What an adventurous week it has been!
On Monday, we got to play soccer with a bunch of missionaries. We've played a lot of chair soccer, but not real soccer. It was sooo fun!
Wednesday, we went to do companion studies...and I was lame and apologized and told this brand new sister I had to go lay down, 'cause I felt purdy cruddy again. We had some service scheduled for the morning, so we went to go help clean an apartment. I figured if I could do that, we'd be good for the rest of the day, and if I couldn't we'd probably have to figure something out for our appointments that day. Part of the way through cleaning, and went into the bathroom and threw up. But then I felt much better! And the rest of the day went really well. K committed to stop smoking, and is very motivated to change her life. Then we went to see the less active lady (the one I talked about last week, who's life is all over the place, but who's faith has grown tremendously in the last few months.) Unexpectedly, her husband was home (who recently got out of prison, and I'd never met before.) We talked a little about the restoration. He said he was coming to church and read the Book of Mormon. He asked us what kind of bonus we'd get for getting him there. We told him a high-five from the spirit. He said that he was a big deal because he's so stubborn, so we should get more. We told him we'd probably get a high-ten. He liked that. Aaaand the whole family made it to church.
Friday, we met a handful of new people. One weird instance was when we were talking with this gal who seemed super open fairly interested. Until we mentioned the Book of Mormon. Then she mentioned how her pastor had gave a sermon about it a couple years ago...and then we could sense her becoming more and more closed off. It's so sad that these people with such great intentions (pastors) and do so much harm and inhibit people's progression. Later in the ay we went to the private viewing for the man who died the week before. We weren't sure how we'd be received, because sometimes we feel like we bother people when we keep showing up. But the family was sincerely glad to see us. So that was nice :)
Saturday, we were suppose to do another exchange, but the other sisters were a little sick. So we didn't. The highlight of the day was when we tried to call J to set up an appointment. The number didn't work. So we stopped by. He wasn't home, but his mom was (we hadn't realized that he lived with his parents.) We talked to her for a long time. She told us about his drug addiction, but how he's been clean for two months now. She was glad that we'd talked with him a little, and we have an appointment to meet with both of them this week.
Kinda funny story, I don't remember which day it happened. We wandered into a guy in his late-teens and a guy in his 60s. They were neighbors, and the older man was helping the younger one with his truck. They were putting guards on the tail lights. The older one warned us that they were men at work and things weren't going well. We offered to try to help. The younger one offered $50 if we could fit the guard over the light. I picked it up and did it, without much of a problem. One of the more amusing moments X)
So things are good. We're finding a lot of people, people are coming to church, and the gospel is real. Life doesn't get much better! And this week is pretty exciting. Today we have our basketball clinic with President Coach Cleveland, tomorrow we have a special training for giving church tours, Wednesday we have a specialized training for all the sisters in the mission, Friday district meeting, and Saturday exchanges. So much adventure!
I hope all is well with everybody!
Much love,
Sister Bowen
Sister Bowen
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