So a lot happened this week. On Tuesday Sister George and I
woke up really early to go take Sister Okanoue (one of my old companions) to
the airport. It was so weird because President and all of the other
missionaries that were going home were there. There was also my trainer Sister
Reinsch, one of my old zone leaders, and a few other sisters I knew. It was
crazy that in just a few hours they would be back at home sitting in their
parent's houses as normal people. And it was crazy because I realized that that
will be me in 4 months!! Then later that same day I went to go pick up my greenie.
My new companion is Sister Culala. She's from the Phillipines. This is her
first time in the U.S. Its funny because America is a lot different from where
she lives. She hasn't ever really driven in a car, they don't have washing
machines where she lives so she thinks they are really cool. Also the other
morning she pointed to the toaster and says "Sister Washburn, do you just
put bread in here and it cooks it?" It reminds me of when I trained Sister
Le.
This week was really busy with training meetings and stuff
and it has been super humid which is gross. But we have been working hard. We
have a new investigator which is the 9 yr old son of a less active family in
our ward. Gotta love 9 yr old investigators. It is actually really fun to teach
him because we get good practice teaching simply and he is really excited to
learn and answer questions. We also had some good contacts. We contacted this
British guy who was atheist but we actually had a long conversaion about the
church, making good choices, the atonement. He wasn't too interested at the
end, but you never know maybe some day. We also contacted this guy smoking
outside his house who the gospel could totally bless his life. He said he had
lots of questions about religion and we said we had lots of answers. He
wouldn't commit to a specific return appointment but we'll stop by again and
see if he's interested.
We did some service for this family in our ward this week.
They were redoing the siding in their house and so we helped Sister Spencer to
take nails out of all of the old boards so that they could throw them away. It
was good to do some real service that we haven't been able to do in a long
time.
There are about 5 Phillipino families in our ward so they
were pretty excited to meet Sister Culala. One of the families invited us over
and gave us some food (which was pretty good). Also they gave us some referrals
for thier Phillipino friends. So we are excited about that.
Also Robert Ruiz (our recent convert) got the preisthood
last week. It was so cool we got to sit in on the ordination. I realized that
it was the first time I saw someone be ordained to the preisthood so it was
cool that it was my recent convert!!
I have been studying about faith and hope lately. They are
mentioned a lot together in the scripture along with charity. These really are
the bascis of missionary work. To love those we serve, to hope and trust in
God's promises, and to have the faith to try our hardest and be diligent so
that God can guide and bless us. I know that God tries our faith and help us
learn to put our faith in Him, the one thing that will never fail us. We can
find hope through His atonement and through His promise of helping us to
overcome all to return to Him. I love our Savior and am so grateful for the hope
He gives us.
Love you all!!
-Sister Washburn
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