Miracles:
On exchanges we had a
lesson scheduled for a girl named Hanna, who wanted to know more about what we
teach. So we called beforehand, to meet her outside of her house. We knocked on
the door (thinking she wouldn't answer and we would go), but she answered! She
said, "I'll be out in a minute", then she told her mom and dad, who
came out and told us that they have their religion and they don't want us
talking to her daughter. We tried explaining to them that we were just trying
to help her daughter come closer to Jesus Christ, but they refused. Then they
made her come out to say, "ya sorry guys, I can't meet with you
anymore.." and that was it. Leaving, Sister Pugh felt devastated. Knowing
that this happened alllll the time with Sister Kay and I, I knew that God still
loved that Family, and the parents are doing the best that they can, it just
wasn't the right time for them.... THEN a few hours later, we were driving in
the car to another persons house and she calls up, apologizing for her
parents!! and she wants to know more about the Gospel!! MAN WHAT A MIRACLE!
Later, at church, on Sunday, Sister Pugh and her companion had Hanna at church!
Also, a second girl walked into the church, wanting to learn more about our
church, who would be in my Ward (congregation)! How cool is that, Miracles are
awesome! There are many more miracles to talk about but this one is inspiring.
Companion exchanges are pretty cool!
Mathias is still
scheduled for Baptism in October. We met with him and his friends on Saturday,
that was a miracle! The 11 year old kids are actually understanding it more
than Mathias is!
When it's time for us
to find more people, we have checked every neighborhood for potential
investigators in our area. It gets pretty redundant, and its hard to take up
all this time for finding and teaching! Sometimes I just walk around for 10
mins before I'm supposed to be home, that accomplishes the job! Many miracles,
but also a lot of down time of knocking on doors of, looking for potential
people to teach. It seems that no one is home because they all are working and
have busy lives and schedules. It's kind of crazy, when is a person here ever
not busy??!
Spiritual thought for the week:
Be patient and know
that I am God. Be patient, knowing, if you listen, the Holy Ghost will tell you
the things what to say! Always turn outward, never inward, especially during
the hardest times.
SUCK IT UP & LOVE
IT <3
Our Savior is our
Example for Everything.
And LOVE is our
motivation in all the things that we do. Ask yourself "why you are doing
this?" then the answer to that question ask, "why?" If you do,
it should go back to your family, other people or the Lord. Try it!
Sister Callista Chaffin
Sister Kay and I got tapioca shakes, I guess you could call it, there is tapioca in the bottom!!
Schmetterling-Butterfly
The houses very close to each other, re town houses. They are houses that are connected.... and every neighbor hood, that aren't huge Mansions with a bunch of land, are town houses, that is the Virginia way. They also have nooo street lights..
the fountain is where my apartment is..
A really odd flower is a flower from Rita and her garden. We went on exchanges and sister Pugh and I ( one of our sister training leaders) went and held her cut some of an over grown plant of a tree.. and at the end she gave the flower.. It's called a Jesus flower because the purple part represents the crown of thorns Jesus had, and he bore all of our sins, that's why it is purple. Going upon the middle the weird green/ orange things that have the poles on it, represent the 5 marks in Jesus Christ's body and the top three things is that he rose on the third day! And it represents the Godhead of Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost! The Garden lady, Rita also raises caterpillars to butter flies, the butterfly picture was the same day but some where completely different, it was kinda cool!
the car in a parking lot you can see the frog!! that is literally in the middle of a neighbor hood.
the pictures on the wall is my desk...
MOD PIZZA WAS IN THE CLIFTON WARDS AREA
This is sister Pugh ( one of the sister training leaders), the person I went on exchanges with! It's where we switch companions, and I got to go to Clifton for a day and spend the night at another apartment!
This guys name is Jun, he is a recent convert of a year and is the ward mission leader for the Chinese branch. He wanted to take us out for dinner with his wife because he loves missionaries!!
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