August 25, 2014
Cheyenne, WY
You
know what is interesting? When you get to the end of the day very
tired and can't at first figure out why. On paper it looks like little
has been accomplished though you have been working all day. However, as
you reflect, small bright points poke through the regular work. As one
appears it triggers another and another until the day is really seen
for those wonderful happenings and the rest melts away in the midst of
so much light. For me, this is how much of my week goes. Ordinary (for
a missionary) activities and ordinary conversations and every day
prayers and every day visits. Every once in a while there is something
very bright that happens, as someone's countenance changes, or they
choose to keep a commandment which has been difficult, or we get some
great news and I imagine if we could really see the brightness of the
angels which were present and helping at such moments we would be
blinded and overwhelmed.
So,
we had some ordinary moments this week. I think I took a nap on p-day
which was great :) but I didn't get as much done as I might have
otherwise ;) We finally really got to talk to B______ (potential investigator) and she had a
couple of questions up front about the Church, such as how it differs
from Christianity in general and views on gay marriage. That second one
was one of those scary moments where I almost didn't want to answer,
not because I'm afraid to stand for the truth, but I didn't want her to
completely close off her heart to the gospel before giving it a chance
and understanding how that stance has come about (through revelation)
and why it is so important (eternal families and eternal increase).
Here was a glowing moment though, we talked about how she could read the
Book of Mormon and pray to find out if it is true, and through that she
would be able to determine if there is a prophet on earth today not setting the standard, but revealing God's standard. She agreed to do so! That just encourages this little missionary's heart :)
More
normalness (for a Sister Training Leader) we had an exchange with the
Frontier sisters (last one of the transfer, now we get one normal week
to end on!). Sister Metzger and Sister Jarvis are such fun sisters and
love what they do as missionaries. Sister Metzger and I had an
interesting experience as one of their investigators called us over and
said she needed us right away. Turns out, she is a painter and was
having a creative block! We helped her a bit as we could and then had a
lesson. It is amazing because she has been addicted to pain pills
since she was 12 and has done other drugs in the meantime. She has now
been clean for almost 3 weeks! However, since most of her previous art
has been done while she was high, she is having to relearn a lot. She
is sticking with it though, and truly since she has been sober she has
been far more open to the Spirit in her life. Sparkling!
We met another
less active member this week who is going through a divorce and trying
to find somewhere to move. We told her we would keep our ears open
about anywhere that was renting inexpensively, you never know, we pick
up some random information :) While at a lesson with another sister it
randomly occurred to me to ask Sister Aguirre and Sister Webb if they
knew of anything like that. We got one contact for the first sister to
try, and it turns out that Sister Aguirre is looking for a house and
Sister Webb is a closet home buying specialist ;) It set them off on a
whole other avenue where now Sister Webb will be helping Sister Aguirre
who hasn't bought a house before! Super cool random Spirit promptings
:)
We also had a tender mercy in the normal things in that
we had one evening which was one appointment after another and we
forgot to plan travel time for a couple of farther out ones so we were
getting behind, but our last appointment of the evening cancelled so we
were still able to take the time we needed with those we did see!
For investigator news, V______ came to church! We
still couldn't meet with A_____, but should be able to this week because
her schedule is going to be less crazy :) We were going to go dress
shopping with D____ so she would come to church, but her daughter ended
up in the hospital so we put that off and are just hoping that there
aren't any more complications. Plus, J___, mister move-to-Minnesota, is
going to be some missionaries' miracle as he shows up to church with
his aunt there!
One week left in
the transfer! Holy guacamole! Haha I almost forgot about our Spanglish
lesson this week with M____ and M________, Sister Christensen said
"Holy cow" and M________ thought that was soo funny "vaca santa" :)
TMFWD shall be.....PURPLE :)
Just
in case we were going to be transferred out of Wyoming, we finally went
over to the welcome to Wyoming sign and took pictures this morning :)
It is just across the freeway from our house so we went for a walk for
our workout this morning :)
Are you starting school this week? Cheyenne is! Good luck to all school starters!
love, Sister Emily DeFord
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