Again, so much has happened! The work has really started to progress and have a lot of appointments for this coming week! We taught a wonderful recent convert lesson with the Cash family! Parker (age 12) and Reo (9) Got baptized a few weeks ago. They are such wonderful, sweet girls. Their parents used to be really inactive but are now coming back! Since Sister Crandall had to go on an exchange, Sister Dodd and I worked in Sugar City for a full 24 hours, from Friday afternoon to Saturday afternoon. Sister Parker (the Sister we live with) was out of town for the weekend, so Sister Dodd and I were completely alone. She is so wonderful! We see each other pretty often because Sister Crandall and her companion have to get together to plan meetings/go on exchanges. We have gotten pretty close and I love teaching with her. Since Sister Dodd is on Visa wait to go to Samoa, we flew out together, so both of us have only been out for almost 2 weeks now. Since she's learning Samoan, I got to help her with her language studies, which was really neat!
The people here are just wonderful and I'm starting to hope I never leave this area! Yesterday was fast Sunday, and we got to bare our testimony in two different wards. The other ward we went to was very similar to Kaw River, for we didn't get a chance to go up, since there was always someone who had a really powerful testimony to share- which is great! The Ward Mission Leaders here are just so great, and I really have loved getting to know them. One of the Ward Mission Leaders was just called, and he offered to feed us Friday evening and then we could have a meeting. That was the exchange day, so I was really unsure how it would go, but luckily we have had a few meetings with WMLs before, so I knew the drill (more or less!) It went well though, and they have such adorable kids! The 5 and 7 year-old girls took a liking to me right away and kept wanting to sit by me and show me their ballerina dances- so cute! Charlie, the 7-year-old girl, drew me a picture right before we left and made sure to put it in an envelope for me. Their sweet kids made me miss the Crowders more than ever!
Last week we found a bunch of non-members that weren't even on our referrals list. One of them we found while leaving a door of a referral that wasn't home. We saw this lady walking her dog, and Sister Crandall and I felt impressed that we should talk to her. Since we had already started driving and didn't want to awkwardly stop and get out, we drove around the block close to the corner we knew she would walk around soon, and like the creepers we are, we got out and walked to cross her path. She wasn't a member, and although she felt like the people in the church are hypocrites, she was fine talking to us and said we could visit her! Another time we were trying to find another home, but it was late at night and we couldn't find it. We passed this house with this guy (around his 20's) just watching us from our car, and although the whole area seemed a bit creepy, I really felt that we should talk to him. We were both a bit hesitant, but we parked and tried his house to ask for directions. He was really nice, and we found out that his name is Gavin and that he and his fiancee, Tiana (not a memeber), are from Washington. They lived with an less active lady (who wasn't even on our list for less actives) and her niece, who's also in her 20's and not a member. They were happy to talk with us and Gavin seemed really spiritual and told us that he was baptized when he was younger, but sort of fell away in his teenage years. He invited us in to see their baby, who's just a few months old! We also went to see them last night, and found out that Gavin decided to go to church (it wasn't one of the wards we went to that week, but hopefully we will go with the whole family next week!) They really opened up to us. They have had such a hard life, but they really do hope to raise their son in a better environment than what they had growing up. We shared a message and an we have a return appointment for this Saturday! It's amazing how much timing is everything, for I really do think that Heavenly Father has been preparing them.
We also had a Zone meeting all morning Friday, and President Nelson and his wife came to that! Sister Dodd and I got to talk to Sister Nelson while waiting to have our interviews with the President, and it was really nice. She's such an amazing woman, and I felt very comfortable around her. Another thing to mention is that we are reading the Book of Mormon as a whole Mission. We read just two chapters from the Book of Mormon a day while in our personal study, which I think is just so neat. We just started Mosiah a few days ago. As a Mission, we also recite 3 Nephi 5:13 each day as well. That scripture has really grown on me!
Here are also just some scriptures that really stood out to me this week: Words of Mormon 1:7, D&C 27:15 ("and take upon you my whole armor.") 2 Nephi 28:24 "..wo be unto him that is at ease in Zion!" (I think that we must always be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and should always be on the look out for ways we can come closer to Christ. So don't be at ease in Zion!)
One more highlight! We got a call the other day from this Sister who told us about one of her daughter's friends who wants to take the lessons! She's 15 years-old, and we met her briefly last week. Our first lesson with her is this next Sunday, so we are super excited!
I really do love this work so much. I feel like my own testimony is growing more and more each day.
I love you all!
-Sister Cottrell
The people here are just wonderful and I'm starting to hope I never leave this area! Yesterday was fast Sunday, and we got to bare our testimony in two different wards. The other ward we went to was very similar to Kaw River, for we didn't get a chance to go up, since there was always someone who had a really powerful testimony to share- which is great! The Ward Mission Leaders here are just so great, and I really have loved getting to know them. One of the Ward Mission Leaders was just called, and he offered to feed us Friday evening and then we could have a meeting. That was the exchange day, so I was really unsure how it would go, but luckily we have had a few meetings with WMLs before, so I knew the drill (more or less!) It went well though, and they have such adorable kids! The 5 and 7 year-old girls took a liking to me right away and kept wanting to sit by me and show me their ballerina dances- so cute! Charlie, the 7-year-old girl, drew me a picture right before we left and made sure to put it in an envelope for me. Their sweet kids made me miss the Crowders more than ever!
Last week we found a bunch of non-members that weren't even on our referrals list. One of them we found while leaving a door of a referral that wasn't home. We saw this lady walking her dog, and Sister Crandall and I felt impressed that we should talk to her. Since we had already started driving and didn't want to awkwardly stop and get out, we drove around the block close to the corner we knew she would walk around soon, and like the creepers we are, we got out and walked to cross her path. She wasn't a member, and although she felt like the people in the church are hypocrites, she was fine talking to us and said we could visit her! Another time we were trying to find another home, but it was late at night and we couldn't find it. We passed this house with this guy (around his 20's) just watching us from our car, and although the whole area seemed a bit creepy, I really felt that we should talk to him. We were both a bit hesitant, but we parked and tried his house to ask for directions. He was really nice, and we found out that his name is Gavin and that he and his fiancee, Tiana (not a memeber), are from Washington. They lived with an less active lady (who wasn't even on our list for less actives) and her niece, who's also in her 20's and not a member. They were happy to talk with us and Gavin seemed really spiritual and told us that he was baptized when he was younger, but sort of fell away in his teenage years. He invited us in to see their baby, who's just a few months old! We also went to see them last night, and found out that Gavin decided to go to church (it wasn't one of the wards we went to that week, but hopefully we will go with the whole family next week!) They really opened up to us. They have had such a hard life, but they really do hope to raise their son in a better environment than what they had growing up. We shared a message and an we have a return appointment for this Saturday! It's amazing how much timing is everything, for I really do think that Heavenly Father has been preparing them.
We also had a Zone meeting all morning Friday, and President Nelson and his wife came to that! Sister Dodd and I got to talk to Sister Nelson while waiting to have our interviews with the President, and it was really nice. She's such an amazing woman, and I felt very comfortable around her. Another thing to mention is that we are reading the Book of Mormon as a whole Mission. We read just two chapters from the Book of Mormon a day while in our personal study, which I think is just so neat. We just started Mosiah a few days ago. As a Mission, we also recite 3 Nephi 5:13 each day as well. That scripture has really grown on me!
Here are also just some scriptures that really stood out to me this week: Words of Mormon 1:7, D&C 27:15 ("and take upon you my whole armor.") 2 Nephi 28:24 "..wo be unto him that is at ease in Zion!" (I think that we must always be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and should always be on the look out for ways we can come closer to Christ. So don't be at ease in Zion!)
One more highlight! We got a call the other day from this Sister who told us about one of her daughter's friends who wants to take the lessons! She's 15 years-old, and we met her briefly last week. Our first lesson with her is this next Sunday, so we are super excited!
I really do love this work so much. I feel like my own testimony is growing more and more each day.
I love you all!
-Sister Cottrell
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