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| Temporay Trio- Me & Sis Heaps & Sis Brown |
This was a crazy week! So much happened and we were so busy! Probably won't seem like it, but we were. Well, we weren't too busy on Monday. We just did regular P-Day things. We don't really do anything with the other missionaries, and that is kind of a bummer. All of my other districts have, so this is new. I could organize something, but just like you Mom, I find little motivation to do so when they won't contribute.
Anyways, we had dinner with a recent convert, Chon, and her family. Her husband made a delicious authentic Mexican meal that was delicious and then we worked on family history with Chon. Her husband didn't stay for all of it, but he stayed long enough for me to share a scripture about why we do family history and testify!! So that was awesome. We worked on finding some names for Chon to take to the temple and set a date to go in two weeks. We are so excited!
On Tuesday we gained an extra member of our companionship,
Sister Brown. It was only temporary though. Her companions were
both transferred and she was training so her trainee hadn't come in yet, so
since she lives in our complex, she got to tag along with us for a few
days! She had gone to transfer meeting and then was dropped off where we
were doing service afterwards. We were pulling weeds at the horse ranch
and she joined us in the weeding. She didn't even get dirty in her dress,
I was impressed. We then had a little lunch, a little bit of studying and
phone calls, and then we went out.
While we were out tracting, a car drove by, and then reversed a little and a guy rolled down the window and asked if we were Mormons. A little perplexed and hesitant, we said yes. He said we had texted him a while back and that he used to meet with the missionaries. I then recalled who he was, a former investigator we had contacted a few weeks ago. We will have to get an appointment with him soon! We didn't have a dinner appointment, but Sister Brown did, so we went to the Oak Ridge ward for dinner! Conveniently enough, in order to go to Oak Ridge, you have to go by our apartment, so we were able to switch cars in order to have evenly distributed miles. It worked out perfect! We had a great dinner and then we went to try by a couple of investigators. We found a guy who is a theology major and was very interested in learning about the Book of Mormon and coming to church. We felt like terrible missionaries because between the three of us, we didn't have one Book of Mormon on us! We just have a reason to go back I guess. We then went back home, and since the Oak Ridge sisters' apartment had three beds, Sister Heaps and I packed up for a sleep over there! Kind of weird and fun at the same time.
While we were out tracting, a car drove by, and then reversed a little and a guy rolled down the window and asked if we were Mormons. A little perplexed and hesitant, we said yes. He said we had texted him a while back and that he used to meet with the missionaries. I then recalled who he was, a former investigator we had contacted a few weeks ago. We will have to get an appointment with him soon! We didn't have a dinner appointment, but Sister Brown did, so we went to the Oak Ridge ward for dinner! Conveniently enough, in order to go to Oak Ridge, you have to go by our apartment, so we were able to switch cars in order to have evenly distributed miles. It worked out perfect! We had a great dinner and then we went to try by a couple of investigators. We found a guy who is a theology major and was very interested in learning about the Book of Mormon and coming to church. We felt like terrible missionaries because between the three of us, we didn't have one Book of Mormon on us! We just have a reason to go back I guess. We then went back home, and since the Oak Ridge sisters' apartment had three beds, Sister Heaps and I packed up for a sleep over there! Kind of weird and fun at the same time.
Wednesday was a great day. We volunteered at a thrift
shop in the morning. Reminded my of working at a DI, we did almost
exactly the same thing. We then went home for lunch, and then we
went to an appointment wit one of our investigators. It was a good
lesson. We brought a convert with us and she really helped a lot.
Our investigator is from
Korea and the member is from China. They were
able to relate over learning about something new in a language other than their
own and how to read and understand the Book of Mormon. Also how at the
time of her conversion, she didn't know or understand everything, but she could
just feel that it was right. It was great!
We then went to help a lady in our ward move. We packed the pickup truck. It was kind of weird to be doing the work in a skirt, but it was fine. I have become quite adept at packing on my mission. I have helped a lot of people! We then went to dinner with an awesomely missionary minded family. We had to be quick though because after dinner we went on splits. We had two appointments for 6, so I went with a member to one, and Sister heaps and Sister Brown went with another appointment with someone else. This experience made me so grateful to have a companion! I had to teach the lesson basically by myself. The member offered excellent testimony and insight, but it was up to me to make sure the doctrine was taught and the commitments were extended. It was scary!!! And then one of the people we were teaching couldn't see how the great apostasy happened and the scriptures I shared weren't working. I was trying to not get in a scripture bash, but Sister Heaps is usually the one that keeps that from happening. The member was awesome though and brought back the Spirit and totally saved me. This is why we don't do this alone! We then had to hurry and make it to an appointment in the Oak Ridge ward with a recent convert. We made it, though we were a little late, but all was well.
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Strange food of the week: Rambuton
A delicious Asian fruit that tastes like a soft grape |
We then went to help a lady in our ward move. We packed the pickup truck. It was kind of weird to be doing the work in a skirt, but it was fine. I have become quite adept at packing on my mission. I have helped a lot of people! We then went to dinner with an awesomely missionary minded family. We had to be quick though because after dinner we went on splits. We had two appointments for 6, so I went with a member to one, and Sister heaps and Sister Brown went with another appointment with someone else. This experience made me so grateful to have a companion! I had to teach the lesson basically by myself. The member offered excellent testimony and insight, but it was up to me to make sure the doctrine was taught and the commitments were extended. It was scary!!! And then one of the people we were teaching couldn't see how the great apostasy happened and the scriptures I shared weren't working. I was trying to not get in a scripture bash, but Sister Heaps is usually the one that keeps that from happening. The member was awesome though and brought back the Spirit and totally saved me. This is why we don't do this alone! We then had to hurry and make it to an appointment in the Oak Ridge ward with a recent convert. We made it, though we were a little late, but all was well.
Thursday morning Sister Brown left our companionship to go
get her trainee. We were sad to see her go. She wasn't there long,
but it felt like she had become a part of our companionship. She also brought
to us the news that there are no more designated drivers, so Sister Heaps and
I switch off driving. She takes the odd days and I drive on the even
ones. We volunteered at the food bank in the morning and then we did our
weekly planning. We went and dropped off the Book of Mormon to the guy we
met on Tuesday. He said that he had already downloaded it and started
listening to it before bed. Pretty neat. We then picked up flyers
for the ward Halloween party so we could pass them out to people.
We then did some tracting before dinner. After dinner we tried by a family that a member told us about that speaks Portuguese. Sister Heaps was supposed to go to Brazil, so she loves every opportunity to speak Portuguese with people. They weren't interested in the gospel, but they were nice and said they would come to church one time. We then were able to meet a less active sister in the ward. When we got home we got a text form the woman we had dinner with the day before. She had taken her friend to see "Meet the Mormons" and after a great discussion she was prompted to invite her to take the missionary lessons, and she said yes! It was an awesome day!
We then did some tracting before dinner. After dinner we tried by a family that a member told us about that speaks Portuguese. Sister Heaps was supposed to go to Brazil, so she loves every opportunity to speak Portuguese with people. They weren't interested in the gospel, but they were nice and said they would come to church one time. We then were able to meet a less active sister in the ward. When we got home we got a text form the woman we had dinner with the day before. She had taken her friend to see "Meet the Mormons" and after a great discussion she was prompted to invite her to take the missionary lessons, and she said yes! It was an awesome day!
On Friday we had an appointment with a less active that we
have been working with. He has finally decided that he just needs to come
to church and then his questions and internal struggles will be resolved.
Yes!!! He finally gets it! He can't come this week because his
in-laws will be here, but he is going to come next week! We then rushed
to district meeting and had a good training on baptism. After the meeting
we went through and gave all of our stuff that now belongs to the Glen Loch
ward to the elders. We then had a lesson with an investigator and the
member was amazing and invited her to church and she is going to be attending
next week as well! We tracted after for a bit before having dinner with
an investigator. He is 10 and the best time to teach him is when he is
eating. It is weird, but I guess he is just a little bit more focused
while he is eating, so it works. We had received a few media referrals so
we tried by them, though none of them were home. We will just try by
again. We then went home to write thank you notes to all the members that
have helped us out this last week.
We had a mission Saturday: stop by almost every member's
home and give them a flyer to the ward Halloween party to give to a
friend. It was a big undertaking and we planned accordingly. We
were doing awesome before we saw a member of the bishopric and he burst our
bubble on a couple of things. It took us a little while to recover and
replan. It all turned out well in the end though and we were able to meet
some amazing people!
Sunday was a busy day. We visited a few people before
church, had some lunch, then a meeting with the ward mission leader, and
church. We got a new Relief Society presidency and they are going to be
awesome! We are excited to work with all of the great women. After church
we visited a lady and then went to dinner. Their 9 year old daughter has
decided to invite almost everyone she knows to the Primary program in a few
weeks so that is super exciting. We then went to Autumn Leaves to sing
with the old people and found that Sister Belbin (our usual pianist) was having
her students' piano recital that day there. There was a lot of people,
the elders were there, and we had an appointment right after, so we decided our
time would be better used elsewhere. So we went to the open house of a
girl who is leaving on her mission next week. We have taken her to a lot
of appointments so we are super excited for her. We then got to visit
with a part member family and it was a good night!
All is well down here in Texas and the weather is so amazing
we never want to be inside.
Happy fall y'all!
Sister Hudgens
