Just another week has passed here in Paradise. It has been a boring week... and also a really exciting week.
Here's the breakdown.....
Monday:
The usual P-day stuff. We actually cleaned and fully detailed our 2015 Chevy Equinox so it actually look presentable and not covered with bugs. It is surprising that you can even feel the Spirit when you clean your car!! Later, we went to the Winston's - Such a cute family and we had pizza and we learned about faith in Christ and invited them to share their testimonies online. Even little Jack wanted to participate. :)
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| Jack Winston and I |
We had our District Meeting and again we focused on the deeper meaning of faith and what we should put our faith in. It was a good one and then our lovely military relations Senior Couple made us all taco soup! Every area I have been too, there seems to be a common dish or meal. In Corning, I ate meatloaf and potatoes. In Utica, I always was being fed pizza and spaghetti. Here by Fort Drum, everyone feeds us taco soup and nachos. HaHa #NYstyle.
Afterwards, we tried some less-actives on post (because that is kinda the only thing we can do) and a fourth of our teaching pool is getting deployed or getting out of the Army and moving back home. So we are slightly sad and with them moving they are very busy and stressed and it is hard to meet with them. The highlight of the day was with the Sanchez family (who is also moving to Texas in a few weeks). We do FHE's with them and they have been slowly coming more to Church. They are from the Dominican Republic. We had dinner there and then we watched a Mormon Message on service and had a great lesson with the family on how they can better serve their fellow men. It was awesome, and we were going to teach their son to be baptized, but they are moving we are so sad. Thankfully, Texas will be better for them and fitting in at Church.
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| The Sanchez Girls and I |
For the first time, I was able to go tracting with my companion for more than 10 minutes and we did close to an hour or two. It was sweet. My tracting approaches were a little on the rusty side, but not too bad. We gave out some family history pamphlets and a restoration pamphlet, so we were happy. Nothing came of it... but it is the first time in our actual area tracting. Normally, it takes a few times to find the sweet spots! We also don't live in our area and we are struggling with mileage limitations. So, we can only work 1/4 of our area. We hope we can move apartments in the near future.
Thursday:
We taught Mary Lou the restoration with her coffee mugs and she loved it. Teaching old people is hard, they tend to get held up by the tiniest things and they can't always understand what you are trying to say to them no matter how simply you put it. :( We also then taught our part member family who is moving back to Utah in a month about the Sabbath day. They have the cutest children. Little baby models. Unfortunately, they didn't come to church, but it was still a sweet lesson. We taught Gabby and Cameron tithing and fasting and they both committed to do it. Then we met with the Potsdam Zone leaders and left for MLC.
Friday:
We hung out with many of my mission friends and then spent 6 hours on how to best help the mission. President now wants to help with our teaching and not make it so 'rote'. We have a ton of conferences coming up. I am so excited, especially for the one with Elder Randall Bennett of the 70's in the first week of October. Also, if I am still a STL (Sister Trainer Leader), I get to go to two special meeting with him and spend like 3 days following around a Member of the 70's!!! That would be so sweet. We hung out with the Scott's after getting home and absolutely failed an object lesson. Farm fresh eggs do not float in salt water... just know that!
Saturday:
Crazy. Weekly planning, we went to some ward's 8 year old baptisms and had a bomb lesson with Sister Clarke who is less active but wants to come back.
Sunday:
We had 12 miracles happen during Church!!!!
1) Sis. Clarke came to church for the first time and loved it.
2) Abby's (RC) family came to hear her bare her testimony (They're Non Members)
3) Her atheist sister bore her testimony about how she knows that there is a God and that he loves her.
4) Jake got his patriarchal blessing!
5) His recently activated mother bore her testimony.
6) The McDonald's got sealed
7) 3 Investigators came to church
8) 4 potential investigators came to church
9) Sis. Clarke, Gabby and Bev. all participated in 2nd and 3rd Hour.
10) Cameron paid tithing for the first time.
11) Cameron and Gabby fasted the whole day for the first time and said they weren't eve hungry!
12) Neither were we!!
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| The Scott Children and I |
We then taught Bev. at the Scott's and I learned more about farms and nature and goats than I ever wanted to know about in my whole life. Awkward!!
Oh, and the Elders may be put a dead snake in a box and left it on our doorstep... and gave us a frog the next day... boys!!
The Church is True!!!
Love, Sister Kylie Williams
