So to begin with, you kind of heard about Monday already. We sang at a funeral for a man B. He was really old so it was still sad but it was pretty expected. Most of his family are not into the church, though, so it was good for us to sing for them to hopefully offer some peace. We sang Abide With Me. His daughter R was very grateful to us especially - she's pretty much the only strong member of the church in her family after he died. Anyway, that was good. Later that afternoon, we cooked some tacos for Brother S because the elders challenged us to a cookoff and asked Brother S to be the judge. So Brother S tried both of the tacos and pronounced ours the winner, but gave both of us $5. Then we went to see C, a recent convert who's having some serious health problems.
Tuesday, we taught R, who is the wife of S. They are very concerned about their son and R was telling us she didn't know if she wanted to do the whole church thing until we told her the Book of Mormon would give her words that she could use to comfort her son. She seemed more interested after that. Afterwards, we painted Brother H's new office with the elders. It was quite a good time. Later that night we went over and saw the W family and taught them the Restoration. They totally gave us a referral for the elders, so it was great.
Wednesday we painted all day and then prepped for our family history booth we're about to set up. It was fun. We also had ward coordination meeting.
Thursday we went to Mepkin and helped rake leaves for Easter, they wanted everything to look perfect. It's cool that we're able to help out other churches with things that matter to them. We also went out to see a less active family with Sister S. They are the W, and Brother W is a returned missionary. He was one of the first missionaries in Korea. I'm super confused about why he doesn't come to church because Gordon B Hinckley and him were totally friends and he baptized the first stake president of Korea and also helped bring about 147 baptisms in one week. He's very artistic and smart and has a super strong testimony. Afterwards, we went home and continued to work on the family history booth and made cookies until Book of Mormon class. We studied some Isaiah chapters and my mind was blown.
Friday we had Zone Training Meeting. The STLs trained on how we should set goals, which was cool. It was all about focusing on the Savior. Then, we roleplayed. I had to do a roleplay called "inspired questions" roleplay, which basically means that you ask the other person questions point by point about the Restoration or the Plan of Salvation or whatever you're assigned. We were doing the Restoration. Before we started, the zone leaders asked us to focus on keeping eye contact with the person and applying the stuff from my favorite conference talk, "Jesus Beholding Him Loved Him". It basically changed my whole perspective about EVERYTHING and it was awesome. Then, it was my turn, and since that talk is my favorite talk of all time, By the end of my time, we were both in tears. Did we necessarily cover all the points of the Restoration? No. I actually don't even remember what we talked about because it was literally all the Spirit. He told me that he had really struggled with some things in the past few weeks, the main one being that he felt totally alone. But he said that I helped him feel loved. So thank you Spirit! It was the coolest thing ever. And then the zone leaders trained on having a passion for finding new investigators. It was exactly what we needed this week! It was just so good. That night we taught M, and we went out and tried to find with little success, but we did get trapped in the middle of a political rant, which is always fun.
Saturday we went to V's house again with Sister S. She said she was going to try to make it to church, but she wasn't able to come, so that was sad. We also went to see R.
SUNDAY WAS EASTER AND IT WAS THE BEST EVER. We had a record 7 investigators come. Most notably, R, S and M came! M even brought his son B. It was perfect! R also came and sat by us. We got to be fed by members because Easter is an exception to the rule. So we went to the W for lunch. Brother W is the assistant ward mission leader, and his wife is from Trinidad and she is so cool. They met on their missions and Brother W was her district leader and when he got home he called her and asked if he could come to Trinidad. When he came to Trinidad he asked her to come back with him so they could date and get married and she said she would. But anyways, they're the greatest. Their son can play the piano like a prodigy so he played for us. After we went to the W, we kept feeling like we needed to visit S and his family. So we went, despite our fears that we would bug them. And we had a miraculous, incredible, beautiful 2.5 hour conversation, by the end of which R agreed to be baptized and M agreed to begin taking the discussions. God is real, folks. And if we do what He says, even if we're scared, it will ALWAYS turn out best.
I was pretty emotional all of yesterday. Never forget that Christ died for YOU!
I love you all! Don't let the muggles get you down!
-Sister Pew
"How am I supposed to go clubbing if my head explodes?" -Sister Pew
"U is an unbaptized youth." -Sister Goettsche (U is in her 70s.)
"U is an unbaptized youth." -Sister Goettsche (U is in her 70s.)
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| From Mepkin |
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| Elders that serve in the same area with them |
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| "Open your mouth" |
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