This last week was interesting! On Monday we had dinner with a non member family that are basically Mormon's they just don't know it, and we taught them how to hold a family night. They have a really cute family and have many friends that are members, but they don't seem super interested in the gospel so we'll see what happens. Also, after the dinner wih that family we were knocking on doors and the last house we went to we knocked and rang the door bell, and we were about to walk back to the car when a lady named Heather opened the door. We talked to her for a litle bit and found out that she and her family don't attend a church regularly so we set up an appointment to return and teach her Saturday, but when we went no one answered. Bummer, but we will stop by again another day. On Tuesday we had our normal routine with our studies in the morning, volunteering at the Hamilton City Hall, lunch at Brother and Sister Hunt's, service at Montebellos Care Center where we paint the ladies fingernails as they sing (not exactly up my alley, but I'm starting to get to know some of the ladies there). Once we were done at Montebellos we drove to Nauvoo, because the Peoria zone went through the temple because as of today they are now apart of the new Chicago West mission. President and Sister Jergensen were in Nauvoo and so we got to see them one last time before they headed home. The Sister Training leader that Sister Thompson works with is in the Peoria Zone, so we picked up Sister Rowbury and dropped off Sister Thompson, because Sister Thomspon and Sister Little were going on exchanges with 4 different areas this past week. Well Sister Rowbury is from around Pocatello Idaho, and has been out one transfer longer than Sister Cox and I, so three brand new missionaries were running the area from Tuesday evening until Saturday afternoon. It was nerve racking not having our trainer to depend on but it made us each step up to the plate. Wednesday we had service at the hospital and the home health clinic and then spent the rest of the day visiting less actives, recent converts, and knocking on doors. haha It is amazing the excuses people use while we are knocking doors, but I just have to keep thinking of how sad it is that these individuals do not realize the happiness that comes from the gospel and what they are turning down. I also received my package, so thank you for getting that sent! Thursday was quite the day. We had district meeting in Macomb so we rode with Elder and Sister Warner (couple that serves in the Nauvoo 1st ward but are in our district). The district met for lunch at an Asian Buffet which was fine but not somewhere I would choose to eat if I had the choice. We then had district meeting which went alright, but the classroom we were in was like a thousand degrees and we could not get the air to work, but we all survived. When we returned back to Carthage we went to our dinner appointment which ended up being very interesting. It was one of those times where you don't know what the person is trying to accomplish. Like the dad was basically playing devil's advocate, but we weren't sure what he was trying to get at, because he knew we were all brand new, and still don't know everything that goes on. So by the time we were done with dinner we all discouraged and felt like failures, which normally is not the case at all. Also, to make that day even better when we got back to our apartment we received a text from President Jergensen asking for Sister Thompson to call him. So we relayed the message to her and she called President who went on to say that our investigators Herb and Carolyn were going to be taught by the Warners since Carolyn feels pressured since the girls are always being transferred. So the cherry on top of our day was that our somewhat promising investigators are now not our investigators.
Thank goodness for laughter though, because without it I would be a wreck and life would be miserable. Despite all that happened Thursday, when we were about to fall asleep I just started laughing at all that happened that day and the mere fact that we survived it was a miracle, but I was so grateful that it was night because the following morning would be a new day and we could start over. Well then Sister Cox and I started doing "remember when . . . " about our entire day and we were laughing so hard I was crying. So despite everything that went wrong we were still able to have a good attitude abou it.
We are still teaching Sarah, so we taught her on Friday and the lesson went well and she really wants to find out if the church is true and she really wants to trust Heavenly Father, but it is taking time for each little step. Well we are working on the Word of Wisdom with her so Sister Cox and I decided to give up something this week if Sarah would not drink coffee. So I am giving up candy for the week which is hard because I have the package with the candy that you sent right next to my bed and it sounds so good each day, but I promised Sarah I wouldn't eat any. After our lesson with Sarah we went over to a members home who needed help moving some book shelves, because their health is not good enough to move them. It was really nice to have some one call and ask for our help! I loved being able to help them. When we got done helping them we had a little bit of time before our dinner appointment so we went tracting and it was really neat. We went to several homes and as we were walking there was a college aged kid from Champain, Illinois that was doing door to door insurance or something of that sort. So we started talking to him and he was in Hamilton for only that day, but asked if we were in Champain as well. We explained that there are missionaries there even though we won't be there. We continued to talk and were able to place a Book of Mormon with him, so hopefully the missionaries will find him in Champain.
Saturday we were helping out with the 100 yr celebration of the Keokuk Dam which was the first dam across the Mississippi River. So we helped run a booth for the town that sold items commemorating the celebration. When we were done there we traveled over to Peoria to pick Sister Thompson back up. It is great to have her back with us!
Church was really good yesterday and we had dinner with the Smiths. They had invited two girls that are here for the summer working at the hotel, over for dinner. One of them looked way familar, so it turns out that she was in my ELED 1010 class at USU and she lives in the same neighborhood as the kid that Sister Cox was dating before she left on her mission. What a small world! Anyways, it was yesterday when it hit me that Townsen was coming home this past week! Crazy! Tell him hi for me! I am positive that he was a wonderful missionary and that his report was fantastic! I'm glad to hear Brianna is loving the MTC, I received a letter from her this last week, but she wrote it before she was at the MTC so I haven't heard from her since she's been at the MTC. I also heard from Marci and she is being trained by Sister Southam (from Star Valley), crazy, but she is loving North Carolina.
Can you believe the half marathon is coming up? I was running the other morning with Sister Cox and was talking about if I was home I would be running a half marathon in less than 2 weeks! I hope it goes better this year than it did last year. That is way neat you won an entry for the Soda Springs half. Are you going to do it?
Haha I'm glad the heat has found you too, and I am not the only one who gets to experience the heat. But we do have humidity and the hotter it is, the more the humidity is. The Pageant starts July 9th and runs through August 3rd. We have our training on July 3rd so I will find out more about what I will be helping with, but Sister Thompson suspects that we will be up there approximately three nights a week. We don't have any progressing investigators and so we do a lot of tracting, so keep praying for hearts to be softened in this area.
Sounds like Dad and the boys had fun riding! Did you have to clear any of the trees off of the trail? It is always fun to read what things the family did each week! Thank you for always making family important and spending time doing things fun with us. It breaks my heart to see people who's family doesn't spend time together.
As of right now I don't think we have any plans for the Fourth of July, but we will see what comes up. On Friday we have zone conference so we get to meet President and Sister Jensen, and I was notified this morning that I would be one of four individuals interviewed by him after the conference. I'm excited and nervous all at the same time. It will be great to get to know him better through the interview.
Oh f.y.i on Saturday night there was a set of Elders that were in a serious car accident and were life flighted to Des Moines. I feel bad for President and Sister Jensen because this happened on their first night in the mission home.
Anyways enjoy the fourth of July!
Well I love you all and thank you for your support!
The Gospel is real and is here for everyone!
Love Sister Hannah Call
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