ANNNNNDD THE RED SOX WIN THE WORLD SERIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I told you this land was blessed in more areas than one!
On the other hand, a college nearby just got put on lockdown because of a shooting. Dont worry its out of my area :)
Last week was fun - one of the members that had us over invited us
to stay for FHE and carve pumpkins with them. Halloween we cant have
lessons or proselyte so the cutest lady (we do laundry at her house)
took us out to dinner.
We also got a member referral! A member invited his co-worker -
we've only taught him one lesson. It was kind of frustrating because for
some reason it just wasnt the best we've done - we just didnt feel "on
our game". I was bummed because we want to do our best, especially for
member's friends. Unfortunetly, missionaries arent perfect. The good
note is he agreed to let us come again so phew, we get a second chance
:)
I also believe the Lord works in mysterious ways. We had an awesome
lesson with Gary on Sat. Part of the lesson was reading him the
baptismal interview questions so that if there was an area he didnt feel
as good about, we could focus our lessons more on that for the
remaining weeks he has until his baptism. After reading them he was
surprised when we finished and he said, "Oh, thats it?" We laughed and
said yeah that's it. We had preped him before and said it wasnt like a
quiz and he didnt have to memorize anything but he said "ah man, i
memorized the baptismal covenant! You dont have to tell them that?" We
were like no, but thats awesome! You should tell US!" He told what you
commit to and then said really excited "and this is the good part - the
blessings. He named off a few and then you could see him thinking about
one more and he said....ooo and my favorite, the constant companionship
of the holy ghost.
I wanted to fall of the couch. We talked about faith and why we set
a date and asked him when he said he wanted to get baptized in
november if he had a date in mind. We were like...uh because its
november...like today. We pulled out the calendar and said just to give
you a visual. He held it in his hands for a while and looked really
nervous. We told him that he could change it, but that by making a plan
and taking it to the Lord says a lot more than just asking the Lord for a
plan. He gets that but said I cant pick a day right now. Buuut he said
that he would fast about it. Sunday
he wasnt at church. We saved a seat and waited and waited and he
didnt come :( We got a text from him though saying he had a huge rash
break out from either something he ate or stress. Great - the mormons
are stressin him out! However....this is the lord works in mysterious
ways part.....it was the WEIRDEST fast and testimony meeting ive ever
been to. normally our ward has legit testimony meetings. but our
wonderful LA talked for all the testimony meetings hes missed for the
past 20 years.......i wanted to laugh at how ridiculous it all was - i
felt like i was in some reality tv show...yet at the same time i wanted
to cry out of horror. its ok it was good for him. next month we will
give him a prep lesson.
Our off the hook fireside that me and Sister Barney are putting together is this Sunday!
It's called "Tune in to Gratitude". We've searched far and wide for the
best of the best musicians and had the bishop challenge the ward to
invite at least 1 nonmember friend/family. We got relief society to
deligate the awesome fancy refreshments and our awesome member did the
artwork for the poster and invites. Hopefully its amazing and a great
finding opportunity because we are still starving for a bigger teaching
pool. members are still trying to find the connect between inviting your
friend to an activity is not just to plant a seed and walk away...its a
search for who's ready for the next step of inviting them to meet with
the missionaries!
Still working on finding the joy through the journey and not just
work work work through the journey. It stresses me out when we have a
blank spot in our schedule and having to determine which the best way to
most effectively use that time. But we are doing lots of good. This new
idea of missionary work is so exciting and i feel like the luckiest
person in the world to be on the front lines. Our ward is AWESOME. Ward
Council is amazing - we have the best ward leaders. and ward councils
keep getting better and better. i want to stay in this ward my entire
mission im getting so attached! which can only mean one thing...
Im trying to love every second and enjoy having sister barney as a companion every second of it as well. :)
Love you all! Go preach the good word!
Sister Bell
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