Hello! Hello!
I wish we had that much rain down here! Luckily the days are cooling off-
but that means in the 90's here. I am just happy to be able to wear my hair
down, I used to get SO hot I had to wear my hair up to try and help stay cool. I
guess I wouldn't actually like that much rain here either though, because with
the rain comes the humidity: and it gets bad here. Not China bad, but still no
fun. This is for sure not Utah.
Though I would like some fresh peaches!! Next time you send a package feel
free to put in a large bag of dried peaches. We will eat them right up! :)
Well exciting news this week: T, our recent convert from July: his step
daughter R and his wife L have both accepted baptismal dates!!! It is
for October 19th because L works every Sunday so we are all fasting and
praying for some changes at work for her! So far so good... we are very excited!
R has gone every week with T to church, but wasn't dedicated in actually
learning for herself, and testing the gospel out. But now she is!!! We are so
excited for this family- and we are now just working on finding more prepared
people! T blessed the sacrament for the first time this past week and he did
so well! He had a stroke (before we knew him) so he has a hard time reading- and
would practice like everyday. He had a really hard time with the word sanctify
but he said it PERFECTLY in church yesterday!!
Sister T is great! She is from
Rexburg, Idaho so we get along great- since I was born right there at Madison
Memorial Hospital! She has been out about 9 months, and is a great missionary!
She loves to laugh and I love when people think I am funny so life is good!
haha
Right now we have cleaned out our potential list and are starting fresh! I
have been thinking and studying a lot about the temple- since we can't go I have
been reading from the temple prep book and the bible dictionary and loving it!
So I realized that Heavenly Father, like we always say, is a God of order. So I
studied a lot on stewardship- and we have come up (as a companionship) the way
to better be accountable to the Lord and over the stewardship in our area here.
I have always struggled with letting people own their own stuff, by being the
control freak I am- but I am really trying to work on that. Heavenly Father has
always let us learn from our mistakes- even when it hurts him! I often think
about the 3rd hosts of heaven and how sad that must have made Him. So I have to
not control the situation but allow our investigators, my companions, the
members, and other missionaries learn for themselves: even when it effects me
and is hard for me. :)
We met with the bishop here yesterday to ask him for some less actives to
go see. As we were talking to him he said something to the effect of, "oh I
don't need to worry about you- you are the hard working ones!" Our bishop is
great here and we are hoping this transfer to really get the members involved.
One hard thing with that is that 75% of the members live in the elder's area.
Meaning when we meet with them to talk about referrals: they are usually working
with their neighbors... so they will all go to the elders. BUT it's all the same
work, and we really like the 3 elders we share a ward with.
Okay well that's all I've got. Yes mom I got your package- not on monday
though it came a day or two later.
Love you all! xoxo
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