Sister Stepp and me on exchanges
Hey y'all!
It has been a crazy busy week here in Houston. Just the way we
missionaries like it. :) We've been doing a lot of tracting and trying to
find those that the Lord has prepared to hear our message. That's one of
the goals that President Mortensen asked us to focus on - finding -
specifically the number of contacts we make each day. He asked us to set
a goal of 20 a day, which is about double what we used to get. And it has
been hard, because our area is so small and hardly anyone is ever outside
because it's so hot and we don't have anywhere indoors in our area that we can
contact in... so hence the lots of tracting. We made our goal though,
which is huge. So far, no new investigators. But LOTS of potential
that we will be following up with in the next week.
There was one evening that was particularly productive - last
Monday. Because of our p-day, we didn't have as much time as usual
devoted to finding. We went to dinner, and planned on tracting in the
neighborhood after. Except a HUGE Texas-sized thunderstorm appeared out
of nowhere, and seemed to stop right over our area. It poured all through
dinner, and through our message... we weren't sure quite what to do, because we
still needed to finish getting our contacts for the day! An idea came to
my mind to have the member give us a ride to our apartment complex - we could
tract there and be a little more sheltered from the storm. So that's what
we did. By the time we got there, put our rain boots on, we only had an
hour and a half left of the evening, (we had to be back at our apartment early
because our STL and her companion were going to meet us there to start
exchanges) and usually it takes us about 3 hours of tracting throughout the day
to get that many contacts because of people not being home or not answering
their door and such. So Sister Walker and I knelt in prayer and pleaded
with God to let people answer the door and be willing to listen to our message.
And miracle of miracles we made our goal, and taught a few lessons on the
doorstep, and found 3 potential investigators. All in an hour and a half.
I must say, that was probably the most faith-filled finding experience
I've ever had on my mission. We KNEW that the Lord would provide. :)
(Sorry for the long-ish explanation and the random details; I just want
y'all to know just how HUGE of a miracle that was for us. :) )
Next - Exchanges! Miracles always happen on exchanges. :)
Sister Stepp joined me here in Memorial Springs for the day, and it was
wonderful! Sister Stepp is one of Sister Walker's former companions, so
that was fun. A triangle of companionship. :) She's been working
really hard to become more comfortable with talking to people, specifically
with tracting, and we got to work together on it throughout the day. :)
Every time we tracted, we were able to teach at least one person on the
doorstep. No new investigators, but lots of potential. AND, at the
end of the day, we ran into a part member family that we haven't seen in a long
time - the Fernandes family - and talked to them for a while. Sister
Fernandes invited us over for dinner on Sunday, but that unfortunately didn't
work out... hopefully we'll be able to reschedule for a different time this week.
Maria and family are doing well - we followed up with our Book of
Mormon challenge, and Maria had read some! She said she has a hard time
understanding the scriptures so we read a bit with her and her husband Bryce
and committed them to continue to read together every day. We'll see them
this Sunday (hopefully at church, but if not, we'll visit them after) and see
how it went!
Also - Robert came to church yesterday! He's been kind of
slipping out of activity, and has been dodging our appointments... it was SO
good to see him there. And the ward totally made sure he felt welcome and
a part of our ward family. Hopefully we'll be able to meet with him this
week. Thanks for all the prayers in his behalf - keep them coming!
I love y'all so much and hope you have a fabulous week! Thanks
for the continued love and support as I serve the Lord in Houston, Texas.
I couldn't be happier! Love you!
Sister Ririe
Ether 12:4
P.S. I'm collecting inspiring and uplifting quotes, scriptures, and
stories, so if y'all have anything you'd like to contribute, I'd appreciate it.
:) Thanks!
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