We found a new investigator named M, who is awesome! We met him last Tuesday and then had a return appointment on Sunday and now are seeing him again this Thursday! We taught him the restoration and he loved it and is reading the Book of Mormon! He just moved into an apartment above a gift shop and is decorating it with all this snazzy art.
So there are 3 sweet old ladies in our ward who are sisters and all live together because their husbands have all passed away and they have horses and live on this ranch in the middle of nowhere. It is the cutest thing. We'll apparently their house flooded this week and so we went on Saturday and pulled all the carpet out of their basement and took it down into the middle of a field in a wheel barrow. That night, they had an ice cream social in their yard that they have been planning for the ward for months. They made tubs and tubs of homemade ice cream and literally had probably 20 dozen homemade cookies (ALL made by them) for us to eat too! It was crazy! And we have dinner with them tonight so im sure that we will get many more.
We had an amazing lesson with V this week! She is progressing really well! She said that she thinks she has already received her answer that the church is true and is going to call her son to see when he can fly in to baptize her! She is praying about a date. Literally the biggest miracle and a huge change from last lesson where she ran into anti material. The Lord works in crazy ways but it always works out for the best!
The senior couples here spoil us and always come up with random excuses to throw us parties. So they threw a party for all the sisters that didn't have a birthday this transfer. Literally everyone. haha they are the best!
We had zone conference this week, and it was sooo good! President Love showed us this super cheezy video about cheese...haha it was ridiculous but it helped me to recognize the importance of trying different things to find! It helped me to see that a good attitude is so important to have! He also shared a great analogy about the sacrament. He said that every sunday when we go into sacrament meeting, we have rocks in our pockets. Each of us carries rocks each day and they pile up throughout the week. He said that we must empty ourselves of these burdens as we metaphorically put them on the sacrament table. He pleaded with us not to leave sacrament meeting with rocks still in our pockets and not to carry burdens that the savior has already paid for. It made such a big difference as I reflected on this during the sacrament this week and my love and appreciation for the Savior and His Atonement grew. I hope you all can do the same.
I also read a great article from the ensign this week called "a better way to measure myself" from Sept 2017. Super good! 10/10
A super sweet couple came into the jail from my home stake yesterday! They haven't been to church in a long time and said that this trip helped them to recognize the sacrifices that others made so that they could have the gospel in their lives, and they felt like they needed to show more appreciation for the blessings they have. So they are going back to church and I am keeping in touch with them via teaching center!
I love my calling!
and I love you all!
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