WHAAAAT,
this week was crazy! It started off with an earthquake that everyone felt BUT
ME!! Figures. But I'll be okay, I
think.
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Bakersfield Loves Families!
Sister King, Sister Bryan
February, 2016
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Lots
of exchanges this week! A sister in our zone has been pretty sick so I went out
with her companion so that some work could be done in their area. The prayers
said for her are WORKING because she's been able to get out of the
house and work! Miracles man, every day.
We also went on exchanges with the Oaks sisters, Sharples and Gallacher. Sister Gallacher has been on her mission a whopping 2 WEEKS, but she's a pro already! Sister Sharples is a beast at jumping in and teaching everyone, they’re so cute and fun!
We
finished teaching O and F and they're set to be baptized this weekend! We've
become experts at drawing and coloring because if it isn't included in lessons,
there will be a mutiny. Speaking of coloring, we went to a family's house for a
Family Home Evening (crayons included) and I had the most Bakersfield-esque
experience. This person has a huge chicken pen, but full of cats instead. Eight of
them. She does not enjoy cats, but since there are stray cats and dogs out the
wazoo here, she'd rather keep them locked up and give them food than have them
ruin her garden. Living in hick town here!
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| Sister Pesci, Sister Harmon, Sister King February, 2016 |
But
the absolute most INSANE STORY of the week goes out to Mr. L. The APs call us
and tell us that their recent convert's ex-husband called her up and said he
wanted to be baptized into the Mormon Church and he lived in our area. Of
course, we're thrilled, so they text us his name and address and it's none
other than Mr. L! We literally taught
him a MONTH ago, one month! And he said he wasn't interested in changing his
life. And Sister Bryan went on exchanges in this area 7 months ago and met him
and it was the same story. But he's way cool, and reads the Book of Mormon
every day, and is excited to turn his life around and we're both still in
shock. But what a cool thing the atonement is! God prepares people in His own
time, that’s for sure
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| Sister Missionaries waiting for a phone call February, 2016 |
We had a follow up zone
conference where we watched a training video by Elder Bednar on teaching by the
spirit and it was amazing! I've seen it before, but I got so much more out of
it. I think he puts it best when he says that none of us are smart enough to
know what questions to ask, or what exactly to say, or how to help the people
we meet. But the spirit IS smart enough, so if we work hard and live worthy of
it we'll know what to do to best bring souls unto Christ. Just like D&C
11:21 promises, "Seek not to declare my word, but first seek to obtain my
word, and then shall your tongue be loosed; then, if you desire, you shall have
my Spirit and my word, yea, the power of God unto the convincing of men."
God
never leaves us alone to fend for ourselves, how lucky we are to have a
constant friend to support us in all our righteous desires! I'm not alone in
this work, none of us are; all we need to do is open our mouths!
Yes,
we got a perfect score on our apartment inspection. We have housing inspectors
for each part of the mission, usually just some local members. We were literally
cleaning when they walked in and we were only working on it for like 45
minutes, they must have been nice or the other places must have been terrible, ha
ha.
It’s
been 80s, and it will stay 80s... No more rain, just smog everywhere :'(
I love you all, have an amazing week!
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