Hola Guys :)
Monday:
Our preparation day this week was quite literally a PREPARATION day. WE had to do some quick shopping, wash our clothes and pack up/deep clean our entire house. We had no time to write letters home. So they were sent a little later during the week. Sorry if you haven’t gotten them yet!
We had an appointment set up with our investigator A., and were planning on dropping him. He hadn’t shown up for our past few appointments and just didn’t seem that interested. We started the lesson and asked him questions like "Why did you invite us over?" etc. While this was happening, Hannah's email kept poppin’ into my head. I couldn’t stop thinking about what she wrote about Elder Cook- that the 2 most important things an investigator can hear are the First Vision (Joseph Smith) and the plan of Salvation. That is when I realized, we hadn’t had the opportunity to teach him either of these lessons! How could we drop him if we gave him no reason to keep his appointments? I looked over at Hermana ZIndel, and then I just started in on the Restoration. The lesson was AMAZINg!! A. seems really interested, we have a return appointment, it is all going VERY well! THanks Hannah!
Tuesday:
We had a great district meeting! Elder Johnson's instruction for us was tooooo inspired! I also got shot in the face with a water gun for speaking English.
The day went pretty down hill from there - haha! We found out that we are homeless!! Elder Pascoe drove his trailer on over to Hagerstown, we packed up our entire house and when he called the owner of our new apartment, he told us it wasn’t ready yet. Sooooooooooooooo, we hit up la familia Valentine and have been sleeping at their house for the past week. How amazingly sweet it that!? The only problem is that Hermana V. is going to kill me with her food! The other day she served us a heaping portion of Lasagna... for Breakfast! All of our own food and a few other random items are in the car. WE have our refrigerated items stored at the church. So, the past week we have literally been living out of our car, the church and the Valentines home. We move into our new place manana.
Miercoles:
We went and helped out Carlos during seminary. He doesn’t speak any English and is 5000% lost during the seminary lessons. So, the stake President asked if we would start going once a week to help Carlos during class.
We also had 2 'member present' lessons which is a pretty big deal for us! The 1st one was with JC. We brought Hermana Orillo because they are both from Columbia and we thought they would hit it off. They did! JC told us about the MANY problems that he is having at the moment. He is a completely different guy from the first time I met him. He is trying to change and be a good example to his kids. He even started to cry. IT is easy to get down and frustrated about him because he doesn’t come to church and isn’t there for half of our appointments. But, although the change is coming about slowly, it is coming, and that is all that matters!
The 2nd member present lesson was with Y. Kelly came with us- Presidente Quintanilla's daughter. It went fantastic! WE also had a lesson with Y2! I LOVE her so much! Her husband was there for the lesson and is now investigating the church as well!
Thursday:
THE DAY OF MIRACLES! WE had a fanflippintastic cita con F! We taught el plan de salvacion and it could not have gone better!
We stopped by C's. I am gonna be honest, we have not been the best missionaries with him and are gonna pick it up. IT was a break-through lesson! We have tried to teach him the restoration several times but he hasn’t ever understood. But on Thursday, it all clicked! He understood EVERYTHING and the spirit was undeniable!
AT 8:30 we decided to hit up this house from a while back. In our GPS there is record of this man named W. We had his address, but there is no such place. A while ago, Hermana Zindel and I were trying to find him but couldn’t, so we knocked on the door of the closest, most similar address that we could find. This little boy answered the door and told us it might be his neighbor. So we went over. You will not believe who the neighbor is... F! She is the lady who gave me that terrifying hairstyle a month or so back! She had given us her number, but we were never able to get a hold of her because the had to cancel their cell phones! well, now we know where she lives and have an appointment set up!
Friday:
ANother crazy day! We were in the city trying to visit Hermana Vargas, when I saw this old man walking in the parking lot. IT was very windy and he looked like he was about to tip over. On our way over to help him, a huge gust of wind blew and he fell down and smacked his head on the concrete. We ran over, helped him sit up and saw that his head was covered in blood. Hermana Zindel grabbed some napkins and we tried to clean him up. A police officer saw it all go down and called an ambulance. He knew the guy by name, he is a "regular" and the cop confiscated his bottle of vodka from his back pocket. Holy wowza :(
We got a referral for a guy named J. from some Elders. J. picks his kids up from the bus stop everyday at 4. Hermana Zindel and I got there @3:45, waited 30 minutes, then realized that school had gotten out early that day. haha! While we had been waiting for the bus, this guy started to hit on me. I gave him a mormon.org card, he said he was gonna call the number on the back so he could see me again. About 5 minutes later he came back. He asked me if he could borrow a pen. I let him use my favorite pen and I never got it back!!! :( Then he asked his daughter to "ask the nice lady what her name was" He was literally using his daughter, like in the movies to try and soften me up! Hermana Zindel and I were dying!
Later that nicht we were walking in the city and ran into one of our homeless friends. He was not doing well at all, almost ready to commit suicide. Hermana Zindel and I ran to the car and packed up a bag of food to give him. Having to live out of your car has its advantages :)
Saturday and SUnday:
We stopped by Hermana B’s house, a less active sister in the rama. Last time we did, she said to come back in a month. When we stopped by Saturday, she let us right on in and during the prayer she asked for help and strength to return to the church! Quite a difference right!?
CONFERENCE!!! On Saturday we watched at a members house and at the church. On Sunday we watched the 1st session with the Marroquin's and the 2nd with the Valentines !
How spectacular was it!? Oh me oh my! WHAT?!?!? Toooooooooooooooo goooooooooooooooooooood! Elder Oaks and Elder Holland were on fire! Conference leaves you so refreshed and ready to take on life! My favorite talk was by Jorg Klebingat! Do ya remeber it? How could you forget! He got us there and just told it like it is, he did not sugar coat that talk one bit! Such a great message! Max, have fun passing or blessing the Sacrament with Sister Esplin! haha! It was so fun seeing a place so familiar to me, recognizing faces in the choir, looking at the temple! The only thing that was missing was a plate of orange rolls!
I know that we have a living prophet. God is the same yesterday, today and forever, and he continues to guide and direct his church on the earth through a living prophet. I know that Thomas S. Monson is a prohpet of God. There is no one more filled with the spirit, joyful, optimistic and in-tune. I know that if we follow his counsel, that we will be able to push through all of our trials and come out stronger. In the past, I have taken this AMAZING blessing for granted. NEver again! I am going to study and ponder the words of the apostles and prophets, I am going to appreciate what a blessing it is to have a living prophet!
I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!
Cant wait to read about your weeks!
Love,
Lennon :)HERE ARE A TON OF PICTURES FROM OUR TRIP TO ANTIETAM. WOW - THIS STATE IS FULL OF HISTORY!!!
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