13 May
2013
The weather has again been gorgeous
this week. I believe rain is in the forecast but we will survive.
This week has been a slight blurr, I feel that all we did was run around.
Monday we had a fantastic P-day
chillin' at the park. The elders and sisters played soft ball and tennis and
just soaked up the sun. I got a little sunburned, but I bought sunscreen.
:) Tuesday our 2.5 walking days a week were enforced thankfully members are
very willing to give us a ride to our next appointment. We helped the
Bishop out with some yard work and we did a little bit for his neighbor.
His neighbor was so appreciative of our kind gesture that he brought flowers
over to the Bishop.
Wednesday we spent the day helping a
member prepare to move, cleaning and waxing our car for car inspections and
another fantastic lesson with Barb. The member we brought to Barb's
lesson was perfect for her. Barb is really eating up conversion stories
and is really relating to them. Again she is getting close, but she is
having some mountains to climb and face before she will commit to baptism.
Thursday was Zone Conference, which
are always great. Our Zone Leaders called us at 10pm Wednesday night to
ask if we would do a musical number. Sister Fenn was such a trouper and
sang with me. I kept telling her is she didn't want to sing she didn't
have to, I was fine with singing a solo. We talked a lot about goal
setting, but in particular having a vision. It just struck me today as I
was doing my personal studies that that is what I feel Heavenly Father is
needed me to focus on. I need to have a vision of what I want out of this
transfer and to keep my eye on it and keep working towards it. Sometimes
I tend to have great ideas and I set goals, but I sometimes get stuck executing
and following through with it. I'm not sure how to work on that other
than maybe posting sticky notes everywhere to remind me of the goals I have set
this week.
Thursday we had a full evening and
thankfully we had rides to and from most of our appointments. We had
Thandi come with us to our lesson with a family whose daughter is turning
eight. The family just loved her and they offered to give Thandi and
Sandie a ride to church. Their oldest daughter is Sandie's age which is
perfect because Sandie is needing friends in this ward. (They were effected by
the ward boundary change so they are trying to meet people).
Friday was an interesting day.
We have discovered that it takes about an hour to walk from one of our
communities to the next. The two closest ones together. We have no idea
how we are going to manage walking from the two farthest areas of our
boundaries. We had someone that was going to take us to an appointment,
which the ride fell through. It ended up being a tender mercy because the
lady probably would not have been home. We asked Thandi if she would help
us prepare our lesson for Gospel Essentials call. Super helpful. I
feel terrible because Sister Fenn has an awful blister on her heel from walking
around so much. :( Not fun when we have walking days still ahead of us.
Saturday we got in with a less
active teen. She is super great, but really shy. Her family comes
to sacrament meeting but then they will leave right after. We brought
Thandi with us to her lesson to help her overcome fears that she has with
coming to YW. It was a great lesson, but her family didn't come to
church. Probably due to Mother's Day. We also did some more service
doing yard work. It was in the heat of the afternoon and I was slightly
dying. Sister Fenn didn't even consider it hot. I think she is
going to die when winter hits.
Sad news on the Jakin family.
The member asked them if they were willing to meet with us and they politely
declined his offer. Blah. But if they are still in contact with him and they
are reading the Book of Mormon we are happy. We will be here when they
are ready.
Sunday was great. We had some
amazing speakers. The Gospel Essentials calls went fairly well. One
of our recent converts has been bringing her daughter to church. Actually, her
daughter has been wanting to come to church and she loves the spirit that is
there. Definitely potential there.
It was super nice to talk to the
family. haha, okay mostly mom, but that's sort of how I planned it. :)
Well, despite it probably raining
this week it should be great!
Lots of love!
-Sister Douglass
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