Hello everyone!
This was a crazy week. For thanksgiving we had our district
meeting in the morning, then weekly planning and then we got to go to as many
dinner appointments in the evening as we wanted. We went to a family in our
ward name the Wells. The food was so good and they are a super great family. We
also went with Sister Wells to visit a lady in the nursing home near by which
was cool. Then after that we went back to their house and had pie and watched
the kids play some games. Then around 7 we went and visited a less active. Her
husband passed away a while back and she visited some family in the afternoon
but she said she would be home alone in the evening. It was good to visit her
and keep her company. We helped her make an apple pie and she told us that she
considers us family, so that was neat. This week was a lot easier companionship
wise since Sister Le is getting a lot more used to everything and we are
becoming friends more. She has been able to talk to some Vietnamese people
lately which is really cool. She is teaching me how to say the name of the
church in Vietnamese. It is really long and sounds like Chinese so its kind of
funny to say. Our new investigator was sick when we went by this week. We
ended up talking to her dad and uncle for a long time and answering a lot of
their questions about our church which was really cool. We invited them to
learn more but they said they weren't interested in committing to something right
now. Even though it could change their life forever! (agency) We are working
hard in our area so hopefully we keep finding more people to teach. This Sunday
was kind of rough. An awesome family in our ward had their dad pass away
suddenly from a heart attack (he was only 45) on saturday. At church there was
definitely a damper on things and people would randomly be crying in class or
in the hallways. It was really sad because he was an amazing guy. He would
always shake our hands when he saw us at church and talk to us because he has a
son on a mission so he loved talking to the missionaries. It just makes you
grateful for the plan of salvation because without the gospel the loss would be
so much harder. I am excited that it is December. People go way out with the
christmas lights and decorations so we have seen a lot of cool houses already.
Also today is my 6 month mark!! I can't believe I only have a year left, it
really goes by fast.
This week I have been thinking a lot about how the atonement
really helps us in all areas of our lives. It really does help our natures to
change as we focus on becoming like Christ and doing what he wants us to do.
Its not just for when we sin but it is for helping us to overcome all of the
obstacles that are in our way and all aspects of the natural man that we want
to overcome. The atonement really can change our hearts and desires if we are
willing to let the Lord work with us and to strengthen us. Well I love you
all!!!
-Sister Washburn
With Sister Le
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