Ok, get this.
The funniest part about my week was that as we were door knocking an apartment
complex, we were PROMPTLY escorted out by a 60 year old man who sternly walked
us out of the building. The funniest part?...it's our apartment complex. Moral
of the story-we know where NOT to go when we need a cup of flour. I laughed so
hard I couldn't even look at him as he walked us out. HAHAH!!! Poor guy.
This week was so
great! A major highlight was that our investigator Jessica taught the Relief
Society enrichment activity on Saturday. The gal is a miracle. She is so funny,
and we are having dinner with her this week because we have told her about our
lack of cooking ability. She is a dietitian, and she said, "we need you to
know how to cook so we can get you married". Hahah!! You better
believe she's coming to my wedding! She is doing so well, and she is excited
for her baptism in 2 weeks.
Another fun thing was
having FHE with Mary's family. Mary has moving to Illinois for a month to live
with her daughter. She knows when transfer calls are, and she said she would be
back to say goodbye. As our final lesson, we played Pictionary with her and her
two grandkids, and we all laughed so hard. I love the Eaton family. I'm sad to
say goodbye to them for a few weeks.
We also had an
amazing experience as we talked with a less active who lives with her
boyfriend. She told us that they aren't married because they will lose $300 a
month from government aide if she's married. I told her that losing her
salvation is much more important than $3600 a year, and she started to bawl. I
love moments when people feel the Spirit testify to them that they need to
change. It's a unique situation for me (19 years old) to tell a woman 65 that
she needs to either move out of her boyfriends' home, or get married. But it's
also definitely a memory. We all love her.
We met with a woman
this week who told us she was so excited to meet with us and had some questions
for us. We were so excited after we talked with her on her doorstep, but that
excitement turned just a tad as she began her lesson with "Well, you do
know that I'm a Jehovah Witness, right? I won't join in your prayer, unless it
is to Jehovah God". ....and then things turned south quickly. Our member,
a returned missionary, and our dear Jehovah Witness friend began a bash of the
bible. After a while, I said, "It's obvious that we are all convinced that
our doctrine is correct, and nothing we say today will change our opinion. If
you are interested in learning about the truthfulness of our doctrine, you can
do as we have all done by reading the Book of Mormon and praying to know if it
is true." It was much better afterwards, and the longer I am out, the more
I am realizing that adults are just little kids in taller bodies. oh
man....
Another super random
thing that happened this week was as we were walking home one rainy night, a
woman with 3 little kids ran up to us and said "Can you pray with us? I
was just in a car accident, and I need help". It began to rain cats and
dogs, and we talked to this woman about how we know God will help her with her
trials and that He loves her. I said a prayer as we all held hands in a circle
on the side of the road. The woman's mother came (who is a retired nurse) and
helped. The woman said, "Wait, we have to take a picture because you are
so cute!" She then proceeded to ask us if we make bread all day long. Just
to top off the situation, we were confused as Amish. Ha! The picture is on the
bottom.
Overall I am doing
really well! I can't believe that June will be half way done this week. It's
crazy how quickly time is picking up. Thank you for all of the prayers in my
behalf as well as in behalf of the Petoskey area. I know that God lives, that
Jesus is the Christ, and that They love us. I know that He is aware of you,
because I can see Him help me.
Have a great week!
Love you!!
Xoxo
Sister Ensign
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