So this week was
pretty awesome. All weeks are pretty awesome. But this is another week
that is... pretty awesome. So last week (which was also pretty awesome) I
think I told you that our entire district survived transfers, and we
are all staying together in this ward right? Well, they did switch our
district leader, so instead of reporting to a 21 year old, seasoned
Elder who is about to finish his mission, we now report to an 18 year
old boy who is younger than I am in the mission hahaha. Elder Anderson
is awesome though. He is whipping us into shape, and crackin' down on
all the horrible things that may be against our missionary purpose.
Bringin' down hell fire and brimstone!!! But its great.
You
know when someone tells you that you aren't doing something right, and
you aren't working hard enough and you need to be better? You know how
you kind of get all bristly and defensive and miffed? Well thats how we
were for like the first two seconds when Elder Anderson started giving
us criticism. But I can testify to you that I have learned that Heavenly
Father inspires the leaders he calls. We were duly humbled, and the
second we truly accepted the counsel, and started changing and applying
the things he said, we doubled the success that we were finding that
week in two days!
I don't know if that sentence made sense, but the point is that if we
are always right, God will never have enough room to help us grow.
Sister Hale and I were doing good things that we thought were great, but
I am so thankful for inspired leaders who give us a wake up call when
needed.
Also, here is a miracle for you. We
have a few investigators that we are really going to focus on this week,
and we have been praying for them to progress. A couple nights ago we
get a call right before bed from one of our investigators. Let me back
up for a minute. Last week we were at WalMart, and on our way out we
recognized a Less Active. She said that she was going to be out of town
for a while, and couldn't meet with us, but that she had a friend who
had been asking her about the gospel, and wanted her to have us call her
because she needed help in her life. Sweet! So we called her friend,
and she was so happy to hear from us, and said she would meet us at
church on Sunday.
And she CAME!! She actually showed up even though she wasn't feeling
very good, and stayed the whole time! One of the members came up to meet
her and asked if she was visiting. Our investigator looked kind of
confused and said, "No, I'm going to be a member..." WHAT?! We hadn't
even met with her yet! Then a couple nights ago she called us right
before bed crying and crying because of a huge trial that came up in her
family that live in a different country. She said she knew she could
talk to us, and didn't have anyone else to go to. Then that night at 1:30,
we found out that another one of our investigators was going through a
hard family trial too. And THEN we get a huge text from ANOTHER
investigator that is going through terrible things too!!! And THEN when
we were at church, we discovered that ANOTHER one of our investigators
is struggling as well with trials. This is all within 24 hours!!!!
I am so thankful that we are blessed to be here to help all these
people who are going through so much. Even though it is hard, and I am
sad for them, it also gives me so much joy to see it, because I know
that Heavenly Father is humbling them, and giving an opportunity to
understand Jesus Christ and His Atonement.
WHEUF!!!
This is so intense... Anyways... what is something funny that happened
this week... We played Quidditch as a zone last Monday. We got the
rollie office chairs from the Family History Center and moved them into
the gym. Then we laid on our stomachs and "flew" around attempting to
throw a soccer ball at the "goals." Then someone brought out a few
wooden bats "to beat the bludgers with," and thats when we decided it
would be wiser to play soccer instead... It was fun up until that point
though haha. We probably all looked so weird...
I
also got a super creepy letter this week... Apparently someone thinks
that it is super funny in their free time to send all the sister
missionaries throughout the mission strange Dear John letters... but
with creepy drawings.... I'll send you a picture... but anyways haha its
actually not that bad... My only hope is that I never see a creature
like the one they drew.... Its like Dr. Who meets My Little Pony...
You
are all so wonderful, and Heavenly Father loves you so much! I hope He
is answering my prayers, and that you are all feeling blessed! (But no
Dad, I am not going to pray for you to be blessed with $10000.) Love you
all!!!
Sister Baine :) 
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