So this week, sister hatch and I went on exchanges! I actually stayed in our area and Sister Rush, one of the sister training leaders joined me. The highlight was going to see Fred and Betty. They're this older married couple and they don't exactly know that they're investigators, but they totally are. Every time we go to see them, we slip in a short lesson. It's fun! It's like we're secret agents. But this last one was the best, because Sister Rush is a brave, brave soul! We talked with them for a while, and then Fred ended up having to leave. So it was just us and Betty. We ended up talking about how God is our loving heavenly father, and not a god of vengeance. She asked us questions about how we have seen God's hand in our lives, and she shared some experiences with us as well. It was really special, and she really opened up to us. Sister Rush was gutsy and pulled out the Book of Mormon and shared some scriptures from that as well! She's awesome.
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| {on exchanges with Sister Rush! Slurpees are so much better in Canada!} |
We have another new investigator named Cherril! It was awesome. While sister Hatch was on exchanges with Sister Kunz, they were teaching at a less active member's home. Her name is Patricia. Towards the end of the lesson, Patricia asked if they were allowed to teach people in Clareview (our area)! Sister Hatch was like "Clareview? That's my area!" So Patricia gave Sister Hatch her friend Cherril's info, and we stopped by her house on Sunday. She's very sweet and told us we could come back on Monday. So we did! Basically, Patricia is taking care of Cherril, because she is in a wheelchair and can't do much on her own. So Patricia actually came at the end of our lesson. It was awesome! She told us she's been looking for a church, and Patricia spoke very highly of ours. It's perfect! We taught her the restoration and committed her to read and pray about the book of mormon! Yay!
It was funny how many times this week we were in the right place at the right time! Even though busing around is a pain in the butt,
it's super awesome, because we are able to find a lot of people to teach! So yesterday, Sister Hatch and I bussed over to a less active's home to teach her a short lesson, but she wasn't there! We were pretty bummed out, and decided to bus back home and eat lunch.
As we were getting off the bus at the station, this woman stopped us and said "Hey sisters!" We were a little confused, because this rarely happens, but
we said "hi" and asked if she was a member! She said she is, but she hasn't been able to get work off on Sundays, so it's been pretty hard for her lately.
She also told us she is the only member in her family, and that makes it pretty difficult as well. Anyways, she said she wants us to help her to get back into the groove of things,
so we are going to start teaching her now! Yay!
On that same day, we were sitting at the station, and this little British girl asked us if we knew when her bus was coming. We told her, and she continued to talk to us and
then asked us if we were Mormons. She told us her roommate used to learn from missionaries so she knew a little bit about our church, and
she was still interested in learning more! We got her info and
we're planning on teaching her this weekend! Woot woot! It was crazy.
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