Hello, I hope that everything went well with the service and
everything. People down here have been getting really sick as well, they are
saying it is like epidemic proportions almost. (How much makes something an
epidemic, I don't know, but that is what "they" are saying) so be
sure to be careful, I
So let's see this week... what happened... well, we have
three people on date for the 31st so that is awesome! One of them is working on
stopping smoking but I think she can do it in time! We should hopefully have at
least one, but maybe two or three more in February so that is awesome! The six
investigators that we are working with are doing awesome! Now I guess we have
to start working on finding more. We have some good referrals to start with
though so here is hoping that all goes well because I hate contacting! It's so
awkward and yeah... plus referrals are awesome!
Oh, crazy fact. Someone we met last week died.... A less
active member that we had met with once. We had a return appointment but she
turned us away because she wasn't feeling well on Tuesday. Then apparently
Friday her neighbor smelled funky gas smells from her house and called the
police. There was a gas leak and she and her cat and dog were dead. They don't
know if it was an accident or a suicide but we could have been the last people
to see her alive. It's weird...
Also, someone this week told me that I have an
"interesting aura" and that she felt like I would have a lot of
strange and surprising things happen to me while I was in New Mexico. And then
she gave me some peanut butter fudge so, I don't know what that means but
hopefully I didn't get some weird curse on me or something! =P Now I have that
King Ramses song from Courage the Cowardly Dog Stuck in my head.
Oh, by the way, it was totally snowing here this morning!
And that is like a New Mexico miracle. Sister Stokes was pretty excited
"It's like a little taste of Utah." It's pretty much already gone
though so no worries!
So let's see, cool things that happened this week. Daniel,
Rebecca's husband started reading The Book of Mormon like nobody's business. We
had our first lesson with him on Wednesday and he said he was planning to start
reading it the next day. As of last night he's on 4th Nephi! He texts us periodically
some of his favorite chapters and so far they have all been doctrine chapters!
Stuff like Alma 32 or 2 Nephi 31 so that has been super awesome! All of the
baptism dates that we were able to set this week went pretty cool as well. With
Aurora and her son Miguel we asked her what date she wanted. We felt like the
31st was the right date for her but when we asked her she suggested the 28th of
February. We asked Miguel what he thought of that and he was like "No! I
don't want to be baptized then!" (He's 1o by the way) and we were like
"Ok... why?" and he told us
that he knew that it had to be in January and that it should be the 31st. We
hadn't told them that was the day we were thinking of yet for them so that was
pretty cool. Aurora said she thought Miguel was right and that day was better
so there you go. Awesomeness. With Donna, she had a lot of hesitancy because
she has a lot of friends in the church that she attends now and she's worried
that they won't be friends with her if she leaves and she had a lot of trouble
figuring out what she wanted to do for herself. Someone like forever ago told
me that when you can't make a decision you flip a coin, not because the coin
tells you what to do, but because when it's in the air you know what you want the
choice to be. So, we talked to her about that and said she wanted to try it. I
know it sounds crazy, flip a coin to see if you get baptized but remember that
it's not about the coin it's about what you want. So we flipped a coin and I
caught it and asked her what she wanted it to be (heads was baptism and tails
was not) and she said "well, I guess that I want it to be heads!"
(it's funny it actually was tails but again, that's not the point). We promised
her that real friends wouldn't leave her just for going to another church and
she plans on starting to tell them today!
Oh this week I also got a letter from Autumn that she sent
me while I was in the MTC. Yeah... getting mail here is like pony express
speed, so sorry if I take forever to get back to you! I promise it'll probably
get to me eventually. OH, one other random thing, we have a wedding dress in
the closet of our apartment. I don't know why but, we do...
Well, that's about it. Sorry no crazy stories for you this
week. I still have a little time though so... here, I'll tell you about what I
studied this morning. Among other things, D&C 121: 34-46. I have written
next to it, Parenting, leadership positions, callings from God. The verses talk
about the priesthood and what needs to be done to be a worthy priesthood holder
but it applies to much more than that. It applies to all positions where we
have authority over someone or something. Elder Oaks recently gave a talk about
how we aren't used to calling the power that women work under the priesthood
but what else could it be? Whenever we exercise God's power in any sense, but
it in callings or whatever, it is priesthood power. And in order to us and
obtain that, we have to be living worthy. And, what greater calling from God is
there than to be a parent? And God, as our Father and perfect example, shows us
the way to be a good parent if we listen and look at the way he handles and
lovingly but firmly teaches us.
Well, hope everything is going well and everyone keeps on
keeping on! I still haven't heard from Brandi though so I just have to assume
that she still doesn't love me. =D
Have a good week!
April
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