Hello everyone! Happy Monday!
So, I'm sure you are all dying to know about my new area. Well, it is great! The first thing we had to do after switching companions was have my new zone leaders change our tire because it had a nail in it. Then we went to Les Schwab and got it actually fixed. And then I went and got a month long visitors clearance pass to get on base. And let me just tell you, I love going on base! I'm like a little kid, because I love to watch the Apache helicopters take off and land in the airfield. And I feel really official when we go through the gate and they scan my drivers licence. It's the little things.
This ward is also really awesome. The majority of the ward members are young married couples because they live on base. We do have some single soldiers who live in the barracks, and some civilians as well. When we go to dinners, it is kid of like just going to hang out with your friends, because most of the members that feed us are only 2-8 years older than us. There are a lot of kids under the age of ten as well.
We have a baptism scheduled for this Sunday as well. His name is KC, and he actually took all of the lessons when he was in basic training in Georgia, but then moved out here before he was able to get baptized. He is way awesome, and he told us that he doesn't know how the Church could possibly not be true. That's what every missionary wants to hear! The only problem will be if he gets a 24 hour duty shift on the day of his baptism, in which case, we will reschedule it.
We had an awesome day yesterday. It was testimony meeting, which means that anyone who feels inspired to can share briefly their convictions about the gospel. There were lots of amazing stories and witnesses. We had an investigator there, Sarah, who was so touched by some of the testimonies that she was in tears by the end of the meeting. She also told us that she wants to come to church for a very long time, and she is trying to get her boyfriend to come as well.
In crazy stories, we were walking down the 2 blocks of main road in our area (our civilian area is pretty tiny) trying too talk to people and offer to help them with groceries or moving or stuff like that. We talked to this homeless guy, who told us that he read the whole Bible in prison, and now he knows everything there is to know about God, and then proceeded to sing us a song, which was partially about God, and partially about wanting to marry us. He was bragging about his singing voice, which was pretty good, but he has smoked a lot of cigarettes in his life, so he sounded a little bit like a goat. He then burped, gave us a "group hug", and walked away singing another song. We just kind of stood there for a minute, and then busted up laughing.
I want to close with a thought from President Monson. It says "In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we are all teachers and we are all learners. To all comes this gentle invitation from our Lord: 'Learn of me … and ye shall find rest unto your souls.'" As missionaries, we do a lot of teaching, but we do a lot of learning to. Sometimes I think I get more revelation out of teaching lessons the the people I'm teaching. But that's the way it is supposed to be. The more we share with others, the more we will receive, which will in turn make us want to go out and share more. How cool is that!
Well, that's all for this week. Have a great week!
Love,
Sister Lemon
This is transfer day. It was dumping rain, so everyone is really wet, but that never stops us!
So, I'm sure you are all dying to know about my new area. Well, it is great! The first thing we had to do after switching companions was have my new zone leaders change our tire because it had a nail in it. Then we went to Les Schwab and got it actually fixed. And then I went and got a month long visitors clearance pass to get on base. And let me just tell you, I love going on base! I'm like a little kid, because I love to watch the Apache helicopters take off and land in the airfield. And I feel really official when we go through the gate and they scan my drivers licence. It's the little things.
This ward is also really awesome. The majority of the ward members are young married couples because they live on base. We do have some single soldiers who live in the barracks, and some civilians as well. When we go to dinners, it is kid of like just going to hang out with your friends, because most of the members that feed us are only 2-8 years older than us. There are a lot of kids under the age of ten as well.
We have a baptism scheduled for this Sunday as well. His name is KC, and he actually took all of the lessons when he was in basic training in Georgia, but then moved out here before he was able to get baptized. He is way awesome, and he told us that he doesn't know how the Church could possibly not be true. That's what every missionary wants to hear! The only problem will be if he gets a 24 hour duty shift on the day of his baptism, in which case, we will reschedule it.
We had an awesome day yesterday. It was testimony meeting, which means that anyone who feels inspired to can share briefly their convictions about the gospel. There were lots of amazing stories and witnesses. We had an investigator there, Sarah, who was so touched by some of the testimonies that she was in tears by the end of the meeting. She also told us that she wants to come to church for a very long time, and she is trying to get her boyfriend to come as well.
In crazy stories, we were walking down the 2 blocks of main road in our area (our civilian area is pretty tiny) trying too talk to people and offer to help them with groceries or moving or stuff like that. We talked to this homeless guy, who told us that he read the whole Bible in prison, and now he knows everything there is to know about God, and then proceeded to sing us a song, which was partially about God, and partially about wanting to marry us. He was bragging about his singing voice, which was pretty good, but he has smoked a lot of cigarettes in his life, so he sounded a little bit like a goat. He then burped, gave us a "group hug", and walked away singing another song. We just kind of stood there for a minute, and then busted up laughing.
I want to close with a thought from President Monson. It says "In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we are all teachers and we are all learners. To all comes this gentle invitation from our Lord: 'Learn of me … and ye shall find rest unto your souls.'" As missionaries, we do a lot of teaching, but we do a lot of learning to. Sometimes I think I get more revelation out of teaching lessons the the people I'm teaching. But that's the way it is supposed to be. The more we share with others, the more we will receive, which will in turn make us want to go out and share more. How cool is that!
Well, that's all for this week. Have a great week!
Love,
Sister Lemon
This is transfer day. It was dumping rain, so everyone is really wet, but that never stops us!
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