Monday
First and most important, we found out Robin Williams passed away. Sister Rod literally gasped when she found out. She almost cried. The weirdest part was that earlier in the week we had been discussing how much she loves him and how much Mrs. Doubtfire scared me when I was younger. We taught our favorite new less-active Donna Rice. She had come to church the day before. We found out she is friends with Sister Hugentobler in our ward already! So we brought her. Sis H was baptized when she was younger but then didn't come back to church til about 3 years ago when her daughter became interested in religion. She said she had believed in God but not in Christ. As she prayed about it she just came to believe. Her heart was changed.
Tuesday
A really weird day. We visited John Bell, a hedrikite (?). He believes in the Book of Mormon but not in Joseph Smith. While he was talking I kept thinking that was he was saying made no sense. He was so closed but I wanted to give him the opportunity to have the full truth. We had an awesome lesson with Milt and Patty. Patty has officially finished the Book of Mormon and she knows it's true. She doesn't want to be baptized yet because she is afraid of social acceptance from her friends and family. Pray for her! We're at a bit of a loss of where to go from here. We've taught her everything and she knows it's true. I know and have the faith that she can get baptized before November! Tuesday night, Sister Moser, Sister Keavali and I drove to Eagle, CO! We had Mission Leader Council the next day in Vail. Sister Keavali and Sister Rodriguez were supposed to stay together but Sis Keavali came with us because she was going through some stuff and wanted to talk to President and Sister Murdock. Let me just tell you how incredible Sis Keavali is. Her mom passed away unexpectedly three weeks before she came on her mission and she still came. This week she found out a brother and her dad were missing. She is from Fiji. They went out fishing and hadn't been seen for about a week. While at MLCs, President called Fiji and found out they were okay! I gave Sis Keavali the biggest, best hug in the entire world. Tuesday night I was reunited with Sister Gregerson! She is my MTC comp. She and Sis Jones stayed at the Eagle sisters house too. I love Sis G with my entire heart and soul. It was so good to see her again and catch up on life even though we've only been apart for about 5 weeks.
Wednesday
MLCs baby. We had a lot of trainings and did a lot of sitting. We also ate Qdoba for lunch instead of Subway. What? That's the first time that has ever happened on my mission. I learned about faith, planning, and myself. Our mission is changing and growing. It's so amazing to see how the attitude of baptizing monthly is becoming a real thing. When I was first on my mission, there was a lot more doubt. We found more investigators in one week this past transfer than our mission ever has before. The Lord is hastening his work! We also got to talk a mtc reunion pic because a lot of us were there at MLCs.
Thursday
I learned and remembered how incredible the power of prayer is. Think about how amazing it is that we can all communicate with God and that He hears and answers us. It's so real.
We tracted into Bill and Kat. He told us he got kicked out of his ward because he didn't own a 3 piece suit. Good thing I dislike 3 piece suits anyways. They were so negative and so closed. He yelled at us a bit. Also their cat was giving birth in the corner so that was lovely. Afterwards, I had the distinct impression that we needed to be there to strengthen our testimonies. In happier news, Erin is FOR SURE getting baptized this Saturday! She and Kyle are getting married on their lunch break on Tuesday (how adorable is that?). She positively beamed when they announced her baptism in sacrament meeting.
Friday
We have been eating peaches up the wazoo. Palisade is world-renowned for them. And we've been giving them to all our friends because members keep giving us boxes of them. This morning we were privileged to help pick them! It was so fun! The best was accidentally stepping on them and feeling the juice squeeze between my toes. I just thought of Holes and how nice my feet were going to smell. When we gave peaches to the Behrman's she said, "Daddy we're going to have a peach cobbler tomorrow!" It was the cutest thing. We saw Erin and she is so excited and happy for her baptism. We weekly planned outside with our neighbor's stinky dog Venus. Sis Rod loves animals.
Saturday
We found an awesome new investigator! Her name is Mary and she is a Quaker! (I think she must love oatmeal and low cholesterol). She gave an amazing prayer focused on Christ. She is very interested in reading the Book of Mormon.
Sunday
We made it through speaking in church! Sis Rod only threw up a little before we left the house. She gets really nervous haha. We had 5 investigators come to church! I spoke on Christ's love (Luke 7 with the woman and Simon the Pharisee) and of course somehow managed to include a farm story. That's about all anyone talked to me about after that. We found 3 new investigators! One named Angie we met about a month ago and taught her the first lesson. She was really busy so we didn't set up a return apt but we randomly found her again! And we found Audrey and Ivan. They are so happy. I am so excited to see them. I am so thankful for a comp who motivates me to go and find when I don't particularly have the desire. I sometimes lose the sense of urgency. But I am committed to have it all this week. I LOVE MY MISSION.
The Elders shared in our coordination meeting that a boy they had been teaching was in the hospital because he had drank bleach. He felt left out from the boys in our ward and had tried to find new friends. He did things that he felt horrible about to try and fit in so he did the only thing he thought he could. He has some mental problems but it just made me so incredibly sad. I was reminded just how imperative it is that we always try and do what Jesus Christ would do.
In other news, an apostle of the Lord is coming to Grand Junction this Saturday........and it's Elder Dallin H. Oaks! He and 4 other general authorities are coming to train the leaders in this area. The missionaries are privileged to have a special meeting just for us! I am so excited slash just a little bit nervous! I'm excited to tell you all about it next week.
I love you all and I LOVE MY MISSION!
MLCs!
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