This week has been crazy cool. We beat the goal for the mission of lessons taught and have six investigators now. I had to do two exchanges this week and I was super nervous because I really don't like change (surprise) and they were both sprung on me. So I had to sleep in someone else's unwashed sheets and I was really anxious about it, but then I got over it and the day was AWESOME.
We were planning on seeing this lady, but when we pulled up to her house, we didn't feel right about it. So we went down the street to another member's house and asked for some referrals. When we left, we drove past the lady's house again, and a firetruck pulled up. WHAT? So we got out and see her crying and we went over to see if she was okay or if we could help at all. She explained to us that the man that was living with her was drunk and yelling and broke his hand and she was just really distraught. We all went inside and the drunk man took an ambulance to the hospital. We were talking to her about how God doesn't give us more than we can handle with his help, and I had this super strong feeling to ask about her Patriarchal blessing. So I did. She doesn't have it yet but they apparently talked about it in Church. She took that as a sign that God has a plan for her and that she needs to get her blessing as soon as possible to figure it out. She stopped crying and we all talked and the spirit in that house got so strong. I haven't ever felt that useful in teaching before, nor have I felt like I'm guided by the Spirit, but that proved to me that I can make a difference and that the Spirit has guided me. Since then, I've been a lot better about recognizing the spirit in the lessons.
We were planning on seeing this lady, but when we pulled up to her house, we didn't feel right about it. So we went down the street to another member's house and asked for some referrals. When we left, we drove past the lady's house again, and a firetruck pulled up. WHAT? So we got out and see her crying and we went over to see if she was okay or if we could help at all. She explained to us that the man that was living with her was drunk and yelling and broke his hand and she was just really distraught. We all went inside and the drunk man took an ambulance to the hospital. We were talking to her about how God doesn't give us more than we can handle with his help, and I had this super strong feeling to ask about her Patriarchal blessing. So I did. She doesn't have it yet but they apparently talked about it in Church. She took that as a sign that God has a plan for her and that she needs to get her blessing as soon as possible to figure it out. She stopped crying and we all talked and the spirit in that house got so strong. I haven't ever felt that useful in teaching before, nor have I felt like I'm guided by the Spirit, but that proved to me that I can make a difference and that the Spirit has guided me. Since then, I've been a lot better about recognizing the spirit in the lessons.
Another exchange I went on was with a Sister who was in my district in the MTC. She's more shy than I am so I had to do most of the talking. We were driving down the street and I saw a man doing some yard work. So I stopped the car and we ran over there. Not really running, but you get the point. I asked if we could help. He said nope. I asked if we could share a quick message with him. He said "I'm a Christian." I said "THAT'S GREAT! We are too!" And went over and started talking. I gave him the Book of Mormon and we have a return appointment this week! So I guess opening my mouth really does work sometimes. We also tried tracting ... and it was terrible. I have never had that many doors slammed in my face. Figuratively or literally. I didn't like it. Luckily our members are pretty good about helping us out and bringing their friends to church.
On the Fourth of July, we got to play with sparklers! A member who owns our trailer brought over fireworks and set them off in our yard. It was a lot of fun.
Love all y'all!
Sister Chatterton
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I love that woman.
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