Busy week! Earlier this week we had a
lesson with a new Investigator. We found her knocking doors in an apartment
complex. She's from Brazil and a senior in high school. And the lesson was amazing;
she was so excited for us to teach her how to pray and to read the Book of
Mormon.
One of our other
investigators L. came to church. She loves church. And she loves to learn.
(Trying to get people to learn the right things in the right places.)
Oh and one night we had
dinner at D's house and his husband made me rice with spam, because as you know
I use to be (I say use to because yes it's over) a very picky eater. It was
really good! And then D. broke out old photo albums from his mission.
One thing about my
mission, everyone wants to talk about politics or war or you know something
else we know nothing about or really care nothing about right now. Ha-ha so
seriously I have no idea what is going on the world but from what I hear from
99% of people it's crazy.
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That pizza from
Heaven
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One member couple took us
to this Italian restaurant.... I died it was so good. Ah I love Italy, I love
the world. Sorry to say I probably won't come home in 18 months because most
likely I'll be manipulating that to a one-way ticket to Rome.
I feel so much more
appreciative of my life this week.
The other day was very emotionally draining, people's lives are just so sad. You hear the most heart wrenching things and sometimes all you can do is simply listen. There is one less active lady that I have been trying to see since I got here. Never seem to catch her. And I've tired like a lot! One day, we were going to go see her after dinner. So, I went into our closet and I knelt down and I asked Heavenly Father if we could please see her and if that was His will that the timing would be right. And we finally caught her! Seriously, after months. We talked on her front porch. This gorgeous young mom as been married and cheated on, married again and her then husband just died one night unexpectedly for no reason. She's also had cancer. And she's telling us all these things; I just didn't know what to say I just wanted her to know I was listening. I got in the car after, shut the door and started to sob. (Because you know I get super sensitive to other people's problems ha-ha)
The other day was very emotionally draining, people's lives are just so sad. You hear the most heart wrenching things and sometimes all you can do is simply listen. There is one less active lady that I have been trying to see since I got here. Never seem to catch her. And I've tired like a lot! One day, we were going to go see her after dinner. So, I went into our closet and I knelt down and I asked Heavenly Father if we could please see her and if that was His will that the timing would be right. And we finally caught her! Seriously, after months. We talked on her front porch. This gorgeous young mom as been married and cheated on, married again and her then husband just died one night unexpectedly for no reason. She's also had cancer. And she's telling us all these things; I just didn't know what to say I just wanted her to know I was listening. I got in the car after, shut the door and started to sob. (Because you know I get super sensitive to other people's problems ha-ha)
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| We moved the couch outside for some fresh air |
Yesterday I was so
grateful for fasting, and I got a priesthood blessing, and I felt so much peace
come over me. About really everything. Just a calm assurance that I am where I
am suppose to be, doing what I'm supposed to be doing.
I can do hard things; I've
done hard things!
Also,
let me just say how much I adore the Book of Mormon. I feel all my life it was
like this movie that everyone was telling me about, and how good it was. And I
agreed because I've seen clips or watched trailers or watched it with my family
half asleep. But I never really watched it! I never saw the movie! (I don't
know why I'm comparing a book to a movie) but, hey. Love you Family!
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| When your taking a picture
with an elder and it's super awkward |
P.S. You know how much I love planning things. So I planned a P-Day at a member in my wards house today for all the Zone and they are getting pizza and we're playing games so I'm pretty excited about that. It will be cool bonding too because we got a lot of turn over this transfer.
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| Still, I am the weirdest person I know. |
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