This week was pretty great!
Monday
for Halloween we got to spend the day with the Lybbert family. And they
stole my camera so I have lots of random pictures. But my pumpkin this
year was pretty dope, just saying. But that is really all we got to do.
We had to be in by 7 which is right after dinner so we didn't do
anything but carve pumpkins and eat candy and food. It was great! And I
was Cinderella of course. :)
Tuesday we found a new investigator and
he is Asian, named Muchun. I have been wanting to teach an Asian my
whole mission! But he will probably be passed off to the Young Single Adults so... lame.
But he was really interested to see what our Church looks like so we
are going to do a tour for him. It's gonna be awesome. I also had lots of
fun at the Task Force stuffing envelopes. I was the fastest one there,
too. I did a lot. I just have a talent for doing mundane, brainless
tasks! Haha!
Wednesday we got to go to the Temple!!!!! I
loved it!! It was my last time as a missionary going to the Temple and
it was sad. But it was great and I got to hand out all those names that I
kept forgetting to do the past 8 months or so, so that was great. There
are only two left! And I got this new CD from Deseret Book called
Gentri and it's my new favorite. There are only 7 songs on it but I love
it so much!! (The subject of this email is one of their song lines).
Then we went to Kneaders for brunch and we got it for free again.
Ballin! But the other great part about the day was that Benji came back
from Texas! I have missed him so much. He is going through a lot right
now with his dad on the way out. I almost started to cry, my heart felt
so much for him. But it was great to see him. He still teases me to no
end. But that's ok. After dinner we went to an appointment with a
potential and he left a note telling us he was not interested. It made
me laugh. I will attach a picture. So it was a good day. We talked to a
garbage man that was very nice.
Thursday we had district
meeting and not gonna lie, it was kind of lame. Our district picture is
even lamer. But that's ok cause we had miracles happen. First we ran into
these two guys that are from Aurora and were working on a house here in
Parker, Jim and Seth. They were so nice!! And they were so excited
that we invited them to come to Church with us. We gave them both Book
of Mormons and Jim wanted a Plan of Salvation pamphlet. He asked us
questions and said that we had all the answers he needed. It was really
cool. They said we made their day, which in turn made my day. That is
why I love being a missionary. And then we had another really cool
lesson with a potential who almost became an investigator. She wanted to
read the Book of Mormon before we even brought it up and wanted us to
share the message with her. So that was cool. But she wants time to read
so she wanted us to come back in December. Lame. But she has had so
many interactions with the Church and LDS members, it's unreal. So she is
cool. And her name is cool too, Theodosia. I don't remember where it's
from though... Ireland maybe? Anyway...
Friday we had a pretty
cool experience. We met with a less active member who is a "do not contact" in our ward.
She was really nice to us though. We started talking on her porch but
then she invited us in and gave us lots of her kid's candy and water.
Then she told us her story and it was really cool. Kind of sad but
interesting. And she was telling us she hates when missionaries would
come over and ask if they could share a scripture. So I was thinking,
dang, how are we going to share a scripture/message without her getting
upset? But then it happened. As she was telling us her story, she brought
up the scripture that hit her hard and made her want to be baptized.
Mosiah 4:9-10 [9 Believe in God; believe that he is, and that he created all things, both in heaven and in earth; believe that he has all wisdom, and all power, both in heaven and in earth; believe that man doth not comprehend all the things which the Lord can comprehend.
10 And again, believe that ye must repent of your sins and forsake them, and humble yourselves before God; and ask in sincerity of heart that he would forgive you; and now, if you believe all these things see that ye do them.]. But she couldn't remember the reference, just what it
said. So I found it for her and we talked about how God is there and
everything testifies of Him. So we got to share a message with her and I
felt a lot of Gods love for her so I had to tell her. So it was a
really cool experience for me. We talked for a good hour or so.
Saturday
was a pretty good day as well. We found another gator and it was a
really cool experience. After dinner we were tracting in the dark, which
I hate doing, and something told me to keep going down this one street.
So we did and we ran into Kyle. He was smoking on his porch and was
probably drunk or high but he let us come up to his porch to share a
message with him. He said that he had been going through a lot lately
and was really struggling. So I shared a scripture about the Atonement
with him and told him that Christ was looking out for him and knew what
he was going through. I felt the Spirit so strong and just kept saying
that this was exactly what he needed in his life. It was so cool. I
wanted to end the night on that experience. But he was so excited to
read the Book of Mormon and come to Church, which he didn't do. But it
was still a great experience and I just felt so much love for the gospel
and know that it's true. It's so true.
Sunday we had a good
stake conference broadcast and they talked about Temples. I can't wait
to go to the Temple whenever I want! But not much else happened that
day. We taught Liam, a 7 yr old and he is just so cute.
So
this week was great. I listen to my play at least once a day because I
love it so much. I also love this Gospel so much and am so grateful for a
Savior that loves me no matter what. I love Him too.
I hope you all have a wonderful week and be grateful too! :)
Much love,
Sister Richards
