Week 71- already???

August 30, 2010

Hi! :)
I just wanted to let you guys know that I got my flight plans in the mail on Saturday! AAAAHHHHH!!!! I started hyperventilating, hahaha. I've sort of not really believed that this time is coming, but this made it a little more real. It's weird but I am really excited to see all of you again! Oh and as for next weeks email, since the library will be closed on Monday, I'll probably write to you guys on Tuesday. So you can expect it then, but don't forget to write to me too! :)
So this week was a lot better then last. And we finally got to teach the Wolfford's last night! (Bill, Jenifer, Gunner, and Cameron). They are the family that some members referred to us. Oh my gosh, it was a great lesson! Bill straight-forwardly said "I'm all primed and ready for you!" haha, they are great. He's read in the Book of Mormon up to 1 Nephi 7 before we started teaching them and he's really been studying it and digging into it. He says that a lot of the things he is learning about the church are already things he has believed all his life, but hadn't found a church that shared the same beliefs and that he really does feel that God has put him on this path. He also says that he feels he's been mormon all his life without knowing it, haha. I followed up and asked if they've been able to pray to know if the Book of Mormon is true yet and he says that's the part he's scared about. He knows the answer he will get but that he's not ready to ask the question. So silly. The Burgess's (the members) are great though and they testified and the Wolfford's really look up to them. It's great too because he already knows so much because of the Burgess's, knows that we are there to eventually help him to baptism, so nothing is a surprise. I LOVE it!!! This seriously is the best way for missionary work.
We had a lesson with Jess this past week on the word of wisdom. This is something that she is definitely going to struggle with. This will be the thing that will determine her baptism. Dangit, I hate cigarettes!!! She's going to pray about it though and try to find strength from God, so we'll see how she is feeling by our next lesson.
Oh! And we had a lesson with our chinese investigator, Shawn. We talked a lot about baptism and he says that a lot of the things he is learning make sense to him and he feels the peace as he is learning about it. So we invited him to pray about baptism and he said that he knows what answer he'll get but that means that he is committed to become christian. haha, it's funny how all these people already KNOW what answer they will get but they are scared. Shawn is great though and we just need to continue to help him gain that faith in Jesus Christ. Then I'm pretty sure he'll be good. :) So when we teach the young single adults, we teach on campus in the spiritual center. That's where we have church too. Anyway, so we were teaching Shawn in there and this kid walks into the room and just sort of walks around, looking at pictures and lingering. Eventually, as we were wrapping up with Shawn, he came up to us and was like "excuse me, what group are you from?" So we told him (his name is Daniel) and he asked us if it'd be ok if he sat in and listened. Of Course!!! :) We found out that he has a copy of the Book of Mormon and has read Moroni's promise to pray about it and took that challenge to heart. He said he felt he got an answer of no it isn't true, but he's still searching. It was a great Q&A time we had with him! We invited him to church and he said that he would definitely try praying again to see if now is the right timing to receive a yes answer. It was a cool experience!
Well, I hope everything is going so well for you all at home! I love you all so stinkin much and can't wait to see you in just a few weeks! Have a great week this week! Keep staying strong and sharing the gospel with people around you!!!! :)
Love, Holly