Our motto this week... and every week is "All I have to do right now is....." (Which is a quote from the new booklet, "Adjusting to Missionary Life") If we ever get feeling overwhelmed we just stop and repeat that phrase.
First things first, my ankle is back to it's normal size :)
Monday night we had dinner with the Chard family. She is the primary president and her four daughters are adorable. After dinner we had our lesson about why we need prophets, scriptures, and General Conference. The best part was when their youngest, Stephanie, answered a question that Brother Chard asked her. He asked, "Why was it important for Nephi to go back and get the brass plates?" She responded, "So they could eat food!" It took us a minute to understand what she was saying, but then we all laughed pretty hard when we understood where the confusion came from.
Tuesday we visited an amazing less active member, Sister Carwell and had a great conversation about Alma 7:11-13.
11 And he shall go forth, suffering pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind; and this that the word might be fulfilled which saith he will take upon him the pains and the sicknesses of his people.
12 And he will take upon him death, that he may loose the bands of death which bind his people; and he will take upon him their infirmities, that his bowels may be filled with mercy, according to the flesh, that he may know according to the flesh how to succorhis people according to their infirmities.
I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior and that He came and died for us. But more than that, He took all of our pains, afflictions, temptations, sicknesses, and infirmities. He has felt it all so now He can say, "I know how you feel." It is an amazing blessing to know that we have a Savior we can rely on at all times!
The rest of our appointments that day ended up getting canceled by our investigators, but we have appointments with them tomorrow and we are hoping and praying that they will all work out. We did go out with a member though who is from Moses Lake! "It's a small world after all."
Wednesday we had district meeting and then went out to try and find some less active members. Because we had the car it was a lot easier and less time consuming! We were able to talk to a few of them, but none are very interested in meeting with us right now.
Thursday we did weekly planning and met with Allean. She was out of town yesterday and didn't make it to church.
Friday we had another miracle! After dinner we went to talk to someone the sisters had contacted months ago. We knocked on the door, but Mike wasn't home. His wife, Angie was home and quickly told us that she wasn't interested and that she was a Christian. She said, "I believe differently than you do." (We later found out that she thought we were Seventh Day Adventists). We assured her that we are Christians too and that we love to share messages about Jesus Christ and do service. Her attitude completely changed and the next thing we know we are inside her home having a sit down lesson with her reading from the Book of Mormon to answer her questions. We have another appointment with her for this Friday and we are so excited! It was one of those times when you are so excited, but you have to hold it in, until you get out the door and into the car... then you check to make sure they can't see you... and then you scream and jump up and down in your seat. The Spirit can make you hyper! I love being a missionary!
Saturday was a really busy day! We first went to the church and helped set up for the auction fund raiser that night. Then we had lunch with a member who removed her name removed but will be getting baptized again soon. After that we had about 5 people we wanted to try to find that the ward leaders had asked us to visit. They all either moved or weren't home. On the way home we stopped by a referral and knocked on some doors. The only people we had a real conversation with were gay or a pastor in their own church. We ended up having an appointment cancel on us so we had a little more free time but still ended up grabbing a bite to eat really fast before heading over to the church for the auction. It was a fund raiser for the youth programs and it was a lot of fun and we were able to meet some people too. Also, there was someone there who had made his own Iron Man costume... and that is the only picture that Sister Zoolakis and I have together....
Sunday we had the Meads come to church!!! We were so excited to see Sister Mead with Freddie (13), and Samantha (8). None of our investigators were able to make it and Sister Reid didn't come either. We were able to attend Young Women's and it was so great to see one of the girls teaching the lesson! It was an amazing lesson about how we can be in the world and not of the world. In other words, how we can keep from being influenced by the world around us.
Well, I think that about sums it up. Sister Zoolakis is amazing and I am so blessed to be working with her! Our only problem so far is that we enjoy talking to each other and telling stories that we have difficulty focusing when we are supposed to be planning! haha
Hope y'all have a great week!
Love,
Sister Shurtz
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