Hey all!
So this week went decidedly better than last week. Wisconsin this week has been more cheery. I have realized that the sunshine has a pretty big effect on my mood...so the sunshine this week was much needed. :) Highlights from the week!
-We had interviews with President Williams on Wednesday. I love President! He is so kind and encouraging. I got to ask about some of my concerns which was nice. In the closing prayer, President prayed that I would know that my sacrifice was acceptable before the Lord. This was interesting because I had been pondering on that and had read some talks which asked the same question. Immediately I felt an overwhelming sense of peace and love.
-We met a schizophrenic Thursday! We were volunteering at the Hope Center and this older gentleman comes up with his clothes. So we are checking his items out and folding them up for him. Sister Kowallis cheerily addressed him with some saying and he angrily said don't talk to me! You don't make any sense. He then continued to mutter to himself. When we folded up his clothes he took them and waded them up. As we tried to help him he just got more angry and said that he would do it himself. Right before he left he got right up into my face and told me he didn't need any help thank you very much (without the thank you however). It was startling to me and I felt like I could smell beer and smoke for a long time after he left. The lady working there came up after and explained that we had just met her neighborhood schizophrenic...lovely haha.
-So I finally met someone who is just as much (if not more) obsessed with organization as I am! Sister Kowallis enjoys (I think) going through all our closets and cupboards getting rid of old things and organizing them. You wouldn't believe some of the things we've found here...it used to be an elders apartment so....yeah. Weird random things--like reeeealy old canned food and a ginormous bright blue coat. So that was exciting.
-I got a hug from a Great Dane puppy! Needless to say it was taller than me when standing up on it's hind legs. It was so weird to get a hug--literally it wrapped it's paws around me--from a dog!
-We got to usher at the Living Legends performance (BYU dancers). It was fun to talk to people there--almost everyone there was a member of course haha. And we didn't get to stay for the performance..but it was cool. I was thinking how the number of people would double if it was in Twin Falls haha.
-So we as missionaries get tailed a lot for going the speed limit. We have a box (Teewee) that yells at us if we don't log in or if we go over the speed limit (okay, it doesn't really yell). Yesterday we were trying to drive to visit some people and Teewee was freaking out--it wouldn't let us log in. So finally we just pulled over to the side of the road and decided all we could do was knock some doors. So we we did. Interestingly enough the people we met had already had some contact with the church and one already had a Book of Mormon. He said that he knew it was true, so we asked him to be baptized...he declined though. I don't know if anything will come of it, but it was neat. After a while we went back to see if Teewee would behave, and lo and behold! He did. The Lord will put us where He wants us.
-This week an elder in our mission passed away. It was shocking and very sad. Our Zone Leaders called us to give us the news
on Saturday. Sister Kowallis knew the elder, he was in her district in the MTC. We don't know any specifics. President asked us to fast for his family
Sunday however. So everyone in the mission fasted for their family. It was neat to be a part of that.
This week was busy, but somehow we didn't get a lot of finding time in. So hopefully this week sister Kowallis and I will be able to talk to more people. I am really hoping that the work here will start progressing this transfer. I am seeing progression in myself, but very slowly. Yesterday I was thinking a lot about the Character of Christ (a talk by Elder Bednar we watched in the MTC). He talks about how we need to turn outwards, especially during our missions, if we want to become converted to the Lord. Mark 8:34-35 talks about the same thing. We are blessed as we truly turn outward in service and love.
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