So as I think I have mentioned before we are planning a wedding and a baptism! Brad is progressing so well and we are so excited! He comes to church every week an hour early even. It always get a little stressful when we teach the "big" commandments. When we taught the law of chastity he bought a ring 2 days later for his fiance and we hoped it would be the same. Sadly I wasn't there for tithing (as I was on exchanges) but when we went back the next day he said he prayed about it and he knew it was true because the spirit told him in his heart!!! Brad is amazing and, though he is not a man of many words, he has an incredible connection with God. I am so privileged to get to work with him! The wedding is in 2 weeks and the baptism in 3!
Best/worst part of a visit at Brad's: HSM was playing on his 92 inch screen TV. As we were leaving, who do you think I see on the screen? None other then Darbus! In all her glory!
The roads in Grand Junction are incredibly weird. The north/south roads are all how far away we are from the utah border (aka 32 road = 32 miles from UT). The east/west roads are the alphabet (a road, b road). My favorite road we have come acorss is 32 and 3/8ths road haha.
We found the best surprise in our house this week! COCKROACHES. If I had any idea cockroaches lived in Colorado I would never have come on my mission. Thankfully we have only found 2 so far....
The other worst part of my week was when I was forced to hold a ferret! GROSS. But I did it! We went to a less-actives house up in Collbran and she loves animals. She also had 5 rats but I refused to hold those. She told us she "is absolutely smitten with rats!" Yesterday she had to call us and let us know that Curly Sue (her favorite rat) passed away yesterday. So if we could all have a moment of silence for that rat it would be much appreciated. Also as we left her house a herd of chickens chased us out, which was equally as frightening as the rats.
This week I was privileged to go on an exchange with Sister Caisey from BERMUDA! Turns out Bermuda is only 700 miles from NY and is in the NY NY South mission or something! Who knew? She has an awesome accent to boot! She is a recent convert of only 3 years and is so amazing. I always learn so much from the sisters I go with and this time was no exception. Sister Caisey is incredibly converted to her purpose as a missionary and wants everyone to have the same blessings that she does because of the gospel. She knows what it is like not to have it and is so determined that everyone has the peace and happiness that she does because of the gospel. It's contagious! In our travels we met the funniest little black boy named Paul who is 4 and thinks he is the cat's pajamas. As we were talking to his mom, he turned to us and said, "Could you please be quiet for a minute? I'm trying to talk to my mom" in the sassiest voice I have ever heard. He also then told us that he "loves da missionaries!" Every time his mom would get mad at him he kept holding his back and saying "Oh! Mom! my back really hurts! Ow, my back!" It was hilarious! We got to eat dinner with one of the sweetest, most spiritual people I have ever met, Sister Baldwin. Her husband passed away 3 weeks ago just after he finally started investigating the church after a life together. It's so sad but she is so strong and knows he has accepted the gospel on the other side. She is so happy and is ever serving the people around her. The spirit I felt in her home was almost tangible. Her faith and her example have changed me forever. I want to be like her when I grow up.
We met a really awesome potential investigator this week, Jesse! Yesterday we went over to his house at just the right time (guided by the spirit!) to find both he and his wife outside on their porch. We are helping them landscape their yard later this week! Woot!
Sister Tew and I decided we are moving up to Collbran and leaving behind Palisade and Clifton. We want to live up in the mountains! Now we just need to tell our mission president this :)
I got a letter this week from my last comp, Sister Smith! Sister Karen really did get baptized 2 weeks ago! I was so happy to hear about it! Of course, I was a little sad that I wasn't there but I know the Lord has me where I need to be. I really cannot believe she actually did it!
We saw Sister Cross this week again..... She is a less-active and her husband keeps inviting us over because he is coming back to church and really wants her there too. We got to listen to yell fest 2014 as she unloaded about every negative thing in her life on us. It was awesome. We basically just sat there for an hour. Right before we left we sang her a hymn and she started crying, so at least that helped I guess haha. We left feeling very overwhelmed but thinking it was hilarious at the same time. It got even more funny though because her husband told us yesterday at church that he should have called and told us not to come because she was DRUNK the entire time!
We are really working on seeing all the investigators we have in our teaching pool. Sister Tew has only been here for a transfer before I came so some of the people she's only seen once or not at all. This week we got to see Jasmine! She's adorable and married to a less-active. I am really excited to keep teaching her even more.
I know I say this every week but I really cannot believe how fast this transfer is flying. We just finished week 3 out of 6. It's crazy! This week it really hit me that time is going to pass whether I am fully invested in missionary work or not. I'm really trying to make the most of every day because I know that the work I am doing now is the most important work I can help with! Our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ are real and they love us more than we can imagine! I am so blessed to know what I know and to love what I love. It's the best! So there you have it, another week done!
a giant piece of bread hahahaha.
Sister Caisey and Sister Lomu
ferret!
look close!
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