This
week was cray-cray!
Last
Monday, we went shopping with Sister Hosea and Sister Unga. We then went to a
BBQ in their Ward (that's one BBQ) and I was surprised how much Tongan I know. I was impressing
all the Tongan Sisters. After that, we went to the Call's
house with the YSA to eat some more. (That's two BBQs.) For dinner, we went to
eat with Juri and Steven. So that's THREE BBQs in one day! Haha! Fourth
of July! After that we watched the firework show at Steven's house. The traffic
was stressful and chaotic! But Heavenly Father helped us get home on time. However, the
fireworks were so worth it!
On
Tuesday, we went contacting for what felt like all day, but we've been finding
people! We are slowly but surely building our teaching pool. Things are
definitely looking up! We saw Danielle and Cameron, who are the funniest
people. Danielle is a recent convert. Cameron helped her get baptized. He went
on his mission to Japan. We have been meeting with an investigator named
Patrick. He's pretty awesome! He has a great relationship with God, and he's
read a little in the Book of Mormon we gave him. So far, it's been hard to get
him to come to church. He's not sure if he wants to be baptized, and it seems
he doesn't want to give up his other church yet. That's really hard for new converts.
On
Wednesday, we had two less-active appointments. We had gotten to the house
earlier so we walked around the neighborhood and ran into someone who seemed to
be going through a hard time. The less active didn't seem to be home. So we
tried the other and apparently she had moved and didn't tell us her new
address.
On
Friday, we went to service and then went to Sister Hosea and Sister Unga's
apartment to drop something off, and then they fed us. Haha! We spent the rest
of the day weekly planning. But Sister Hughes and I got to know each other
better. We had dinner with George and his friend who is less active. It was a
fun dinner and Saiah was there. They are so fun! And George is a trouble maker.
On Sunday we taught his friend Justin. He wants to believe in the gospel, but
is having a hard time letting go of the things he was taught as a child. He's not sure if he can believe it. So we're
hoping to meet with him and George again and see if we can help him.
On
Saturday, we found another person! His name is Darin and we ran into him on
this corner. I feel like Heavenly Father literally put him in our path. (He has
a tendency to do that.) We tried to meet with Patrick that night, but he was
busy. We met with a member from Peru. Her name is Martha and she's so
cute!
Yesterday,
I gave a talk. The topic was Growth of the Ward through mission and
reactivation efforts. But I took my farewell talk and tailored it to fit the
topic. This
week has been so exhausting but I've been so happy!
But I've also been so
tired...but so happy! Did I mention that I was soooo happy!
It's weird. That's missionary life for you.
-Always, Sister
Brown
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