This week, we went on exchanges with the High Point sisters, I went
to High Point with Sister Perez and Sister Jorganson came here with my
companion. Sister Perez and I had lots of fun! One of my
favorites was a less active sister who welcomed us in and then asked "do
you want some popcorn?" We said "no thanks" so she asked
"do you want cookies?" "No thanks" again so she said
"At least let me get you a drink!" Feeling a little bad, we said,
"okay." A short while later, she comes out with drinks,
cookies, and an enormous bag of Halloween candy. ha-ha. Guess she
doesn’t take no for an answer! But we talked about the sacrament and the
Atonement and shared the Mormon message –Always Remember Him (I love that one
—One of my favorites!) We also taught this lady who has five kids and also had
some nieces and nephews over...Yeah, talk about chaos!! We managed
to keep the kids attention for a short time, but then they got bored and
started poking each other and running around and being crazy. Not sure how much
the spirit was there, but Joanna and her oldest son were paying attention and
answering questions we asked them... :) This Sunday we had the primary program!
With all the breathing into the microphone, whispering, yelling and nose
picking included! They were all really cute! We also had a Zone Conference and
really focused on the importance of Sacrament meeting. It was
great! After, I went to use the bathroom (keep in mind I have been
to this building multiple times for meetings and P-days) and I totally walked
into the utility closet instead! Ha ha! I am sure the
look on my face was the best ever! I was so confused as to where the
bathroom had gone!
Also this week, we got a new referral from the Summit Elders and we
were really excited to go see her! So we called and set up an
appointment and everything and then when we got there, we figured out that she
and her family had been baptized almost three years ago and they go to the
summit ward every week! (They are from Africa and speak French. They
have classes in French in the Summit ward). Justyne said that she
didn't think the elders had understood what she was trying to say and that she
sees them every week at church. She is really sweet!
We met with Dorothy quite a few times this week. She is so
excited about the gospel and just loves learning! We taught her the
Plan of Salvation, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the stop-smoking lesson, and
talked about the baptismal interview questions. She was so excited when
she found out that we came to this earth to get bodies so the fall was not a
horrible awful sin! It was part of the plan! She also
loved learning about the gospel of Jesus Christ because she knows it is
true. Sister Leinbach went with us to teach the stop smoking lesson.
Dorothy had already stopped smoking at this point, but it actually takes the
nicotine a month to get out of your blood stream. The stop smoking
lesson is designed to get the nicotine out of the blood stream in a week so
that the urge to smoke is no longer there. Dorothy was very
interested in the different methods that can help her, but she knows that
prayer is her best tool. We talked about the baptismal interview
questions so she knows what she needs to know and be doing before
baptism. She is really excited to get baptized because she knows
this is the true church she has been looking for her whole life!
Anyway, hope y’all are having a fantastic week!
Sister A Morris
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