So, this week was good. But I am wondering I how many of my weekly
emails I've started by saying so. Probably way to many. And I know
missionaries when they get to the end, to their last weekly email they
are super nostalgic and talk about all the amazing things they have
learned, but sorry in advance, an hour is not long enough to get all
that out and I think it would make me start crying if I had to think about my mission as something that was already over, because it's
not!!!!!! Haha, one more week of miracles to go :)
So in the mission we had this goal to get all these new Amis by the
twelfth of June. So we had been given two weeks to accomplish the
goal. So that was our focus this last week, finding Amis, which is
defined as someone we teach a gospel lesson to and then fix a return
appointment with them. One of our new Amis stories is kind of funny,
well there are two that are. So the first story, we had decided to go
out contacting for an hour before lunch, and so we are going, we are
talking to people but no one is interested, so we are kind of
wandering one could say, we had a direction we had planned on going
the night before so we kept in that direction and we see this group of
4 talking and one kid in a stroller. So we walk over and as we start
the conversation 2 up and leave, they were not interested. But we talk
to a couple with their daughter (stroller) and the first thing they
say is that they are Christian too! Finally!!!!!! And so we talked
expressed our beliefs in God, and we were able to teach them about the
Book of Mormon and they said they would love to read it and come to
church! We read a few verses together and they liked it! The wife
didn't do much talking, but they were really nice! And we were able to
fix a rdv for the next day. But the problem was that eh didn't have a
fixed address, and so they said they go over to a friends house every
day and they gave us his address. The street name sounded really
familiar, and when we looked it up we realized it sounded familial
because first off it is the street right behind our apartment and
second because the address was for some old Amis of ours! Haha! So we
went by to teach, and saw our old Amis... That was funny, but good
because he said he would love to have us back! So that was cool.
Story two. The ward wanted us to look up addresses from the ward list
and see if people still lived there. So Saturday we did that, which
meant a ton of driving!!!!! Hours!!! We went to check one and as we
walked up to the apartment building this guy and his mother were
standing outside talking. As we walk up he asked is something along
the lines of whether we were going to a party because of the clothes
we were wearing. (Is it really that weird to be outside in a skirt? I
didn't think so but the guy acted like we were dressed to head to the
queens for dinner). We started talking though and it was maybe one of
the most frustrating conversations I have ever had. The guy had zero
faith, well, no that is isn't accurate. Once we get to the missionary
bit, and it didn't take long because he was super curious and had 100
questions, he said he believed because he almost died and was sure God
had a hand in saving his life. But then he would say that he only
believed in things that he could see, that if there was no proof he
couldn't believe. So when he asked us about how we knew that God
exists he wouldn't accept our answers because he said none of it had
proof. Nothing had evidence. When we said our knowing came from our
faith and that that is what faith is, he disagreed completely.
Everything we said he contradicted. The conversation was kind of going
in circles. I have faith, no that isn't a real thing, I know God loves
me, no you can't know that, I feel it in my heart, the Holy Ghost has
testified to me, feelings aren't proof, I need proof... You see how it
was going. Finally we parted ways, left them with a card, he said he
wasn't interested, he wouldn't shake hands or anything, haha. But then
about 3 hours later we receive a phone call, and it was him, and he
asked if he could actually talk to us because he really did want to
learn more about God and had questions (that part wasn't a surprise
though). So we were able to fix a rdv, we will see how it is. Maybe
when we met it was just a bad day. But we were so surprised when he
called because they never call!!! Never!!! So that was cool.
Interesting, but cool. The address for the member we were looking for
was wrong though if you were following that part of the story, but it
led us to them. So still good.
Yesterday we had a special sisters conference. Which was awesome!!!!!!
They had all the departing soeurs bear their testimonies at the end,
which was good, but you know me... Kleenex was needed. But it was so
fun to see all the sisters and some of us stayed the night at the
mission home which was heaven!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All in all a super good week. Highlight, seeing Soeur Clancy! I
already miss her. Why couldn't we be companions?????????? :)
À bientôt!
Soeur Christensen
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