#1 - Sister Funk and me :)
#2 - Mama Grover (the member we live with) and one of the new puppies!! :)
Hey y'all!
Transfers came and went, and although it was hard to say goodbye to
all those I know and love in Memorial Springs, I went to the transfer meeting
excited to see what my future holds. :) I have been assigned to the
Fairfield ward, which is somewhere in Cypress, TX... I'm not sure exactly
where, I'll have to look at a map. I'm still on bike - Yay!!
Seriously - I'm SO glad I'm still on bike. Even though it's hot...
I like being active. It makes me happier. Plus everyone sees us
when we're biking all over the area - I guess it's good publicity. Either
that or they think we're crazy... but at least it gets them thinking. ;)
My new companion is Sister Funk, and she is awesome. :) She's been out
for 9 months and has been in the Fairfield ward for 2 transfers now, so she has
been showing me the ropes. She's from Twin Falls Idaho and graduated in
2013, so she hasn't done any college yet - I'm trying to convince her to come
to Utah State. :) We live with members - the Grovers. They are
empty nesters... except they have missionaries living upstairs... I don't know,
does that make them not empty nesters anymore? Anyway, they are super
sweet and fun, and I like living with them. :) And they have dogs, and
one of them had puppies yesterday, so CUTE! :) I love having pets around!
Also - my new District Leader is Elder Ririe - crazy! After a whole
year of only running into my cousin at the occasional transfer meeting I now
get to see him every week. :) For the last month of his mission, anyway -
I can't believe he's going home so soon!
Anyway - that's the basics of my new area, in a nutshell.
Hopefully it makes some sense to y'all- sorry if it seems all over the
place. Just know that I love it here! :)
There is a lot of good work going on too - We are teaching a lot of
part-member families, which is awesome. And from what Sister Funk tells
me we have at LEAST 2 investigators to church every single week, which is crazy
to me because in my other areas one of our biggest struggles was getting
investigators to church. But I guess people are more open to it here.
Now that's not saying that it's the same 2 every week, but most of them
come pretty often. And we meet with most of them at least once a week,
which means our evenings are really busy and we are teaching a LOT. I'm
so excited! Not that we didn't teach in Memorial Springs, because we
did... just not nearly this much. It will be a lot of fun to really get
to know the people we're teaching and help them prepare for baptism. :)
Here's a brief intro to the people I've met so far:
Melody & Chris: Melody is a returning less active, and
Chris is her non-member "significant other". They've been to
church the past 3 weeks, and Sister Funk has told me that Chris has come a LONG
way, even though he still has a long way to come before he can be baptized.
But they are so friendly, and love having us over, and they have loved
church so far. Chris loves "boys club" (priesthood) and Melody is slowly
warming up to Relief Society (she's had a hard time with women in the church in
the past.) And Melody LOVES to cook, and is SUPER good at it... and when
we're biking around all day we have no problem eating. :) She made us
lunch the other day... I can now add cactus to the list of thing's I've eaten
in Texas. It was actually pretty good. :)
Honorio & Jennifer: Jennifer has always been active, and
her husband Honorio has started to show interest in becoming a member.
His family converted in Venezuela after he had moved out, and then he
married a member... he's just destined to join the church. :) He's super
funny, and he says he knows he's going to be baptized someday, we're just
working on helping him realize that sooner is better than later. :)
Mayra & Jacob: Jacob is a returning less active, and Mayra
is his wife. They are working on building good scripture study habits,
because Mayra wants to feel like she really understands before she gets
baptized. She says she's working on getting her answer by reading and
praying. Jacob is so excited that she's taking the lessons - I think they
both want to have a church to raise their 1-year-old daughter in.
Sister Funk and I had an awesome miracle this week - on my first day
in the area, we decided to try and visit some potential investigators.
After trying a few, with none of them being home, we decided to tract in
the area. On the very first door we knocked on, a woman answered the
door. Her response to us introducing ourselves was "oh, I already go
to a church" but instead of letting her end the conversation there we
asked her questions about her church and her beliefs. As we showed
genuine interest in what she was saying, her attitude changed. As we
talked, she eventually invited us in and we were able to share the message of
the Restoration. As we were leaving, she said "honestly, when I saw
you at the door I fully intended to send you away. But as we were
talking, something told me 'just let them in' so I did!" It's
amazing to see how the spirit can touch the hearts of the people we talk to -
even when it's 30 seconds on a doorstep.
Well, that's all for the week! Fairfield is great, Sister Funk is
great, and I'm so excited to serve here with her. :) I hope y'all have a
great week!
Sister Ririe
Mosiah 27:28-29
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