Hope it's been a great week for you all! We have been very busy this week, but it has been great.
Last P-Day was lots of fun because we had a barbeque at the park, and then a water balloon fight with the missionaries in our zone. It was funny because we had the hardest time finding water balloons, all the Walmart employees told us it was a seasonal item, but there is really only 1 season in Florida! Anyway, it worked out well, and the water balloons we finally managed to find felt pretty good in the 80 degree weather. That night we were able to have an awesome lesson with our investigator Jenna. She is really sweet, and has a lot of questions, but is not ready to act at this moment. However, Sister Peterson and I came away feeling really good about the lesson, and knowing that the spirit was the one in charge. Our last visit of the night was to a less-active woman who used to be an Alaskan Eskimo. She told us all about her tribal life, she grew up as a hunter-gatherer and it was really interesting to get to know her. It was a little difficult to focus because she had 3 huge dogs that seemed to love me, and by the time we left my pants were drenched in dog slobber. Gr-oss! It's ok though, she was sweet, and she needed a visit.
On Tuesday we had a district training, those are always great. After that Sister Peterson and I went to get icecream, then watched the Sunday morning session of General Conference. We are slowly, but surely, making our way through! After dinner we went to a park and drew out the Plan of Salvation in sidewalk chalk. Then we talked to a few guys that were hanging out in the park. Most of them didn't have much time to talk, but it was lots of fun. We are going to try it again this week at a different park.
On Wednesday we saw a cool miracle because we decided to return to a street that we had passed earlier in the week, and had wanted to knock, but we hadn't had time in that moment. When we were there we ended up running into Shaina, a lady that we had been teaching, but had decided to drop because she was not keeping our appointments. We hadn't been able to get in contact with her for a while, but then we ran into her on that street when she was walking her kids home from school. She felt like that wasn't a coincidence, and ended up coming to church yesterday because of it! We knew we had been put in the right place at the right moment.
On Thursday morning we made a few phone calls, and found out the startling news that Freddy and Darlyne will need 4 hours of marriage counseling in order to get their marriage license. We were not sure how they would get money to pay for that, but after a few more phone calls we ended up on the phone with a man who used to be in the mission presidency. He said that 3 of the missionary lessons would count towards those hours, and that he was willing to drive up to give them the last hour of marriage counseling, which would be a class on the Family: A Proclamation to the World. Not only would he give them a certificate that would allow them to get their marriage license on the same day they presented it to the court house, but it would reduce the fee of a marriage license from $90 to $60. It was definitely a tender mercy that we were able to get in contact with him. The class went well, and now, all we are waiting for, is Darlyne's divorce to go through! We would all appreciate continued prayers for that.
Friday we went on an exchange with the sisters in Port Saint Lucie. I ended up going to their area to work with Sister Noftle. She is really sweet. We ended up spending most of the afternoon is a sweet lady's house that had just been through knee surgery, and LOVED to talk! It was a good day though.
Saturday we exchanged back, and then did another short exchange with the Sisters in Stuart. I knocked doors with Sister Callister who is training right now. She was in the middle of telling me about how she is feeling discouraged because they have not been able to find any new investigators, when we knocked on a door and the man let us right in to teach him and his fiance. They were very interested in learning about the Book of Mormon, promised to read it, and became 2 new investigators for the Stuart sisters. I am so grateful that Heavenly Father provided that miracle right when they needed a little boost. That afternoon we drove back to our area, made a few quick visits, and then went to a baptismal service for the Sisters in Palm Beach! They were baptizing a cute little 90 year old Haitian man, he had a hard time getting into the font, but he was just as determined as ever to "follow his Jesus."
On Sunday church was only 1 hour because they had to do some mold remediation in our building. Hurricane Irma strikes again. That's ok though, we had a great rest of the day. We went to the park and talked to a lot of families and invited them to the ward party this Friday. We also had a great lesson with another family we are teaching, the Henry family. It is a mom, a dad, and their 17 year old daughter. They all have very sincere desires to know if our message is true, and they are very excited to read the Book of Mormon.
Overall, it has been a fantastic week. I know that Heavenly Father blesses us if we move forward with faith, and put our shoulder to the wheel. It's like the quote that says "Pray like everything depends on God, and then work like everything depends on you." I hope it is a great week for you all!
Love, Sister Monson
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