Hello everybody! I don't
even know where to begin! This week has been such a blur! I feel like time is
speeding up! Which I guess is good because it means we're not slowing down :)
So Monday, we had our
PDay in Newcastle. Nothing too exciting happened. We just spent the day
emailing, talking, and playing sport...then we came back to Durham and had an
FHE, but only Rei showed up, so we just had a short lesson and then Skype our investigator
from her house! We had about 10 minutes to talk though because of our bus time,
so we reviewed the importance of prayer and the Book of Mormon and then ran to
catch our bus...but we missed it because it was three minutes early. So we had
to walk and we're late coming home. But oh well. Worse things have happened :)
Tuesday we had our
studies and lunch in the morning before doing some finding in the morning. We
tried by a guy who told us he was just on his way out to the doctor, so we
should go back Thursday. And then we went to meet a new less active the Ward
told us about! We had a really good conversation with her and are so excited to
teach her more! Then we got the bus to see Ellen and watched President
Uchtdorfs talk from the women's session with her! Such a good talk! Love it so
much! Then we had a quick tea and went to see Kevin. We taught him the Gospel
of Jesus Christ and it was such a powerful lesson! He really seemed to understand
why it's so important! Finally!
Wednesday we had a very
early district meeting and then had service at Saltwell Park again! This time
we were in charge of litter picking. I don't think I've seen so many empty beer
cans in my life...combined! Wow! We found some very interesting hints and are
very glad we could put them in bins and get rid of them! Then we came home for
a quick lunch and did some finding. We tried by a referral and she was in but busy
with the kids so she asked us to come back on Saturday! Then we went to tea
with the Knox's...then we went back to Kevin's house to have a reading lesson
with him! We read the first chapter of the Book of Mormon and talked to him
about and he asked to be baptised! So that's super exciting!
Thursday we went to see
Denise and we taught her about the Ten Commandments and why we should obey the
laws of God. Then we tried by that guy again, but he wasn't there, so we went
to see Jay in his store. We taught him the gospel of Jesus Christ as well and
had a good lesson! He's still a little confused on a few points, but he really wants
to know! Just takes time :) then we got some street contacting in and went to a
tea appointment before coming in for language study and companionship study.
Friday we had weekly
planning all morning and then after lunch, we went to try by a few less actives
and formers. We found out one was in the hospital, so we decided to surprise
her and cheer her up! We read from the Book of Mormon with her and yeah, it was
just so good to see how we could be His hands to brighten her day. She said
what the best part was is we actually made the effort to find her! So glad for
the Spirit :) then we went back to town and did some online Proselyting before
going to tea with the Jenkinsons! We had a delicious tea with them and then we
Skype Kevin and taught him the Plan of Salvation. He said he was grateful
because he'd always had questions about why the bible said things like
"third heaven" and stuff like that. So it was good we could answer
those questions!
Saturday morning we went
to do more service at the Cattery. They had a new cat come in named Megan...so
that was fun for me :) then we grabbed lunch and headed out to see Emma. She'd moved
though and it took us longer than we thought to find her new house, so we only
had a few minutes with her before we had to head out again. We went to try by
the referral who told us to come back, but she wasn't in. So we tried by a ton
of formers and then caught the bus back to the chapel for companionship Study
and then Spanish Class before coming home for tea :)
Sunday was good! We had
church and that's lovely as always :) then we had a Skype lesson with the
elders and our investigator. We taught the first part of the Restoration but he
still has a lot of questions, so we're excited to answer those this coming week
:) then we went home and had lunch before doing some street contacting. We met
this guy named George who used to meet with the missionaries until his pastor told
him we were false...anyways, he said I looked just like the sister who used to
teach him (and I know that sister...I don't think we look alike...) and so he
wants to meet with us! Then we had tea and a lesson with Emma before Street
Contacting home for companionship study.
My Spiritual Thought for
the weeks is on being an authentic disciple.
"Following the
Savior will not remove all of your trials. However, it will remove the barriers
between you and the help your Heavenly Father wants to give you. God will be
with you. He will direct your steps. He will walk beside you and even carry you
when your need is greatest."
It's easy for people to
think that if we are a disciple of Christ, He will make everything easier for
us. And in a way that's true, but not because trials don't come, but because
when we follow Him, we are prepared to face the trials!
Hope you have a great
week!
Sister Hope
