Lightning, teaching, and future baptisms
This week was great! I don't know how we managed
to pull it off, but
we only did an hour and a half of finding the whole week, and spent
the rest of the time teaching lessons, doing service, or going to
meetings. We've had some pretty crazy rain storms, coupled with lots
of thunder and lightning at night. One night I woke up to a super loud
thunder clap, and as I was trying to fall back asleep I could faintly
hear sniffles coming from Sister Terry. I asked her if she was
alright, and hat poor girl was crying in her bed petrified. I did my
best to try and calm her down in my half asleep delirious state but I
do remember one funny thing she said. After I explained how we are
safe in our house because of the lightning rod she responded "so I'm
safe even though I'm laying on a metal bed frame?" The following night
we were eating dinner at a members house when the storm hit again. The
power went in and out, coupled with a little thunder. Sister Terry was
so scared she just sat there with her fists clenched and whole body
shaking. I couldn't help but laugh a little when the members commented
how they felt like the ground was shaking. Haha, bless her heart.
I guess the funny lesson we had for this week was with the C's.
You never really know what to expect when you go over there. One week
L is dressed up like Darth Vader, another week you have a lesson
while you walk to Sheetz for hot dogs, last week we got kicked out of
the house after everyone had a meltdown, and this week our visit ended
wit L listening to farting noises on YouTube for a good five
minutes straight. I'm just grateful that the sound came from the
computer and not her behind!
D is awesome! We had another lesson with her, and we ended by
discussing the sacrament. We wanted to make sure that she fully
understood the commitment she would make with baptism and before we
could really explain much she cut us off and said "I know the promises
that I'm going to make. I listen very closely to the words spoken
during the sacrament prayer, and I still get emotional every time."
Ok, that say sound like she was rude when I wrote it out, but it
wasn't. It was a genuine love she had for the sacrament and it was
cool to see her "get it."
We also had a super awesome lesson with Am, the investigator.
We've been working our way is to baptism and really been trying to
have her understand the purpose of us visiting, and how she can truly
come unto Christ. We weren't planning on setting her with a date, but
mid lesson we decided that is what we needed to do. The setting was
perfect, but then her sister L came in and sorta killed our vibe.
We love L, but she just likes to chit chat with us, so it blew our
opportunity. But, we are excited to try again next week!
We also had zone conference this past week and it was really good. We
now officially have a Standard of Excellence (mission wide weekly
goals) which I was honestly not too thrilled about at first, but now
I'm pumped. This past year wasn't the best number wise for our
mission, so now the bar has been set and we have something to work to.
Sister Morrison
we only did an hour and a half of finding the whole week, and spent
the rest of the time teaching lessons, doing service, or going to
meetings. We've had some pretty crazy rain storms, coupled with lots
of thunder and lightning at night. One night I woke up to a super loud
thunder clap, and as I was trying to fall back asleep I could faintly
hear sniffles coming from Sister Terry. I asked her if she was
alright, and hat poor girl was crying in her bed petrified. I did my
best to try and calm her down in my half asleep delirious state but I
do remember one funny thing she said. After I explained how we are
safe in our house because of the lightning rod she responded "so I'm
safe even though I'm laying on a metal bed frame?" The following night
we were eating dinner at a members house when the storm hit again. The
power went in and out, coupled with a little thunder. Sister Terry was
so scared she just sat there with her fists clenched and whole body
shaking. I couldn't help but laugh a little when the members commented
how they felt like the ground was shaking. Haha, bless her heart.
I guess the funny lesson we had for this week was with the C's.
You never really know what to expect when you go over there. One week
L is dressed up like Darth Vader, another week you have a lesson
while you walk to Sheetz for hot dogs, last week we got kicked out of
the house after everyone had a meltdown, and this week our visit ended
wit L listening to farting noises on YouTube for a good five
minutes straight. I'm just grateful that the sound came from the
computer and not her behind!
D is awesome! We had another lesson with her, and we ended by
discussing the sacrament. We wanted to make sure that she fully
understood the commitment she would make with baptism and before we
could really explain much she cut us off and said "I know the promises
that I'm going to make. I listen very closely to the words spoken
during the sacrament prayer, and I still get emotional every time."
Ok, that say sound like she was rude when I wrote it out, but it
wasn't. It was a genuine love she had for the sacrament and it was
cool to see her "get it."
We also had a super awesome lesson with Am, the investigator.
We've been working our way is to baptism and really been trying to
have her understand the purpose of us visiting, and how she can truly
come unto Christ. We weren't planning on setting her with a date, but
mid lesson we decided that is what we needed to do. The setting was
perfect, but then her sister L came in and sorta killed our vibe.
We love L, but she just likes to chit chat with us, so it blew our
opportunity. But, we are excited to try again next week!
We also had zone conference this past week and it was really good. We
now officially have a Standard of Excellence (mission wide weekly
goals) which I was honestly not too thrilled about at first, but now
I'm pumped. This past year wasn't the best number wise for our
mission, so now the bar has been set and we have something to work to.
Sister Morrison
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