Hi Everyone,
Today we don't have too much of a pday though. We went to the temple this morning, which was great! We are allowed to go every 3 months (if it has been over 3 months for your companion as well) and you just have to have a member ride to the temple. So we woke up at 4:30 this morning and went running. Sister Gonzalez is not a runner so she is so nice to get up and do that with me. She was one of the sisters that wants me to help them become a runner and it has been great running with her everyday. Sometimes we don't get to run for very long but even just the little bit is nice. Then we got ready and had personal and companionship study each for an hour and then left for the temple at 8:30 and went to the first session at 9:30. The temple here is beautiful! As we were taking pictures outside of the temple, sister Gonzalez and I realized that we are kinda matching today with our black and white outfits...wasn't planned but that's kinda fun. We stopped at Walmart on our way home from the members house after the temple and got groceries. While we were wandering around the store we noticed that there were some super cheap Halloween shirts so we ended up buying matching glow-in-the-dark Halloween shirts just for fun. We decided that we needed to do it because we only have a week left in this transfer and sister Gonzalez has been here in Riverview for 6 months now so we are thinking that she will be leaving and I'll get a new companion here. It'll be sad but it will be good to change and have the opportunity to learn from another companion.
We are still teaching A and he is doing really well! He is still on date for Oct 8th and is excited about it. It has been really difficult with the whole language barrier but we think that we might have found someone nearby that is a recent convert and he speaks both Swahili and English fluently so that was a huge miracle this week! We haven't quite figured out how it is all going to work yet but we are praying that he will be able to at least help us over the phone or something. We were able to meet his family yesterday and they were all so sweet! Hopefully they will see his example and will want to learn about the gospel as well.We had a lesson with a man named P on Tuesday night and that went really well! He is from Mexico and is so nice! It was the first time we met him and we taught him the restoration and he said that he believes that it is all true. We invited him to baptism and he said yes but we haven't picked a date yet. We are praying that he will be able to continue to progress and keep that desire to follow the example of Jesus Christ. He spoke really fast and had a weird accent so I had a really hard time understanding him but I tried. It was nice to have a companion from Mexico to help me out when I was lost.
It has been pretty slow lately at the VC but we actually had a couple large tour groups come in this week and that was so great! It was all a bunch of old couples who are traveling to all the historical sites. I love giving tours in general but this past group that came in this week was one of my favorites. They were just so eager to learn and the spirit was so strong.
I gave a tour this Saturday, right before women's conference (which was incredible!), and afterwards found out that a member of the presiding bishopric (bishop Waddell) was in my group! So that was pretty cool. He wasn't in church clothes or anything and it was a LARGE group so I didn't even notice him.
There have been so many miracles this week and I am so grateful for this transfer that I have had with Sister Gonzalez. I have been able to learn so much from her and I am excited to see what will happen next transfer!Love and miss you! Have a great week!
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