Week 387

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a lovely week! Mine was busy busy but it was fun! Everything feels like it was so long ago haha. 

Last Monday we had a dinner with a member and her family, it was a little chaotic but good! There was a little 4-year-old boy who was basically climbing on me as we were trying to eat dinner haha. He was grabbing at my necklaces and nametag and stuff, it was exciting haha. I did not know what to do with myself.

Wednesday, we had a bunch of lessons, and we were able to call a gray dot named Alfonso and teach him! We haven't been able to find a ton of new people since I've been here so that's exciting! We haven't been able to get in contact with him since though, so we'll see what happens! 

Thursday, we had exchanges! I was with Sister Moyes for the day. She's a great missionary and it was good to be with her! It turns out some of our questions and concerns are really similar so that was good for me, I think. Thursday was super busy, we had service and a whole bunch of lessons, and they all went over, so we ended up having to do comp study during Facebook time haha.

We taught a guy named Brandon who is like a Christian hippie, it was a little interesting but he's a cool guy! There were a bunch of homeless people who he's apparently pals with, and they kept coming over and talking to us during the lesson. We're not sure if he'll actually progress, but we're meeting again tomorrow and will be able to gauge it a little better. It was a good day though! Kind of draining, by the end I was like exhausted and forgetting to do everything which was a little frustrating, but it's all good.

It was a good Saturday, we had dinner with the Yang family. It was a little interesting because they are all Hmong, and so they were going at it with the Elders in Hmong during dinner, and afterward we did the spiritual thought. The mom knows more Mandarin than she does English, so for the lesson Sis. Carter would speak in English, and I would translate in Chinese. But also, like half of it was in Hmong haha because she said she doesn't really know mandarin religious words. It was fun, quite the reality check on my nonexistent Chinese ability. Although I have been texting one of the Elder's friends who is Chinese and that's been fun!

Also, on Saturday we were able to go to a member's work party which was super fun! They had an artist there doing free caricatures, which was super cool, so you know we got them. We also had a lesson (if you could even call it that, we couldn't get a lot of words in and they basically toured us around their yard) with a lost sheep, and they had this really old car that they took a bunch of pictures of us in. Kinda fun! Although, like previously stated, it wasn't really a lesson. It was a fun day though! 
Yesterday was church and lots of meetings so it was crazy but good! Our friend Amanda came to church but felt sick halfway through and had to leave. She still isn't feeling good today so we can't meet, but hopefully soon! 

Another cool thing is that I found out a guy in Duluth who I found on FB and sent to the other sisters there is totally golden! They said that they've already had like 3 lessons with him, so that's super cool! 
This week we have zone conference and it's going to be set up like a boot camp. We were given rockets to build, it'll be fun! 

Spiritual thought for the week! The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the gift God gives us to allow us to be successful in life. It is simple. Straightforward. And incredibly, incredibly important. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints allows us to live the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is the organized way the Lord has provided for us to receive the ordinances of Salvation. Every appendage in the church is used to help us fulfill and keep our covenants. Everything. And it is by keeping our covenants in this way, by using the resources provided by God through the church, that we can retain a remission of sin. It must be consistent. It doesn't need to be big. But by being intentional about the things we do in church, and always striving to keep our covenants, we are living the Gospel of Jesus Christ and will therefore have the most fulfilling life possible.
Anyway, I love you all and hope you are doing well! Let me know how you are doing ;)