I have met so many people. It is insane. I am so grateful to be a missionary. I think of
the Missionaries that helped us join the Church. Since then, I have a
better understanding of this Gospel, what it is all about and of course
who my Savior is, who my Heavenly Father is, and what I want my life to
end up being.
So, Preparation Days are officially on Mondays so expect my emails every Monday around this time :)
I am in Livermore,
California!! About 40 minutes from San Jose or so. This is my first area
and I will probably be here for 6 months.
My companion's name is Sister
Gregerson. She is from Atlanta Georgia. She. Is. Tough. She has been out
for about a year. There are 4 sisters in my District but we are the
only two English speakers, the other two sisters are Spanish speakers.
We have a lot of Elders of course! We only drive in my district (YESSSSS
NO BIKING!!!!!!) (I probably just jinxed myself) and I am the driver.
For whatever reason she doesn't drive so it's all me......Kinda exciting
and helps me learn the area better. The car is really nice.
Am currently sitting with my Companion at the Library. We started our laundry and are headed to Target after this.
We don't knock on doors but
rather proselyte by contacting. We go downtown and ask people "do you
want a picture of your Savior Jesus Christ?" Or "Hi! We're the
Missionaries.... Have you seen Sisters like us before?" It is so fun. I
think since I have a talent for running my mouth, this has been fairly
"easy" for me to talk to people.
The members feed us EVERY
night!!!!! Crazy right? Such a blessing, BUT some nights we have two
dinner appointments in ONE night!!! hahahahaha. I really am a
missionary. It's crazy. A crazy blessing!
Did you get to watch General Conference? It was amazing!! My first Sunday
on the Mission and I get Conference! I wasn't really watching it for
myself, but rather all of these Less Active Members that we teach.
[editor's note: names have been removed, but this is a general summary of the people she and her companion are teaching]
1. A woman who is not active, divorced, with 4 sons, works at Wal-Mart, and has a VERY tough time. She has two cats.
2. A man who is not active but has two
sons who are very, very in active. He knows what he needs to do to come
closer to Christ but doesn't. He knows what is good, what is better and
what is best but needs to actually do it!
3. A young single adult who we met street contacting downtown! He had lots of questions,
especially about Prophets!! I hope he was sincere because I really liked
him! He's clearly a wild teen but this gospel will only add to his
life.
4. A Hispanic man. He is a
"born again" Christian. He lives with his mom? Has like 4 kids. Goes to
Church! So cute. I liked him. He has a good heart.
5. Another man, a Meth addict. We met
him street contacting too. He had a friend on a mission in Paris France.
We are teaching him tonight. He needs help. But when we prayed with
him, he said he felt a feeling! Totally the Holy Ghost!!!!! I'm excited
for him, but this addiction is going to kill him if we can't help him by
introducing him to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He has his agency!
6. A cute family. The parents are both cops :) He's been out to DC. They are older and just got
married about a year ago. They have two kids who are like 16 and 18, I
believe they are his kids from another marriage. She say's she doesn't
like the church too much because of women's roles. We're going to start
giving her the lessons.
Anywho, so much more to tell everyone,
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