Holy Cannoli my mommy and daddy are on a CRUISE right now!!
Be safe! Have fun! Daddy don't get seasick, and make sure Sister Lunt doesn't
get carried away with the dolphins!
It's so good to hear how everyone is doing :) Thank you all
so much for the letters and support. I LOVE MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS SO MUCH!!!! Good luck with school everyone! I pray for
you to be smart all the time! Is the weather pretty cold in Oklahoma now? I can picture the wind being like ours. Really hard and it bites you
to the bone? It's the greatest.
Well, once again, it was a wonderful week. Wonderful
Wonderful WONDERFUL. I love my mission so much. Transfers are next week for the
mission. Sister Mendenhall thinks she's leaving and I'm staying. I agree, but
we shall see! "I'll go where you want me to go, dear Lord" :)
So there are a few matters of business I have forgotten to
add the past few weeks. First off, I thought you would appreciate knowing that
my bishop LOOKS exactly like George Costanza, and SOUNDS exactly like Newman. I
can't help but chuckle to myself every time we talk to him. He is the jolliest
man alive. I'll try and get a picture with him before I leave the area. Also,
Garrett and Andrea, can you please talk to Jenae and tell her that I know her
mission buddy Laura Jewer/Christensen!! She is in our ward and she is
AMAZING!!! And last of all, I love my mission :)
Sister Mendenhall and I have been LOVING contacting people
on the streets. We have so many fun experiences - most of them have to do with
trying to teach a Chinese, Nepalise, Farsi, Cambodian, Sudanese, Spanish,
Korean, or Portugese person about the Gospel of Jesus Christ using hand
gestures because of the language barrier. Haha it's pretty exciting. We have
been working really hard to TEACH WHEN WE FIND in every situation, and we are
pretty persistent with it. I love it. Sometimes, the streets are empty and the
only way we can talk to people is running after them even if the person we see is several blocks away. We have been getting a pretty good work out lately. But
it's still not enough exercise to burn off the food our members feed us :)
Last week, on our way to an appointment, we ran into a man
and started talking to him. His name is G... F... and we found out that
he met with the missionaries several years ago. He LOVED what he was
learning, he went to church with them once, but then both missionaries were
transferred out and they lost contact. We met with him and he seemed to be on
CLOUD NINE the whole time. He soaked up everything we were saying. He came to
church yesterday, loved the people, thought the talks were phenomenal, and is
so excited to come again next week. You can tell when he is enjoying what he
hears because his eyes go really wide, his mouth is slightly opened with a
teeny little half smile. It's the best sight ever :) G... F... is
AMAZING!!
We met with a man named B... from our apartment
building this week. We aren't supposed to proselyte in our building, but
if someone wants to learn more then we can teach them. We talked with B... and
he was SO EXCITED for us to drop by. B... was in a major car accident about 14
years ago, and he developed severe epilepsy because of it. He is less
functional than he used to be, and we are trying to decide if he even needs to
be baptized because of his mental disabilities. He came to sacrament meeting
yesterday and loved it so much. He is so excited to come back next week. You
can not find a more tender-hearted man than B... B.... He is very sensitive
and cries a lot. We sang him "Joseph Smith's First Prayer" when we
taught him the first lesson and he was bawling. There will always be a special
place in my heart for B... :)
One of my favorite parts of being a missionary, and I have
talked a little about it before, is working with members. I have been the
witness of missionary work touching the hearts of not only people without the
Gospel of Jesus Christ in their lives, but also members of the church. Our ward
is on FIRE with missionary minds. A few days ago, we took Sister P... - the
sweetest, shyest person you could possibly meet - with us to teach a couple
lessons. Both lessons fell through and she offered to stay with us still to go
and do some drop-bys and talk to people on the street. It was so hard for her.
She cried many times, and could barely speak when we asked her to bare her
testimony. We felt so bad, we thought it would be best to take her home, but
she wanted to stay and help. This last Sunday, Sister P... was a different
person. Outward looking, talking to people, visiting with our investigators -
there was a light about her that I have never seen before. It was amazing. Many
other experiences like that have been happening in our ward, but I am running
out of time so I will save them for later :)
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