So I can't believe that next week are transfers. It actually hasn't flown by like I was expecting it too..but yet it did. Good luck making sense of that. Everyone says that the days are long but weeks short. Uh, I can testify to that alright. I'm going to be getting a new trainer which I'm honestly pretty excited for. Sister Cottle has been pretty incredible, I'm just ready for some new lessons to get thrown at me with another companion.
This week was great. Three new investigators. We've honestly found all of them, except like two, through tracting. Miracles come through WORK that's for sure...and other things of course. But that's certainly how they've come this transfer. Where to start...
Steve came to church for the second time in a row yesterday in Pauls Valley (40 minute drive)! Oh man, what a blessing. He's the best. He came out walking to his car in his big ol' cowboy boot but BUT, Steve had a clean, iron button up shirt on. He was also holding his Book Of Mormon in his hand with a big old grin on his face. All of the Branch members are so great when it comes to investigators coming to church too. They all introduce themselves and act like they've been his friend for years. And yes even, in Steve's words, "the important men up at the table blessing food" came over (good old Elders). Besides making coffee for a living and chewing since forever..he's honestly golden. He has such a sincere desire to build that relationship with Christ, we just know he'll get there. We're setting a baptismal date next time we see him so fingers crossed.
Arline and Nick are FABulous. Arline has been trying to come to church for the past month now but she keeps getting sick (she honestly does, not doing so hot that girl). Nick is her best friend and her brother pays him to help her out around the house sooo he's over there all the time (Sister Cottle and I are debating weather or not he's homeless. He honestly looks it). He wasn't too excited about us coming over at first because he was married to a member years ago and things didn't end too well with her. Shoot. So he knows a great deal about the church (he surprises us every time we're over there), just unfortunately has a bad taste in his mouth. He actually had brought over a white shirt Saturday night and was planning on driving Arline up and staying! Ah man, NEXT week. It's going to happen. We were talking to him last night though with Arline and he says that he's starting to be more open minded, realizing that we're not just a bunch of "hokie wierdos". I honestly love him. He's barely 5'4, probably weighs 110 or something, and has these huge bottle coke glasses. Sweetest guy ever. Okay, I'm done talking about him. He's honestly my favorite though!
Those are our main investigators who are progressing, but there's about twenty others. Kristy is really neat. I think I talked about her before, she opened up her door to us right away. She lives with her sister and both of them have around three or four kids. They take turns watching the kids/working. She's been sick the past week, but we're gonna get her! Susie isn't opening her door to us anymore. I'm actually pretty bummed about it. She was the first door that I felt really inspired to knock, and then had the lesson with her and she started crying after the prayer. I'm praying for her because I know that she really needs this gospel with the way her life is going (she's addicting to a great deal of stuff, all of her family left her, and her son just got into jail for fifteen years for drugs) she's just scared.
I'm grateful for Sister Cottle. She's teaching me in many ways. She points things out about myself that I didn't even realize that I do and that I definitely need to improve on. We've had our rough times, but we've been able to always talk about it later on and clear it up. Communication, who knew right? It really works. I just find it funny that the thing that I thought I was going to stress about least, companions, has been mainly my only stress for me. The Lord does tend to humble us. Once again I'm just really grateful for these lessons. I knew they would come and I was excited about it, just didn't really think about the hard part which is actually learning them.
Well, I am SO grateful to be out here. I love being able to see the Lord's hand everyday. I know that it was always present, just out here your eyes are opened all the more to it.
I love you all, stay strong and keep the faith!
Sister Call
Picture one is of all my MTC sista's at the Veteran's Meeting two weeks ago. The second was with Sister Hamm, my very first exchange. I love her! It went really well.
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