Hello everyone! Happy New Year!!! A lot of stuff has been happening out here! I will try to get it all down in this short amount of time that I have!
We finally got a few good snow storms! It's been exciting and VERY cold!!! But nothing can stop the work from progressing, so on we go!!
R is doing well. We met with her once last week and taught her about the Word of Wisdom, chastity, and keeping the sabbath day holy. We taught with the mission president, his wife and R’s fellowshippers. When we were just about done, President asked us teach about tithing, too. It was crazy! Basically all the hardest commitments in one lesson. I led this time as part of my training, and was super nervous! I just don't have everything down and my brain disappears as soon as we start teaching. It was kind of choppy, but we made it through. When President asked us to teach about tithing, Sister L. took pity on me and took over from there. I bet my face was pretty terrified! :) R had her interview with President after the lesson and passed! Hooray! Her baptism date is now set for January 15. I feel good about that! Oh also, R is celiac. So for Christmas we made her caramel popcorn since she can't eat gluten. I was happy that I knew some things that she could eat! Also, just a shout out for Adriane...she loves ginger tea! I thought of you. :)
B is also doing well, we taught him twice this week. On Thursday we read scriptures with him and were super lucky to find a member's home to do it in. The holidays have caused problems in that regard. B's dad came this time! That's a super big deal! It's important to have his dad on board. We committed them both to talk with B's mom about a date that B can be baptized. Then B did the coolest thing. We were about to end with a prayer and he quietly asked if he could show us an analogy. We told him of course! He then pulled out a halo character action figure that pulls apart in pieces. It was all broken up. He said, "This is what I was like before I met you, but since I met you and have been learning about the gospel I've become like this." As he was saying that, he was putting the man back together. Then it turned out that he'd left the head out in the car, and was horrified! But his friend C topped the whole thing off by saying, "So his life is complete!" as he drew a circle in the air with his finger. It was the most adorable thing I've ever seen; I wish I could have captured it on film. I could watch it every day and my mission would not be as hard! We saw him again yesterday and taught about keeping the sabbath day holy with a charades game and scriptures. His dad came again and we were lucky to get fellowshippers again. They were awesome! Their kids were great, too; they bore testimony and gave encouragement at all the right times! It's actually been a blessing to have to find new fellowshippers for him because now he knows a lot more people! He slept in and missed church on Sunday, though. But get this: his Dad actually tried to wake him up for church! Huge improvement! I'm really excited to see them both again!
We had a chapel tour with Z on Saturday. Our ward missionary and her husband were willing to drive all the way out to the boonies and back to pick him up! It was the first time we'd seen Z in 3 weeks. We worry a little about his retention from our lessons, but we're just going to take it slow and make sure that he understands.
We also had Sister Specialized training recently. All of the sisters in the mission got together, and President and his wife talked with us. All of the Elders really want to know what we talked about! There is also a new missionary who worked at Chuckee Cheese with me! It was kind of weird how I found out. And of course now the zone leaders are always trying to get me to do the Birthday Dance! Oh boy!
I've received some great insights from personal study this week. First of all, did you know that the Brother of Jared brought fish with him in the boats. I never realized that before. Also we read that the good Samaritan bound up the man's wounds and took him to an inn and gave the inn keeper some money and asked him to take care of him. Isn't that interesting that he healed the man and left him in the care of someone he trusted. I think that is applicable in the gospel today. Only the Savior can completely heal us, but there are people he trusts to help in the recuperation/ recovery -- ward members, bishops, etc.
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