First of all, let me just catch you up with Marilyn. She's still amazing, she's still reading, her prayers are still
amazing and she sounds like she's preaching when she says them, BUT SHE
JUST WON'T COME TO CHURCH. Like just come to church! Every week she's
always just so excited, but then something happens and she always has an
excuse. And the baby daddy keeps coming back into her life and she
admitted that he is just a huge temptation for her so we just need to
get him out of her life and she will be golden. She's so great and has
such a great testimony! We had a missionary activity in the ward on Thursday and it was like these scenarios on how you can share the gospel
and she got up and bore her testimony to our fake investigator and it
was awesome! She's going to make a golden member, she's just gotta go to
church and realize how important it is! Pray for her!
But,
on the other hand, we have this amazing new investigator! Her name is Beatrice, she's 22, and she has a 2 year old, but don't worry, the
father is married so we don't have to worry about that! Yaya! haha.
We've only met with her once and she is just so ready! She came to
church with us yesterday for the whole 3 hours and was so interested! It
was kind of too good to be true! She is the sweetest thing ever and we
are excited to get to know her more and bring her unto Christ!
Also,
funny story. So once upon a time we were on the search for a less
active named Gabriela Añez. Well, we found the house where the Anez
family lives, but there was not a Gabriela. But there was a Gabriela
across the street . But then we went back to the house another day and
they told us that Gabriela Anez lived two houses down. So we went and
asked for a Gabriela and they were a little confused at first, but went
and got someone and a woman came out so we figured out it was her so we
got an appointment with her. WELLLL when we went to go visit with her we
found out 2 things. 1. Her name was not Gabriela Anez and 2. She wasn't
a member. hahahahahahaahhaaha we were DYING. But now we have a
wonderful investigator named Silvia Anez and we are very excited to
start teaching her. hahahahahahaha.
Now here is
an update with our friend in the chair. He still sits there every day
and we indeed pass by and talk to him everyday haha. His name is Alberto
(I got his autograph), and he has read like every pamphlet that we've
given him haha. One day this week we passed by to visit him and he said
"I won't be able to accept any more things from you" and we asked why
and he said that the Jehovas Witnesses said that he wasn't allowed to
anymore..... uh.. hahahaha. But then we talked to him and he accepted
the book of mormon that we gave him so I don't think they scared him too
much hahahaha. He's a hoot though. One time when we passed by he was
reading the word of wisdom pamphlet, turns to the page with all the
fruits and vegetables, points to the picture of broccoli and says "What
is this.... broccoli... hahahahahaha'" and then he just laughed for a
good while about broccoli hahaha. What a character. We told the elders
to go visit that crazy Alberto. hahaha
We also
have this less active and she is just the cutest thing in the entire
world! She is 83 years old and for a while we were unsure if she was
actually a member but yes, she is. She has no teeth, she's just soooo
old, and she's just the cutest thing ever! She can't come to church
cause she's just so old and fragile, but we just love visiting her! Yesterday we asked if we could end with a prayer and she said "Can't you
guys just stay till tomorrow?!"and then she just laughed for like 5
minutes with her no teeth it was so cute! And she just waves at us at
the door when we walk away and my heart just melts every time!! I want
to keep this woman forever!!! haha.
Other random facts:
- Hermana Newbold fell the other day when we were walking. That's twice now. She's so clumsy.
- I've walked out of the bathroom TWICE now with my skirt tucked into my G's. So embarrassing.
- There are now 3 missionaries in our ward that are from Utah and only 1 Latino. This will be a partayyy
-I
GOT THE PACKAGE AND THESE CHEETOS ARE TO DIE FOR SEND MORE WHEN YOU
SEND ANOTHER PACKAGE. SEND LIKE 20 BAGS. THANK YOU YOU HAVE SAVED MY
LIFE.
That's pretty much it! I am now going to
end with a nice thought about gratitude. If you guys have the chance,
go read the talk by Dieter F Uchtdorf, April 2014 talk called grateful
in any circumstances. Here is a thought I just loved from it! "How much
life do we miss by waiting to see the rainbow before thanking God there
is rain?" Because thanksgiving is coming up, I encourage you all to look
for the things you are grateful for and be grateful in your
circumstances, no matter what they may be! Thank you all for your love
and support! Keep me updated on all of your crazy lives! Have a
wonderful week!
With love
Hermana Higham
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| Our feet after a long day of work. |
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| Our pensionista hermana dearly explaining how to get somewhere with food. |
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