My
new companion is Sister Dillon and she's from Iowa and she is so cool!
Man I just love her to death and she just got out of training but holy
cow she is such a good missionary, I feel like I'm in training again!
I've already learned so much from her and I know I will learn a lot! We
are also a lot a like so we get along so well. We are buds!
In other news David Archuleta is the branch mission leader so that's an interesting development.
The
weather has cooled down so much! It's so crazy! We could see our breath
the past couple of mornings! Not that I'm complaining or anything
though because it has been absolutely beautiful!!! :)
So
one of our investigators we saw a couple of times this week was Steven
and he is so awesome! Although, he thinks very deeply about things and
so sometimes it's a struggle because he can get really overwhelmed, I
guess would be the right word. So we've been trying to keep things
really simple and short so there isn't much to think about. Haha we had a
lesson with him and this recent convert and these 2 other members and
it was a good lesson, but also a little much. 5 people giving
information would probably overwhelm anybody. Luckily it was a lot of
testifying so it was just really good.
We had
this really awesome miracle this week! So we have the car every other
week and we ride the bus when we don't have the car because it isn't
safe to bike and our area is ginormous. So we were waiting for the bus
and Sister Dillon knew which bus stop to get off at but she left the map
with the times the buses come at home and she didn't know what time to
get on the bus to go to our lesson in the evening. And when we got on
the bus there were no maps on it! (which usually there are). So we
decided we would just have to ride the bus all the way to the bus
station and get a new map and then ride to our stop. It would take extra
time but we didn't really have another option. Well, when we get on the
bus we always try to talk to anyone we can and so we were sitting there
and there was a guy behind us that randomly starting talking to the
girl across the way. So me and Sister Dillon both knew we needed to talk
to him but we just had to wait till the girl got off or they stopped
talking. Well she got off really soon after that and so we started
talking to him and he was asking our opinion about some random business
stuff and then we kept talking and somehow it all related to agency and
the gospel and we gave him a pamphlet and he was super interested! And
then he was like, "Do you have any more of these I could read too?" Do
We?! So we gave him another one and got his number and everything and he
was so interested to learn more. The thing that was so cool was that if
we had gotten off at the stop we originally planned then we wouldn't
have been able to talk to him for so long. It was so cool. His name is
Chase.
Here's another one for you: so we were
knocking these town homes (we knock mostly apartment complexes and town
homes because that's where most of the YSA live) but these were a
little bit nicer and we kept tracting into older families and so we were
going to leave but we decided to knock a little longer. Also it's like 8
at this time and people don't really like random people knocking on
their door at 8 at night. So then we knock on this door and this super
nice guy named Todd answers and we talk to him for a minute and then he
just started telling us about how he tends to get really angry and
frustrated at his friend a lot and he didn't know how he could overcome
that and so he asked us what we thought (I don't think anyone has asked
me a sincere question like this while tracting...it just doesn't happen)
so we talked him about turning to Jesus Christ and that is what our
message is all about and he was like, "wow that is so cool. Thank you
for telling me that. It made my day." so we gave him a pamphlet and set
up a return appointment for tomorrow at 5:30 and he was like, "Tuesday at 5:30. I'm excited!" Man he was so cool.
We
have baptism date for this awesome guy named Carlos. He is so great.
He's so spiritual, like you can just feel the spirit when you are around
him and he knows the Book of Mormon is true! But, he set his baptismal
date for around New Years. That's so far away! But we keep having him
pray about his date. He seems to have something he is working through
(at least that's what he says) and he wants to work though it before he
is baptized. So we think that has to do with why he wants to get
baptized so far away, because he says it's because the New Year
symbolizes like a new life and that's what he'll have after baptism but
we think there may be more to it. Who knows?! He's awesome though and I
just love him!
There is so much going on here. We got to FHE (most of the time) on Monday nights, Institute on Wednesday
(I'm so stoked for that) and other various activities. I forgot how
much happens in YSA. Also we got to watch the Worldwide Devotional thing
or whatever that was that was on yesterday and it was so good.
Also, since I'm in Nashy and there is so much MUSIC everywhere....there is a special musical number like every single Sunday. Like, an intermediate hymn is like, unheard of. Haha everyone is so musically talented it's crazy.
We
went tracting in the rain this week. Absolute down pour. It was fun
though. I love rain. Except we didn't know that was going to happen so
we had no umbrellas or raincoats or anything at all so that was an
adventure. But it was okay because we were tracting apartments and so it
was covered mostly.
Well, I don't have a lot
of time left and so I'm just going to end with a quick spiritual
thought! I've been reading in Mosiah with Abinadi and oh man that guy is
so cool. Powerhouse! If I could teach like him I would baptized nations
probably. I love when he quotes Isaiah because Isaiah is also a
powerhouse. I read in Mosiah 14 when he quotes Isaiah 53 and oh man I
love that chapter. But anyway, the thing that I think is so cool, is
since I've been comparing the BOM to the Bible I have found a lot of
cool things. This week I found how King Noah and Abinadi are like this
king named Jeroboam and Amos in the Bible. It was crazy. I don't know
the references but if you looked at footnotes in Mosiah and stuff you
could probably find it. It was crazy the similarities though! God is so
cool. And so good.
I love y'all so much!!!
Love,
Sister Myers
PS Here are so pictures!! :)
1. Sparta reunion!
2-3 Bye Sister Sumbot :'(
4. me and Sister Orch and basically my favorite mission office lady....she is so funny...and also going home soon! :(
5. Me and Sister D!
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