President Wolfert,
It's been quite the week! I'm enjoying my new companion, Sister Mellott!
Sister Mellott is 22, from Morgen, UT, and 12 months into her mission. She was a Sister Training Leader in her last area (the sister equivelant of a Zone Leader). She went to USU before her mission and she's going back in the fall, not sure what she's studying yet. She has long hair for me to play with, and we are no longer a dairy-free companionship since she's not lactose intolerant! Yay for butter. :)
Sister Mellott is much more relaxed and simple in planning, and more balanced in handling stressful situations than I am. I tend to be pretty critical of myself, but she's good at helping me be more relaxed and allow myself room to grow. She is more quiet and doesn't share her feelings much, and that's how I usually communicate. So I'm praying to know how to love and serve her more. She's a great missionary though, and part of a mission is learning how to love all different kinds of people. So far we work pretty well together, I just hope I can crack past some of her shell while we're together.
We've seen some incredible success this week with finding! We found six new investigators, which is more than I've ever found in just two or three days. Most of them seem promising, and I hope they find joy in the Book of Mormon and seek to progress. It's been miracle after miracle for the last few days with finding. Two of my favorites are Jamie and Trey. Jamie is Trey's mom, Trey is 8 years old. Jamie was feeling ill, but let us in when we offered to leave the Savior's peace and blessing (a special prayer) on her home and family.
She said Trey had a lot of questions about religion. He was the most mature, thoughtful 8 year old I've ever met. His first question was, "Why do we go to church?" He didn't know hardly anything about Jesus Christ, so we simply explained about Jesus, the Atonement, and why church helps us remember him. His next question was, "What's baptism?" First of all, what eight year old kid ASKS that question?! It was awesome.
As we explained about how Jesus is our brother, how we can be made clean through baptism, and how God loves us, I swear I saw tears in his fully attentive, hopeful eyes. I don't know if he knew it, but I know he recognized the message we shared. I know his spirit had heard it before. I really felt like we were talking spirit to spirit.
Turns out Jamie had actually met with the missionaries some in college, and still has the book of mormon they gave her. She said they were nice, for whatever reason had stopped coming, and that she'd had several questions for them. We read some verses from the Book of Mormon with them, and they said they would come to church next week. They also said they would be baptized if they came to know that what we're teaching is true. They are such sweet, sweet souls; I really hope we can help them progress and see the light they so desperately need.
As the one in our companionship that knows the area, I've found out that I know the area and the people far better than I thought I did! Sister Buhler and I are both take-the-lead sort of people, and since she was the driver, trainer, and on top of everything, I often took the backseat while she responded first to questions, entered addresses in the GPS, etc. It's been nice to see that I do have personal relationships with the members and I do know the area well.
Please pray for Jamie & Trey, Victor, Pierre, Vivian, and Tony. They could use some prayers-- they're all in the beginning stages of investigation, with bright interests and searching hearts. I'm praying that they will be able to overcome any opposition they face that would keep them from progressing, and that they will come to love the Book of Mormon and know it's true.
I'm the happiest consistently that I've ever been on my mission so far. I'm so grateful for that. I feel more confident and I have a greater desire to work. Missions are the weirdest, time-warping, growing, spiritually and mentally difficult things ever. But I'm learning to love mine. :)
Much love! Have a great week!
Sister Taylor
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