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| Sister Beech, Sister Quintinar, (an amazing lady in the Fuquay ward) and I |
I am excited to be able to stay in a place for more than 6 weeks and I feel like I'll really have a chance to get to know the families in the ward as well as our investigators and help them follow through on their commitments. This week has been a BUSY week!
Wednesday we did exchanges with the sisters in Green Level so I got to spend the day with Sister Brown in Fuquay! It was so great to be able to talk with her and swap some stories and hear how everyone is doing. I love her so much! That night we had a church tour with our new investigator Daniel. We had the bishop and a sister ward missionary come with us and went very well.
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| The Youth from Green Level Ward |
Funny story from Wednesday! First of all it is raining... pretty hard. Sister Brown and I were at the gas station, filling up the car, when a man, probably in his 30's, rolled down his window and yelled, "What are you two girls selling?" We were a little startled and replied "We're not selling anything! We're missionaries for our church. You want a pamphlet?" He stopped for a second and said, "Yeah I want a pamphlet!" I went over to his car and told him "I'm Sister Shurtz." I explained a little bit about our church and gave him a restoration pamphlet and told him where our church building is located. He looked up at me and said, "You're Sister Shurtz? Well I'm Brother Pants. We go together pretty well wouldn't you say?" We laughed pretty hard and I got his information and he said he would come to church. The next day we get a voicemail from him that was inviting me to go to dinner with him and maybe tell him more about our church. We laughed pretty hard because I never thought I would get asked on a date when I was on my mission!
Thursday we had a lesson with the Grahams in a member's home where we watched "Man's Search for Happiness". It was a good video and they both enjoyed it a lot and it brought up some really good questions. They are going to get there one day I just know it!
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| Sister Beech with the Grahams |
Friday we did some service and then we also taught a lesson to an investigator where we watched the hour long Joseph Smith movie (which can be found on the mormonchannel.org).
It was powerful and again we had good conversation because of it. We are supposed to be setting a baptismal date with him this week.
Saturday we had a good visit with Brother Williams. Brother and Sister Wright came with us, as they usually do, and we were able to talk about temples and how important they are. Have I told you about the Wrights? They are an AMAZING family! They have 8 children and they are just the most fun and always willing to help us with whatever we might need. She is definitely one of my favorite people. After that we had a lesson with Daniel... and his parents unexpectedly. They are from Portugal, but they speak pretty good english. They are all very nice and seem decently interested, even though they still call themselves Catholic.
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| Sister Beech and I with Brother Williams |
Yesterday Daniel and the Grahams came to church! Daniel seemed to enjoy it and is planning on coming back next week! Miracles are happening and Fuquay-Varina is a great place to be. But I know that I need to keep working hard and doing everything I can to spread the gospel and to help God's children.
I know this church is true and that prayers are answered. I know that Jesus Christ is our savior and He knows how we feel at all times and is always there to help us overcome our weaknesses. Being a missionary is hard sometimes, but it is also one of the most rewarding things I have ever done. I love the Lord, I love His gospel, and I love the work.
And I love each of you,
Sister Shurtz
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