So what did you do on the
4th? The 4th was a crazy
day. We had a breakfast appointment with a family in our ward and that was way
fun. We then had an appointment set up with a man named Dave, but he wasn't
home... so we went to the dollar store and bought some popcorn for our district
meeting and then watched the Restoration video as a district. Sister Stewart
and I were all decked out in 4th of July stuff and it was awesome! We then went
tracting for a little bit but no one was home so we studied instead. Then we
went up north to have dinner with a bunch of ward members. Then we headed east
to Edmond for fireworks. Our curfew was pushed back to 11 o'clock :} it was
sooooo fun!!
And did your package get
there in time for Canada Day? I did get the package at 2:37 pm on July 1st haha so just
in time:}
Were there parades? There were parades but we didn't get to go because they were too
far away and we needed to save on miles haha
Are they in your district
or zone? The Hermanas
are in the Spanish district but they are in our zone.
How many missionaries are
in each? There are 4
districts in our zone. Ours (which has 4 companionships) the Spanish district
(which has 3 companionships) and then 2 Edmond districts (one with 4
companionships and the other with 3)
What is your favorite
thing to do or say to talk to people? Usually when we talk to people we ask how they are
doing and go from there. I like to learn where they are from and things like
that haha
What was the most
difficult thing this week? We found an
investigator this week.... and then about 4 days later, he dropped us. Said
that he didn't want to go to church and that the book of Mormon wasn't making
sense. Sister Stewart asked if we could come back and talk to him about it but
said that he needed to work it out on his own and would call us if he wanted to
talk again. :{ So sad
What was the most amazing
thing this week?
What was the funniest
moment? I think the funniest
moment that I can remember right now is the day after the 4th (after staying us
later than normal) the zone leaders said that we were going to have early
morning sports.... which means 6 am.... it was funny to watch those who did
show up try to play sports like they normally would but were soooo weak and
tired that they could not make a thing haha. That was just so funny
When was the Spirit felt
the strongest? Was felt so strong while
we watched the Restoration video... being on a mission, the Spirit is with you
24-7 and it is awesome!!! But just having the Spirit testify to me of the
truthfulness of what I was watching was just soooo cool!
When did you feel the
most loved? I have felt the most love
by the missionaries around me. Especially my companion, my district leader and
my zone leaders. My companion and I talk about pretty much anything and
everything and it is sooo cool to know someone on a deeper level than just
spiritual... when our investigator (Fred) dropped us, we were so sad. Not for
us, but for him. He was skipping out on the best thing in his life. We got a
call from the Zone Leaders (Elders Beus and Collins) and they asked us how the
day went. We told him what had happened and elder Collins said something that
has stuck with me. He said "the Lord puts people into your path. They may
not be ready and they may not know what they have right in front of them, but
as long as you gave them a chance to see what could be better, they will always
be changed." I can't remember if those were his exact words but it went
something like that. Then Elder Tripp (our district leader) called and said
that "the hardest part of a mission is having someone reject the teachings
of Christ." and I really thought about that and it is soooo true. I mean
it is ok if people don't want to listen to me talk, but if they ignore the
Spirit and the teachings of Jesus Christ.... that is just so sad.
Anywho.... I forgot to
write this last week so I will write it now...
The 27th of
June.... was a pretty crazy day. Sister Stewart and I had been tracting
all day and then as we walked up to the Carlsons for dinner that night (member
in our ward); the elders told us that they needed to leave early and that we
had the dinner message. Oh goodie. So dinner went from 5:30 to 6:30 then an
extra 20 mins for the message. We then needed to stop off at the apartment to
get a few things before going and teaching a recent convert lesion. So we drive
up to the Apartment and there are 3 police cars in front of us, one behind us
and then on our left there was a fire truck and an ambulance. We walked up to
our apartment and the less-active members who live kiddy-corner from us were
talking to the police. I turned to sister Stewart and jokingly said, "oh I
bed someone got stabbed." well a few minutes later we walk out of the
apartment and one of the less-actives (Corey) came over and told us to be
careful. Apparently around 6:40, this ginormous black guy was walking around
our apartment complexes and asking people for cigarettes. The day before he had
asked Kelly (the other less-active) for a cigarette and she gave him 2 just so
he would leave. Well then he came back and asked Kelsee (the neighbor across
the way from us) for a cigarette and she said no. then he said "give me
all your money" and she said no again and started to walk into her house. The
guy then jumped her balcony and stabbed her. Sister Stewart and I were totally
freaked out. Later that day we came back and saw the police cars parked around
the apartment complexes still looking for the guy... he hasn't come back since.
I am fine and Sister
Stewart is fine but I learned that God is definitely looking out for us. To
think that if we had come home at 6:30 like planned, we would have either seen
the whole thing or he would have come knocking on our door and one of us would
have been hurt.
I Love the Lord and I am
so grateful for my mission. Even though it is really hard, I know I am right
where the Lord wants me to be.
Love you tons and hope to
hear from you soon :}
Love, Sister Meagan
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