Funny quotes from this week that, taken out of context, sound completely ridiculous:
"It's crumbly but in a moist way."
"Hey! I didn't erase anything with my head!"
"There is a light at the end of the tunnel...and its not a train!"
This week was full of miracles! We started doing this dinner message that was based off of S. Gifford Nielsen's talk given in October about how missionaries and members can work together. We give the members a piece of paper that has our names on it a few of the investigators names and needs and then a place for the members to write the names of people they want to start working with. We then commit them to pray for us by name as well as the investigators. I saw miracles in the other areas when we started this message and we are continuing to see the miracles.
The first one this week was when we went to go see an investigator named Madelene. Sister Thompson and I were telling Sister Dixon how hard Madelene was to teach and that she does everything but she won't be baptized. The first thing that Madelene does when we get to her house is pull out her calendar and ask when she can be baptized! We were not expecting that at all! So exciting! So she is now set with a date of September 6th. We are hoping she will push it forward, but we are happy that she is considering baptism now.
The next was that we went and saw Puru and Preeti. They are an indian couple that the elders found. Sister Thompson and I have been struggling to decide if we should drop them or not but each time we decide to let them go for a little bit they start progressing again. So this week we went over to see how they were doing and the spirit in their home had totally changed. They were so happy and so different. They told us that they had been praying together which is a huge deal. They read over scriptures that we had given them and Puru told us that he while he was reading them he realized what he needed to do to be a better father and husband. It was so exciting! We were also able to teach them the word of wisdom yesterday in a member's home. The interesting this was that Puru had just been telling Preeti that he wanted to quit smoking and drinking but had to find the drive and will power to do it. During the lesson things went really well. We talked to Puru about how we could help him and found out what he was willing to do. We committed them to live the word of wisdom at the end and they both seemed excited to do so. After we left they stayed behind and talked to the member for awhile. They told her that that was the best lesson that they had ever had. Puru was so excited and ready to finally quit his bad habits. He was so humble and ready to change it was incredible to see the difference.
This whole week my companions and I were talking about what kind of food we were craving and yesterday at dinner we got all of our cravings. The members had no idea what kind of miracle they were helping with but it was definitely a tender mercy from Heavenly Father. I like to think that He gives us the food that we want every once in awhile to show us His gratitude for our service.
We were also able to go on exchanges this week. Exchanges are my favorite days in the transfer. It is a day for me to learn and see how other sisters work. This one we saw many miracles but for some reason it was different. It was one of those days that I was so spiritually exhausted and work seemed really hard. It was good for me to see the miracles however. It showed me that even when the work is hard I need to keep pushing forward and the miracles will still happen. It was fun to work with Sister Snow though. She is a powerful missionary who loves to work.
Oh in case you were wondering. The movie Charly. Sad right? Well guess what. There is a man in our ward and that story is based off of his life. Want to know the saddest part? The ferris wheel thing was just hollywood making the movie cuter. LAME!
Compliment of the week goes to Miranda Kay. Ever since Junior High she has always been an example to me of how to show Christ like love and to stand up for what she believes no matter what the situation is. I am grateful that I have been able to know her for so long.
Oh! Guess what I realized last night! Yesterday was my year mark for going through the temple! WOO! I don't feel like it has been that long at all! Sometimes I feel like life at home and time have just been put on pause. I half expect that when I get back it will still be October of '13 and all of my friends will be single again and living at home. I dread the day that I have to come home and face the fact that nothing will be the same (ha random tangent).ANYWAY, I have been dying to go to the temple, ever since I have been on my mission. I am praying that I don't get sent to some far away city in December so that I can actually go on my birthday. I have yet to be able to do a session as a missionary, and that has been my goal since I got set apart. It will happen before I get home. Hopefully.
Well, it is time for me to go. And thus I end mine epistle. I am Sister Woods, daughter of Woods. Amen
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