Well helloooooooo,
Thanks for Ben's confirmation thing, that
was very nice. And thanks for getting everything squared away with my
loans. I am glad that Beth could be me. I was actually just thinking we
are the same. It's weird. Also I love the new family group chat name. I think the
Broncos won so you guys didn't pray hard enough. But I don't really care
:)
This week was pretty average. Monday night we went street contacting down in Colfax at like 8 pm.
That was quite an adventure, a scary one at that. If you don't know
about Colfax, let me tell you, it is not the place to be at 8 pm.
But we were protected. These two guys came up to us and just wanted to Bible bash but I didn't really listen to anything they said cause all I
could think about was all the different scenarios that were going
through my head in case something happened and I had to hurt people. It
was funny.
Tuesday
our cars got grounded so we had to walk everywhere. Boy did my toes
hurt by the end of the night. But I survived. Luckily we had nice people
give us rides to a spot and to dinner and then home. Also I had the
fanciest grilled cheese ever for dinner that day. I never thought that
could be a thing. But walking all day was quite an adventure and I
learned a lot from it--mainly that I need to be humble and just do what
God tells me to so that I can be what He wants me to be. It was a rather
fun adventure.
Wednesday
we got to go to the Temple and oh my goodness it made me happy. It has
been way too long. This whole Temple every three months might destroy my
soul... Oh well. But I had a really cool experience in the Celestial Room so it's all good. I also got to see some people that I haven't in a
while and it made me happy. Also I got this really awesome picture of
Christ and Peter walking on water. It's my favorite story. The guy that
painted it is David Bowman I think and I really like all of his pictures
of Christ. They are really cool. Check him out. That day was a struggle
though cause I had to wake up at 4 to go and I almost fell asleep in
all the lessons we had that day. It was brutal. But we did find a new
investigator so that was cool. I don't know how solid he is yet but
there is always hope and prayers.
Thursday
we went on exchanges and I stayed in my area with Sister Tracy, who is
now my Sister Training Leader. It was great to be with her again although it was
different. We are both so different than when we first came out. But I
loved being her companion for the day again. She is such an amazing
missionary and I learned a lot from her. We talked to a Russian lady and
that was fun. She doesn't live in our area but still. We even gave her a
Russian Book of Mormon. Wonderful. Oh, also we are doing this challenge
in my district to see who can give out 25 copies of the Book of Mormon
first. Challenge accepted. I think we are tied with the zone leaders
right now but that will change if I have anything to say about it.
Friday
I met with the coolest lady ever. She was just so cool. She has so many cool stories and has a
really great outlook on life. She also can travel anywhere for free. I
want to be her. But she told a story that talked about how every stone
that is in our life is for our good and puts us in the places that we
need to be. I really liked that and it made me think of how every trial
can either be turned into stumbling blocks or stepping stones. It was a
really great meeting. She is awesome.
Saturday
I finally met one of our investigators that we actually dropped. She is
really sweet but was really struggling with the fact that Joseph Smith
was not mentioned in the Bible. She was told by another pastor that he
is not real because he is not in the Bible. It caused her great distress
and nothing we said could really calm her down. So I asked if I could
pray with her and after I prayed, she didn't care about Joseph Smith.
She just wanted to talk about God and that we are not about Joseph but
about Christ. It was really cool to see the Spirit work in her after we
prayed with her. She will have to come to know that Joseph Smith was a
prophet but I think that will come with time, if it be God's will.
Sunday
was interesting. I hate football. And we were not really allowed to go
knock on doors because the Broncos were playing and people here are
crazy. People were wearing jerseys to Church under their suits and if I
saw one more person in orange and blue, I think I would have to barf.
But I really liked that Aunt Joyce called them the Denver Donkeys. That
makes me happy. Anyway so I did a lot of studying and I had a really
cool experience. I can't really explain it but I have changed and all I
can say is that I know God is real and that He is there for me. I have
been trying to memorize the Living Christ and it is really awesome. A
lot of things have been put into perspective for me. But that doesn't
mean there won't be trials cause heaven knows I am not perfect. But I am
trying to be like Jesus.
This is a great work here and I am glad to be a part of it.
I hope you all have a wonderful week!! I love you and I am grateful for your support!!!
Much love,
Sister Richards
