This week has been both absolutely amazing and really really bad
all at once. So, we are going to start with the bad stuff first so that
everything will end on a happy note.
To start, my
companion crashed the car on Friday. Everyone is okay, and there
actually wasn't anyone else involved. She took a turn too sharply and
nearly sent my side of the car into a ditch. We didn't go in, luckily.
However, we did scrape up the front and passenger side pretty badly and
the passenger side doors were jammed until Saturday morning, when we got
that fixed. But sometime soon, we are going to have to park the car for
two weeks. They are letting us wait until after transfers, because we
are supposed to pick some sisters up, but it is going to be a long and
exhausting two weeks. We are really going to have to rely on members and
walk a whole lot. It's a big area, so I'm going to be really tired. I'm
so glad my shoes have good support.
We also still don't have any new investigators, and we
don't have any baptismal dates. We keep trying and trying, and
everything keeps falling through. And no one will answer their phones
when we call them! It is a little ridiculous. What is the point of
having a phone if you never answer it? But that is all the bad, at least
for this week.
So the good stuff! We have a half new investigator. The
only reason she isn't a new investigator is because she doesn't know
her schedule for this week and we weren't able to set a return
appointment. She does want us to come back though, and she is within
walking distance from our apartment, so she will be a new investigator
this week! She does live in the elders' area, but because she is a
single female, we are going to be teaching her.
Y is progressing well, she just has
some really difficult choices to make. She talked to her husband about
coming to church, and he said she could either go to church or she could
spend time with her family. So now church feels like a choice between
herself and her family for her. We are really trying to help her see how
even just her coming to church will help her whole family, but it is
all up to her. Sometimes, agency really stinks. President T
is coming to her lessons as well, and we are going to ask him to give
her a blessing to help her. She really does want this. She just has to
take a leap of faith first.
We sent around the calendar for the 40-day fast
yesterday, and it is almost filled up! There are only five days left to
be filled, which is absolutely amazing! We are specifically fasting for
three things: strengthen our recent converts, increase church
attendance, and find two strong families to teach. With the faith and
the full participation that our ward has, there is no way that we won't
be able to accomplish these things. It does mean that we will be
incredibly busy for the next long while. Which will be hard without a
car, but maybe being without a car will allow us to find those that we
need to teach. Lots of people on buses to talk to!
We have found a lot of great potentials lately. We just
need to set up appointments with them. Lots of great things are
starting to happen, we just have to push past the bad things. Transfers
are this week, and we find out tonight what happens with that, but
President T has already basically told us that both
Sister C and I are staying in Surrey. But because I've only been
here six weeks, we still go in for transfers. I'm really excited for
that, even though it does mean less time teaching and finding.
I love you all!
Sister Peterson
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