Dear Family,
This week has been so fast that I'm more then a little shocked that
I am sitting at the computer writing again. Sorry for writing late
today. We just got back from the temple. We have been looking forward
to going to the temple for about 2 weeks now and it wasn't a
disappointment. I'm really grateful for the temple and the sweet spirit
that is there. Sister Campbell and I were talking about it this week
when we left a lesson with a less active. She was way to concerned with
how everything was created and whether or not we came from cavemen. I
have no answers to those questions but I just kept wanting to say "Just
go to the temple. You'll understand." When I said that out loud I
realized that in actuality I understand very little about the temple.
It hasn't dramatically increased my understanding of the universe all
that much. The difference is that when we were talking to her about her
theories there were so many fuzzy lines and unanswerable questions-
almost this feeling of mist. In the temple I still have a lot of
questions but I also have a quiet assurance that, "Yes this is right."
Anyway a ton has happened this week. On Tuesday we picked up a new
investigator, and I'm really excited about her because I really think
that she will do so well in the gospel. She needs what the Savior has
to offer. Well, I guess we all do. Then, we had a lesson with our
couple with a baptismal date. The husband said he wasn't sure if he
wanted to get baptized or not. I could tell that this really hurt his
family, and the house has been tense since then. Anyway, Sister
Campbell walked out of the lesson not to worried. We really do know
that he will be getting baptized. I'm just sad because it seems like
everyone else is worried more then they need to be. As a result we feel
like we have been running around the ward doing damage control, giving
diplomatic answers about their progress and trying to politely ask
people not to randomly call and give spiritual advice. This is a very
loving ward. Anyway, we have had a few lessons with the couple since
then and they are still really interested in learning more. They are
progressing, and we are excited about them.
Okay so embarrassing moment if the week! We had a lesson with a
girl in the ward that we meet with every week. I love this girl and she
is like one of my best friends but I think we have reached a whole new
level of familiarity that is now inappropriate. So Thursday we had a
lesson with her and then we left. We walked down the street to talk to a
family and about 10 minutes later we got to the car and I realized
that we had left the keys in her house. We stood at her open window for
a little bit calling her name. Then we started knocking. Then we
called and texted her. We had to go and so finally I thought, "Well she
did say whenever we need something and she isn't there- just come on
in." The door was unlocked. So, like the creepers that we are we
walked into her house to quickly grab our keys at the precise moment
she came running out to yell at her dogs for barking in not much more
then her birthday suit. We didn't see anything but still I think we
probably should have walked to our next appt. I'm just really glad we
weren't elders!
Sunday was very weird day. Our Sundays are turning into these
really intense marathons where we sprint around greeting and directing
and who knows what else. It's actually a pretty good thing because that
means that there is work to be done in the area. Anyway we started out
stopping by a few of our investigators to make sure that they were
coming to church, only to find out that none of them were coming for
various reasons ranging from- "My dad just died" to "I don't want to go
today and I'm going to be stubborn about this." So we got to
church already exhausted and feeling kind of low because none of our
investigators we at church. Then as I sat down I was absolutely amazed
to see a part member family sitting on one corner, a former investigator
sitting in the back, a nonmember son of a dear sister in the ward and
then a man who had just walked into church last week wanting to know
more! Holy Cow! we were just so busy all day.
We had zone conference yesterday that it was great because it was
all about faith. Usually we talk about techniques or skills but
yesterday was, "What is faith and how do we help it grow." I loved it.
Then we had a family home evening with some investigators. Geesh. It
has been a while since I've done a family home evening and it was
exhausting! Our investigator said he wanted to do it right, even having
a song in the beginning and so we sang a very bad rendition of battle
hymn of the republic. Then our lesson and game was utter chaos. I
really do think that he experienced a real family home evening.
Well I love you all. Thank you for the emails and the prayers.
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