This
week has been FREEZING. Literally. Everything is frozen. Our door
knobs, our car, our faces. But that's okay, because this week has also
been AWESOME. We were able to see all of our investigators! Which is
rare because everyone is so busy around the holidays. So that was good! I
think the best appointment of the week was with Tanner. We decided we
would watch Jospeh Smith: Prophet of the Restoration with him because
that movie is SO good, and gives such a great understanding of the
restoration of the gospel. So because of the rule of 3 (missionaries
always have to have 3 members of the same sex when teaching a lesson- so
we can teach any woman by ourself, but if we teach a guy then we either
need another girl with us or 2 more men)...so anyway, because of that,
we had to get the elders to come with us. BUT, another mission rule is
that we can't drive investigators in our own car. SO we arranged for a
member to come get him. The catch is that Tanner is high-key shy and
isn't the biggest fan of meeting new people, so we told him we'd be
there to pick him up. Which was basically true. So we meet him at the
dorms, and tell him that someone is actually coming to get us. Then our
ward mission leader pulls up in his bright red PT Cruiser with the
elders and we're like "Actually you're going with him. We'll follow
behind you in our car." At that point Tanner's eyes get huge and you can
tell he's got the whole "I'm about to be kidnapped and sold into the
sex slave trade" look going on. But he willingly complies and we head
over to Bro Grawe's house to watch the movie. And GUESS WHAT? Tanner
TOTALLY opened up to everyone! They're like 4 peas in a pod. So by the
end of the evening they're all complete BFFs and Bro Grawe shares his
conversion story, and the Spirit was so strong. Tanner said he really
understood what led to the restoration of Christ's church and said he
believed it happened! #heckyeah #poweroftheholyspirit #andgoodfellowship
#gettingdunked
The
hours leading up to that event were less awesome. We worked super hard
all week and got 13 solid people who said they would come to church Sunday!
We had rides lined up for them and everything, and you know what
happened? Church. Gets. CANCELLED. I guess -30 degrees was too much for
even the natives here, so we got phone calls and emails that no one
should show up to church. We were SO DISAPPOINTED and had to call our
investigators and tell them not to come. The saddest part was that it
was a special sacrament meeting specifically for non-members and people
visiting for the first time. My heart was in approximately 5,000
different pieces. But I know the Lord has His hand in everything and I'm
sure there was a reason it happened!
Earlier
in the week we went on exchanges! It was the best! I was with Sister
Eriksson who's from Sweden and she has the cutest accent. It was awesome
because everyone we talked to asked where she was from and why she was
here, which was the perfect opportunity to bring up the gospel! And
she's the most optimistic person I've ever met. It was the most fun I've
had in a really long time- even tracting can be fun if you're with the
right person!
Even
with the cold weather we've been doing our best to find new
investigators. It's definitely more challenging, but I'm so grateful for
the chance to teach people during the holidays (and it's definitely
toughening me up!). The gospel of Jesus Christ is so important and
changes lives- it needs to be shared!
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