Date: Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 3:53 PM
Subject: Rapunzel, Hastening the Work, & Spider in my Shirt. AH
Subject: Rapunzel, Hastening the Work, & Spider in my Shirt. AH
Hey yall!
I need to start out with something completely non-spiritual and completely GROSS and unsettling. I hope it never happens to anybody in the whole world ever. Because it was gross.
Mild mannered me was innocently planning with my companion when I felt a slight tingly thing that was definitely not me under my shirt. I looked down and beheld, to my immediate hysteria, A SPIDER IN MY SHIRT!!!! Just hanging out, crawling on me! I screamed and killed it and changed my clothes. Ew. I have bragged about how this is the only area where I have literally not seen one bug in the apartment the whole time I've been here. Well, of course that trend needed to end with a spider in my shirt. EW.
Okay. Anyway. As a solo sister training leader, I get to do exchanges with each sister in my zone. I thought I'd tell you a little about one of the exchanges I went on this week!
Sister Russell is a brand new missionary, and if Rapunzel from the movie Tangled had small, fair features and long, straight brown hair, that would be Sister Russell in a nutshell. She's rather quiet, at first, and was nervous about being awkward with starting conversations or carrying one on. But every time she was given a clear opportunity to bear her testimony, she did so stunningly. Her testimony, and her whole countenance, is beautifully pure, simple, and completely heartfelt. No one could doubt the sincerity of her testimony and why she's here.she'll become one of the most powerful missionaries you could find anywhere. She is so pure and humble. She asked me for suggestions on how she could improve. I told her to just keep doing what she's doing-- working hard and trying her best-- and she'll be just fine! We got to teach a lot and she loved that. She'll blossom beautifully.
Angela is still on date for April 11th! She's progressing beautifully-- she's just got to give up her 1/2 cigarette a day and coffee before her baptism. She's working hard at both. She's already started planning her baptism program on her own-- she picked one of the elders to sing a musical number and she's picked out her favorite hymns already. :) She's actually moving into a member's home this Tuesday, which will greatly improve her living situation and also be great for fellowshipping! We're excited for her.
Julia is the miracle referral we found last week by contacting her daughter. This week we dropped by and taught her the first lesson, and her member neighbor drove both her and us to church on Sunday. She loved church. We'll be teaching her again tonight. Apparently she's also been reading from the Book of Mormon. We plan to put her on date this evening. We're grateful when people like her just drop into our laps!
On Saturday, an appointment fell through and our teamup was driving us to a potential's home we'd planned as a backup. At the last minute though, we had her take a different route to a different potential family's home-- that of Damion and Rochelle. They have a couple small kids-- the oldest is seven, I think. Damion was home, and we taught him the 1st lesson. He really enjoyed it! He said he'd read from the Book of Mormon, and that if he knew it was true, he would be baptized. We're seeing him again this week. That was a miracle on the fly-- the Spirit directed us to go there on the way to his house!
I'm trying to apply the things I learned from Elder Zwick about working more powerfully and effectively with members to do missionary work. We've been asking more members for referrals when we're in their home for dinner, and while that hasn't directly resulted in new investigators yet, we have seen success in members reaching out! One member recontacted two of her acquaintances and invited them to learn more. Another couple thought of a part-member family we should contact. One member even said he would bring his non-member brother to church! Several other families have been very receptive to inviting friends and family to learn more, which is great! It really comes down to being willing to follow the promptings of the Spirit. He puts the opportunities in our paths if we're willing to see them.
I loved the General Womens Conference this weekend, and can't wait for General Conference this week. We're hoping to have several investigators there!
Have a BLESSED day!!
Sister Taylor
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