Missionary Work is Wonderfully Exhausting.

Phew. Missionary work is wonderfully exhausting.

M is just doing so well. Last Sunday she had expressed that it might be her last time at church 'cause her husband didn't want her to come. She was really sad. When we saw her later in the week, he had told her that he wanted to take her to some other churches before she made any big decisions. She told him she would go with him if he was up and ready (which is rare--he has a lot of health problems that make it hard for early church services), and if he chose a church that starts later in the day, she would come to ours first. She finished the Book of Mormon, and just loves it and wants to share it with everybody. She has her heart set on being baptized October 11th.

C and C (who came to church last week) are aiming to be baptized in December, but still aren't sure if we are Christ's church on the earth today. But they are excited to read the Book of Mormon, and that's how you find out, so they should be good, eh? Unfortunately, her grandma died last week, so she was out of town this weekend. We'll be checkin' up with them tomorrow.

And then we've been teaching H, who is thinking she also would like to be baptized in December. She recently married a man in the branch, and they've been coming to church every week. She is just a sweetheart, and we're excited for her to discover just how exciting the gospel is :)

And then Ti is just really excited to get baptized in November. We met with her and J this morning (we must love them--we've been teaching them on our day off O_o) and she is just so excited to "be right with God" and to move on from the bad things that have happened in her life.

One of the greatest things about working with these people is the opportunity we have to bring members with us. A wonderful lady has been a great friend for M, and they've really been helping each other in so many ways--the lady from church just has some crazy things she has to deal with in her life right now, and she and M have been a great support to each other. She told us that when we first asked her to join us for a lesson, she didn't think she was worth asking anything. And now she has a great purpose :)

Another lady that's been struggling came to H's lesson with us. She bore powerful testimony of the Word of Wisdom and the sacrament. She is so excited to be preparing to go to the temple to be sealed to her husband, and shared that excitement with H. That was really cool.

Although we've got a good amount going on, we've still been striving to find more people to teach, which has been hard. We found 6 new people to teach this last week, and they all decided they didn't care to learn more before the end of the week. It's hard when you know people have felt the spirit directing their paths, but they choose to do things their own way. But I'm probably guilty of doing that everyday, so I don't really have room to complain.

Anywhen, the general women's conference was fabulous. I especially appreciated Sister Marriott's and President Uchtdorf's thoughts. This week we've got exchange on Purdue campus this Wednesday, so that should be exciting. 

I hope e'rybody has a fantastic week.

Much love,

Sister Bowen