Hello dear family and friends! It's that wonderful day
where I get to email y'all. :)
So! On Tuesday, we were on exchanges, so I was on the
other side of the road from our area with Sister Gibb, who's also from
Springville, and was Sister Osburns other companion! haha Pretty
awesome, yeah? Well, it wasn't too eventful. We just walked, trying
to contact people.
So! We got a new investigator this week!
Remember me talking about the Niles last week? Well, talk about
MIRACLES. So, Sister Osburn and I have talked and prayed a lot on how we
can help them, and we decided that we should open up our spiritual thought with
a Hymn, "Dearest Children, God is Near You". Well, when we did
that, there was such a strong spirit that filled the room, and we ended up
inviting her to take the lessons again, and she really opened up to us.
She talked about why she isn't baptized yet, which is basically that she has a
ton of questions. So we came to an agreement that each time we visited,
we would answer one of her questions. so, she gave us our first question
to study up on: Why is it so bad to have a cup of coffee in the morning.
The catch? We have to prove it to be scripture related. Eek.
She's like "I want it from the mouth of the Lord!" ... um...
yeah. Praying for guidance and patience.
So, on Thursday, we had weekly planning. Because we're
still in the process of de-junking (which means cleaning up our area book), it usually takes up a huge chunk of our
day, and this is how it usually ends up:
Yup. Dogs and all. The only thing missing is the
area book, because Sister Osburn is usually the one flipping through it trying
to find stuff.
Despite it looking relaxing, it's not.
Which is why Thursday night was so WONDERFUL. The
Stake put on a Women's Conference, and it was AMAZING. It was all about
being grateful for what the Lord has given you, and to love yourself for who
you are, and to not let Satan get to your confidence! It was amazing.
And then on Friday, we went to a local park, and we had a
showing of Meet the Mormons! Holy cow, I have not stayed out that late in
a LONG time. Because the movie was starting at around 8:30, President
Cannon gave permission to all the missionaries in the area to stay out until
10, since we were supposed to be inviting less-actives and non-members to the
activity. One thing is for sure: I am NOT the night-owl I used to
be! But it was a lot of fun. :) Sadly, no one we invited came, but
according to Brother Bledsoe, who is the High Councilman over missionary work
for the stake, we had 20 people there that aren't of the LDS faith!
SUCCESS!!
On Saturday, we went and talked to a potential investigator,
Jim. he's older, maybe late 50's, and he LOVES to show off his garden
(which is awesome, by the ways). So apparently, a lot of his wife's
family is LDS, so they like to have us over, and they want to feed us!
Well, you won't hear us turn that down! Hopefully, we can eat with them
soon. We only got to meet his wife briefly, so we decided it would be
better if we didn't invite them to the lessons.
The rest of Saturday was just trying to contact
people. We ran into a lady who apparently has a daughter coming home
Wednesday from a mission and has Elders visiting her already (what?!),
BUT!!! We ran into someone with potential! Joella was on one of our
Potential Investigator lists, so we went to go see if she would like to know
more. Well, when we introduced ourselves, she was like "oh, you
replaced the boys?! They've told me a little bit, but I really want to
know more!" We were all like: O_O "YEAH! When can we come
over!" She wasn't really too sure, since this next week her schedule
is busy and different, but she told us to call her next Monday!
YUS! Super excited!!! There was an awesome spirit about her. :)
I feel really good about her.
And of course, Sunday. :) Sunday was awesome. It
was nice to see and talk to the family. :)
Well, that's all for now! I love y'all!
Love,
Sister Empey
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| Sister Osburn and I
get a kick out of this sign every time we see it. |
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