We had a big meeting with the bishops and our stake president. Our zone leaders were also there. They informed us that Bishop was bragging about us; he calls us his Black Ops team. He also referred to SMP yesterday in ward council. It stands for Sister Missionary Power! :)
One of the many funny things that people do here is dress up these geese statues. They are called "Medusa Gooses." You see them everywhere. Some are dressed up for the holidays, some in costumes.
While we were tracting, a lady sang at us through her screen door: "No thank you! I'm Buddhist! Bye!" We had a hard time not laughing ourselves silly, but we waited until we were out of earshot before it got the better of us.
I got to drive a 2013 Toyota Carolla brand-new off the lot for the Church. No worries -- I got pictures. It's probably the only time in my life that I'll drive a brand-new car off the lot! :)
It was Elder B.'s birthday; we couldn't light candles in the church so we took the cake outside, but then the matches the elders had brought didn't work. Solution: try to light all the candles with the car's cigarette lighter. Missionaries taking desperate action!
We stopped by the house of a potential that we met last week; he wasn't there but his wife was. She basically told us that they want to investigate the Church but that she's too busy with nursing school. She gave me a scarf because I looked cold. It's a good scarf . . . and a great reason to go back and see her again! ;)
B. called us earlier this week for no apparent reason, and asked us to come see him. We set up an appointment on Thursday. He called us 15 minutes before the appointment, to see if we were still coming. ????? That hasn't happened before! Anyways, I asked if C. was there and he was. I've been wanting to send the elders from C.'s area to his house for a while, but we don't know his last name. One of our goals for this appointment was to somehow find out C.'s last name without being weird. Well, we knock on the door, B. and C. open it and come out. I told them they both had "sweet kicks" because they are both proud of their new shoes. C. says "Yeah, mine have my name on them." We look down and there on C.'s shoes are labels with his first and last name. Sister K. and I just looked at each other. Heavenly Father is just too awesome! It turned out that C.'s aunt and uncle had just died, and he was having a hard time. I whipped out the Plan of Salvation puzzle that Mom sent me for Valentine's Day, and we taught him the Plan. He loved it. He said it made so much sense. And when we asked him how it made him feel to know that he is a son of God, he said it made him feel happy and important. Cool experience!
The zone leaders were having an awful day on Saturday. They had been dropped by an investigator who was on date and was super solid. So they came to blitz our area! They only got a few return appointments, but they were really cheered up when they ate half of the Reeses Big Cups that a youth had given me. :) Love it!
We went to the equivalent of Kneaders here in Ohio. It's called Panera Bread and there is no competition -- Kneaders is 100 times better! That's all.
We presented our new FYZ idea to Bishop on Thursday night, and he asked us to perfect it and present it to the ward council and the stake presidency on Sunday (it was ward conference). No pressure! It was an adventure to say the least. They were impressed, though, and seemed to really like it -- so that was cool!
The primary is super short on teachers at the moment, and one of the CTR 4 teachers hadn't found a substitute so they were desperate for some help. Twelve 4-5 year old kids (only 3 of which are girls) + sister missionaries who aren't allowed to even touch them + no preparation time and no knowledge of how to teach primary in the first place = TOTAL CHAOS! :) Seriously, though. We were both drained afterward for the entire day. Favorite moments from the experience:
1) Their classroom was right next to the chapel and we had to have the classroom door open because we're not allowed to be alone with children. It took us forever to get them to talk somewhat quietly! Major problems and much telling them that they wouldn't get their snacks unless they whispered ensued.
2) We acted out the story of Ammon and four of the little boys wanted to be sheep. They all insisted on crawling under the table and saying "Baaah, baaah, baaah!" in unison. This was especially hilarious because they were all whispering!
FYZ yesterday was great! We role-played explaining why we live the standards that we do. We told them that when you can say know from personal experience that living the standards = blessings from God, people respect you / can't argue with that. They all practiced how they would explain that in their own words to their nonmember friends. It was great!
Sister K's brother got his mission call and we just watched the video that they sent her. I have been telling her for weeks that he's going to LA Spanish-speaking and that Elder B. is going to be his trainer! I honestly wasn't even joking; I knew in my hear that it was going to happen. Well . . . he got his call to LA Spanish-speaking! Elder B., Elder K. is going into the MTC on September 5. Expect him Novemberish in LA . . . he will be your trainee. This I know!
Well, I've got to run! I love you all! My testimony has been strengthened this past week that the Lord knows us, and knows what we need to do to refine and improve ourselves. Sometimes you have to just keep pushing through and have faith. Easy to say, not so easy to do! I know it's true, though. Stay safe!
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