#1 - Lunch with the sisters in my district - Sister Bonner, me, Sister Wahlen, and Sister Carling
#2 - Look at us, all cute and matching with our green and black! (no, we didn't plan that :) ) Sister Bonner and me with Melanie, a little girl in our ward.
Hey y'all!
It has been a crazy week. Crazy and busy. Perfect
conditions for a missionary. :)
We were able to meet with Maria and talk with her about her
baptismal date. The only concern she has with being baptized is that she
feels like she doesn't know enough. While we were talking, we told her
that you don't need to know everything to become a member of the church.
In fact, that's one of the best things about this church - is that you're
always learning. The whole Plan of Salvation is about progression;
learning more so we can become like our Heavenly Father. Hopefully we
were able to resolve some of her concerns. She's ready - she just needs
to understand that. :) She wasn't able to come to church yesterday
because her baby is still sick, but she said she'd be there next Sunday.
We were also able to meet with Robert - twice this week. The
first time was with Melanie, and I swear, something changed - there was a whole
new Melanie that we were meeting with. She was sharing spiritual
experiences with us, she made some awesome comments during the lesson, and
(here's the best part) she VOLUNTEERED to say the closing prayer! Up to
this point, she refused to pray with us, and she hasn't really been in the
habit of saying personal prayers either... but she said one with us! and it was
awesome! It might have helped that we were teaching about prayer and
scripture study... :) Well, whatever happened, we hope it stays. I
think all the prayers said on her behalf are finally starting to pay off! :)
The second time we met with Robert this week was crazy. We
were supposed to go over to a member's home (the Peruch family) on Thursday
evening to teach. On Thursday morning, however, Sister Peruch called and
said her husband was sick so we wouldn't be able to go over there. So we
told Robert, and asked if we could teach him and Melanie at his house, but
Melanie wasn't going to be able to be there, so that didn't work. And the
McLanes, (we usually teach Robert at their house - Brother McLane is his main
fellowshipper) were busy that night... we were running out of solutions.
But Sister Bonner and I both felt strongly that we shouldn't cancel on
our appointment that night, so, after making lots of phone calls and sending
lots of texts, we were able to find people that could give us rides so we could
meet Robert at a public place. (We didn't really want to ride our bikes across
busy roads in the dark.) FINALLY, after a few little panic attacks, we got it
all worked out and were able to meet Robert at a little cafe. And we were
able to have an awesome discussion. It actually worked out better this
way - Robert was able to tell us some more sensitive details that he wouldn't
have felt comfortable discussing with members that he doesn't know as well, and
we were able to discuss how we can all best help Melanie overcome her
addictions. So it all worked out for the best, and it worked out exactly
how God wanted it to. I just feel bad that Brother Peruch had to get sick
for it to happen the way it should! :)
Funny experience: on Friday we were walking around, street
contacting and tracting and visiting members, and we decided to visit a member
that lives in a gated community. We had the code to get through the gate,
so we walked in and knocked on their door. Unfortunately no one was home.
So we went to walk out of this gated neighborhood, and we realized that
there was no walk in entrance... basically we realized that you need a car (or
something big enough that the sensor will recognize it) to get out... so
yeah... we got locked INSIDE a gated community... it's not everyday that you
can say that. ;) Luckily we only had to sit on a curb for a few minnutes,
waiting for a car to either go in or out. :)
We were also able to see a less active this week - sister Fernandez.
Her husband is not a member, but they both came to the game night that we
had a few weeks ago. We talked to her, and she said that her husband is
opening up more to learning more about the church! So we set up an
appointment to meet with the whole family, and we will teach them tonight. :)
Well, that's all for this week. I love y'all so much!
Thanks as always for the love and support! Have a great week! :)
Sister Ririe
Isaiah 55:8
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