First I need to say this: I have found more spiders in this apartment than I have in my entire mission combined. I can't tell you how grossed out I am. I am CONSTANTLY looking at the black marks on our walls to make sure they are only black marks and NOT spiders. Half of the time they are spiders. Lately we have been getting these nasty big black ones. The poor elders called us last night for weekly call-ins and I saw a huge spider crawling across this stand that I was by. I ran to the other side of the room and my poor companion had no clue what was going on. I told her to finish giving the elders our numbers for the week and then I told her to kill the spiders. The district leader was listening the whole time and heard me freaking out haha! Oh well! Other than that though, I feel like this week wasn't super exciting. Except that it was because we have three new investigators! That is awesome!
This week we taught Walter again! We brought a recent convert who was baptist (that is what Walter is) and Walter loved him. Unfortunately this member thought he had to lead the lesson so we are either going to have to explain to him again what his role is or we will have to use someone else. We wanted to teach the Plan but we ended up getting stuck on prophets. This was good though because we were able to find his concern and now we know what we need to study and how we can help him better understand. We were able to see Elder Dort yesterday as well and he said he would be willing to come talk to Walter after church one week. So we will be setting that appointment up this Tuesday when we meet with Walter.
We were also able to receive two new investigators! They are a mother and daughter. The elders had met them before but were never able to catch them at a time when they could talk. So we were able to set up and appointment and teach them this week! We taught some of the Restoration but then had to go to a dinner appointment so we weren't able to finish it but we did set up another appointment with them. They were also able to come to church this week which was so exciting! They were originally only going to stay for the first hour but then the daughter Cassidy wanted to stay longer so they ended up staying the whole 3 hours! It was ward conference this week so the classes were all different but the last hour was so good for the mom. Our lesson wasn't focused specifically toward members which was great because Valerie could still relate to it all and not feel like she was being singled out. We talked a lot about motherhood and how it is our calling from Heavenly Father. They also talked about The Family: A Proclamation so we will be giving one to them soon so she can see what we were talking about. I feel like she could really relate to the proclamation. She has raised her children to be great kids who have high standards.
When we were teaching Valerie and Cassidy they were talking about how Cassidy would get made fun of because she didn't know what drugs smelled like and because she chose not to do bad things. It was so easy to relate to that having gone to a California high school. Valerie later told her friend (who is a member of the ward) that she felt something while we were there teaching and that they felt a lot more comfortable with us. We are so excited to continue teaching them! We love them already and are excited to watch them progress and grow together as a family!
Last night we had a cool experience! We went to dinner at a recent convert's home and when we came they told us that their non-member friend was coming and that she had a lot of questions. So while we ate we were able to talk to her about the Restoration and the Book of Mormon. The woman had actually gone to an LDS church yesterday up in Simi Valley. She said that she used to live next to the missionaries and they would come talk to her. She told us that most of the time her spirit would reject the message they had but now her spirit was more open to learning about it. We committed her to come to church with her friend on Sunday and she said that she would! At first she said that we had answered all of her questions and that there was no reason to talk anymore. We explained to her that there was so much the gospel had to offer and that we would love to be able to really explain what we believe and let her see the blessing it is. She agreed to let us come back and teach her, but she said she didn't want a Book of Mormon yet because she had to pray about it first. We tried a couple more times to give her one but eventually decided that we would give it to her next time. She said the closing prayer and in is she asked to know if this is what He wanted her to do. She is a born again Christian so we will see how things progress with her!
We were also able to receive two new investigators! They are a mother and daughter. The elders had met them before but were never able to catch them at a time when they could talk. So we were able to set up and appointment and teach them this week! We taught some of the Restoration but then had to go to a dinner appointment so we weren't able to finish it but we did set up another appointment with them. They were also able to come to church this week which was so exciting! They were originally only going to stay for the first hour but then the daughter Cassidy wanted to stay longer so they ended up staying the whole 3 hours! It was ward conference this week so the classes were all different but the last hour was so good for the mom. Our lesson wasn't focused specifically toward members which was great because Valerie could still relate to it all and not feel like she was being singled out. We talked a lot about motherhood and how it is our calling from Heavenly Father. They also talked about The Family: A Proclamation so we will be giving one to them soon so she can see what we were talking about. I feel like she could really relate to the proclamation. She has raised her children to be great kids who have high standards.
When we were teaching Valerie and Cassidy they were talking about how Cassidy would get made fun of because she didn't know what drugs smelled like and because she chose not to do bad things. It was so easy to relate to that having gone to a California high school. Valerie later told her friend (who is a member of the ward) that she felt something while we were there teaching and that they felt a lot more comfortable with us. We are so excited to continue teaching them! We love them already and are excited to watch them progress and grow together as a family!
Last night we had a cool experience! We went to dinner at a recent convert's home and when we came they told us that their non-member friend was coming and that she had a lot of questions. So while we ate we were able to talk to her about the Restoration and the Book of Mormon. The woman had actually gone to an LDS church yesterday up in Simi Valley. She said that she used to live next to the missionaries and they would come talk to her. She told us that most of the time her spirit would reject the message they had but now her spirit was more open to learning about it. We committed her to come to church with her friend on Sunday and she said that she would! At first she said that we had answered all of her questions and that there was no reason to talk anymore. We explained to her that there was so much the gospel had to offer and that we would love to be able to really explain what we believe and let her see the blessing it is. She agreed to let us come back and teach her, but she said she didn't want a Book of Mormon yet because she had to pray about it first. We tried a couple more times to give her one but eventually decided that we would give it to her next time. She said the closing prayer and in is she asked to know if this is what He wanted her to do. She is a born again Christian so we will see how things progress with her!
Anyway, Hope things are going well for all of you! Love you all!
OH! HAPPY FATHER'S DAY DAD!!!! In case you were all wondering, I have the best dad in the world. I am so grateful for all that he has done for me. I don't think he knows what he has actually done but it has been tremendous. He is the perfect example to me of how a husband and father should act. He is hilarious, fun, outgoing, and crazy and he is the perfect dad for me! I wish I had more time to brag about him but it is just about time for me to get off the computer. But I just wanted you all to know that I love my dad and am so grateful for all that He does to take care of my family.
Sister Skeeter
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