1. We went to see this 17 year old girl. We had tried her about 3 other times but she was never home. This time her mom answered and said she was in the shower but then all of the sudden she popped around the corner and started talking to us. She and her mom came out on the porch and we all sat down and had "porch party" (as they called it here). We answered their questions about why bad things happen to good people and talked about making good decisions in life. Then her older sister walked out and started asking us more questions, really direct ones like, "what makes the baptism so holy? is it the holy water? or what?" We spent another 20 minutes answering her questions and explaining the symbolism of baptism and why we do it. She said that she really needed to do that, ha ha, we were really excited.
2. While going to another appointment, we decided to knock on the next door apartment. A guy answered and said, "Hey I recognize you guys. Don't you drive a red corolla?" We said yes and then he said, "You guys have waved to me twice...nobody ever waves at me! Why don't you guys come back next week. I'm busy right now doing business but I would like to talk to you guys." It was such a neat experience because it was by such a small and simple thing. Alma 37:6 Now ye may suppose that this is foolishness in me; but behold I say unto you, that by small and simple things are great things brought to pass; and small means in many instances doth confound the wise.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Good in Greene-September 21, 2009
Everything is going pretty good. Elder Williams is a great companion. He makes the work joyful. I'm learning a lot right now. We have been blessed lately. Friday this cool old guy who is retired took us around for 5 hours to places that are far away that we don't get to very often unless we have a specific reason for going and we ended up finding two new people. One of them invited us for dinner this Friday. I love watching people progress towards coming back to church and going to the temple and watching people accept the gospel.
September 14, 2009
I don't think I have been getting enough sleep to compensate for being so active and stressed and now I have a sore throat. Sundays are so busy for us. We never get a break, but the Lord has been blessing us a lot lately for working diligently. We are going bowling today to have a little fun and get the stress off my mind. I try not to get stressed but some times I just can't help it. O well, I'm loving it.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Naps and a New Companion
Sometimes I get so overwhelmed that I think I might as well just keel over and die. If I thought I knew what stress was before I came out on my mission I was wrong. Don’t get me wrong I love what I’m doing out here even though the outcomes are very sparse. Sometimes I feel like they are expecting me to literally be superman and remember and do a million things at once. Once I feel like I’m starting to get a hold of things they ask us to do ten more things on top of the rest. Yesterday I just had enough. I couldn’t take it any more so I decided not to write anyone and just go take a nap. I feel like I could use another nap right now. We were trained by our zone leaders today for about 3 hours and now I’m trying to remember it all. Days like today can be very overwhelming.
Elder Williams is a great companion and missionary. He is constantly trying to do things go serve me and make things easier for me. He is really enjoyable to serve with because he has been out just as long as me, he is a hard worker, I feel like we carry an even load, he is very knowledgeable, I learn scriptural things from him every day, he is really easy to talk to, he is not afraid to talk to people, he is a super cleaner/organizer (which is such a change from living with other missionaries…I love it), and the list goes on.
We are meeting new people and having a good time doing it, teaching some really good meaningful lessons and trying to help people progress.
Elder Williams is a great companion and missionary. He is constantly trying to do things go serve me and make things easier for me. He is really enjoyable to serve with because he has been out just as long as me, he is a hard worker, I feel like we carry an even load, he is very knowledgeable, I learn scriptural things from him every day, he is really easy to talk to, he is not afraid to talk to people, he is a super cleaner/organizer (which is such a change from living with other missionaries…I love it), and the list goes on.
We are meeting new people and having a good time doing it, teaching some really good meaningful lessons and trying to help people progress.
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