Hola,
WOW WOW WOW! It seems like a lot of fun things are happening in
each of your individual lives. I love to hear about them so keep it all
coming!
We were little tourists last week taking our pictures for a
birthday gift for Sister Kaiser's mom. That is why I have had some fun
pictures. P-day is always a good one and it is really fun to just have
one day where we kind of do more normal things though most of the time
it is not relaxing, but that is ok. We went to the Stapps for dinner. He
is our ward mission leader and is awesome. (Like other ward mission
leaders I know in the family.) They are lots of fun and are very loving to
us. It is nice to have someone that wants to take care of us, even when
there are 8 of us. We had all this fired food and it was just one big
party! The funny thing about Mondays is that we do not do much
proselyting so no news there.
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On Tuesday
we had our district meeting and Sister Kaiser and I became determined
to make at least 10 contacts each day. We have been trying, but after our
district meeting we became determined to do it. We taught a lesson
with Gabriel and Maria and their family on the Restoration. They are a
pretty strong Catholic family so we have trouble getting them committed. We have hope that we are the missionaries that can get them to the
waters of baptism. Then we had dinner with the Contreras who feed us
every Tuesday.
They are two sisters and one is the Relief Society President. They are
awesome and stalwarts in our ward. Our two after dinner appointments were
not home. We luckily were able to contact and just barely got 10
contacts.
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Wednesday
was not a really big day either. We just did
contacting. It ended up that we got 14 contacts which was awesome and it
wasn't even too hard. Then we went to coordination meeting [with the Branch Mission Leader]. I don't
know if I have explained about it, but it is really important and also
really fun. The first fun thing is that they have had their cute
grandson with them and man he is cute. Sadly we can't really play
with him, but he is really fun to watch. Then something that the Stapps
do is provide muffins and milk. They are always really good and it makes
for a fun tradition.
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Thursday
we had a day of miracles. It was an awesome day! So our first miracle
was about Yolanda. Yolanda is in her 80s and is wheelchair bound.
She was a referral for service from one of our contacts a few weeks ago.
We coordinate everything to see her through her daughter Hilda. The
first time we met them they told us that one of Hilda's brothers was a
member and that they had wanted help from the Church to spend time with
their mom. So, we answered her prayers by calling and it was an enjoyable experience for us also. This week, we were invited to eat
lunch with Yolando. Hilda set our the food and left so we got to talk
and get to know Yolando. The miracle is that Yolando is a member too!
She has been inactive for over 10 years and we found her from a referral
to do service. It was amazing and we are excited to see what happens.
Then miracle number two was that while we were trying to contact
everyone we saw we actually ran into a former investigator and at first
it was a little tense conversation, but then it turned into a nice
discussion. We don't know if anything will happen, but it was good. Then
we had the opportunity to go the English class they have at the
church building here in Davis and we met another girl that might be
interested in the church and we had 14 contacts again with 3 lessons out
of 3! It was an awesome day. The funny thing was all the rest of
our appointments totally fell through, but it all worked out and was an
awesome day.
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Then Friday
we learned a little bit more about the Lord's timing. We were going to
visit a former investigator very near our apartment. No one was home.
We started our short walk back and ran into Guadelupe a 93 year old women
who walks everyday for her health. It was awesome and we gave her a Book
of Mormon. While talking to her out in the street we saw that the
person we were going to visit came home, so we walked back and had a nice
little lesson with them. It was great. Then, I got a whole bunch of mail
telling me all the wonderful things that are going on. Then we had
weekly planning - the essential part of our week. We had our
traditional dinner with the Hoglunds at Costco which consists of hot
dogs and our family's favorite ice cream bars. It is super fun and
becoming a regular Friday tradition. Then we talked to everyone we could and got 11 contacts.
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Saturday we had our regular study in the morning, which we haven't had in a while, and went to the mission car wash. Feel free to steal the idea you ward missionary leaders if you want. What happens is that you give a free car wash and while the people are waiting to have their cars washed you give them a Church tour. We weren't there for long but we heard that it went really well. Then there was a baptism from the Davis Elders. I played the piano for it. It was fun to be a part of a baptism from Davis. The crazy thing was that while I was playing the prelude the Albas walked in. I couldn't believe it. All of us missionaries perked up after that. It turned out to be a really wonderful meeting. The worst part was that I was not as prepared as I should of been for the closing song and it was a little one sided but it was ok. Later we had a lesson with a young mother in Davis about the Plan of Salvation. We hope that much will come of it. We went to a dinner for the Sister that got baptized, which was fun. We actually met their neighbors that speak Spanish. That was nice. Then we contacted this woman named Blanca who has been looking for where our Church is. I was so glad that we stopped her. We will see where all of that goes to. Our total for contacts on Saturday was 15.
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Saturday we had our regular study in the morning, which we haven't had in a while, and went to the mission car wash. Feel free to steal the idea you ward missionary leaders if you want. What happens is that you give a free car wash and while the people are waiting to have their cars washed you give them a Church tour. We weren't there for long but we heard that it went really well. Then there was a baptism from the Davis Elders. I played the piano for it. It was fun to be a part of a baptism from Davis. The crazy thing was that while I was playing the prelude the Albas walked in. I couldn't believe it. All of us missionaries perked up after that. It turned out to be a really wonderful meeting. The worst part was that I was not as prepared as I should of been for the closing song and it was a little one sided but it was ok. Later we had a lesson with a young mother in Davis about the Plan of Salvation. We hope that much will come of it. We went to a dinner for the Sister that got baptized, which was fun. We actually met their neighbors that speak Spanish. That was nice. Then we contacted this woman named Blanca who has been looking for where our Church is. I was so glad that we stopped her. We will see where all of that goes to. Our total for contacts on Saturday was 15.
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Sunday was a normal Sunday with dinner at the Perez home. He is the Branch President and like the Stapps, they just take care of us. On Sunday, because of driving and studies we have little to no proselyting time,
but because of our goal we knew that we had to get 10 contacts. We
stopped at the first apartment complex in Davis and contacted 17 people
in 40 minutes. It was awesome and the Lord always pleases you when you
want something. In Preach My Gospel is talks about how to set goals. The first sentence talks about the desires of our hearts and that when
our goal is the desire of our heart and we have a vision of what we want
to accomplish our hopes will turn into action through the the Lord. My mini-commitment/ advice this week is make your goals your deepest
desires or they probably won't be accomplished.
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This week has obviously been one of amazing contacts. Elder Ballard has asked that we have at least 10 contacts a day and so I am hearkening to an apostle's voice and it has been awesome. We have truly seen great blessings come from talking to everyone. It hasn't been easy. but it has been fun. The things I have learned about contacting this week are: People are sometimes much more receptive at 8:30 at night than 3:00 in the afternoon. People are ok with coming to the door half dressed. People know about Joseph Smith. Another thing is to always knock one more door. A lot of the time our last door was always the most rewarding. We need 10 contacts or we won't see the blessings. Even though it is hard to contact, it is easy to find at least one door or person out in the street that makes all the rest of the contacts worth it! I have a testimony of at least doing 10 contacts a day. We have seen grand blessings come from it and it actually makes it really fun too. I love having 10 contacts.
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This week has obviously been one of amazing contacts. Elder Ballard has asked that we have at least 10 contacts a day and so I am hearkening to an apostle's voice and it has been awesome. We have truly seen great blessings come from talking to everyone. It hasn't been easy. but it has been fun. The things I have learned about contacting this week are: People are sometimes much more receptive at 8:30 at night than 3:00 in the afternoon. People are ok with coming to the door half dressed. People know about Joseph Smith. Another thing is to always knock one more door. A lot of the time our last door was always the most rewarding. We need 10 contacts or we won't see the blessings. Even though it is hard to contact, it is easy to find at least one door or person out in the street that makes all the rest of the contacts worth it! I have a testimony of at least doing 10 contacts a day. We have seen grand blessings come from it and it actually makes it really fun too. I love having 10 contacts.
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Keep being member missionaries, keep giving referrals to the
missionaries, and keep remembering the peace the Gospel brings and share
it with others. Think of how the Gospel blesses your life and have the
courage to share so that it can bless others, the Lord will help with it
all. You at least have to try and I promise it will be a blessing to
you and to others. I love being a servant of Jesus Christ and for me
right now I wouldn't have it any other way.
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Love ya,
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Hermana Cornwall.
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