So
yeah... because Sister Forbush had strep we had to take her to the
instacare and get her some antibiotics and then we were instructed to
quarantine her for 2 days. Partay... not going to lie, it was actually
really nice because we'd both gotten a little burnt out with being so
busy the last couple weeks and we kinda needed a break. So I got to
clean the apartment finally, read Saints, play the piano, write in my
journal.. it was very nice haha. But we were ready to get back to work. I
got to nurse Sister Forbush back to health and made her take her
vitamins and drink fluids and we have a little essential oil diffuser..
it was good. We skyped into District Council and Ward Coordination
meeting.
Thursday was a crazy day... we finally had
time to track down some investigators that we haven't been able to get
in contact with for awhile. We didn't get in contact with any of them..
so that was a bummer.. And everyone else we talked to was not very nice
to us. Like come on.. if 2 cute, enthusiastic blondes stopped to talk to
you, you'd at least be friendly right? Instead we got, "I'm a Catholic
and I'm not interested" "I need to ask you to get off my driveway, right
now" "No, your card would be wasted" ahhhh.... missionary work..
Then
we had a baptismal interview scheduled for S-, who has been SUPER
excited to get baptized as soon as possible and then for her scheduled
appointment she happened to tell us she's in Gainesville, 1 1/2 hours
away. So we pushed it back to that night and find out she needs to be
interviewed by the presidency. So we get all of that scheduled and call
President Clark. Then we asked her if she needed a ride to church. She
told us she was going to her dad's and we were confused. It turns out
she didn't reallly understand that being baptized meant you became a
member of our church....? And with as many times as the missionaries had
been transferred, that detail was lost in communication.. So.. she's
not getting baptized this weekend. But she still wants to come to FHE
and have lessons.
A- on the other hand is
doing amazing!!! We had a mini-exchange to teach her on Tuesday, and she
has a little notebook that she's dedicated to her questions. And every
answer we give her makes so much sense to her. She says she's never felt
so much freedom and peace in her life. She feels like she has a purpose
now. She asked if she could make art for the church. And she's writing a
hymn for the new hymnbook. And she wants to write an article for
Ensign. This lady is as golden as they come. We took her on a temple
tour on Friday and she loved it. She had never felt so much peace
before. She just eats everything up and is hungry to learn everything
she can about the church. She watches Mormon Messages in her spare time.
She's a miracle and I count my blessing every day that we get to be the
ones to teach her.
We also got to volunteer at
"Feed the Homeless" on Saturday. A- came with us. She just wants to
serve so bad. It was really fun! They take food from stores and
restaurants that are still good but they won't sell and we prepared it
and served it to probably 75-100 homeless, needy people. It was really
cool.
I learned a lot about Patience this week. I
realized that patience is trusting in the Lords timing. It's honestly
just faith really. And when I get anxious because things aren't going
the way I wanted them too or people cancel or we get delayed somewhere,
that's me just being prideful thinking I know better than the Lord. He's
in control and when we let him take the reigns the stress and anxiety
of life goes way down. There were moments where I realized my patience
has come a long way and other times where I realized I have a lot more
to grow. But I'm grateful that the Lord gave me experiences to really
evaluate my patience and set goals to improve.
God is so good and I love you all so much!
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