This week was better than Christmas! We were so busy with lessons and pageant that we didn't have time to
think! It was wonderful!😬The spirit testified to me 1,000's of times this past week that this is all true. I love what I am called to do. ❤️
Monday was p-day, and it was the same ole thing.... hang out at the church and email and play the piano. Nothing too exciting. After p-day ended we had dinner and FHE with a less active family, the Coopers! They're super cool! We have been working with them for a little while and they are progressing so well! They read the Book of Mormon
stories every night before they put their kids to bed! After we visited with them we had a check list of people to call and things to do!
Tuesday was a blast! We got in contact with Gilbert kite, he's a less
active and turns out he's from Rigby Idaho! What are he odds? We had a
good visit with him. We went to machias to visit with Dennis Clark the
man in the nursing home, it's always awkward to teach people in those
things. But he's an awesome guy! He had a stroke 4 years ago and has
been in there ever since. Super sad. After our lesson with brother
Clark we drove back to arcade and met with Rebecca, she had gotten
into anti material over the weekend so this lesson was kids a setting
rules, and proving the things she saw wrong, luckily enough the spirit
was with us and we are still teach her!:) god to is good! Then we met
up with the Cooper family and we went to palmyra watch pageant! Before
we watched pageant we took them to the sacred grove to let them have
here own personal revelatory experience. They said it was very
humbling. It was both of there first times there! So awesome! And
pageant was amazing! It was so cool to be back as a missionary and to
watch it with a totally different attitude than the first time I did.
It was kind a funny as well, everybody at pageant treated us like
celebrities! Haha everyone came and talked to us. It was kinda funny,
only got asked for a signature a few times. We got back to our
apartment at 1am...
Wednesday was another day for the books! We got to wake up at 7:30!
And we had a lesson with Dennis Raines, we read the Book of Mormon
with him! Then we had lunch and mossied on down to machias to teach
the Bain family, but they had bailed in us... so we dropped by set of
the people we are teaching down there, one of which is Thomas! He's
super cool and we were able to meet with him for a little bit! We
drove back to arcade and tried to visit with some people here but no
one was having it, so we went to the apartment and did weekly planning
because we weren't able to do it Friday morning! While do so the
Hansen family from home stopped by! It was really weird! Haha thanks
for the scriptures momma! After we finished up weekly planning we met
up with Rebecca and Jaylyn and they took us to pageant for the second
time! Before hand we went to the grove again and hey had a really good
experience and I think it helped them out so much! They also love
pageant! Who doesn't?! It's literally the greatest thing ever.
Thursday was district meeting in the morning and I gave a training in
some new rules that came out with president Evans at some conference,
the rule or standard is living the morning schedule, to help us become
consecrated! I used a talk from 2001 October general conference
called, beware of murmuring bay H. Ross Workman. It went well. After
district meeting we had personal study then we went to a preschool
type place and painted there walls! It was a lot of fun. And if you
guys have been hearing about the tornados that happens in New York...
it really! They went right through our area and destroyed a lot of
part of our area. 3 of them! So awesome! Haha after painting we had
dinner with the Owens, then a lesson with Ruth Garcia, she was a
former in our area book who saw us walking down the road and came up
to us and asked us to come over! We taught her the restoration and she
had good questions! We also had a lesson with Tyrone. He's in Date for
the 5 of august.... I don't know if he'll make it but we will sure
try! We read the Book of Mormon with him! And to end the night we
tried contacting some investigators but everyone had family in town.
Friday was really good, in the morning we meet up with the orchard
park elders and elder Griener and I went to Amherst for a district
leader meeting with president Evans! It was really cool p, there was
only 5 DL's so it was kinda lone one on one with President. He talked
about how we need to be setting the example for our districts by being
exactly obedient and being a preach my gospel missionary. One thing he
said will stick with me forever and I wanna ask you the same question.
"If you were in a room with someone, would they believe that you
believe that you know that this gospel is all true?" He asked that
question but asking if we believed in preach my gospel. It was a
spirit filled meeting! Lots of roll plays! They're my favorite! After
the meeting we had personal study then a lesson with the sansone's
there super cool but have some pretty lame excuse for not being
active. But they are returning and need us more than ever right now.
We had a lesson with them and then they fed us lunch! After our lesson
with them Rebecca had us over for dinner and lesson. Rebecca is like
the coolest investigator ever. Haha she's so prepared! We drove to
Lancaster to stay with the Zone Leaders for our Blitz with tomorrow.
Saturday was a good day! Elder Beardall and I hit the streets and
talked to literally everyone that was in or around our path! It was so
awesome to feel like a missionary again. I learned lots of things from
elder Beardall on our exchange, he's a great missionary. One of the
best! We had a contact that was like picture perfect, it was like a
solid role play with some one😂 we told her about the Book of Mormon
and asked if we could come and share more and she said she would love
to learn more and set up an appointment and gave us her contact info!
She's super prepared! We were able to hand out 9 Book of Mormons! I
love the days where you start out with a heavy bag and by the end
there's nothing left in it. It's the best feeling ever! Love being a
missionary!
Sunday was so awesome, Rebecca comes to church, and we had 5 less
actives there! It was wonderful! After strides and dinner, we did some
finding in bliss and found a couple people who are interested as well!
We ended the night with Rebecca and watch the restoration movie!
The spirit was very moving this week, I felt it multiple times
throughout each day. I testify to all of you that this is the restored
gospel of Jesus again on the earth today! I know it, and I know god
knows it and I cannot deny it. I love you all! Have a great week
Love,
Elder Judy
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