Well, what a week. One word to describe my mission, everything about it. NUTS.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNT LIZZIE! :) I love you. I hope you got the card that I sent! And... HAPPY BIRTHDAY COLLIN! :) Sorry I can't bring you a giant cupcake for your birthday again this year.
Its interesting how mission time works. The days feel like weeks but the weeks feel like days. Its really hard to explain.
Wasn't conference just wonderful? I am so grateful for a wonderful prophet that receives divine revelation for the members of the church in these latter days. Conference as a missionary is better than Christmas! I felt like I was eating candy straight for two whole days. I was soooo happy. Now we just have to wait six more months. :) So many things that were said in conference really helped me gain strength and confidence in the Lord.
Wednesday I started month #4. October. Mission time. I tell you. It's weird. It was transfers this week.. and obviously I am still in Riverside South with wonderful amazing Sister Lightheart. She is AN ANGEL. I love her. Elder Flores, our district leader, and one of the Elders in our ward got transferred. I wanted to cry. He is such an amazing missionary. We are blessed with Elder Felkins as our district leader now and Elder Ebmeyer from California as the new missionary in the ward. I am so excited to get to know both of these Elders a little better and receive wonderful counsel from them. :)
We visited V***** and G****. It was rough. V***** looked so awful. His face was all red and rashy and, of course, he blamed it on the doctors and the "medicine" that they were "giving" him. I wish he would just be honest with us so that we could actually do something to help him. He left during the lesson and went out on the balcony outside their apartment. We could see him out there.. and he was doing his drugs right outside on the porch. He thought that we couldn't see. Sister Lightheart and I just looked at each other. He is changing G****'s outlook on a lot of things and bringing a terrible influence into the home again. Its so frustrating. At least he didn't open the door without clothes on again. Yikes.
Thursday we read the Book of Mormon with Doris. It was amazing because we were there to help her understand a lot of things. Its wonderful when your recent converts begins to understand the importance of things and then they share their testimony with you. SHE IS AN AMAZING WOMAN, despite all her trials and challenges.
V***** also called us to tell us that he "is doing ok." We haven't received a phone call from him in weeks. It was a surprise. Sometimes we don't understand him and the things he says.. mostly because he doesn't understand what he is saying either. Oh, the people here in Miami.
We got a referral from a member in the ward. WE LOVE MEMBER REFERRALS. It was amazing. She is a single young 22 year old mother with the cutest 2 year old that I have ever seen in my life. <3 She wants us to come back and teach her more. She is not sure about baptism yet, but thinks that its important. We are going back this week to teach her more! I will keep you updated.
V***** also called us to tell us that he "is doing ok." We haven't received a phone call from him in weeks. It was a surprise. Sometimes we don't understand him and the things he says.. mostly because he doesn't understand what he is saying either. Oh, the people here in Miami.
We got a referral from a member in the ward. WE LOVE MEMBER REFERRALS. It was amazing. She is a single young 22 year old mother with the cutest 2 year old that I have ever seen in my life. <3 She wants us to come back and teach her more. She is not sure about baptism yet, but thinks that its important. We are going back this week to teach her more! I will keep you updated.
Friday we have these investigators (son and mother… M***** and E****) that call Sister Lightheart and I "Krystina and Abigail". We tried to burn into his (the son's) brain the importance of calling us Sister Snow and Sister Lightheart. He doesn't really understand. haha So... we will see this week what happens. He is nuts. Every time we go, he gives us Sprite and Jello. He says its good for your body especially your knees. haha Cubans. They are amazing!
Also... we had 30 minutes left of proselyting time and we didn't have an appointment, so we decided to go check up with P**** and his mom, M***. We wanted to know how the teaching was going with the Elders that we referred him to. The minute we walked in he yelled for us to go in and talk to his mom. He was busy so we started to talk to M***. He then walked in... and asked us if we could give him a hug. No. "P****, we can't give you hugs. We are missionaries." Then he walked up really close to Sister Lightheart's face and told her that he had a secret for her. I was so scared for her. We told P**** that if he had a secret he had to let both of us hear it... so he would need to say it out loud. Then he just let it all go. "Sister Lightheart, I believe that God sent you here to me for a reason. I think you are the girl for me. You are the girl of my dreams and I will do anything for you." I was shocked. She kindly said, "P****, I am a missionary." Then a few minutes later he said, "Sister Lightheart, can I tell you something? I think that we are meant to be together. You are the girl of my dreams and the love of my life." Then Sister Lightheart said, "P****! I HAVE A BOYFRIEND." That shut him up quickly. Then he looked at me and said, "What about you, Snow?" "Yeah. Sorry. I have a boyfriend, too." Heart broken. Needless to say.. we got out of there as fast as we could. After we took some pictures so I could send them home! :) haha
Also... we had 30 minutes left of proselyting time and we didn't have an appointment, so we decided to go check up with P**** and his mom, M***. We wanted to know how the teaching was going with the Elders that we referred him to. The minute we walked in he yelled for us to go in and talk to his mom. He was busy so we started to talk to M***. He then walked in... and asked us if we could give him a hug. No. "P****, we can't give you hugs. We are missionaries." Then he walked up really close to Sister Lightheart's face and told her that he had a secret for her. I was so scared for her. We told P**** that if he had a secret he had to let both of us hear it... so he would need to say it out loud. Then he just let it all go. "Sister Lightheart, I believe that God sent you here to me for a reason. I think you are the girl for me. You are the girl of my dreams and I will do anything for you." I was shocked. She kindly said, "P****, I am a missionary." Then a few minutes later he said, "Sister Lightheart, can I tell you something? I think that we are meant to be together. You are the girl of my dreams and the love of my life." Then Sister Lightheart said, "P****! I HAVE A BOYFRIEND." That shut him up quickly. Then he looked at me and said, "What about you, Snow?" "Yeah. Sorry. I have a boyfriend, too." Heart broken. Needless to say.. we got out of there as fast as we could. After we took some pictures so I could send them home! :) haha
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| P**** and Sister Snow |
Saturday CONFERENCE WAS WONDERFUL! :) I loved everything about it. My favorite talk on Saturday was probably President Uchtdorf's talk. The Restoration is something so important and all members of the church should have a firm testimony of it. Either its true or its not. We are able to receive Divine light from God and He will answer the questions that we have. I have seen that in my life just this week! God is amazing! :)
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| The Conference Tradition, Sugar Cereal |
Sunday, CONFERENCE ROUND TWO! Wasn't Elder Bednar's talk wonderful? I encourage each of you to share that talk with one of your nonmember friends. Let them know why the gospel is important to you and why we are so excited to share.
Last night, we visited the Gomez family and played Jenga with them. We taught the importance of the apostles and prophets and the Restoration in strengthening the church.
We were harvesting and they were a bunch of mean, sassy Americans that would just slam the door on us. It was frustrating, but I was positive that the Lord sent us there for a reason. I was saying a prayer in my heart the entire time to find a family that needed the gospel. We knocked on one of the last doors in the apartment complex. A Cuban woman opened the door. As soon as she opened the door, my heart had an overwhelming feeling of love. I knew that I had met her in the life before this one, and I had promised her I would come and bring her the gospel of Jesus Christ. She only opened her door a crack and asked us who we were. We told her that we were representatives of Jesus Christ and we had a special prayer for her. She opened the door and let us into the house. She was so happy that we were there. We said a prayer for her and her son, and as soon as we looked at her eyes we knew that she felt the Spirit. The look in her eyes was different. She told us that it was the most beautiful prayer that she had heard and she wanted us to help her teenage daughter. She told us that she would come to church but that she wanted us to come back and teach her more. SHE ACCEPTED BAPTISM TOO! We were so happy. After Sister Lightheart and I left, we felt so close to the Lord and just prayed for a few minutes thanking him for the miracle that He had performed. MIRACLE.
Last night, we visited the Gomez family and played Jenga with them. We taught the importance of the apostles and prophets and the Restoration in strengthening the church.
I have a strong testimony that the Lord will always provide a way for us. I know that He is watching over each and everyone one of us and He will answer our prayers. I am so excited to hear more about what miracles you are all seeing in your lives. Try to be the best missionary you can be.
I love you all so much! Keep working hard.
Con Amor-
Hermana Snow
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| Lizards in the House, EWW! |
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