Greetings from Chilly Kuna! :D
So, Monday night, we had dinner with the Higleys, and it was
very interesting. We had fried rice, wanton soup, chicken, and pizza with
fried shrimp on it. It was really good, actually. :) And actually,
each slice had one fried shrimp on it. The rest of the shrimp on the
pizza was covered by the cheese. Like I said, it was pretty good. :)
We had another Meet the Mormons activity this Tuesday, and
the 10th ward was in charge of it. It was actually one of the best Meet
the Mormons programs I have ever seen! The displays stayed up for the
whole hour, and the chapel was reasonably full this time! So Sister
Stevens and I wrote down all the members from our ward that came, and we're
going to go to each family and ask them to invite someone to Meet the Mormons
by the end of February. We're excited to do this. :)
Wednesday was sort of a sick day. We had a choir
practice for Zone Meeting, and then I went home and totally slept for 2 hours
in between lunch and dinner. And then after dinner I slept more.
But dinner was fun. :) We ate with Sister Angel, who is this awesome lady
in the ward. We just ate sandwiches in the front room, and just talked
about life. We also had fun comparing missions now to when she served her
mission (she served in Harrisburg, PA). She is totally awesome.
She's gone through a lot, the kind of stuff that shakes faith, but she's stayed
faithful to the church the entire time. We really love her. :)
Thursday was an incredible day! We had Zone Conference
on Thursday, and it was incredible! We were all fasting, and by the time
we reached our testimony meeting, the spirit was incredibly strong in the
room. Our song sounded beautiful as well. :) Anyways, Zone Conference
was an amazing experience. I wish I knew what to include in the email to
help you understand what a spiritually uplifting experience it was! But I
suppose it will satisfy me to let y'all know that I received many blessings
from the messages shared and the experiences I had on Thursday, and I am very
grateful that I felt well enough to go.
Saturday was crazy. We get a call from our Zone
Leaders, asking us if we could help someone move into our ward
boundaries. And we were like "Uh.... duh. Of course!"
They're names are Amanda and David Todd, and they have 4 kids. The
Zone Leaders have been helping them out a lot, and they're impressed with how
much we're willing to help. Anyways, we hope to keep helping them out and
eventually invite them to take the lessons.
We also saw Brother Taylor and taught about Church, Praying,
and Reading Scriptures. We had a great discussion about how each of them
blesses us individually when we do one or two. But then we talked about
how much greater the blessings would be if you are actively trying to
participate in all 3. And the best thing was that at the end of the
lesson, he committed to come to church! We were so happy!
Especially since it was the Primary Program, and Sister Taylor is the Primary
President, so we were really hoping that he would be willing to go. :)
After that, we went to Kims house and got to talk to
her. We asked if she would like to take the lessons again, and while she
didn't really give us a straight no, she didn't say yes.
And she still wants us to come by! We ended up having a really good
discussion about the 3 kingdoms of Glory though, and we talked about how
everyone is going to feel comfortable where they're at, that no one is going to
be "punished" and sent to Hell. She was really grateful for our
explanation, and she said that it made a lot more sense than what the Elders
had told her a few years before. We also got her to commit to pray about
what we talked about, to ask Heavenly Father if what we taught her was
true. And she said she would! How exciting is that?! Anyways,
we really love her. :) And she's going to teach us how to make little
bowling pin dolls one day. We're super excited for that. :)
As for Sunday.
The Primary Program was great. It would have been a
thousand times better if Brother Taylor had shown up. :( Oh, it was so
heartbreaking! He seemed so sure that he could make it for just that one
hour of Sacrament Meeting the day before! But it's okay-- at least we
know that he wants to come back, and we know that he's working hard towards
it. I know that he will make it back one day, and I know that it will
bless his life.
Well, that's it for this week! I love all of you, and
I hope that you have a beautiful and blessed Thanksgiving! And don't
forget to show a little extra bit of gratitude towards your Heavenly Father
this upcoming week!
Love,
Sister Empey
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