Fam:
Today is just a normal p-day haha nothing out of the ordinary for us. I can't believe Mads is going into her Junior year!!! AAAHHH!
Tell me how football/tailgating goes :} almost all of my workout shirts are LP hehe.
It is really hot here, but I drink enough water and stay out of the sun for long periods of time so it isn't that bad.
what (other than bugspray) gets rid of bugs? transfers aren't for another 3 weeks so you are good to send the treats from Canada :} I am glad that everything has been going well and that Canada was a blast (like always haha)
so questions from the relies:
Papa: So what is your favorite thing to do as a missionary? I would say building trust with members. the more they trust you, the more likely they are to send you to their friends and have you teach the gospel. So we always leave dinner messages with people to help them start their missionary work. Like this month is all about talking. so we (missionaries) share scriptures that say to speak/teach the gospel to all and then commit them to try talking to someone new about the gospel (could be a member, nonmember, less-active) and just practice bringing up gospel principles in regular conversation. that gets them talking about their beliefs and invites the spirit in on the conversation. It strengthens the members and it helps strengthen the person they are talking to ;}
Mads: What is the biggest difference between Utah and OKC? the mountains for sure. but they sky here is beautiful. you can see it for miles and miles. also the people here are way more open with talking about their beliefs and what church they go to, they are just not open to change, or just even listening to what we want to say.
Jaxon: Are you a THUNDER's fan now? Not quite but I am getting there haha
Nana: She just wants to make sure you are doing all that your mission pres wants you to be doing. Don't worry Nana, I am doing everything that is asked of me and more :}
Colton: what is your door approach? "Hi. We are missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and we wanted to know if we could share/say a prayer with you today?" sometimes we will swap out "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints" and say "Representatives of Jesus Christ" but then we found out that Jehova's Witnesses do that sometimes so we stopped using that one haha
Mike: have you eaten anything crazy yet? Nothing crazy yet haha but I have a feeling that will change soon :}
Mason: do you miss him sometimes? Yes, I definitely miss him sometimes :}
Uncle Ron ;) : Are there any attractive Elders in your area? (Mom told him that as soon as you are set apart the blinders go up) No Uncle Ron I am not attracted to any Elders. They smell haha
What do most of the people do for a living?(agricultural, industry, etc...) Most of the people in this area are Dentists, Oral Surgeons, or some kind of Doctor.
Aunt Lorena: How ethnically diverse is the area? Not really in the area I am serving in but I know of a few areas that are just Hispanic or just Native American... but my area is mostly Caucasians haha
questions from Mama:
What did you learn from your studies this week? I learned about king Benjamin and the 1st General Conference in Mosiah this week. It is soo cool how powerful King Benjamin's words are now haha
How are your peeps doing? do we need to send additional prayers your direction? the peeps are doing well. Elder Beus came and visited our ward yesterday. it was so weird to see him again after 2 weeks of not seeing him. (Ya Elder... I mean, Brother Beus came back with his family and came to our ward to visit some of the families he had taught and just to say 'Hi' to us. it was great. He is from Melba Idaho... which is north of Boise... so it would have been a long drive just for a homecoming talk. but its all good haha) :} Sister Stewart and I have been in 3 different cars this week because ours keeps getting recalled and then needed to go to Maaco for body work. its crazy haha but we are grateful that we still have a car. (So the story behind the car is that about 5 months ago, a sister ran over the curb and dented the underside of the car so it ran funky... they were going to have it fixed when Chevy recalled all their 2013 cruises because of some faulty axles. so for the last 5 months the car has been with the Chevy dealership and then we got it back, then had to send it to Maaco for the dent to be fixed... so we are in a 2013 Toyota Corolla haha :} it smells like sweaty boys :{ but it is a car haha so sister stewart don't complain.. a lot haha.)
have you met with the 70 yr old women yet? (really think of your G'mas) We haven't met with Lauri yet... but we will keep trying to get a hold of her. :}
have you had a zone conference yet? No we don't have a Zone Conference this transfer :{ but we do have a temple day on Aug 21st and I am sooooo excited haha. I have actually been craving the temple. I know that sounds weird but it is so true!
What made you laugh out loud? Sister Stewart and I took really ugly photos this week and we could not stop laughing at how ridiculous we look. Oh and at one of our dinner appointments this week, Elder Collins ate 10 ginormous slices of pizza, Elder Nibley ate 6 pieces and Sister Stewart and I ate 4. it was insane! haha
What this week did you do differently that had great results? Sister Stewart and I decided to go visit less actives that we had never seen before and 1 of them ended up coming to church yesterday and that was amazing! he hasn't come in like..... 7 or 8 months... something like that
What happened this week that brought you closer to your Heavenly Father? the Book of Mormon Class we have each week was on personal conversion and that was amazing to receive all of this revelation on how I could become closer to my Savior and Heavenly Father.
what did you learn that strengthened your testimony? I watched some one receive the Aaronic Priesthood yesterday (a less-active who has been reactivated) and another Reactivated less active gave him the priesthood and it was amazing and so powerful to watch what the atonement can do to help people change and come closer to Christ.
Love to you all,
Sister B
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