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| Sadly this is the only picture from this week... I need more! I did the math one day and I found out that I needed to take 55 pictures every day to fill my card by the end of my mission... here comes random pictures |
Well
this week we didn't really have a lot of time to do much! We were up at
the Fort Collins Temple helping with the open house Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday! So that was really awesome! And I got to see lots of people
from my past wards! And this one less active family recognized me before I even
saw them so that made me happy! And yes, the temple is beautiful! I love
being able to go there and help out. There really is such a Spirit there
even though it hasn't been dedicated yet. It makes me happy. And
whenever we are the last tour we get to go through the Temple and it is
just so awesome! I love being in the Bride Room and the Celestial Room.
They are really amazing! The Baptistery is really pretty, too. It's small
but very detailed. And the crystals on the chandeliers are my favorite. I
just love the Temple!!
Tuesday we had a pretty good District Meeting. Our new missionary gave his first training on being a
consecrated missionary. It was pretty good. I did a role play with him
and he was so nervous, poor guy. But I'm sure he will do great things.
We
did get to teach a less active girl on Wednesday and that was really cool. She
is just so ready to start trying. She wants us to come over and to bring
the Spirit to her home. You don't get that a lot here. She is super
sweet! I think it's going to be a slow process for her but I think she
will get there.
Thursday was really our only day to do
missionary work. And we got a new investigator from it. We were running back
and forth between both Wards pretty much every hour. It was insane. But
we talked with one of our investigators, Sharon, who likes to contradict
herself sometimes. Very confusing. She believes in what we do, she just
doesn't think she needs to be Mormon to believe it. Interesting. Then we
taught a Hindu lady. Let me tell you, teaching Hindus is hard but she
loves Jesus so that's cool. Except she dropped us so not so cool. That's
the fastest investigator I think I have had. Found her Sunday and got dropped
on Thursday. Dang... But our new investigator is Danielle. She is super sweet!
It started with her telling us we could come back cause of her kids, but
then her kids went to play dress up and she had all the questions. And
we basically taught a principle from every lesson before we just asked
to share the whole thing. So she said we could. Her ex-husband was a
member so she is familiar but is interested in learning more. Her
husband now is a quiet soul. Very interesting. I am hoping that he will
find God again as we come over more and more. Then we taught Benji. He
is progressing so well. He gets all emotional when we pray and he is so
excited for his Baptism. It's going great with him. He just likes to talk
a lot. But we have a great sass relationship. He says I give him the
"mom look" which I don't know what he is talking about but whatever.
He's awesome.
Saturday was a bit crazy. We found another investigator
who is Muslim. But I don't think it's going to go very far with this one
either but we will just have to wait and see what happens I guess. They
have very similar beliefs as us so that's cool.
Sunday was
back and forth again. We had back to back appointments like every half
hour. Crazy. But I love visiting with Brother Ogden and his daughter
Sister Grieves. I don't know if I have ever talked about them before but
they are just awesome. I always learn so much when I go over there.
Their whole family is just going through so much right now it's
ridiculous. But they also have so much faith. And I love to hear stories
from Sister Grieves' mission. We just shared our favorite scriptures
this last time and Brother Ogden shared Luke 9:62, which I just came
across recently and it's just awesome. And it makes me think of Meet the
Robinsons. (love that movie). But we cant go back to our old self. All
we can do is move forward. It's like President Uchtdorf always says,
start where you are. I just love that.
Anyway I love you
all and I love the work. This Gospel truly is amazing and I couldn't
imagine my life without it. Thank you for all the support you give to me
so that I could be here serving the people of Colorado! Love you all!
And love Jesus!
Much love,
Sister Richards
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| Ok so we were going through a car wash and they had monkeys at the end and I flipped out. I don't know if you know but I hate monkeys. It was like they were going to come in the car and attack me... not cool! |
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