week 55- 6 days till I talk to you!

May 3, 2010

Hi again!
How is everyone doing? I'm doing pretty well here! This week was not very eventful, more no-show appointments, but again that's missionary work! But we did have a couple of amazing things happen this week, let me tell you ALLLLLL about it! :)
First of all, I don't remember if I told you about Urie. He showed up to church two weeks in a row so we got an appointment with him last week. We met with him on Tuesday and asked how he had heard about the church and what made him want to come. He said he had met sisters about a year ago or so and they gave him a copy of the Book of Mormon. He hadn't really read it, just flipped through some of the pages but he read a lot online. And on good sites too. We asked him what he knew about the restoration and this is basically what he said, "Not a whole lot, but I do know....." and then he went off on Joseph Smith's story and the first vision and the gold plates and how Joseph translated him. He even talked about how he knows about all the anti stuff that the church faces but this is what he said about that "That's what the ingorant people think" hahaha, he is SOOOOO cool! So we set him with a baptism date :) He's getting baptized on May 29. Unfortunately though, he was going to the University of Pitt and they are done for the school year so he's moving home (another part of Pennsylvania) for the summer. But we told him to meet up with the elders there and continue meeting with them. We also called the elders who are in his hometown and gave them an AMAZING REFERREL!!!!!! How often do we get referrels from other missionaries that have baptism dates? Never!!!! So they were pretty stoked. I hope everything works out beautifully and he does get baptized on May 29.
Another cool thing!!!! Erin Jonas came up to me after Relief Society yesterday and had some amazing news!!! She had just talked to her mom, and I guess her mom had been having a bit of a hard day. So Erin shared some scriptures from the Book of Mormon with her mom and she said that she didn't yell at her for that! I guess her mom said, "although I don't agree with those scriptures, thank you anyway" or something to that effect. Cool huh??? Her mom's heart is slowly, very slowly, becoming softened. One small step at a time, but it will happen! :) Erin is so awesome and so strong! She seriously is such an inspiration!
We also had interviews this week. Yay for interviews! We talked a bit about my schooling for when I go home. So I'm still trying to figure all that stuff out. It's stressful and I wish I didn't have to do it. But if I don't, I know I'll never get around to doing it once I'm home. It didn't happen before my mission! haha. Might as well do it while I'm still motivated :) I also mentioned to President how I would absolutely LOVE to serve in Hershey with a sister named Sister Dewey next transfer, haha. It's Sister Dewey's last transfer and I have always wanted to serve with her!!! I love that girl so much, she reminds me of Krista a lot :) So he said he'd consider it. So I may be going to Hershey next transfer??? Who knows, but that would be awesome!!! Eastern Pennsylvania feels like home to me :)
Alrighty, well I'll be done now. I'll save more news for you when I talk to you on SUNDAY!!!!!!!! I can't wait! I love my family!!!!!! Oh, and I'll probably be calling at about 5:30 your time. So be ready to have lots to talk about and good laughs! :) Have a good week and mom, have a happy happy mothers day!!!! Love you all!
Love, Holly