Hey y'all!
This week has been kind of slow, but that happens when you have a
"major" ice storm blow through the city... seriously, Houstonians are
wimps. Yes, the roads were a little slick, but EVERYTHING was shut down.
And when I say everything, I mean everything. School was canceled,
stores were closed... President even canceled all of our meetings, which kind
of stinks because my district was supposed to have interviews the day after the
ice storm hit. And he told us to avoid all unnecessary travel... so we
were stuck inside for most of the day Friday. But it warmed up a bit
yesterday, but we're supposed to have another storm hit tomorrow... we're praying
that it doesn't, because we're supposed to go to the temple... I really hope it
doesn't close because of the weather. Anyway, moral of the story, the
people here are wimps and can't tolerate a skiff of ice. None of them
would survive if it snowed here. But that's ok, I still love them. ;)
The past few weeks we've been able to help our ward make quilts to
present at the annual interfaith quilting bee. So we spent a lot of time
at Sister Morgan's house putting our sewing skills to good use. The quilting
bee is not this Friday but next, and we're helping the sisters in the ward get
excited about mingling with the women of other religions while they are there -
a little missionary work never hurt anyone. :) And I hadn't realized how
much I missed sewing... not something I thought I would miss, but turns out I
do... anyway... it was fun to get to help out.
We're trying to get the sisters in the ward more involved with
missionary work, so a few Sundays ago we sent a sheet around Relief Society,
basically asking the sisters when they would be available to go on splits with
us. We got a few people to sign up, and now we're trying to figure out
exactly how we can get them involved. Well, one of the ward missionaries,
Sister Peruch, called us up Wednesday night, and said, "I didn't sign up
on your split sheet because I usually have to watch my kids all day. But
my husband is going to get off early tomorrow, and I'd like to go on splits
with you. How does 4:30 sound?" Well, of course we made that
work for us - it's not every day that we get a member call us up and tell us
exactly when they'd like to go on splits. And it was a miracle - the day
was wet and rainy, and it was great to be able to have access to a car for a
few hours - we could cover way more ground and we weren't quite so cold.
And... here's the really awesome part... every door that we knocked on
opened! We weren't able to talk to who we were looking for at some of
them, and some of them said they didn't want any contact with the church anymore,
which is always sad, but we were able to talk to so many people. And some
of those people were less actives that we were able to help on their way back.
It was just another testimony to me - we as missionaries can't do this
alone! We need the members! Sister Peruch shared her experience in
Relief Society, and we have a couple of different sisters going on splits with
us this week. I'll let you know how it goes.
Also - apparently Brother Rackleff issued a pass-along card
challenge in Priesthood yesterday... and there are quite a few men in the ward
that are very competitive... we'll see how that goes. :) Oh, and
speaking of Brother Rackleff, we stopped at the gas station a few times this
week and were able to see Brehash (there, the "guy at the gas
station" has a name :) ) and he's been reading the Book of Mormon!
He said he doesn't want to meet with us yet - he want's to finish the
book first. But the fact that he wants to read is awesome, and we'll keep
checking in on him from time to time.
We weren't able to meet with most of our investigators this week...
we were able to see Jo, but she says she still hasn't gotten her answer...
hopefully she will soon. And we're meeting with Robert and Melanie
tonight to teach them the Plan of Salvation. I'm excited - again, I'll
let you know how it goes.
Also, I found this interesting statistic this week: If each member
were to convert one person a year, the whole world would be converted in 9
years. Isn't that awesome? So... member missionary work... :)
I love y'all so much, and I hope you have a fantastic week!
Sister Ririe
D&C 18:15-16
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