Anyway this week was a pretty good one. Tuesday
we got a new investigator. Her name is Shirley and she is as old as can
be and so cute. We had a really good lesson with her about the Plan of
Salvation. She was really open to it and it left her thinking. She had
never heard some of it before. So that was cool.
Wednesday
was bittersweet. We did some good service and then had interviews with
President and Sister Mendenhall. That was really good. Sister Mendenhall
was talking about marriage with me. I was like, hold the phone! I still
have 6 months and probably a lot longer after that before marriage is
going to enter my mind. Geez! But it was good to talk to them. And it
did get me thinking about goals and whatnot. Then we did some more
service for one of our investigators, Susan. She is a Buddhist and very
interesting. She likes to feed us and she even gave us water bottles.
They are freaky fresh. So that was good. She is super sweet! So kind.
Then we had a very sad but powerful lesson. We had to pass Sydney off to
the Parker ward Sisters. We found out that she is not actually in our
boundaries. I don't remember if I actually told you about her but she is
so awesome. She is golden but doesn't want to be. She has been to every
church you could think of and this was the only one she likes. She
takes notes during our lessons and is just so sweet. Oh and she is 15.
So adorable. But it was so sad because we had to pass her off. But it
was still a pretty powerful lesson. I could just feel so much love for
her. She will get there some day. And I better be invited. Just sayin...
Thursday
we had a pretty good District meeting. We talked about different ways
of finding and helping our investigators with their Spiritual conversion. It
was really good. Then we had a very frustrating lesson with Benji. He is
just ridiculous. He refuses to pray about the Book of Mormon and we
just don't understand why! So dumb. So we are going to try one more time
and then have to cut him off for real. I don't even want to say
anything else about that day. It was pretty terrible.
Friday
I hit my year mark. And I had quite the breakthrough personally. I knew
that it would be quite the turning point of a day, seeing as I now only
have 6 months left to kick my own butt into gear and preach the Gospel.
It makes me sad to think there is an end. I never thought this day
would come and now I don't understand how it came so fast. What is life?
But I have a changed attitude and am working on positive thoughts. But
we had dinner with the Bennions and that was awesome. We had breakfast
for dinner and I have come to realize that I love when people make me
breakfast. Probably because dad would make it a lot for us when I was
younger. I miss that. Thanks dad. :) But then they showed us their
theater room and holy crap, it is the bomb. I want a theater room when I
grow up. So, yeah, that was cool. And we had another interesting
experience. We got to teach a lesson to a random lady and her daughter.
It was super Spiritual and when we asked them to commit to something
they straight up said no. I was shocked. That hasn't really ever
happened to me. At least not for a long time. How can you deny the Spirit you have felt!? That darn agency. But it was a great experience.
Maybe one day their hearts will be soft enough.
Saturday
we had a great mini Zone meeting where we got trained on how to use the Temple approach. It got me so excited. Oh and in case you didn't know,
Fort Collins Temple open house is Aug 19- Sep 10. So that is exciting. So we have just been inviting everyone we see to go to the Temple. It's been great.
Sunday
we had a good day. There were a lot of good lessons. And we got to
visit with Brother Ogden. He is active but his wife is not and they like
to expound upon the scriptures. We did Revelation 1 last night. Did I
understand any of it? Not in the slightest. But I also felt like I
learned a lot... so that was good.
So not a ton happened this
week but we laughed a lot more than we have in the past couple of weeks
and that just makes everything better. So it was great. I hope you have
a wonderful week! Keep smiling! And #behappy!!
Much love,
Sister Richards
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| Thanks Eric.... |
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| She didn't want to take a picture with me. |
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