Dear Family,
This week I have had the overwhelming desire to get under my covers
and hide. If I stay still enough then I maybe everyone will solve
their own problems and I could get a nice nap in the mean time. Just bacause I have a name tag does not mean I
know anything. Okay- I little background. We have had a great week.
Lots of fun and lots of lessons. Its just more lessons means more
people. People stress me out. But its been a great week.
So starting from the beginning- Wednesday we had a lesson with an
investigator named Mr Yu. He is a 77 year old Chinese man. I may have
said this before but for a man who doesn't speak English he talks a
lot. Or last lesson with him Sister Campbell prayed that we would see
opportunities to speak and I thought that was very appropriate. Anyway
we brought a poster with the steps of the gospel and scripture
references. He really liked it excepts he thought repentance should be
before faith. On Saturday when we called to ask him to church he asked
if we had any colored pictures. I had no idea what he was talking about
so we said we would talk to him a bit more about it on Sunday, which of
course we forgot to do. Well we had a lesson with him again yesterday
and he had made his own poster with steps of the gospel (I did notice
that he had conveniently listed repentance before faith on his poster.)
Anyway he had found pictures representing each step and pasted them
on. He said that because he had pictures his was " rather more
beautiful" then ours. Thanks Mr Yu. Thanks. Anyway he was so excited
because that day before his lesson he had been at the senior center and
taught 5 seniors about faith in Jesus Christ using his poster. It was
pretty adorable. I'm not sure about his commitment level but at least
he used book of Mormon scriptures on his poster. I'm happy with that.
Thursday we had a lesson with Alex and Maria. I love them to
pieces but they stress me out. Mostly because I love them to pieces.
On the plus side- they made us a pancake breakfast!
We also had another lesson with Eduardo and that went really well.
I told him how excited I was that he had come to church on Sunday but
sad because I didn't have a chance to say hi to him. He said that I am
always talking to people- okay that's true. Anyway I asked if next
Sunday we would stay long enough for us to say hello to him. He said he
would but then on Sunday I'm pretty sure he left before the closing
song because there is no way someone can move that fast! At least he
came to church. Our ward mission leader is catching on because he was
walking out side with his baby at the end of sacrament meeting and tried
to walk around Eduardo's car. Brother Zachirson just isn't as fast as
a Dodge Durango.
We had another great lesson with another of our investigators, we
just recently picked up. He is really ready and just feels like he
wants to learn a bit more before making any commitments and change his
life. The thing is- he is planning on getting baptized! I'm so excited
about that. He is really wanting some clear direction in his life, and
I know that the gospel can give it to him. (On a side note- I would
like to mention that this man is gorgeous enough to be a model and I
think it is very funny of Heavenly Father that we started teaching him
exactly when I started to embrace the sister missionary frump. Very
funny Heavenly Father. Very Funny.)
Sunday was very stressful. None of our really progressing
investigators came to church! Why? I don't know why- or at least I
didn't know why when I was sitting in sacrament meeting. The only
investigator who came was Mr. Yu, and I'm pretty sure he was afraid we
were going to take him hostage because church just never seemed to end.
Anyway I was sitting in Sacrament felling stressed and concerned and
remembering how on my mission, church used to be a place of revelation
for me. I missed that time. Then I remembered that those were the
times that we didn't have any investigators. I did have the thought
"Maybe I don't want any investigators anymore." Then I realized what I
thought and almost slapped myself. I am so grateful for the people that
we have to teach and worry about. I am grateful that the lord is
blessing us with people and that those people are opening up to us about
their concerns. I wouldn't have it any other way. The fact that I am
meeting all of these people is just making me grow so much and I never
knew I could love strangers so completely.
On Saturday I got to opportunity to go to the temple because
someone from my last area was going through the temple. I never taught
this guy before but he wanted to have people around him and so he
invited some of the missionaries he knew. I don;t know how he got
permission to let me go but he did and I was so grateful. It was
wonderful seeing him progress in the gospel, and in his faith. While I
was in the temple I just had this calm feeling that everything would be
alright with those I was thinking of. I just can't forget that the Lord
has been taking care of these people a lot longer then I have and he
knows what they need.
Anyway I'm glad to hear about all of the adventures of going to
Utah. Take lots of pictures so that I can see them later. Tell
everyone that I love them.
Love Sister Allred
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