Oh my goodness people, Christmas is coming!! :D I'm so
stinking EXCITED!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
*cough cough* Anyways..... it's been an awesome week folks.
Monday night was filled with the comments of primary kids,
as we had lessons with both the Martins and with the Chestnuts. We taught
the Martins about Family History, their last lesson! (Officially. I
think I've written that before. This is their official last lesson.)
They were actually really interested in family history, and want to
start! Oh, those girls are super cute. :) And then we taught the
Chestnuts about CPR (Church, pray, read scriptures). As we were teaching
about prayer, we compared it to calling someone. So, of course, Quin, the
youngest at 6, asked what Heavenly Father's phone number was! So we told
them that Heavenly Fathers number was kneeling on your knees, folding your
arms, bowing your head, and closing your eyes, and he just ate that up.
He made everyone kneel for the closing prayer. It was really cute. :)
then on Tuesday, we gained a new investigator! So,
we've been trying to get to know Tony Schwab, a less-active who wants to become
active again, and his son, Zach, who is not a member. Zach is awesome--
because Tony has military duty, Zach comes to church on his own with the
neighbors, the Wolters. Anyways, we went and visited them Tuesday, and
showed them both the "He is the Gift" video. We then asked if
we could help them both come closer to Christ by teaching them the lessons, and
both agreed! We're super excited to start teaching them soon. :)
Speaking of new investigators, we also taught Carol Bader the first
lesson on Tuesday. That was so exciting! She loved what we taught
her, and committed her to pray to know if what we taught her was true.
She said that for sure that she doesn't disbelieve what we teach, so that's
always good news. :) Now we just need to help her believe. :)
On Wednesday, we went and taught Karisma about Obedience and
following the Prophets. It was a really good, quick, lesson.
Nothing complicated about that. After that, we watched "He is the
Gift" with the entire family, and then we played a round of
"Life" with her. We had fun. :) And then after, we went
on splits, and Sister Jepsen and I went and saw Kim. And while we were
there, we also got to meet her son, Dennis. He's a super cute kid.
he's in 7th grade and plays a bary sax. He's super proud of his
saxophone-playing skills, and his saxophone in general. Anyways, we
showed them the "He is the Gift" video, and Kim was really impressed
by it. We still aren't really at a point where we can invite her to the
lessons again, but I love that we have a friendship with her. :) We
plan to keep going over, just because we love her. :)
Thursday, we had splits in the other ward, and so I went
with Sister Morrill and Sister Johnson to the Chestnuts again, so that we could
invite them to the ward Christmas Party next week. As we sat and visited,
Sister Chestnut made a comment about how Quin was going to be upset when he
realized I was there and didn't get a crazy handshake from me, and we all
laughed and continued on with the conversation. We talked about The
Chestnut's land on the other side of town, Sister Chestnuts conversion story,
and other stuff, and I wrapped up our conversation with a spiritual
thought. And as soon as I finished and asked about a closing prayer,
Sister Chestnut told me to look up the stairs, and there's little Quin, jaw
gaping at me! And then came the real kicker-- he whines "I didn't get
a crazy handshake from you!" Oh my goodness, little Quin just KNOWS
how to make my night! We all started laughing, and I promised him a crazy
handshake after the prayer. But he had to show me how to telephone God
first. And he remembered. :) He's super cute. And he got his
crazy handshake.
On Friday, it was... slow. Cancelled appointments and
what-not. We did see Glenda at the Assisted Living, and gave a short
lesson on Obeying the Law of the Land. But more than anything, we were
nervous about the next morning.....
Because Saturday morning was the DREADED TRANSFER CALLS.....
O_O
So, Saturday morning, we went to go help clean the church
building, and we got the call as we were cleaning the windows. I believe
it's safe to say I had a little party when I heard that not only was Sister
Stevens staying in Kuna, but that I am too!!!!! :D YEAH!!!!
Transfer 4 in Kuna, and transfer 3 with Sister Stevens coming up! :D
I'm so stinking happy that I get to spend Christmas in KUNA with SISTER
STEVENS!!!!! :D We're going to have lots of fun. :)
Anyways, we had a lesson with the Taylors about the Word of
Wisdom, which turned into a conversation about moderation in everything.
It was a great lesson, as usual, but nothing too exciting this time. And
then we ate with Shawn and Shannon Renyolds that night, and they fed us Elk
steaks. Oh my goodness, they were so good!!!! :D They were almost
as good as the buffalo burgers they fed us the first time. Almost. :)
But I'm sort of sad, because they're moving to Middleton Christmas Day.
:( Isn't that sad?! Ugh, I'm gonna miss them! They're such an
awesome family! I'm kinda hoping that one day I'll get transferred to
Middleton, and they'll be in my area. :) That would be awesome, not gonna
lie. And it would be awesome because they're awesome, not me.
And... yeah. Sunday, we ate with the Morrills, and
they made us Chicken Enchiladas. Oh, they were so good! But I
couldn't taste it half of the time because I burnt my tongue when I took too
big of a bite! I was so upset because they had made them for me in case I
was transferred! But yeah. They were still good. I just
couldn't taste them half of the time. The other half was awesome though.
:)
Well, that's it for now! I love y'all, and I hope you
are enjoying your Christmas holidays so far!
Love,
Sister Empey
PS-- Be jealous of my cup of hot coco there-- it had
sprinkles. ;)
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