WOW.
It's been a while. Will you all
forgive me? Sorry for not doing a very good job at writing a weekly. SO
MUCH has happened! I feel like I say that every week! Every single day
on the mission, I feel like I could write a book! But even so, it's so
hard to summarize in an email what is going on, so much that I just get
overwhelmed and don't even bother. But don't worry, I'm also trying to do my best to keep a journal, so I've got back up for the Mondays that I slack on :)
Time
on the mission is weird. I love every second and do my best to absorb
the moments. I'm all about making things and experience and whoa is this
an experience for sure.
I bet you've been curious as to
what in the world me and Sister Riggs have been getting into.
THIS HAPPENED. We met a wonderful young woman. I
remember that one time
Sister Riggs and I got dropped by 2 of our progressing investigators.
Because God is merciful, he decided to give us this new young woman.
We
walked out of the investigator's apartment after she told us that she didn't want to
get baptized anymore with our heads down pretty low. This is something I
had yet to really experience on the mission, being dropped that is. And
with Sister Riggs my sweet new tender child, I, WE refused to let our
heads hang down too low for tooooo long.
It was literally like
something from a movie. We walked slowly down the steps of her
apartment, back on to campus and almost missed a miracle. As we crossed
the street and down the path to our apartment, our heads hanging down,
but right at our feet, was a little fortune that said this: "You will
obtain your goal if you maintain your course."
Just like that.
Thanks panda express.......
More like thanks Jesus!!!!!!!
Tender mercies.
3.
days. later. fast forward to sitting in the meeting with our branch
mission leader. We were texting random people in our phone asking if
they wanted to meet up. One young woman actually responded and said she was willing
to meet with us at the institute THAT NIGHT. We did! Taught her about
baptism. We met with her the following Tuesday and invited her to be baptized. She said yes. Just last Friday, she was.
and there she is!!! Lady in red!!! and me, unfortunately, I still don't know how to take direction.
PS. I had my FIRST family history experience.
Yesterday at church!!!!!
Since
the branch is SO wonderful and is so big on family history for our
recent converts it gives the rest of us a reason to join in on the fun.
Now
I've done baptisms for the dead before but not for anyone in my own
family, nor have I ever gotten a name so that the work could be
done for family member in the temple......Well that all changed
yesterday when I
downloaded the family search app on my iPad, found out when my grandpa
died, which, by the way was was SUPER hard for me because obviously I
couldn't' call my mom!!!!! so I had to
say a prayer then get on google......
I got the information so that her dad could be baptized, and receive his endowment :)
Since
he is a male I can't go into the temple and do it for him, but I'm
going to get someone in the branch to do it for me when they go to the
temple on the 29th :)
I LOVE THIS WORK.
M e r r y C h r i s m a s,
please know I will be thinking of all of you on that special day, but certainly our Savior as we celebrate his birth,
I love him.
Sister Carter
