This week was fabulous! Monday evening we had dinner with our investigator Liz who was a referral from Sister Steed (I want to be just like Sister Steed when I grow up, seriously). She met her when I was sick a couple weeks ago. When we had dinner with Liz we mostly listened because she and Sister Steed became instant best friends. It was wonderful to see! She explained to us that she didn't like that other churches condemn people so much and that everyone is just going to go to hell. We talked about the Plan of Salvation and she just loved every second of it. She said everything makes sense and she can't wait to learn more.
Sister Sand transferring out was still very sad :( but she's in the right place at the right time and Inglemoor doesn't need her and she doesn't have have anything else to learn from Inglemoor. But then I was put with Sister Christensen and she is wonderful! I can't ask for a better trainee! She's sharp and so ready to work!
Liz came to the Relief Society potluck on Tuesday and everyone just loved her! Sister Christensen did great with getting to know everyone and I'm just so proud of her.
That night we had a lesson with our investigator Audrey. She has a lot going on in her family and she just kept saying how much her Aunt Becky loved the hearts ("Heart attack"). We talked about the Godhead and the Atonement. She loved it and she was so upset because she lost the Book of Mormon we gave her. Then we showed her the Book of Mormon app and she was over the moon! She loves the audio setting because she has dyslexia and has a hard time reading. Sister Christensen did great with sharing her thoughts and feelings from the Spirit on her first day!
On Wednesday we had three powerful member lessons. I'm so excited for this ward to really explode with member missionary work. We're helping individual families create family mission plans. It's so dang cool.
Our weekly planning session was wonderful! She catches on so quickly! And it was the first time I weekly planned within three hours since being companions with Sister Truax. Very led by the Spirit also.
Also on Thursday we had another lesson with Liz on the Restoration. As we spoke on prophets and how God has always called prophets, and Sister Christensen testified of our modern day prophet (seriously, easiest trainee ever!), Liz was amazed. The Spirit was so strong during that lesson! Sister Steed and Liz's friendship is blossoming and Liz is excited to come to church with her husband (he comes back into town in a week and a half). She even said the closing prayer and the Spirit was so strong. I was nearly brought to tears! It was so special. We invited her to be baptized and she said she would like to learn more first (but she was totally moved by the Spirit and wanted to say yes).
We attended somethign called "Care Day" on Friday. It's where those who are struggling can come and have some basic needs met. There were booths for dental care, haircuts, social security sign up, health checkups, etc. We were at the end where the exit survey was and handed out two bags of groceries to families as they left. I saw SISTER NAKAMURA AND MOSES THERE!!!!! I was over the moon. I was so happy to see them because I just love them and miss them so much.
One of the most rewarding experiences was walking into our investigators's home and it felt like she was keeping commitments. We were talking to our investigator's Aunt Becky about the scriptures and she told us that Audrey (our investigator) was so excited about the Book of Mormon app and the audio setting that she listens to it all the time!
I love Inglemoor and I can't wait to help each of these wonderful people here to progress towards life with our Heavenly Father. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
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