Hey Family and Friends!
Thank you so much for all the emails. They help me so much! I just
love hearing from all of you! You all sound like you are doing so great
and that makes this sister Very Happy!
This week.... haha I have no idea how to describe this week. I feel
like a whole year went by this week. I have experienced my highest
highs in the mission and my lowest lows this week.
So lets just start at the begining=) Monday was an awsome p day,
Then Tuesday came. It was the weirdest thing ever Sister Straatman and I
just felt off for some reason. You have to understand me and Sister
Straatman are the best of friends and we never feel that way. It seemed
like all day we were fighting the urge to get irritated with eachother.
Then all day we felt so weird. We both had no energy, we had huge bags
under our eyes, and it was a struggle to make it to that night. We had
our last appoinment at 8 with E_____. E______ is someone we have been
teaching Since I got here. Her husband is a super less active member and
they have a little boy who is 1. They are a young couple who took the
lessons with the aps and then agreed to let us teach them again. We felt
as if we had hit a wall with her. We had no idea what more we could for
her. It seemed as if everyone had given up on her. Even Sister
Straatman and I began to loose hope... So that morning before we left we
prayed so hard that we wouldnt give up on her too and that we would
have the spirit with us. Well by the time we got to her lesson we had
both kind of had it for the day. I am very ashamed to admit I had no
desire to go teach this lesson. The whole way to the appoinment and to
her front door I was pleading with Heavenly Father please dont let me
give up on her. Please help her. Please Please Please. Then we went in.
The start of the lesson was normal. Sister Straatman asked how her book
of mormon reading was going and she said normal and that she still wasnt
reading as much as she should. I then asked her "E_____ do you have a
testimony of the Book Of Mormon?" I feel so bad to admit that I though
the reply was going to be the same as always. "not yet" but this time
she replied, "Yes." The room was silent, She then said, "I know it's
true. " Neither of us knew what to do! We then asked if she wanted to be
baptized and she said yes and we set the date Feb 1!!! Haha after she
said that she looked and me and was all , "are you going to cry?" She
never should have asked. I started to cry I was so happy for her! and
her family! They want to get sealed someday!!!!!!!!!!! I have never felt
that kind of joy before. Straatman and I left so Happy we got home and
we just talked about how Satan had been working so hard on us all day.
It was the best thing ever!! I didnt at all that night. I was so happy! I
prayed all night to continue to bless he becasue i know the advisary is
going to be working extra hard. We have been calling all of our ward
members and have been asking them to pray for her. I know it is helping.
Then came Wednesday. To start the morning off right we got dropped
by 2 of our investigators that were making so much progress.. It broke
our hearts for them. This is Eteranl life! Heavenly Father just wants
them to come home. Someday they will except it. I just know it. We also
had a lesson that night. We brought a sister from our ward. We were
there for an hour and a half, it was one of those lessons where our
investigator didnt get a word in, and we didnt get a word in, but our
member told her whole life story. I even learned the most effective way
to potty train little boys =) It's ok though becasue our investigator
loved her!!! and so do I =)
Thursday I had my first Exchange, That is were I left sister
Straatman to go to a different area and work with a Sister Training
leader. I got to go with Sister Y______=) I love her so much. I got to go
work in Highland. Our first lesson that night was with an 11 year old
boy named J____. He was baptized about 2 months ago. I instantly bonded
with J____. Wow talk about a hard life. His parents are hard core drug
addicts who locked themselevs in their room all day. He was seperated
from his 2 brothers and sisters about a year ago and hasnt been able to
speak to them since. He sat there telling me all about how the gospel
has changed his life. We read from the book of mormon. My heart was just
breaking for him the whole time we met with him. No 11 year old should
ever have to be so mature ever! Sister Y_____ got videos of me and him
singing togehter. He was so sad that i wasnt coming back and said he is
going to pray so hard that I will get moved to his area. It was the
sweetest thing ever!!!! I love him! he even walked us to our car and
opend my door for me. I am so glad he has the gospel in his life. I will
never forget him.
Friday I worked the rest of the day in Highland. We did a lot
street contacts=) haha I am still so akward=) I just smile a lot! I
loved sister young we laughed a lot and had a lot of funny things
happen.I was so excited to see sister Straatman that night though and be
back in my area=)
Saturday, Saturday was rough, We started our day out agian by
getting dropped by another investigator, and weird stuff happened all
day then we got the call. Our Investigator T___ is the lady we are
teaching who has had 3 or her 4 children die. Well it is now 4 of her
children die. We got the call that night she found her son dead. All of
her children are gone....I felt so sick. I dont understand it. There is a
lady in our ward who owns a flower shop. We called her up and she gave
us a beautiful arrangment for free. She was such a blessing. That night
we prayed so much for T____. I didnt sleep.
Then came Sunday, We started the morning off by going to
see T_____ . She is all alone now. NO one. We sat and talked with her and
helped with some things and find some stuff she needed for the
mortuary. and just tried to bring her some peace. She said she felt
comforted to know there was a place for him to be happy. Please keep her
in your prayers.. Then it was time for church, Church was Amazing! we
were both still just feeling weird. Then we go to church and guess what.
One of our investigators that we have been working with forever came!!!
with her husband! Not only that we had 3 investigators come to church
and 2 less actives that we have been working with. They came! they got
to feel the spirt. I have never been that happy! The ward jsut took them
all in and they sat everywhere. and it was so great! during the
sacrament I was just so happy I love all the people in our ward so much
and all our investigators and I am so blessed to know all of them! I
have never felt this kind of love before.
Then we found out that our zone leader got sent home.. We had a
meeting and some bad stuff was going on. It makes me so sad... He helped
me a lot in our zone meeting and stuff when I was having a hard time
adjusting at first. its been a rough day for the zone today. However, it
has made me reflect on the last 3 months. is there a limit to what I
will give the lord? I am so thankful I am here. My mission means
everything to me. I love it. I love these people even though its hard,
we get rejected, horrible things happen that are out of our control but I
am here to help people make covenants . To help bind them to heaven
once more. To help them start their journy home. where they can kneel at
the masters feet. I know that he came, I know that he is the Messiah.
He lives and I will not deny it.
haha man this week has for sure been a bi polar week! Im positive
that this email if full of grammer and spelling mistakes as usual but
lets be honest im just not in the mood of fixing them=) it will take too
much effort =) I love Sister Straatman. Im super worried about
Transfers. I will know by Sunday where I am going. I will go whever he
wants me to go.
Sorry folks nothing too funny happend this week! but just know that i sure love the heak out of all of you!
stay cool
kenz
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