This week was pretty good!
Tuesday
we got to see Ashley, our investigator that is on baptism date. She is so
awesome! But she is not feeling ready for the 28th to be baptized so
hopefully some time in December. Then we had the best service ever!! We
got to rake leaves for 3 straight hours. I was having so much fun!! It
also made me feel like I was working grounds again. It was great. It
also made me miss home a little bit cause of all the trees and leaves we
would rake in the fall. So much fun. I got some pretty nice blisters
from that. But I wasn't as sore as my companion. We had so much fun
playing in the leaves. I felt like a kid again. Also, it dawned on me
that I am a Missionary on a mission. Weird, I know. I have only been out
for almost four months. Well that is weird. Anyway, we finally got to
see Ray for a little bit. He is just not doing too well. Also he has
been diagnosed with dementia so that is sad. I really think he is going
soon. After dinner we helped this kid with his math homework. That made
me want to cringe, which actually makes me sad cause I used to be really
good at math in high school. We also shared this video called Hope of
God's Light. You should watch it if you haven't seen it yet. It is one of
my favorites.
Wednesday we had interviews with the
President. I just love President and Sister Mendenhall. They are just
the best. I am so blessed to have them. Sister Mendenhall is just
awesome. Also she had a bowl full of tootsie rolls, my favorite. I
wanted to take the whole thing. Then we had District Meeting. That was
good. We talked about unity and it was much needed for me. It was great.
Then we helped a lady move, that was fun. Also it snowed today. That
was fun. I definitely am going to have to get some boots. :)
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| Sister Mitchell fell out of the trash trying to smash the leaves down and the dog attacked her |
Thursday
we did some more service at Barr Lake and I again felt like I was
working grounds again. It was great until they had us wash windows. We
made the windows look worse than when we started cleaning them. The
stuff they gave us to wash with just did not work. It was a struggle.
But its all good. For dinner we had french dipped sandwiches. Never
heard of it. But they were pretty good. It was just like dipping a roast
beast sandwich in soy sauce or something. It was good. But then we had
the coolest experience. We had a lesson with a someone that wants to
come back to the church. So that morning, Sister Mitchell for some
reason felt that we should talk about humility and it was perfect cause
that is what I have been studying humility lately. I was like okay
that sounds great. So we read Mosiah 4:11-12:
11 And
again I say unto you as I have said before, that as ye have come to the
knowledge of the glory of God, or if ye have known of his goodness and
have tasted of his love, and have received a remission of your sins,
which causeth such exceedingly great joy in your souls, even so I would
that ye should remember, and always retain in remembrance, the greatness
of God, and your own nothingness, and his goodness and long-suffering towards you, unworthy creatures, and humble yourselves even in the depths of humility, calling on the name of the Lord daily, and standing steadfastly in the faith of that which is to come, which was spoken by the mouth of the angel.
(love those verses by the way)
and we asked him what he got out of reading it and he was like I have
actually been thinking a lot about humility and so it was just a perfect
scripture for him. I was floored when he said humility. There were so
many other things that he could have said from those two verses cause
they are just loaded with goodness. But it was just really cool to see
that God does know his children and that we can be lead by the Spirit to
what they need to hear. And then that kind of humbled me cause then I
was thinking about how important the Spirit truly is in this work. It
was just a really cool experience and a great testimony builder for me.
Friday
we finally got to teach Ashley lesson one about the restoration and it
was awesome. After I was testifying about how she can find out for
herself she just said, that made me excited to learn more. It was so
cool. She is seriously so awesome.
Saturday was just a lot of finding and we actually taught 3 lessons so it was great
Sunday was all about the spirit. It was awesome!!
That was basically my week. I will send some pictures from our adventure of the leaves.
I love you all and I miss you tons!!
May God bless you in all you do! He is aware of you and is in the details of our lives.
Much love,
Sister Richards
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