13 Feb 2013

 

sooooooooooo this week was great :) a miracle happened! well miracles always happen haha but it's just fun when you can see them :) :) the coolest thing......... yesterday (tuesday) was district meeting. oh ps, we switched our p-day this week so we could go to the temple.... that's why i didn't write last monday. sorry. :)

 

soo yesterday, Sister Casdorph & I were early to District Meeting! but that's not the main miracle (ha ha ha...) ;) ps thank you so much for the package!!!! I was JUST thinking that i wished i had that "echoes of the sabbath cd" and it came! & Aunt Kimberly Ann sent me a CD from Anne that has mo-tab on it, which is great since that's all sister casdorph likes to listen to on Sundays. so now we have sunday car music :) :) :) can you send me my efy cd? & can you actually make a copy & send two? Elder Church wants a copy........ & i owe him since he gave us a copy of his efy 2k13 cd and it's kind of GREAT hahaha. :) alsoooooooo the Lower Lights cd would be great. :)

 

ANYWAYS, we were listening to "echoes of the sabbath" & waiting in the car for the song to finish, then when we got out of the car someone pulled up -- it was Sister F, from the ward! & she had someone in the front seat!

 

"Oh hello Sisters! I didn't know you would be here! This is my friend -- how do you say your name again?" "I" "Oh yes, I. I was just driving and I saw her jogging home so I picked her up to give her a ride, and we just got to talking and I wanted to show her my church! How fun that you guys are here!"

 

sooooooooo obviously Sister Casdorph & I go over to introduce ourselves, & she's hispanic so I say "We actually have spanish-speaking missionaries here right now, would you like to meet them?" & she said yes so we went over to the church doors while Sister F parked & called Elder Kanahele...

 

*ring ring* "Hello?"
"Hello Elder. There's someone here who speaks spanish and would like to meet with you. Can you come to the front doors please?"
"... Sure."

"Great, see you in a bit."

 

So Elder Kanahele grabs Elder Baker (who also speaks spanish) & we catch them up really quick while I & Sister F are getting out of the car. and I don't speak spanish but basically.... they gave her a church tour & taught her first lesson right then & invited her to be baptized! um, what?? so so awesome!!!!!!! what a MIRACLE for them!!!!!!! :) :) :) Elder Baker swapped with Elder Ashcraft (E. Kanahele's companion) & Elder Baker led district meeting (E Kanahele usually does) while we waited. so, that was awesome.

 

What if we hadn't been early?
What if we hadn't waited in the car to finish the song?
What if Sister F hadn't followed the prompting to pick this stranger up? & take her to her church?
What if we hadn't thought to mention the spanish elders?

GOD'S PERFECT TIMING. that's all I have to say :) :) & how often to you just randomly drive to the church & there's a dozen missionaries there? hahaha i just LOVE IT!!! :) :)

 

so anyways, i'm loving teaching the gospel & i think i'm finally getting the language down... I teach about GAD & his GASPEL & how we can know the truth through the HOHLY GHOHST ;) i wish i could send you a recording of how some of these people talk hahaha but seriously.... i've heard myself start to talk about Gad & His Gaspel & i kind of crack myself up :) ah, a mission :)

 

alsooooooooooo last monday (p-day) we went shopping. & I put yogurt in a strangers cart. so that was awkward & fun. she didn't want to hear about the gaspel..... oh well ;)

 

also you can buy snow plow attachments for your cars.

 

FHE has been so so fun!! last monday J even sang along to "Love at Home" !!!!! & when we sang "If I but learn to do His will, I'll live with Him once more!" A goes "yessssssssss..." :) :)

 

ALSO the most hilarious thing of my LIFE -- we were teaching A & I said "Satan does not want you to live the Gospel!" & she goes "Well that's just too d--- bad!!" hahahahaha i ALMOST died :)))))))))))))

 

BASICALLY, being a missionary is awesome because I get to be an answer to someone's prayer. i think about all the prayers in our family for different family members & friends, & I get to be some OTHER gramma/cousin/friend/missionaries' answer to prayer. :) it's so so cool!! we went out to visit all the new Relief Society move-ins to see if they want VT's or whatever, & we could NOT find this one Sister's house, so we finally just parked & went out on foot, and eventually we found it (hooray for being cold! haha) & she let us in, turns out she's a recent convert (nov 2011) preparing to go to the temple who just moved in with her (non-member!) parents! & gave her mom a Book of Mormon! :) :) and that morning we had watched the "talk with everyone" training segment of the dvds since at Zone Training they talked about that, so on our trek back to our car we saw someone & i was like "dang it's cold let's keep walking" but sister casdorph was like "how about we listen to the Spirit & do missionary work" (basically ;)) so i was like "hmm okay" & we went and talked to them & the one lady wasn't interested but her friend was! she was like "oh you all are mormons, my mom's whole family is mormon, you all are great people, keep it up & you'll be happy" and i was like "thanks i'm cold bye" but sister casdorph was like "well our message is for everyone, can we come share it with you some time?" and she was like "Actually yeah, I'm looking for a new church, here's my number." !!!!!!! what the! so so cool! yeah Spirit!! :) :)

 

basically being a missionary is the best :) we also met a little kid like 12 yrs old who was playing in the snow & said "who are you looking for?" when we walked past so i said "people to talk to about Jesus, do you know anyone?" and he's like "yeah, my neighbor" & he walks with us and KNOCKS ON THE DOOR for us hahaha so that was awesome, & then someone else on the same street poked their head out & was like, "who are you?" "we're missionaries!" "what do you do, like hand out pamphlets & stuff?" "actually yeah, do you want one?" "sure, let me go grab a coat" so we taught him a lesson outside in about 17 degree weather & gave him a Book of Mormon & Restoration pamphlet & he's like "yeah I believe it's true, do you guys want to come back?" soooooooo obviously we set up a return appt & got his number haha.

 

so it's been fun! & cold! & mudge keeps sliming me! & shane keeps biting me! haha but it's all good, it's all good cause this is the Lord's work & we are on His errand! :) :)

 

We've been praying super hard for members of this ward to have missionary experiences and it's CRAZY how INSTANTLY God has answered those prayers! seriously, sometimes we'll be like "...amen." *bzz. bzz." "oh look, a text from Sister [whatever], she wants to know what she should say to her friend about the Book of Mormon."

".... amen." "ring, ring." "hello, sister proffit?" "hello sisters! just wanted to let you know i just [talked to my friend about the gospel/gave her a Book of Mormon/etc]" haha it's AWESOME!!! this is the way to do missionary work! :) :)

 

Brother Y is still on track for baptism, we invited him to teach US the lessons since he's heard them so many times & that's been really great, he has great insights. he put the Book of Mormon on his mp3 player so he listens to like half the Book of Mormon every day at work instead of the gossip & he's been so much happier lately!! i'll have to tell you some of his great insights later :) he has a CRAZY past... like seriously unbelievable. but he's here now! & he's ready for baptism in two weeks!! :) :)

 

also, John 14:5-6, 15, 18, 26-27.

 

also, we're helping Sister D to teach the FHE lessons & at one point during the text conversation she's like "yeah i can help teach that. are there any scriptures?" !!!!!!!!!! are there ever!! so cool! maybe that's only cool to me haha but i loved it :) :) her faith is growing so much!!! now she just needs to GET MARRIED UGH STOP PROCRASTINATING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God wants to bless you so much more!!! obey obey obey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

mission scripture for the month is -- 1 ne 17:3

 

also, i might be moving soon so just use the mission address on mail, that way i still get all my letters & everything even if i don't stay in Racine :) I hope i do though!! i love it here!!!!!!!!!

 

hymn 60 - "He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat!" :)

 

for personal scripture study i've been reading the Isaiah chapters, 1 page at a time, looking up ALL the footnotes in the Bble & the Book of Mormon, and it's actually been really great! it takes like an hour a page haha with all the re-reading but it's been so cool! if you want an awesome story... try 2 Kings 19-19/Isa 36-37/2 Chr 32! also 2 Chr 30 was cool too :)

 

WELL i love you all!!!!!!!!! we're all out of food haha so we've got to quick run to the grocery store before p-day is over! i'll respond to your letters next week, promise!! and i promise to respond to everyone's letters soon! i love them so so much!!! they light up my days!!! :) :)

 

you all are the greatest ever!!! thank you so much for the valentines & the PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) I love them. also... i just figured out that if you just email me pictures i can put them on my memory card. might save some time hahaha :)

 

 

i love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox i love you more than cheeese <3

 

 

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