It's cold. And I don't like it. But
on a positive note, there's no snow yet, and I got funny pictures! So, that's a
plus.
It also just happened to be my 7
month mark yesterday. Weird. I ate a whole bunch of ice cream drumsticks in
celebration! Oh, and, Alexis, I asked for them for a family home evening treat
we taught last Monday... it's tradition ;)
So, for the first week of the year,
we picked up a new investigator! Linda requested that we meet with here! She's
been attending church in Winchester with her boyfriend who works at the temple.
They're planning on getting married and she already told us she wanted to be
baptized! Golden! I'm super excited for her and the opportunity I have to teach
her :) She's a cute grandma-like woman!
Sissy, the 12 year old we are going
to try to teach, has been reading the Book of Mormon before going to bed! She
doesn't understand it, but she's reading it! And her Grandma told us why she
doesn't come to church anymore. Long story, but basically forgiveness and love
will solve the problem (just like it'd solve most problems). Hopefully we'll
see her at church next week :)
The highlight of this week was
having interviews with President! He's awesome. I think we spent 90% of the
interview talking about deep doctrine stuff and 10% talking about the area, ha-ha.
I don't mind. He's awesome and he always knows what to say! I told him he
didn't have to make me shotgun-train (which means going into an area with two
new missionaries in the area, and one of those missionaries being brand new to
the mission) anymore, though; I learned what I needed to learn ha-ha. Hopefully
he'll agree with that statement. Training isn't the hard part. I love Sister
Brown. But shot gunning is definitely something I never want to do again. I did
get to be alone for the first time in forever, though. President gave me
permission to just sit in the chapel and read my Book of Mormon and it was just
awesome :)
We saw many miracles about being in
the right place at the right time this week, and inspired planning. One
example: we were going to meet with a family, but they were about 10 minutes
away from home, so we had enough time to walk around the area. Just across
their street, a man was working on his car and we asked him if he knew anyone
who'd like to learn more about Jesus Christ (which is a non-threatening way to
start talking with people), and he just responded with, "Well, I
would!" And we were able to talk to him about teaching his family! We'll
be going back this week to teach him the Restoration and he seemed so excited!
Even though the weeks can be tough sometimes, and it doesn't always seem to
work out, The Lord is always watching out for us and preparing people for the
message of the Restoration! Another example: we knocked on a door we thought
was a member's (because that's his address), but it turned out to be this 24
year old's home and she welcomed us in, talked with us, and said we could come
back to teach her about our church anytime! She's been looking for a new church
for the last year and it was just perfect timing! So perfect. We'll also try to
be teaching her this next week. The truth is mission life is hard, but it's so
worth it! Even on the bad days.
So, for the rest of the week, we got
to help out at a high school photo-shoot, which brought back lots of
photo-shoot memories. Sister Brown tried the Whipped Cream challenge (where you
try to flip a blob of whipped cream from your wrist into your mouth by hitting
your arm)... and she failed. I got to hold pet rats and one of them peed on me.
Men were walking around with no shirts on in 20 degree weather. I learned how
to play the saxophone. Met a high security body guard. And drank more peanut
butter hot chocolate.
It was a good start to the year! I
love you all and hope you have a great week! I'll be praying for you!
Shout-out to my Grandma! Happy 86th
birthday this Thursday! <3 you!
Shout-out to my friend Ken! Congrats
on receiving your endowments! The Temple is the best!
Scripture of the Week: 2 Nephi 2:28
Quote of the Week: "The future
is as bright as your faith." -President Monson
Love,
Sister Humphrey
P.S. my camera ran out of space this
week, so you only get a picture with me and a kitty... and a couple from Sister
Brown.
