We found out Saturday night we are both staying here for another transfer! So this will officially be the longest time I have ever spent in one area: 6 months!
Monday
We had a BBQ at the Beynon's house! We invited Erin, Carley, and Kenzie (our investigators) and they the Stewarts (a less-active couple). The Beynons are such a great family. They are so down to earth and are so amazing at serving others.
Tuesday
We weeded Bro Beynon's garden in appreciation. There is nothing I love more than hard work in the sun (although my family may beg to differ... I have changed!) Bro B's grandkids Emerson and Coleman were there. They are hilarious. At 2 we ate with the sweet Behrman's, who I think I told you about last week. They are homebound because Brother Behrman is so sick. Sis B has recently got a homecare person to come on Sundays so she can now come to church! Woot! She provided us the best lunch and she sent us home with a lot of food too. They are so lonely so we decided to go over once a day and sing them a song. And we get to each lunch with them every single Tuesday! Afterwards Sister Rod got her hair dyed by an investigator while we taught her a lesson. Unfortunately she hated it so we spent some time figuring out what we could do to help it out. We also got some ice cream. At 8 we had a lesson at the church with Brother and Sister Lewis and Jen, Genesis, and Risa. Jen, the mom, needs a softened heart. She has to answer all our questions. Her daughters are really prepared and I feel like they would be so accepting if she would only let them talk. The Lewis' were fabulous at answering all of Jen's rather antagonistic questions.
Wednesday
We went to Collbran! Man I love that place! We saw the Schowalters and the biggest tender mercy, Brother Harrison randomly showed up too! He's one of our elderly ward missionaries. It was so great. A ward member got a gift certificate to a greasy little place in Collbran so that's where we ate dinner. YUM. We also stopped by Candy Hardin's. Her active family was in town from Washington. She is so sweet. It was so fun to share with and learn about all of them. I almost forgot that we saw Patty and Milt before we went to Collbran. She gave us the sweetest jewelry boxes that she painted. She is one of the best people I know.
Thursday
I got my new passport! Woot! It's beautiful. But even better than that, we had the best district meeting in the world! We had a lehi's dream experience with blindfolds and yarn all throughout the church. At one point I was completely alone. There was nothing else to do but hold to the string and move forward. Sometimes I feel that is how life is. We ended in the chapel where we each sat and thought about what we wanted to change for next transfer. I have been obedient my entire mission. Lately I've been thinking about the why. What are my motivations? Are they pure? So something I want to change is to be more aware of why I am doing the things that I am doing. Afterwards we each bore our testimonies. They were all so different but all so perfect. We took some nice district pics. Later that night we taught Lori and Alexis. They are so prepared!!!!! We met Lori because we awkwardly stood there while she finished mowing her lawn and pretending we weren't there. She is going to read the Book of Mormon. Her granddaughter, Alexis is so sweet! She wants to read it too! Lastly we taught the Jankes, a part member family! And.....Sister Murdock came with us!!! She was in town for 18 lives! Our lesson was interesting...we had a hard time teaching anything but I still felt the spirit so that's good! They are just very easily distracted.
Friday
By far the best part of my week was "18 Lives and The Book of Mormon: Embracing the Power of Jesus Christ." It was held at the Two Rivers Convention Center in GJ. The Spirit was palpable as soon as we walked in the building. 700 youth were there from 5 different stakes across western CO. Our job was to take tickets. I loved seeing all the makeup, costumes, and excitement prior to the performance. The first one we went to was the dress rehearsal and it was almost flawless! I wish I could describe the way I felt. I had chills the entire time and was brought to tears multiple times. The story was about 18 different seminary students and their problems. Their seminary teacher then helped them see how the Book of Mormon helped them resolve these things. The Book of Mormon stories were acted out on stage and then videos showed the kids' problems in real life. One of the Book of Mormon scenes was when Christ came to the Americas. They had Robert Allen there to represent Jesus Christ. He portrays the Saviour in most LDS videos and pictures. I was reminded of my Moroni's Quest experiences. I am so grateful to be a part of the Lord's work. I want to do all I can to help Him. I know the book of Mormon is revelation from God. God prepared it and gave it to us for a reason. The last scene of the show they had all 700 youth dressed as missionaries with fake name tags. We, as the real full-time missionaries, got to stand in the aisles and sing with them. I just really wish you were all there. It was so powerful!
Later that night Sister Murdock came with us to another lesson at Erin's. Carley is getting baptized this Saturday! Erin is not getting baptized simply because she is not married. We talked to her about the importance and I feel like Sister Murdock's testimony made all the difference. Erin picked August 23 to be baptized! I know she can do it!
Saturday
18 Lives was just as good the second time! The day went by so quickly it was a little bit frightening. We got to take tickets at the front doors nearest the stage so we got to even peek backstage a little bit too. We hear that they are going to put it on DVD so maybe you can watch it then! After the show, we embraced our inner teenage girls and got pictures with as many members of the cast as we could. It was so neat to be the real missionaries that all those kids were looking up to. They would get so excited when they saw us. We even got to meet Robert Allen! I wish nothing more than that I was in 18 Lives. By the end of it, all the kids said they were just tired of crying.
Sunday
What a great day! We found out one of the Merrills is leaving so we had a nice photoshoot that I will send! We had 4 investigators at church! Unfortunately the AC was broken. YIKES. We were privileged to go to Elijah's baptism that night. He is the son of the woman who is in charge of the entire 18 lives. It was so great! And he was so excited!
So all in all we had a fabulous week. I am so thankful to be a part of this work and that I get to stay in the best area of the mission for another 6 weeks!
Love,
Sister T
Here isSister Murdock, Helaman and Robert Allen (Jesus).
All the sistas
our awkward band pictures hahaha.
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