrament (because President
collins said only if she missed for medical purposes) and they didn't
explain why so when we called she was kind of freaking out so we went
and explained why they couldn't give it to her and she was like, "Oh
okay! Tell them boys I'm not mad at them! i should have come to
church!" Whew! it was sad though because she thought she had done
something wrong! She said she would be at church but then last week
when we called her she said she was going to be going to a church
concert with her friend! what?! so we went and saw her on Tuesday and
she just cried and cried at all the things happening in her life and
she said she didn't feel like she was okay to pray and she felt like
God was mad at her.....we had a really good lesson with her and she
called us the next day and said she felt soooooo much better! Then
yesterday morning she called us and she was like, "I woke up not
feeling good in the stomach this morning! But I know it's the devil
trying to keep me from church so I'm going to come anyway!" And she
did! She was only able to stay for sacrament because her knees can't
handle sitting for very long but we were so grateful she came! She is
such a funny lady haha
Well that's I have for this week folks! I have been feeling rather
under the weather this week and it's caught up to me today so I think
I'm going to take another nap (I already took a 2 hour nap earlier).
So much for catching up on my journal. The struggle is so real. Let me
tell ya.
As for my spiritual thought: the power of the priesthood is so real. I
felt prompted to get a priesthood blessing this week and so I did and
it helped me in a lot of ways I didn't even realize. I realized I have
been carrying a lot of weight of the stresses of missionary work and
who knows what else and then it was gone just like that! And that's
because of the Atonement. Jesus Christ already carried those things so
I don't have to!
I love y'all lots! Sorry if this letter is lame....I'm very tired.....
Love,
Sister Myers
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