The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
September 3, 2012
We are going to be working on the 200 names of less-actives the bishop gave us. Yeah, we’re going to be chewing on that piece of jerky for a while... especially because he just gave us names categorized into Primary, YM [Young Men], YW [Young Women], RS [Relief Society], and Priesthood. NO addresses. We have to get in touch with the ward clerk and fill in the addresses ourselves.
YEAH BOY! Dê me mais! Gimme more! We hit TWO homeruns last Saturday. We contacted a referral of a member WITH the member (go figure). Daniella and Anderson. They have a 5-year-old girl and are LEGALLY MARRIED! Whaaaaaaaa? We started fasting after lunch on Saturday, and we broke our fast to eat lunch on Sunday. After lunch, we contacted this family; and the great miracle was that our fast was to find a family to teach and baptize. The whole ward was invited to fast for this, also; and then BAM! Miracle. Last week, Sister Sone was fervently praying because she was really worried to be a senior companion and was stacked with the daunting task of starting all over here in this ward. She prayed to know of a member who could present a family to us, and Valney popped into her head. Sure enough, he has helped us find 2 families so far. |
The second homerun was that we had our first lesson with a lady we contacted on the street. She told us during the lesson that when we contacted her on the street, she was hurrying out the door to resolve a friend’s problem; and when we contacted her, she felt so much calmer afterward. She was very impressed and lovingly guarded the flier we gave her. She also loved that we were quick and to the point, so how could she NOT say yes to us returning? We hit it off, and she told us her whole life story. Josilene is so great. The only sad thing we didn't cope well with was our family and Josilene didn't show up for church.
The Funnies
This morning I had the privilege to clean the bathroom for the first time... and the grime on the bottom tiles is so gunky that I, with my fingernail, scratched out the phrase, “That’s NASTY, dude!” Sister Sone laughed a ton when she saw it. [Quote from last week: “Sister Sonesone loves Kid History!!! SCORE!”]
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of protein. I showed her All-Bran... the next day, after a long visit in the bathroom, she returned to our room and gave me the All-Bran. “You can have this if you want. I don’t think I should eat it.”
Before the mission, Sister Soneghet lived in Orem with a return missionary friend, who served her mission in Espirito Santo, which is Sister Sone’s home ward. She participated in Education Week at BYU; and I was like, “DUDE! I WAS ON CAMPUS THEN! I WAS TAKING CLASSES!” She is very Americanized, which is really nice because we have gotten very close. I feel a bit guilty that I didn’t fulfill my purpose there in Santa Margarida; that’s why I’ll most likely return to the Campinas Ward one day. I really feel like I was supposed to help Sister DeO and the ward more, but I guess I have to “cinch up my panties and move on!” Hahah, yes, that’s what “gird your loins” means. Because of the robes they used, when they had to work in the field or do something, they would tuck in the long robe part into their belt thing. [Fun fact from the field.]
Before the mission, Sister Soneghet lived in Orem with a return missionary friend, who served her mission in Espirito Santo, which is Sister Sone’s home ward. She participated in Education Week at BYU; and I was like, “DUDE! I WAS ON CAMPUS THEN! I WAS TAKING CLASSES!” She is very Americanized, which is really nice because we have gotten very close. I feel a bit guilty that I didn’t fulfill my purpose there in Santa Margarida; that’s why I’ll most likely return to the Campinas Ward one day. I really feel like I was supposed to help Sister DeO and the ward more, but I guess I have to “cinch up my panties and move on!” Hahah, yes, that’s what “gird your loins” means. Because of the robes they used, when they had to work in the field or do something, they would tuck in the long robe part into their belt thing. [Fun fact from the field.]
Last week Sister Sone got an email from her dad that was so inspirational. She shared a lot of it with me, and she almost cried. I was thinking about you a lotty lot. That and I miss having a fix-it man. In the other house, we lived without a light in the bedroom because it would spark and such. The counselor to the president tried to fix it and ended up only making it worse. Both sinks in the bathrooms here do NOT work. The hose to the washing machine leaks; and the long light bulbs [fluorescent tubes, I guess] have never been replaced, so we don’t have much light in the kitchen.... :/ This is gonna change. Why don’t the sisters just ask the landlords of the apartment? Dunno, but have no fear, Sister Nelson is here. I’ve realized that my feng shui is very delicate. I can’t live with these problems, so I’m gonna find a way to fix ‘em!
Mommy, I’ve been receiving the missionties letters. They’re way fun. Okay, send the package. We’ll see how safe it is. Cross that package up… ya know…
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Mommy, I’ve been receiving the missionties letters. They’re way fun. Okay, send the package. We’ll see how safe it is. Cross that package up… ya know…
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