WOAH NOW. I've been out a month say what!? Okay but apparently I heard that my time at the MTC doesn't count towards my mission so I haven't been out a month? Is that true? Idk! Weird if ya ask me! But oh my lands lemme tell you about my crazy week!!!
Okay so just real quick, I know I probably haven't explained much about my area. Honestly, I have no idea what I've told you so far! hahaha I never remember! I'm in Fort Belvoir, and that's in Lorton/Alexandria. I've met people from like EVERYWHERE! It's awesome!! I am so blessed to be put into an area where we already have A TON of people to teach, a ton of new and progressing investigators... etc. Everyone says that this area is the best in the mission. I am so grateful!!!
So Last Monday, our solid investigator named Amber, set a date to be baptized, May 21st! She is so prepared holy moly batman. Every time I talk to her I'm just like UHHH WOW! She teaches me so much! So she came to stake conference this last Sunday and we are planning a temple visitor center trip for next week. We are so happy and excited for her! Later that night, we went and visited grandma hahah (the old lady from Africa) and she made us go buy her a coke from 7-11. Hahah I love that lady.
Tuesday we had the opportunity to serve a lady in our ward who moved. We cleaned out her kitchen. We taught a lesson to a guy named Fernando and his two little girls. They might be interested, he said it's up to his wife. We had a lesson that night with another one of our solid investigators, Adama. She is from Sierra Leon, Africa. She has kids and they are WILD. We love them! The struggle that a lot of our investigators have right now is coming to church. They all have to work Sundays so it makes it hard for them to come to church. We have three investigators with baptismal dates in May! But two of them might have to get pushed back because they can't come to church.
Wednesday we went to see a referral that we got. Her name is Teresa and she has three little girls. She's had a hard life growing up, and she is really interested in learning more about the Gospel. We taught her the Restoration right there on her porch and she really liked it! We could tell that she was touched by the Spirit and the prayer that we said at the end. She is so sweet, I love her family so much! She also said she would try to come to church this next Sunday!! We then had our district meeting. We have 4 sets of missionaries in our district. Two sets of elders, me and Sister Langford AND our sweet senior missionary couple, Elder and Sister Torgersen. We visited our Greek friends, Athina and Maria, and every time we go over there, Athina stuffs us with food. HAHA She sends us home with chips and cookies and all sorts of good stuff! haha
Wednesday was RAINY but so beautiful!! I LOVE IT! We got to go see another referral, and she is from Africa too! Her name is Freda and she said she's met with missionaries before in Ghana, so we are going to go meet with her more :) We went to lunch with a member named Billy. He is an elderly fellow and is so kind and sweet. He loves the missionaries! We were out doing some contacting when we came across this old Spanish man. And you know me, fluent as can be in Spanish, try to speak with the man. My companion and I are both trying to understand what he is saying and we are both throwing Spanish phrases left and right... when all of a sudden I understood what he was saying! "Tengo iglesia" is what I got out of it. haha He said he needed to find a church to go to! The gift of tongues is real. I know Heavenly Father totally helped me understand what he was saying. We gave him our card and told the hermanas to go see him.
Friday, we PLANNED! Yay! Weekly Planning day is a fun day. My companion has this thing she does, where we make "plan-cakes" HA! Get it? Pancakes, except plan cakes?! So creative huh?! Later that evening we went and visited one of our other investigators with a baptismal date. Her name is Jignasha, and she's from India. She's been super sick lately, so we brought her some soup, crackers and ginger ale. We shared a message with her and really encouraged her to come to church! It's hard for her because of work. Man oh man. If only everyone didn't have to work on Sundays! That would be awesome! We then went to dinner at a members house.
Okay *COOL EXPERIENCE TIME*** after dinner, we were headed to go see a less active member and I just had a strange/off feeling. I kept on driving. Then, suddenly but just quietly, the words "don't go" settled in my mind. In the moment I didn't think much of it, so I shook it off. (P.S. DON'T SHAKE OFF THOSE FEELINGS. That's the Spirit!!) We finally got to the place and the feelings were still there and they were stronger. I finally just asked my companion if she felt like a weird feeling or if something didn't feel right. She said she felt fine. So we parked. And my companion started to say a prayer while we were still in the car, and I just couldn't close my eyes! I felt so nervous and off it was so weird. She said amen and the first thing she said after the prayer was "do you feel like someone's watching us." OH MY HEAVENS when she said that my heart dropped to my stomach and I put those keys in the ignition and we were outta there!! So lesson learned: FOLLOW THE SPIRIT!! I am SO grateful for the gift of the Holy Ghost. He has got your back. I am so glad we left and didn't get out of the car. I have no idea what could've happened but I'm so glad we didn't try to find out!
Okay Saturday we were helping some people move and I'm pretty sure I got a hernia! Like a small one in my belly button! AGH but it's all good. Just a fun fact for the day! hah
It is so beautiful out here!!
Everyone I have talked to here is so respectful! They are so nice! Even if they aren't interested in hearing about the Gospel, they are so kind. I am so grateful for that!! I am so grateful to have this wonderful opportunity to serve. It is so amazing to see people change their lives and bring themselves closer to Christ. I know that God loves us. He is real. And He knows each of us individually. Not everyday is super uplifting, sometimes it can be really hard. But I know that no matter where we are and what we go through, Heavenly Father is ALWAYS THERE. Christ is always there. We can give all of our worries to Him. Neither of them will let us down.
Well, have a SPECTACULAR WEEK!!! I love all of you so much!! Look for ways to uplift and strengthen those around you. I know that as you do that, you will be so blessed and will be truly happy. :)
Sister Hymas :)
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