Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Week 6 Oct 28, 2013 -Illinois

Soooo this week was good! Kind of a lil roller coaster but i love roller coasters;)
First things first. I'm not being transferred! Sister Spackman and I both get to stay here! I'm so happy. :)
Thing 2 I don't have Nanny's email but i got her package and LOVED the hats, can someone thank her for me? I'll write her a letter too.
Okay. So last thursday we went to Main Stays to do service and it was awesome. It's this therapeutic horse place.. I don't know how to explain it. So we got to groom the horses and pick up poop. THE BEST! ;) haha it was really cool.
Then on Saturday was the ward halloween party! Brenda(one of our investigators) made alllll this food for us to take but couldn't come to the party.. Everyone LOVED it. She makes the best spinach dip ever. Yum. Everyone was sad she didn't come. BUT she came to church yesterday!! OH man it was awesome. We told her it was a little different kind of Sunday because anyone could go up and share their testimony, or what they believe in. And she asked well can i go up? We said sure! Then she said we would have to go up with her haha. So we did and it was awesome! Her testimony was great and she made me cry. After sacrament meeting she had to leave but everyone was asking us when her baptism date was and we were like uhhhh she doesn't have one yet! It was really cool. And then after church we called her to kind of see how she felt and to tell her how much everyone loved her testimony, she told us it was her birthday! we were like what?! Why didn't you tell us?! So we are going to get her something real special today haha. love her.
After that AWESOME experience, we stopped by a less active family..... Who the dad was the ward mission leader right before we came. Awkward. So we were talking to him.. and It was so sad. He thought we came to get his story, but no one had sent us of course, so he dumped all this information on us. ha. it was so confusing. He wouldn't finish his thoughts because he didn't want to offend us or shake our faith.. good one. I was just so confused! He attacked the church without "attacking the church" and it was so sad. So pretty much i just sat there trying not to cry because i knew whatever i would say he would politely backhand. It was just sad.. He gave up. He didn't want to work for it anymore. I just don't understand how you can have all this knowledge, all these blessings, and just "chuck the fruit across the yard".. Dah.
Don't EVER give up. I love this gospel so much. I love watching Brenda and those we talk to light up as they learn more about this gospel :) I KNOW that this is God's true church. I know that the Book of Mormon is literally a roadmap to eternal life.
Thank you so much for all of your support and love and letters and emails:)
Have a fantastic week!
MUITO AMOR, Sister Holden
Pictures:
My district! a few of the elders are being transferred and one is going to Brazil, so in a couple days, I'll need a new picture:)

Thanks Nanny for the hats!

A lady in the ward made us scarves

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