Monday again?
Well, hello friends!
This week has been a good one. Lots of tender mercies! Excepttttttt both Sister Lybbert and I received a whopping total of 0 letters this week. I am now going to do the missionary thing and invite you to commit to send at least one missionary a nice little note this week. It doesn't even have to be me. Anyone. So, will you write a missionary this week? I can promise that if you do this, you will receive an increased measure of joy and peace in your week and an increased excitement about hearing from that missionary next time.
(If you didn't catch it, that was the most missionary thing I think I've ever said in an email. We invite people to repent by inviting them to keep commitments. We extend the commitment in a specific yes or no format and then promise blessings that they will receive for being obedient. ie; "Will you live the Word of Wisdom? I can promise you that you will feel an increased measure of the Spirit and will be able to be more receptive to the spiritual truths you are seeking.", ect)
Anyway. (:
Monday was awesome! We went ICE FISHING and I caught TWO fish!(: I caught a little bitty perch and a bluegill. We made nice friends who showed us the ropes and had a blast. Hopefully that will open the door for them receiving the missionary's next time we knock on their door.
Tuesday was awesome because I love Derald and Anita. We had dinner and a lesson with them and they are just so precious<3 I have been looking and looking for sourdough bread here in Wisconsin and so Anita made me homemade sourdough bread and Derald made us ribs and it was just so good. Derald let us borrow some ice fishing poles too! We read 2 Nephi 31 and had a great discussion about the Doctrine of Christ. It was awesome(:
On the way over to their house, we were driving alongside the Wisconsin river and it was raining lightly and I saw two swans and I just couldn't help but cry happy tears. Something about this place has just stolen my heart forever. It is so beautiful and full of life!
Wednesday was a good day. We did service at a local thrift store and had a ton of fun there and talked to a lot of people. A lot of our appointments cancelled on us because of strep throat, but we still had a great day. Sister Lybbert and I both got an easter package! Her sister sent us both easter candy and it was soooooo nice! We also were walking down the street and heard a bald eagle right after we were talking about it. That was such a tender mercy.
Thursday was kind of a crazy day. But we got to serve a less active sister and that was good.
Friday was awesome because we got to see our friends at the nursing home for service. I just love them<3 We saw that God always provides for us. Theres one apartment where we cant ever get in because the sister's doorbell thing doesn't work. EVERYTIME we go, the Lord provides some way for us to get in. We've made lots of other friends and had lots of good conversations in that building because of it. We saw 76072356826 bald eagles. The river is opening up and the birds all migrate over here to get fish. So. There are dozens of eagles in our back yard. <3 We invited our friend Tina to a relief society activity and she was really excited about it. Yay!
Oh! And we went to a reception at the Villa Louis (a Victorian mansion on St. Feriole Island) for Matt Antione. He got a bronze medal in the Olympics and is a local of PDC. We had a LOT of REALLY awesome conversations with a lot of people about missionary work and what we do and what we believe. It was an awesome opportunity to be seen in the public.
Saturday was a busy busy day. We went to the St. Patrick's Day parade which was soooooo fun and soooo good. We had a lot of opportunities to street contact and talked to totally prepared people. We went and helped out at the primary activity (which the Steiber kids came to!!!). Right after that, we helped the Richland Center Elders set up for a baptism. It was so fun(:
The Steibers came to church again on Sunday! We have really good feelings about them. I looked over at Marc during Sacrament meeting and I just knew that he was loving it. SO EXCITING.
We were prompted to invite Jonathan Morris's mom to the Relief Society activity, and that was....eventful. Of all the people I had met on my mission, she is the most anti and mean of them all. haha. She looked at me and asked me, "I thought you left the country?!" I was like "Ohhhh snaaaaap!" in my mind because I knew that she was basically telling me "I thought I told you to never come back here?", but obviously I answered very politely and Christlike that nope, I was still in the country. haha. She hates me, but that's okay.
We were prompted to invite Jonathan Morris's mom to the Relief Society activity, and that was....eventful. Of all the people I had met on my mission, she is the most anti and mean of them all. haha. She looked at me and asked me, "I thought you left the country?!" I was like "Ohhhh snaaaaap!" in my mind because I knew that she was basically telling me "I thought I told you to never come back here?", but obviously I answered very politely and Christlike that nope, I was still in the country. haha. She hates me, but that's okay.
Dalton shared the scripture during opening exercises in primary and my heart just melted. I love that kid. Cant wait for him to get baptized.
Oh boy. Lots of good things. Lots of funny little stories. Lots of potential. This next week is going to rock. (:
Onward, ever onward! <3
Onward, ever onward! <3
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