Can you believe I've been in the field 2 months?! I certainly can't! It has been a very slow 2 months...and a very fast 2 months. It's amazing how that works. We have had record good weather here for December/January. The Lord is blessing me! It's definitely not warm, but it isn't as cold as it usually is! It will get that cold soon....very soon, but I'm getting a bit of a break.! I'm so sorry that I've fallen behind on stories! :) Here they are:
J is the wife of B, an active member in one of our wards. She is not a member, but a friend of hers in the ward set up a dinner appointment with them. When we got there, the member was still getting dinner ready. B & J got there and we all chatted while dinner was finishing up. We tried to help, but the members never really let us! :) We talked about the usual stuff. J reminded me a little bit of Grandma June. She's a much happier person, but their mannerisms are very similar (except with a southern accent).
Well, I don't know how it came up really, but she and I started talking about American Girl dolls. I'm pretty sure I was a little geeky! We talked for a good 20 minutes about dolls. Then we had dinner and shared a lesson. She really liked us; she drew back a little as we shared our lesson, but I thought things went pretty well. As we were leaving she told us that we would need to come over and meet her dolls sometime. I told her that I would love that! Well, we called her a few days later and scheduled an appointment. Then it turned out that exchanges were that day, and I went to a different area. It was kind of ironic really -- Sister L. and Sister R. went to see J while I was in M-ville.
Well, I felt like it was really important to stay connected with J but Sister L. thought it would be weird to ask her if we could come over again. In the end our ward mission leader thought it would be silly if we didn't take that opportunity, so we did. We went and had a fantastic time! The Spirit was so strong. At first she showed us her dolls which were all around the house. She didn't have a ton, it wasn't really a doll museum, but she had about five AG dolls and a few others. She told us that the dolls were excited to meet us! Anyways it also turned out that we had cross-stitching in common. I guess I just have a lot in common with old ladies!! ;) After that we shared a message from 3 Nephi 11. I didn't see J cry, but Sister L. said that she did! The Spirit was there and we know it touched her heart. I asked J if we could come back when she'd changed the dolls into their winter outfits. She was delighted! B also showed us his train collection and was sure to say fairly loudly (to make a point to J) that we should come over for dinner sometime. :) Old people are awesome. They just say it like it is!
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