Humid day at the park
Always a good time at Good Will
Cheers
Last picture with Pres. and Sis. Harding
I came out with Sis. Barry
Happy Monday y'all!!
What a wonderful week. I'm still on cloud 9 from
last week's news, and I'm just so excited to see what will happen for my last
week or so in Georgia. First though, thanks mom for the package! I loved
it (: And tell the Gonzalez' thank you for that awesome talk, and Sharon
for her Christmas letter! That was a little rude to make me wait, haha, but I
promise I'll save it until Christmas (: Also, Happy birthday on Thursday, Lys!!
I hope it's a great day (:
Wow, mom, that's sweet that you had so many connections this
week! Definitely tell Jenna hello (you've come in a few times while we were
working together) and I'll be sure and look for Sister Johnson. I was
debating on whether I should take my big coats that I inherited, or if I should
just buy a raincoat there.
Our Fab 4
Sister's P day! Me, sister Manzer, Russell (from AZ) and
Aiono (from Australia)
Exchanges with Sister Russell
Anyway, this week was great! We had our last two exchanges,
and they went really well. I stayed in our area with Sister Russell (from
Atlanta ward, they live in the same apt complex) and it was awesome! Haha we
were walking down the street and I said hello to an Asian, then I choked! She
asked me why I didn't talk to her, and I wasn't sure why! So she yells at her
from like 30 feet away and asks if she speaks Mandarin. Haha whatever works,
right? It was sweet though! Her name is Alice, and we just spoke in Mandarin
and I told her what we do, and we'll be teaching her more this week (: Yay!!
That built my confidence in my Mandarin, and lead to another experience back
with Sister Manzer and I talked to a whole family of Asians! One of them was
even Christian! They weren't interested, and I'm not sure how to deal with
rejection in Chinese yet, but I'll get better! Wo ai zhonggo ren (:
Sister Gubler (she reminds me of Katie Henderson)
Then we did exchanges with the Smyrna sisters, and I
went with Sister Gubler. We're like the same people! She loves soccer,
piano, the ukulele and we're just going to be besties when we get home (:
She recently got an ingrown toenail fixed so we couldn't do much, but I think
the exchange was more for me than for her. We just talked forever, and
she helped me get some stress off my back so that was wonderful!
Me, Sis. Gubler, Manzer, and Suda! They're the cutest (:
We did have one lesson this week that really stuck out to
me. We were teaching Jordan with two members there, and we decided to go
back to prophets and watch the restoration video. That thing does
wonders! Most of the time, anyway. For a second, he was caught up on John
3:16 and how we only need to believe to be saved, and we don't need
baptism. Somehow we ended the lesson on a great note, and asked him to
pray specifically to know if Joseph Smith is a true prophet and if the Book of
Mormon is true. It was awesome! Haha usually when we do that, people
still pray in their own way with their set little sayings, but Jordan was so
sincere! He asked specifically, and then waited for what seemed like 10
minutes. The spirit was so strong, and we were all praying that he
would feel the spirit that was in the room, too. We left it at that, and
told him to write down his experience. He told us that since we've been
meeting, he's been able to regain his faith in Jesus Christ, and he never
thought he'd be able to do that again. That was very fulfilling to
hear. He'll definitely take a little longer, but he's doing so good!
Jordan is amazing.
Sis. Manzer doesn't like to actively kill bugs, so she lets them suffer a long and painful death
Missionaries: 1, Cockroach: 0
bug bite, mole, bug bite, bug bite
It's like herding cats
Seriously, things are just wonderful. I've even got to
use what little Spanish I can remember with a lot of people! Haha all I
can say now is that we represent Jesus Christ and we have a very
important message about the restoration of his church. And the Book of
Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ! and then I get their number
and tell them that better Spanish-speaking missionaries will call them (: haha
works every time. I have loved every minute here. I'm so thankful to be a
missionary, and that I am happy, healthy, and growing every
day spiritually. I can't think of a better thing to be
doing.
Love, Sister Facer
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