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| Sister Poulsen's district sporting homemade wizarding wands |
Hope your week was wonderful! I heard the weather over there
is perking up! The weather here is strange, and lots of people are saying it's
quite cool compared to past years. Thank goodness, cuz it's not my definition
of cool. Phew. We had a crazy big storm one night, we ran out and played in the
rain, getting all soaked in the process! It was tons of fun :) The streets were
flooded with water - super intense!
This week, we had the great privilege of shampooing our
carpets... yay. It is a carpet shampooer that goes around the zone. It is our
turn now. We have 2 floors in our little apt. so, that's a lot of extra rooms
to do! But we are almost finished, just one more room and a hallway! Our house
smells a lot better now. Our fridge, for some reason is really stinky. We
cleared it all out, but, there is still foul odor. So we are gonna try to defrost
it and see if that helps :)
We got a new investigator this week! Super sweet, humble man
names K. He kept saying "I believe in God, but I feel like something is
missing or something. Like I need a spiritual boost." I just promised him
that this message will fill that for him! So cool! Can't wait to teach him more
this week!
Sister B hosted a Hoot n' Nanny this week! SO FUN! It is a
time where a bunch of people from the ward and their non-member friends can
come and we sing folk songs with banjos, harmonicas, and guitars! Sister
Steinfeldt is a killer on the guitar! And we learned a song real quick before
we went over so we could sing something. I was still nervous about the song cuz
I had just barely learned it! But it went pretty well :) And we had a grand ol'
time just being together singing songs! Sister B made sure they were all
missionary appropriate too, it was so funny :) And one of our potential
investigators was there, and hopefully we can have a lesson with him soon! He
comes to church and stuff... he's basically a Mormon. He just needs to get a
little wet :)
We did service ALL DAY Saturday! We went to the C’s and
cleaned their outside windows... and we found the biggest spider ever!! We were
too excited to torture it with water and kill it that I didn't get a pic. But
just imagine this gross ugly big spider. But we worked real hard to get those
windows all nice and clean! Then we went and helped V water her flowers...
again. We aren't finding a ton of service opp. but we are planning on
contacting local vet clinics and volunteering there! And we are gonna look
around for some other community stuff!
We finally caught back up with K and her daughter! We
decided to just stop by, cuz she wasn't answering our messages. And then she
complained about not knowing we were coming cuz we didn't text her... ugh,
silly people. We had a sweet lesson on the Book of Mormon and they are sooo excited
to read it! We committed her to read to at least chapter 8 and she said "I
got a lot of time sisters, I think I'll read more than that!" haha
awesome! She has many questions that we try our best to answer, as well as, to
continue to teach the lesson we are on. But, we don't want her to think we
don't have the answer, because the gospel has all the answers! But she asked
this one question. "How come I have never heard of Joseph Smith
before?" That was a very good question. We were coming up with several different
answers. From how the church is a newer church, to the people rejected his
seeing visions and such. All were good, but didn't quite feel right. Then I
felt the spirit put into my mind something that I knew was the right answer. So
I said "I think the spirit just told me the answer to your question. So
I'm gonna say it... It's Satan." Her eyes got all big like and just stared
at me. I kept going "It's Satan. He doesn't want you to know about Joseph
Smith. He doesn't want you or anyone to hear about the restoration of Christ's
church. And that's our job, as missionaries and members of the church, to
spread the word about Joseph. To spread the joyful news that Christ is our Lord
and Savior and that there is a Plan of Happiness!" So that is where my
thought for the week comes from.
It is Satan that makes us afraid to share the gospel or
think "Oh, I'll try tomorrow." Because he knows that when people get
word of this, it will spread like wildfire. And he sees that it is happening
right now. So he is throwing everything he has at the world right now. He is
very good at his job. But we are better, because why? Because we have an
almighty, all knowing being on our side, and with Him, we cannot fail. Little
motivational speech for ya to go out and be your best because Christ and His
army (us) have already won the fight. Guaranteed.
Well, as always... have a blessed week! Don't get too hot
down there, I heard your weather is pretty toasty! So buy some cute hats, wear
sunscreen, and stay hydrated!
Love y'all to the moon and back!
BYE!!
Sista Poulsen
Bonus from Questions letter:
I don't know too much about the new Mission President and
his wife - just that he majored in
zoology and that they are sooo excited to come here!! They will fly in tonight around 7, and he
will be the new pres.!!! The Bakers are
super trunky, it's hilarious! But yes, we had one last zone conf with them and
we all lined up to say good bye. Lots of tears. It's pretty bitter sweet!
We will have a meet the president meeting in Greenville on Friday,
so I can tell you more about him then! We are excited to see what he is gonna
do for this mission!
Also I got my retainer all fixed! That sweet doctor man and
his staff, love them all! They were so kind to me and Sista Steinfeldt :) I am
sending them a thank you letter in the mail and we already referred them to the
elders if they ever need any dental work done! Elder Haddock threatened to
punch Elder Hyman in the face just so they could get free dental work done...
silly elders.
