Howdy!
This week started with my 2 month mark! It's been a 2 month roller coaster! So much fun! Haha! Monday I learned that serving a mission is literally the best thing I could be doing in my life, the joy it brings to me and others is priceless. I love it!
Tuesday was spent trying to find a kingdom building family! We walked around all of Medina to all of the really big nice homes and tracted them! There's was only a few... and we had no luck! We are praying for a family that will help the Medina area grow and expand to the best of its ability! It's really hard to wake up at 6:30... the sun
doesn't rise until 7:30ish and it's freezing and you want to stay in bed! Haha! But we are being exactly obedient! We have received so many blessing from it! Tuesday we also carved pumpkins with a the Biesinger family! They have 10 kids and make up like half the primary here! Haha! they are way cool!
Wednesday we drove to Middleport with a member. We drove out there to contact a potential and didn't have any luck... so we were driving to Lyndonville to contact a referral and stopped at a Amish store that sells HUGE donuts for 50 cents, can't pass that up! Haha! The address we had for the referral wasn't right so we met a strong baptized woman. She was interested in what I had to say. We helped the AP's move the senior couple apartment out of Medina. We did the move then they came with us to our dinner appointment. After dinner we got to do something really rare! We got blitz Medina! I got to go tract with Elder Aloha! He's from Finland! We got 4 new investigators off of one street! It was so fun! Usually the AP's don't do anything with missionaries unless there zone leaders so it was a really cool opportunity!
Thursday we taught Jackie! Scott came with us to the lesson cause we usually meet with her outside but it's been to cold lately! She is set to be baptized for November 12th! We had district meeting and ward correlation! After all the meetings the Buffalo YSA elders came and exchanged with us! Elder Lawrenz and I went to Buffalo! It
was so cool! We were in the MTC together! So we didn't really know what we were doing! But we figured it out!
Friday Elder Lawrenz and I went to Canal Side! We did some street contacting there and we handed out 9 book of Mormons in an hour! We came in contact with some really cool people! It was a lot of fun! It was a big change of gears going from a tiny town to a huge city with a bunch of people! Our exchange was a lot of fun! We got to figure a lot of things out by ourselves!
Saturday, was the best day of the week!!!! Scott Smith was baptized! Brother Rylander baptized him. I was so happy! So proud of Scott! He's the man! He loved it! The service had a really small turn out but it was so great! He felt the spirit so strong he teared up... he told his eyes were sweating! Haha! I love Scott so much! We also taught Donald and Tessa! Donald is a returning member and Tessa isn't a member but is so excited to be baptized! She loves going to church! She's changed a lot since we started meeting with them!
Sunday, we had 4 investigators at church! And Scott was confirmed! I had the privilege to confirm him! It was so awesome, it's so amazing to hold the authority of god and to speak for the spirit. I love this work! Scott said he feels renewed! So happy! Couldn't be more proud! He loves coming to church also! Tessa was at church and
she was talking to me and she said Margret Pace told her to pick her favorite missionary, she told me to guess who. And so I said Verdine? And she was like, "no it's you judy"! Haha! She's so awesome! Love them so
much! This week was a great one!
Well everyone, this work couldn't be progressing as much as it is if it weren't for the lord behind it all. I know this church is true. No doubt in my mind it's not. I love this work. I may not be the best at it, but I'm surly trying my best. And that's all the lord asks of us, give it our best and things will be okay. Every time I get discouraged
I read D&C 31, it refuels me! Restates why I'm here and the blessing I will receive from doing so! I know the Book of Mormon is the true word of god! Read it! It will bless your life! I promise! Don't take it from me, take it from the 3 witnesses and the 8 witnesses in the Book. Jospeh Smith is the true prophet of the restoration. And god loves all
of us.
Love and miss you all!
- Elder Judy
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