No, seriously..... this week has been a total blur.
We'll just go backwards, starting from yesterday. That will probably work
best.
Yesterday was slow, thanks to the super bowl.
There was no one to visit, no one. So.... we worked on
cleaning out our area book (an ongoing process), and read the first few
chapters of Genesis, and Sister Robinson mapped out the lineage of Noah.
It was actually kind of cool.
As for Mary, still not coming to church.... apparently, when
she went to get her teeth, they couldn't take them off and they had to drill
them off. Doesn't that just make your spine tingle? So, she's still
not coming to church, but she is cutting down on her smoking! YES!
IT makes me SO happy that she's quitting, and we haven't even taught her
the Word of Wisdom yet! (That will be coming up this week.... wish us
luck!)
Friday was a little eventful..... we ended up dropping Walt
that night. Well, he dropped us. We had the feeling all week to not
go visit him until Friday night. So, we just decided to have a porch
visit and see how he liked church, and he informed us that he's just going to stick
to what he has right now and doesn't want to investigate. We were both
sad, but we weren't devastated like we were with Sierra. Both Sister
Robinson and I feel like we have played our part in Walt's conversion story,
and it's really up to him to decide to accept the Gospel or not. We also
received a call from Brother Stander, who owns our apartment, but lives in
Indiana. And his message? He's selling his house! So, we
might be moving soon. We aren't totally sure if we are yet; we've let the
mission office know; but for now, we're enjoying our little rooftop apartment
while we still have it.
We also visited a contact on Friday. her name is
Genevive, and she's 95 years old. She's not looking at joining the
church, but she attends the sacrament meeting at her rest home, so she wanted
to learn a little more about the church. We'll go visit her every once in
a while, but she probably won't be an investigator anytime soon.
We visited Dorian and Traiden Curtis Thursday. It's so
frustrating-- we have a baptismal date set for February 15, and they aren't
coming to church! Their mom I guess usually brings them, but it's been
difficult to the last couple of weeks.We want them there SO BAD!!! But
they seem to be getting a better grasp on what we're teaching them, and how it
applies to them, which is good. We just need to get them to church, and
we'll be fine. We also visited Connie (the less-active who wants to go
through the temple for her husband and herself), and read the Book of Mormon
with her. She loves reading it with us. She shays that she is
actually understanding it this time, unlike every other time she has tried to
read it. That makes me so happy! But, like everyone else, we can't
get her to church. It's a little more difficult for her-- she has a handicapped
son to take care of-- but we're trying to get her to agree to come just to
sacrament meeting. I just know that if we can get her to Sacrament meeting,
that that will help us prepare her better for the temple.
Wednesday... we met with one of our potential investigators,
Karin. She's originally from Brazil, and appreciates the help we give,
and is willing to listen to us share scriptures.... we're hoping that through
us and Bishop Bevan (who speaks Portuguese because he served in Brazil), we can
get her to open up to the lessons.... we just have to do that before May, when
she's moving to.... I think it was North Carolina. Anyways, she's really
spiritual, and she seems to be looking to have something fill her life.... if
only she realized that it was the Gospel....
AND...... yeah, I think that's all that really happened this
week. I still love this work, I still love this Gospel, and I'm so
grateful to be out here. I am amazed at all of the times that Heavenly
Father has placed us in the right places at the right times and gave us the
right words to help people. And I'm so grateful that people have the
choice to accept our words or reject it. Yes, it makes my work harder,
but it makes it so much more worth it and enjoyable.
I love you guys! Hope you're all doing well!
Love,
Sister Empey
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