You know that
Snickers commercial with the horseless headsman that says "You're not you
when you are hungry" ? What I didn't know until this week was that when
someone's blood sugar drops, they change into a completely different person. We
were visiting a woman who went a little crazy for a bit. After I
asked her to check her blood sugar, and found out it was 49 (which I guess it's
supposed to be in the 140s?) we were able to take care of the situation with a
jam packed (pun kinda intended) PB&J. Ohh the things I find myself learning
each day on a mission. Ha!
We had a fabulous
week here in Petoskey. I don't know if I have slept better at night in my life.
I can't even count until 30 before I am out.
We were literally
running from appointment to appointment this week all over Northern
Michigan. It's so fun to serve up North! I wish everyone could serve
here! As we visited a less active this week, she ran out the door, and
said, "today is just not a good day!" and cried in my arms. I
just held her for a while, and once she was a little more calm, she said,
"Oh I just love you. Thank you for coming over". We talked for a
while, but mostly she showed us her flower garden. We didn't teach much of a
lesson, but one of my favorite lessons I've learned is that sometimes the
Lord needs us to be His listening ear for others.
On Wednesday, we had
our District meeting up in Cheboygan which is at the very top of the lower
Peninsula. We were running to try to see a recent convert, a less active,
and then make it back to our appointments here in Petoskey. We had a lesson
with Jessica and she is doing so well! We have been talking about my lack
of cooking for a while and she wants me to learn! She had us over for
dinner this week and she taught us how to make a spicy stir fry. It was so
good! Then she said, "I have a gift for you girls". She bought each
of us a cook book, and wants us to come up with our favorite recipe to try. She
is so cool!!!!!!! WE LOVE HER!!! She'll be baptized on Sunday and we all can't
wait. I can't thank the Lord enough to have had the chance to get to know her!
OH!!!! As we furthered
our journey in meeting our neighbors this week (though it didn't go AS well as
we had hoped last week...HA!), it turns out a 16 year old less active lives
underneath us! She is a foster child, and said she was offended at church. We
talked about which members of the branch she could remember, and then talked to
those members throughout the week. One of the members talked to us for a while,
and talked about the hard life this 16 year old and her mother have had. Long
story short, not even an hour after we had talked about this girls mother with
the member, she was sitting behind us during one of our lessons! The Lord
placed her in our path, and it was SO COOL!!! We called the member back and
said that we had met the mother of this girl, and the member laughed so hard!
It was awesome!
This town may not
have a Target or a mall, but it does have an Irish store-Another highlight of
the week.(Is that not the most random thing?) We walked in, and I almost
cried. I LOVE IRISH DANCE!!! We talked to the workers for a while, and one said
she plays the fiddle. We then talked about how she wants to play at feis's, and
it felt so good to see some Irish things. Two of the workers are now
potentials, and I got to see some overpriced sweatshirts with "Ireland"
written on them. I felt like I was back home.
As we were downtown
near the bay front this week, a woman stopped us and said, "Aren't you
those Mormon girls? Tell me, what do you believe?" Well...people rarely
come up to us and ask, so it was cool! She kind of threw down on the trinity,
but it was still a good experience. We also met this girl named Kasey who
is so sweet!! She ended up giving me a Petoskey Stone, and it so nice. We
met with her at the park again yesterday, and it is so fun to be around so many
people in such a beautiful part of the world.
I am currently in the
war chapters of the Book of Mormon, and the overarching theme seems to be that
we can never over prepare. I am seeing that we can never be too prepared, or
have too much faith in Christ. I am seeing how much comfort the Gospel brings
to people, and I know that He will be there. Happy Father's Day. I know the
Father of us all loves us and I testify that He lives!
Love you!!
XOXO
Sister Ensign
This link is all
about Father's, and it made me especially grateful for mine!
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