Okay but on the real... this week was cahhh-razy. Crazy good though!
You know what time it is!!! Weekly highlights:
1. Lidocane 4 Dayz: HAHA okay Sister Tuprin got an ingrown toenail and we had to go to the doctor so they could numb her with Lidocane and fix it. It was an all day ordeal but two good things came out of it: 1. We celebrated with pizza and 2. I fulfilled another lifelong dream of being able to draw the Plan of Salvation on the examination table.
2. Teach me how to Waddle: remember when I said that I will have to waddle off the plane in 16 months?? I wasn't lying. Here's what went down this week: we went to dinner with our investigators at this place called Pasta House. They ordered TWO appetizers and we got unlimited salads and we each got a large pasta dish AND we got cheesecake and then they took us to get frozen custard after. What even. The sad thing is that I ate everything they put in front of me. #noshame
3. THE DAY THE PORCH SWING FELL: *keep in mind above highlight while reading* soooo... Saturday night was Sister Goeller's birthday! She wanted to have a Halloween themed party (remember when she invited us to it from the pulpit? lol) and everyone had to dress up! I was a bunny and Sister Turpin was a schoolgirl. We killed the costumes not gonna lie... anyway they had a bonfire and I wanted to sit in their porch swing. So I did but right as I sat down it fell. To the ground. I broke their porch swing................................................................................ I really gotta stop eating at lix.
4. Bye bye Potosi: yesterday in church we got a huge announcement. Our little Potosi Branch is being dissolved and will be combining with the Farmington Ward. This will be soooo good and needed to happen. I felt right at home since for a while there our stake was being changed and wards were being split and all that fun stuff in Eagle :) There truly is strength in numbers so it will be good. BUT. What does that mean for us missionaries?!! So there are Elders serving in the Farmington Ward so now there will be two sets of missionaries in our ward. We don't really know how it's all going to work... we have to wait and see what President Morgan says but for now, we are both staying in our areas!
And now for the more important things...
1. Carolyn: we had a really good lesson with her and read Ether 12. We talked about faith and how it is an action word. She told us that she has been living the word of wisdom and that she would be at church on Sunday. Well....... she didn't show. Darn it! But it's all good. It's all good. We are just sad because we know she knows it's true but she isn't making an effort to be at church. Keep her in your prayers... she needs them!
2. Andrea: that's right a new name, a new investigator!!!!! What's up!!! So this is such a cool story actually. So we got a call the other night from the Hillsboro sisters. Apparently Andrea went to their ward last Sunday on her own and told them she wants to take the lessons. What? This never happens. But wait it gets better. Turns out she lives in Potosi aka OUR area. So we went and met with her on Saturday and told her we were going to talk about the Restoration. We pulled out a pamphlet so she could follow along and she goes, "Oh I have all those on my phone! I've already read them." Okay, who reads the missionary pamphlets on their own?! And then she came to church yesterday with us. Guys, if you ever doubt that Heavenly Father loves you... I can promise you He does! Because He sent Andrea to me. And so many other miracles.
3. Rose and Steve: we had planned to commit them to pray on Friday night to know if the Book of Mormon is true. They've been reading, just not praying and we've really been talking about having a sincere heart and real intent when they read and pray. We read Mosiah 3:19 and talked about putting off the natural man and how in order to feel the Spirit we need to become as a little child (submissive, meek, etc.). We were then going to read the Book of Mormon intro and commit them to pray that night but things took a different turn... dun dun dun. Steve sat there and really opened up. He said how he loves having us come over but not for the right reasons. He just likes to hang out with us. He hasn't been doing any of the things we tell him to and he realized he needs to take us more seriously. He also realized that he needs to open himself up to Christ in order to really progress. I then felt prompted to share Ether 12:27 and talk about weakneses being made into strengths through Christ. Rose and Steve want to be more broken hearted but it's hard for them to open up... it's a weakness. I commited them to have a "heart to heart" with God (that's what Steve called it) and to ask Him to make their weaknesses into strengths and to find out if continuing to meet with us is really something they want. They need to figure out their intent and where their heart is. It was a really good lesson though and the Spirit was present.
I have been thinking a lot about Ether 12:27... I mean, it is my plaque scripture :) it is so good! We all have weaknesses whether it seems like it or not. Maybe you are impatient, maybe you are deaf, maybe you don't have a job, etc., etc. Whatever it may be, we are all blessed with weaknesses/trials. And yes, I did say blessed. I say that because learning to turn to Christ to and allowing Him to turn our weaknesses into strengths is a beautiful thing.
I hope you all have a great week and gain 10 pounds because it's Halloween!!!
xoxo