Hey everyone!
I hope everyone has had a great week! Mine has been very
interesting. A lot of highs and lows for this week.
Lows:
First of all, we had some awesome lessons set up for this
week, but a lot of them fell through—one of them being my fault because I told him
the time, but didn't tell him the location, so he just assumed that the
appointment wasn't going to happen... Frustrating.
Secondly, Femi is having a very hard time. He doesn't want
to meet with us right now to be retaught or be involved with any other church
activities or responsibilities. He said he will come to church, but that he doesn't
want to be involved with anything else right now. He is going through a state
of depression and severe stress with his family's visas not going through for
the second time. We were informed yesterday that his wife doesn't want to try
anymore and that the next possible date for them to come or him to go back to Africa
would be December 2015 or April 2016! He is having a really hard time being away
from his family and that is one reason, I think, that church is hard for him
right now. He has also been advised to rest and stay clear of anything that
would cause him to be psychologically disabled. Please pray for him! It makes
me sad to see him go through this right now. :(
Thirdly, I found out that David (convert from Doylestown)
isn't as involved with church anymore because his wife is making suicidal threats
towards his Christianity....
Oh Satan, why?!
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| Sister Hanson and Sister Davis find the end of the rainbow |
Oh and transfer calls come this weekend.... We're kind of
thinking that Sister Hanson might leave because she has been here for six months
now. But I guess we will see. I'll let you know next week!
Besides all of these lows for the week, my week has been rather
good, too!
Highs:
Firstly, Lisa and Randy (two of our investigators) are going
to be baptized next Monday evening! A couple Sundays ago, they had set up an
appointment to meet with our bishop and we had no idea about it. When we met
with them later that week, they told us about the appointment and had an
appointment with the stake president all set up. Yesterday at church, our stake
president pulled us aside asked us if we felt Lisa was ready and then informed
us that the baptism will be next week. (They're going to Lake Tahoe
for the summer on the 29th, so that is why it is rushed!) We are so excited, and
now we just have to finish teaching them this week. I guess I'm just meant to
have last minute baptisms!
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| Randy and Lisa |
Secondly, we found a new investigator this week! Her name is
Janice and she is just the sweetest lady. Right now she is in a rehabilitation
center, which is great because that means she can't go anywhere ;). Just
kidding. But she really is a very sweet lady and I hope she gets baptized!
Thirdly, we met the cutest elderly couple that lives in the
same rehabilitation center as Janice. They are members but are less active because
of the situation they are in right now. They had a lot of great stories to
tell, and we found out that Sister Funk is from Spain but grew up in Northern Africa in Algeria,
I believe, because her parents were asked to help colonize the French colony
there, so she speaks French. I was fascinated by her.
All week long there was a fair going on that was called the
Dogwood Festival. Saturday there was a parade for this festival and Sister Hanson
and I walked around and passed out pass-along cards to those watching the parade.
It was a fun parade and, for the most part, people took our cards!
And that's about it, or all I can remember that happened
this week. Days are all blending together how and I am forgetting a lot of things!
Well, I hope you have a marvelous week! Love you all!
Love,
Sister Davis :)
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