It has been a great, and slightly crazy, week here in Florida! This morning we all woke up early and went to the store to load up on supplies for Hurricane Irma. We are waiting to hear back with more news on that, and what we need to do, but at least we are prepared! I have noticed that a lot of people are willing to pray with us, because at this point everyone can agree that we need it. Heavenly Father is humbling His children so they will be ready to receive His gospel, and it is just a blessing to be able to take it to them!
On Tuesday last week we had a District Training. In our district there are 4 sisters, and 2 elders so it is pretty small! It was great, we learned about the Lord's expectations. After that we got lunch as a district, so that was a good time. That day we were feeling a little worried about Freddy and Darlyne because we hadn't heard from them for a few days since they were sick, and hadn't been able to come to church. We decided to give Darlyne a call, and we were glad that we did. She has been struggling with a lot of depression, and she really needed our call in that moment. We were grateful for that impression that allowed us to help her through a difficult night.
On Wednesday we went on an exchange with the Sisters that we live with (Sister Oliverson and Sister Long). I got to knock doors with Sister Oliverson, and she is such a sweetheart. She goes home from her mission at the end of this month, so she definitely has a lot of experience that I can learn from. After our exchange we did a tour of the chapel with our investigator Amy. She really liked the building, but when we got to the chapel she felt something different. We read the sacrament prayers with her, and talked about baptism. Before that she had been feeling nervous, and slight opposed to baptism. As we sat in the chapel and talked about it, she agreed that she needed those feelings all the time. It was awesome. She decided that she does want to be baptized, and she said she will pray about a date. That night we had a family home evening with Freddy and Darlyne in our ward mission leader's house. We watched the movie "Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration," and they loved it! They are really starting to understand why the church is different, and why the message is so important!
On Thursday we met with Amy again, and we brought another sister from our ward. We taught about the Plan of Salvation, and Amy really liked it. She kept saying that it is so different than anything she has ever been taught, but that it makes so much sense, and we definitely agreed! That night we had dinner with the Bishop's family, they are awesome, and very excited about missionary work. Especially because the Bishop's son just got back from his mission in Brazil. For our spiritual thought we had them all pray as a family, and then gather around our gps to choose a spot for us to knock on doors. They loved it, and all came to the same conclusion about which spot, and they are now committed to come teaching with us to whatever investigator we find on that street.
On Friday we went on a full-day exchange with Sister Davis and Sister Callister. Sister Davis came to work with me in Royal Palm. A lot, well actually all, of our appointements fell through so we ended up visiting a lot of former investigators and knocking doors. Sister Davis is a trooper! We had fun together, we also did service by helping an old lady clean out her back patio. I don't think I have ever had so many spiderwebs on me before, it was so gross, but lots of fun.
Saturday was a busy day as we exchanged back, then had another short exchange with some other sisters. After that we met our District Leader so he could give us a short training as a companionship. He talked about placing our trust in God, and confessing His hand in all things. It was just what we needed. After that we ended up seeing Freddy and Darlyne again, and they are progressing so well! We always teach them sitting outside their little trailer. During the middle of our lesson it started downpouring rain. We all huddled under the little metal awning that they have, and Sister Peterson and I tried to keep teaching, but it was so loud! With a lot of help from the ward member we'd brought, we finally managed to finish the lesson. The problem was that we'd parked our car on the street over, but as soon as we finished praying the rain stopped. It paused while we walked back to our car, and then started again as soon as we got inside. It was an awesome tender mercy, Heavenly Father is so aware of us.
On Sunday we had a pretty normal day. Freddy and Darlyne came to church, which was awesome! They are really getting to know the ward. Amy couldn't come to church because she is out of town visiting her dad, but we will see her tomorrow.
Other fun things about this week: we have had a lizard in our house at least 4 times. It usually consists of one of us walking into the kitchen, screaming, and then all of us running in there and trying to catch it with a broom and a tupperware. I wish I could video record it for your viewing pleasure, but just imagine 4 of us all frantically trying to catch the lizard without touching it. It is really pretty funny.
That is all for this week! Have a great one!
Love, Sister Monson
1. Our shopping adventures last pday
2. A member randomly brought us a popsicle mold, we made it with pink lemonade, but it was way sour
3. Florida is beautiful
4. My exchange with Sister Davis
5. This adorable old lady in our ward bakes us cookies every week
6. Our solution to all of life's problems: ice cream and a face mask ;)
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