We got caught in a rainstorm as we were walking home... luckily we were almost to our apartment, but we still got soaked. Gotta love the rain here in Texas!
Hey y'all!
I'M STAYING IN MEMORIAL SPRINGS!!!! I honestly could not be
happier - 5 transfers in the best area ever - who could be upset with that?
:) Sister Walker and I are preparing for a transfer full of fun and
miracles. It is going to be great!
Also - happy Fathers day to all the dads out there, but especially
to mine. :) Love you Dad!!
This week has been great, except for the fact that Sister Walker and
I both got sick... not fun. But I think we're on the tail end of it now,
which is good. And despite our sicknesses, there was still a lot of good
stuff that happened this week. We were able to have dinner with a less
active family, well, the wife (Ana) is less active, but the husband is active.
Ana has always welcomed us in and asked us questions and let us share
messages, but she's always said she'd come back to church when she was ready.
When we had dinner with them though, she gave us a ride home and told us
she might come to church! Which is HUGE! She didn't actually come,
but the fact that she said she might is amazing. I have a feeling that
she is well on her way back to becoming active again. :) Hopefully we'll
be able to get her to church this next Sunday.
We also met with Crystal, another less active, and it was a really
spiritual meeting. she opened up to us, and started crying because she
really feels like she needs to come back. She loves God and knows that He
loves her, and she knows that He keeps sending us over to her house so we can
get her back in spiritual shape. :) Unfortunately she didn't make it to
church on Sunday either... we'll have to visit her to find out what happened
there. She's ready to come back, she just needs some help getting over
whatever Satan is using to hold her back.
Funny story: Brother Foster was speaking in church yesterday,
and was talking about how they are memorizing the articles of faith as a
family. Their 3 year old Ethan has a few down, including the 4th which
talks about the first principles and ordinances of the gospel. Except he
says "3rd - baptism by emergency" instead of immersion ... Brother
Foster told us we should use that to maybe help others see just how important
baptism really is. ;) We thought it was funny. :)
Another funny story: We were talking to some members in the ward,
and telling them how easy it is to talk to people here in the south about
religion because most everyone is religious and they like to talk about such
things - it's not an awkward conversation starter. One sister said,
"oh it's so true! I have a zumba instructor at YMCA that always ends
her class by saying 'See y'all next time unless Jesus comes!' " I
LOVE the south, and I'm so glad I'm serving my mission here. :)
Miracle for the week: We were tracting a street earlier in the
week, and it seemed like no one was home. And when I say no one was home,
I mean no one was being nice to the missionaries and answering their door,
because there were definitely people home... whatever. We were about to
give up and try the street another time, because we honestly had not talked to
a single soul besides each other in about 30 minutes... not good. But we
felt like we needed to keep knocking so we did, and towards the end of the
street a woman answered the door. We introduced ourselves and got talking
with her, and asked if we could share a message. She was about to turn us
away, but she stopped, obviously thinking about it, and said, "you know
what... sure." She (her name is Delores) invited us in and we were
able to share the message of the Restoration in a question and answer type
discussion. Seriously - she asked all the right questions and had no
problem believing what we were telling her. When we talked about the Book
of Mormon and told her how Christ had visited the people in the Americas, she
told us that she had always believed that He would show himself to other
nations too, not just the people in Jerusalem. We gave her 3 Nephi 11 to
study. :) She asked what we believe happens to those that don't have the
chance to learn about Christ in this life, so we were able to teach her about
the Spirit World. She strongly believes in personal revelation, and she
says it makes sense that we would have a prophet today - God loves us too, not
just the people in ancient times. Honestly, this woman is SO prepared. :)
She was so excited when we gave her a copy of the Book of Mormon and said
she'd study up while she's out of town (she'll be gone for the next week or so,
but said we could come back when she gets home). Oh - she grew up
catholic, was a teacher in a non-denominational church with her husband but
they left that church when they noticed that the other leaders weren't treating
each other in a very Christlike way, and she told us "When the time is
right, God will lead me to the right church." Well, we're here. :)
She is SO ready. We're excited to meet with her again!
That's pretty much all for the week. It has been a great 24
weeks so far, and I'm looking forward to the next 6. :) Have a
great week!
Sister Ririe
Moses 6:60-61
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