Knock, Knock, Knockin!

I set a goal so be able to do a headstand a while ago and so I had to show off a little bit! I hit 4 months woot woot! I have learned so much in such a short time! I can feel the spirit getting stronger and stronger! I know without a doubt that this is the true church and I love it with all my heart! 

We have been door knocking a lot lately and I get bored sometimes! It is hot and you can only be told no so many times in a row before I start to lose my mind! Haha so I do things to mix it up once in a while! 

We went up to a storm door and the bottom part that is glass was broken out so I decided to climb through it. I knock on the door and then as the lady opens the door Sister Edwards is in the process of following me through the door and the lady was in shock she was like "no no" haha Sister Edwards looked like she was just caught committing a crime! It was priceless!!  I am guessing it was one of those you had to be there moments but still it was great! 

Poor Sister Edwards always ends up the victim! When I see a dog I ALWAYS mentally measure the chain to see what my next move should be! So I get up on this porch and SURPRISE a dog. The chain is not fully visible and the dog was angry so I got off that porch as fast as I could, The only issue was my dear companion was in my way so in my panicked state I pushed her into the dog and continued to run to safety! Haha It was really funny! 

(Sister Edwards was not harmed don't worry) 

And my last door knocking story of the week! I saved the worst for last!! 

Drum roll please.....

Sister Edwards was knocking on a door that was like 2 inches open and someone yells "Come in" People do that! usually they are just sitting on the couch and are to lazy to come to the door! Well as we open the door we do not see anyone! Then....then.... a Big Black NAKED man all dressed up in his birthday suit comes around the corner!!! AHHHH We left the door fully open and ran until we got to the front of the apartment complex! We ended our door knocking in that area and we left! Somethings you just cannot unsee!!! 

He was not expecting us! the door was not open for us and he was not wanting us to come in! By far my most AWKWARD door knocking experience! I don't think anything can top that! And that is not a challenge!! 

On a more spiritual note:

On Thursday the Thompson's gave us a TON of food! More than 2 Sister Missionaries can eat! So while we were door knocking we came across a couple who is expecting and they weren't interested but when we asked if there was anything we could do for them they asked us if we could help them with food! My mind went back to all the food that was given to us and once again like the last time the Thompson's gave us a lot of food the thought came to my mind "This food is not for you!" I was humbled in that moment! I never have wondered when the next time I am going to eat. And this woman  was struggling because she is needing to eat 3-4 times a day now! That broke my heart! That is how much we should be eating anyway! After I get done here we will be going to deliver them our extra food that we were blessed with!

Well that is about how my week has been! I am learning so much and I LOVE this area! I hope I can stay one more transfer! I will find out on August 7th! 

I love you all and love all your letters and emails! I appreciate all you do for me and all the prayers! I hope you have a fabulous week!! 

Teaching with members...

Sister Edwards got sick do I took her to the Thompson's to heal and Jenika was so wonderful to come out and teach with me all day! She was a trooper! It was a hot day and she stayed strong. She is deciding if she wants to go on a mission or not so I took it upon myself to use that day to convince her that missions are the BEST things ever...then ALL of our lessons fell through and she had to door knock with me! Lets just say I don't think I quite convinced her unfortunately! 

Experience Missionary Roasting Weather...

90-100 Degrees+ Humidity= Missionary Roasting Weather! It is as gruesome as it sounds! Imagine this: Someone knocks at your door and when you open it you find 2 girls with Sweat Powers, faces red, gasping for air...I wouldn't want to listen to them either! Plus the longer they talk to more hot air gets into their nice cool, air conditioned houses and we but get a slight breeze of what it feels like as they shut the doors in our faces! Hahaha ok that was really dramatic! BUT the heat has taught me that the Lords work MUST go on no matter what! AND I can do hard things! When we are diligent miracles come! 

Sister Edwards: "It is so humid I could drink the air."

Funny...

I am funny! I still think so anyways. We were door knocking and an Indian opens the door. Not like a Native American but an Indian from India. There was a language barrier and so we were struggling to communicate. I was under the impression that we wanted to talk about God being very ignorant about the Muslim Religion. Sister Edwards was very aware that he was okay with his idea of believing in one God being all Gods. A theory I do not quite understand. So with my little understanding I ask this man if we can come in and share a message with him. I was curious about their way of life. He being very polite lets us in and as we are walking in Sister Edwards gives me this look of WHAT HAVE YOU DONE! Haha it was really funny! So we go sit down and I find out that the man really didn't understand anything we were saying! haha so we hand him a pamphlet and he says do you have one in Indi? We were fresh out... haha so we asked if we could talk about it and if it would be ok if we turned the TV off! He told us that the Tv was God. God was on the Tv. When I looked I saw no God on the Tv. Haha So we are struggling to communicate and this very nice lady brings us some juice and so we were like crap now we have to finish it before we leave. I end up asking if anyone can speak English and the teenage girl sitting next to us was like I can! I was like i bet you have been sitting here laughing at us the whole time! We got her information. Seeing that our juice was still full we were still stuck and they continued watching their tv god as if we weren't even there! Well we all know what happens when I get uncomfortable...I laugh. SO to cover my laughter I turn to my juice...I immediately regretted me decision. I choked on my juice and I am STILL laughing! SO I am so rudely interrupting their tv god which makes me even more awkward. It was a vicious cycle until I got all that dang juice down and we could finely excuse ourselves from their presence. haha Once we got outside I lost it! haha Sister Edwards was like WHY did you do that! Haha I REGRET NOTHING! It was so funny! They even had their cool Indian Clothes on except for the teenage girl! They are super nice! I enjoyed myself! I think I will go back! teach them that there is only 1 God! 

Competing with the JW's...

Jehovah's Witnesses. We were walking to a lesson and we look down the sidewalk and see 5 Jehovah's Witnesses out door knocking! Remember in Anchor man when all the Weather Stations meet in the ally? No I am just kidding it was nothing like that! Haha they were really nice! A little awkward. They were like well how do you get people to listen to you? Sister Edwards was like well we tell them that we share a message about Jesus Christ and how he restored his church through a modern day prophet. They were speechless. It is really what we do. We share restored truths with the people we talk to. We talked to one lady for a little while. She seemed slightly interested. She had a lot of questions but I am not quite sure what her intent was.

A Doctor...

I am sure you all know Alexza very well by now. Well he got sick and he texted us and was like Sister Young I am really sick do you have some oils that will help. OF COURSE I DO! So I get all my supplies and take it to the park. Haha well I gave him some Oregano and Olive Leaf! I tried to warn him it was strong...he smelled it and was like that ain't bad. After the first drop fell in his mouth I thought I had killed him! He was making the most disturbing faces. He started spitting and gagging I was like okay okay I take this and it is not that bad! he was being fairly dramatic! I gave it to Sister Roberts once and she didn't even do that! He thought he was going to throw up. I personally thought it was kind of entertaining. I know I am mean. BUT after about 10 minutes he said he felt a lot better! I can heal the sick. Just Kidding but There is an oil for everything! 

Witnessing Miracles...

Alexza was confirmed a member on Sunday and I was talking to Sister Gunlach after Church about it. She asked how Alexza got in contact with Ryan Davis (Recent Convert who baptized Alexza)  I told her that Sister Roberts and I had done all we could as missionaries to help Alexza and we were praying for help. Then Ryan Davis texted Alexza and invited him to a Singles branch activity! Then became best friends! Alexza got that social conversion that he needed. She started crying! Her son gave Ryan his first book of Mormon 10 years before he had joined, He had planted that first seed. Because of that he was able to help Alexza and now Alexza is able to help John who wants to get baptized on August 16th! Alma 26:31 is very fitting for that! We will see the fruit of our labors in God's timing! Everything we do has an impact! 

The day arrived! Alexza decided to be baptized as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints! I am so proud of him and the decision he made! The spirit was so strong at his baptism. His friend who we just started teaching said "The spirit was thick in there." It truly was! One of the strongest I have EVER felt the spirit! He asked me to talk about the Holy Ghost and I wasn't even able to use the talk I wrote. The Holy Ghost was like "no no I got this!" I was shaking but it was not from nerves it was like the Holy Ghost was so strong it was shaking my very soul so strong that my whole body was shaking. I was so calm and near tears. I was just wanting to bask in the spirit. I felt so blessed to be able to take part in his baptism. It was FILLED! The relief society room was Packed and people were standing in the hall! I just don't even have good enough words to explain what happened! 

Indra came to the baptism! I was so excited when I saw her! I ran(ok I walked because I was in a dress and in the church) over to her and she was like "There's my baby" I love Indra I haven't seen her in a while so it was really nice to be able to talk to her! She said that she loved the baptism and that she has never experienced anything like it before! 

Alexza's baptism was PRIME for our investigators! We had 5 of them there and it was perfect because now they know what the Holy Ghost is and what it feels like! It is so hard to explain what the Holy Ghost is and I was so grateful that the Holy Ghost just took care of that for me! 

John, Alexza's friend, has decided that he wants to get baptized! That was super exciting! 

I really think it is so important to put ourselves in situations where we can feel the spirit often. It is something that is important for our testimony and our spirit craves that feeling! It is addictive! I just want it more and more! Haha I am a spirit junky! I LOVE it!! 

Some highlights of my week

Sister Edwards and I were out door knocking and we encountered a very drunk individual! He was asking us questions and we started talking about Jesus Christ.

Drunk Man: Can Jesus Christ do my dishes?

Sister Edwards: He can forgive your sins!

Drunk Man: Oh...that's it? 

Drunk Man: Is Jesus Christ still alive?

Me: No he is not.

Drunk Man: Will he come back?

Me: Yes, he will come back...

Haha door knocking brings all sorts of adventures! 

We picked up a new investigator and he has an obsession with my feet...

Francisco: Show me your feet

Me; I would rather not

Francisco: Take off your shoes

Me: I am really good thanks for asking though

Francisco: I want to see your toes

WHY???? I do not understand some people! haha the second lesson he did the same thing! I was like I am not understanding his obsession!

Drum roll everybody....

I FINISHED WRITING MY SONG!!! I am so excited!! It took a while but I finally got it done and will hopefully get it recorded sometime in the new future when I find some free time that does not exist on a mission... haha but hopefully soon! I am so excited to share it with everyone because singing is my favorite way to share my testimony and since I wrote the song it is purely my testimony and I am just so pumped about it!! Doing things on a mission is so much easier than it is in real life! THANK YOU SUPER MISSION SPIRIT! 

Once upon a time I became very brave and I prayed for something that no person should pray for without buckling up and preparing to embrace all that is placed in their path.

I prayed for patience...

Yup I did that! Why? Well I thought it would magically make me more patient. 

WRONG! 

It put me in several situations that would cause me to be patient or be reprimanded for my inappropriate actions... I am becoming a patient person!!! Haha it has been an interesting road but I have learned that patience its truly a virtue and is needed in life! Learn it early on is my advice! 

I am so grateful for this time that I have to be a missionary! It has truly changed me and I am loving all that I am learning and the relationship that I am building with my Father in Heaven! He  has helped me so much! It is interesting that I gave up my life to serve God but He is still giving me far more than I am giving Him! I love this Gospel and it is such a blessing to be apart of it! 

Read your scriptures 

fast and pray

love the Lord 

and sing all day! 

 

LOVE YOU  ALL!!