Hello everyone!
This week was good! It was defiantly a slower one, but it was good! So Monday for p-day we stayed in Medina because we are low on miles and don't wanna waste them so we just chilled in town and did shopping
and laundry! Not too exciting. We had dinner with the stake president, President Pace and his family live in Medina! They are so cool! They are from Utah and then moved out here so there more normal than
everyone else in western New York! Haha after dinner we had an appointment with Susan and Cordel! We started walking over there and Susan was walking towards us... so we walked around a little bit with her and talked about life... she's so strong! She said once she saw us her evil thoughts and worries went away. That just one example of the Christ light that we all have in our lives. It's so amazing!! Well we walked to her house and Cordel was there so we sat down and we were gonna lay the law down, Cordel ended up dropping us. So we are a stick in mud now. We are working on him but with small and simple movements.
Tuesday was a simple day we did some service in the morning for a DI type thing, then we went and handed out some Book of Mormons then we had district meeting and ward correlation, Brother Rylander, Elder Pederson and I went out to go see Scott Smith our investigator and just check up on him and make sure he was reading and praying, which he is! So excited for Scott!
Wednesday was so sweet! We went to the sites with Scott! He loved it! Elder Shaw and Elder Peterson had a less active come with them so it was a whole district event! It was a lot of fun! Scott loved the Sacred Grove, who doesn't? I will never forget the feeling I get while walking through that sacred place. We had Scott say a prayer to ask if baptism was the right thing and if the Book of Mormon is true, He said he hopes to get an answer! Scott loved the sites so he posted a picture of us and him on Instagram! Haha so cool! We went to all the sites, the grove, temple, hill, and publication site! It was a really fun day! When we got back to Medina we had exchanges with the Lockport elders so I went down to Lockport with Elder Pederson!
Thursday was exchanges it was a lot of fun! We went up Olcott,New York to contact a referral, they didn't answer.. we couldn't street contact cause it was pouring rain, so we drove around to members homes up there and left messages with all of them. One was Sister Johnson! She's the cutest old lady ever. She got a big print Book of Mormon for her birthday and was so excited to take it out of the plastic and use it! We read Helaman 5 with her and she loved it! She's so sweet. Then we exchanged back before dinner and we went to go say goodbye to Elder and Sister Woodhouse, a senior couple from Oakley, Idaho! Next to Albion/ Twin Falls! They are way cool and I miss them so much!
Friday a lot of our appointments fell through in the morning and it was just a really long day. After lunch we had
an appointment with Zoe, she is 14 and really wants to join the church! But she can't until she's 18 because of some situations at home, so we will hopefully just teach her and study with her for 4 years then she can be baptized! But that appointment fell through... haha we had another appointment with Scott Smith we taught him half of the commandments, and he said is there anymore? So we gave him all the laws and ordinances as well! Haha then asked him the baptismal interview questions. He's so ready! His baptism is the 29th of this months! So excited! He's so prepared.
Saturday we went to go see Felton Pool, a man we tracted into a little bit ago. We knocked on his door and he told us to come in, we walked in and he had been throwing up all morning so he said to leave and call him later. Missionary work in the winter is going to be slow... haha need some finding activities! We went and walked around
and felt the need to knock on this one door, so we did. We knocked and this old man opened the door and we gave our spill, then he said we were a cult.. and started to anti us. I had no idea what to do. I was just standing there dazed by the things coming out of his mouth! Elder Verdine cut him off, told him to have a nice day and we walked off. Haha what an experience to grow from. The man was a born again Christian. We played football with the Biesinger family in our ward in the afternoon! It was a lot of fun! We also taught Daniel Zimmerman, he asked us about the Word of Wisdom, he asked if coffee was part of it and we said yes. He said not a problem, I'm done. So sweet! This week was a good one!
Sunday was just another Sunday, we finally got Donald and Tessa to the Lockport Ward! We had 3 investigators come to church! It was a good day! We went home teaching with bishop! That's a thing we are trying to kick in the butt is home teaching. The home teaching percent for our ward is 4%.. bishop isn't too happy. Then Sunday night at 8:50ish we got our transfer emails! I'm staying here in Medina. So happy!
That's my week! Hope you y'all had a great week and have a great up coming week! Keep sending the support my way! Love hearing from you! Don't be shy, I wanna hear from all of you back home!
I know this church is true! There's so much evidence it is! As I read more of the Book of Mormon and have stretching experiences here in Medina, I know that Heavenly Father is there for me. He loves me and all of us. He is pushing his work forward. And I know all this to be true. He loves us so much he put the Book of Mormon at our finger tips, and we all take that for-granted! Read the Book of Mormon! It's the keystone to the LDS religion, so it has to be the keystone to our personal testimonies. If we have a testimony of the Book of Mormon, we have a testimony that Joseph Smith was a true prophet of God. And everything else falls into place. I have seen this growth so much in the past 2 months! I'm so grateful for the opportunity to serve my savior, my redeemer.
Love,
Elder Judy
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