HI! Sorry i didn't email last week.. Things were crazy ha but to catch you up..:
Last week we had a member with us as we taught Alex, he is in his 40s, mexican, has 1 daughter that he's been raising since he was 18. He was a Jehovah's Witness until he was about 16. We wanted to teach him the Restoration, but he had broken his ankle and was on pain killers so he was kind of loopy and going off on things haha it was funny. But the member we brought with us was PERFECT, she had fallen away from the church at some point in her life and was able to tell him how she had to choose the gospel and how it's blessed her life. It was awesome.
Then we went to go meet a less active member and ended up teaching her mom about the Restoration! It was awesome. We are trying to get a hold of her so we can go back.
Last Thursday (not Thanksgiving) we went to our investigator Larry's house for his birthday, we played pictionary, guess who won... I did;) and his friends wanted to know what we did as missionaries.. So being a sneaky missionary, I taught them the Restoration haha. And said that's what we do as missionaries. So it was a really good conversation. No one was interested but i thought it was cool.
My Thanksgiving was good.:) We ate with a less active and his family. He wants us to teach his girls. He really just needs to come back to church ;) we ended up just having the one dinner (thank goodness) We had to be in our apartments at 7 and one of our dinners canceled:/ she sounded really sad. Um our turkey's name was Tom, ha. Sister Spackman made some yummmmyyyy jello with pretzels. Look up the recipe;)
Last week we had a member with us as we taught Alex, he is in his 40s, mexican, has 1 daughter that he's been raising since he was 18. He was a Jehovah's Witness until he was about 16. We wanted to teach him the Restoration, but he had broken his ankle and was on pain killers so he was kind of loopy and going off on things haha it was funny. But the member we brought with us was PERFECT, she had fallen away from the church at some point in her life and was able to tell him how she had to choose the gospel and how it's blessed her life. It was awesome.
Then we went to go meet a less active member and ended up teaching her mom about the Restoration! It was awesome. We are trying to get a hold of her so we can go back.
Last Thursday (not Thanksgiving) we went to our investigator Larry's house for his birthday, we played pictionary, guess who won... I did;) and his friends wanted to know what we did as missionaries.. So being a sneaky missionary, I taught them the Restoration haha. And said that's what we do as missionaries. So it was a really good conversation. No one was interested but i thought it was cool.
My Thanksgiving was good.:) We ate with a less active and his family. He wants us to teach his girls. He really just needs to come back to church ;) we ended up just having the one dinner (thank goodness) We had to be in our apartments at 7 and one of our dinners canceled:/ she sounded really sad. Um our turkey's name was Tom, ha. Sister Spackman made some yummmmyyyy jello with pretzels. Look up the recipe;)
So every 3rd day we do a Sister Holden day.. I'm the "trainer" and
have to decide what we do.. get lessons started on time.. yada yada. I
hate it. Saturday was the last day of the month (AKA we have ZERO
miles.. okay like 6) and we had 4 hours of no appointments. We did have a
baptism that morning.. they fed us lunch which was super nice:) and i
spilled a root beer float. AWESOME. My favorite. :( Anyways... then i
didn't know what to do, so we tracted for like 3 hours... We met
Stephanie, Carl, Brandon, and William. All of them seemed excited to
talk to us and actually wanted us to come back ha. (except for Carl, he
and his wife are looking for a new church so we told him when our was
and that was kinda it:/) But that was cool.
Yesterday
was testimony meeting, my favorite:) except.. ha having investigators
there makes me nervous.. For LOTS of reasons.. I don't want them to get
offended or confused by what someone might say, and if they want to go
up, what are they going to say?.. Well Brenda wanted to go up.. And she
made me go up with her haha. But as we were walking... i saw Sister
Spackman's face, she was worried, and i looked at the bishopric, they
were worried haha "What is Brenda going to say?" She opened with this:
"Hi, my name is Brenda.. And i'm trying to decide if i want to become a
member of your church.." Hahaha i died. Love her;) She talked about
she's always wanted to be a role model but never felt like she could but
that when she comes to church, she feels like she can. It was so sweet.
then i went up and stuttered something about Christmas i think. But
Brenda was awesome, and Kate was also there (she thinks i don't talk so
she gave me a huge hug and said "you did it!" haha thanks kate. She did
the same thing when i said the opening prayer in Sunday School hahaha.)
Today we took our car to the shop.. Yay for walking for
the next 4 days! Maybe i'll lose some weight... :) (nothing is super
wrong with the car.. they are just fixing the headlight and front
bumper)
VISA NEWS!: I was talking with the less active that we had Thanksgiving with because he has had a bunch of exchange students live with him.. So i told him they asked for a new birth certificate and he just laughed. So i'm like what the heck.. why is he laughing.. He said they don't think i'm who i say i am! ha. I'm in the "suspicious" pile.. So i'll be here in Illinois for a while.. Yay. hahaha.
Love Sister Holden
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