Dear Family & Friends:
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| Things are a little crazy in small towns. |
Anyways this past week was really
great because Sister Stoffers and I really focused on capitalizing on as many
opportunities to teach as possible which was really fun. Because with the
nice weather we continue to do lots of service, but we were making sure to
share formal messages with each of the people that we were helping out!
Last Monday was really neat because
the Garvin's, who are branch missionaries, but are moving to Utah, asked if we
could come and help them with the last minute cleaning and things that were
more difficult for them to do, such as cleaning the cupboards, light fixtures,
and fans. What a wonderful opportunity it was to help them, because they
are such wonderful examples of being Christlike and truly converted to the
Gospel. They truly have influenced a lot of people in this area, and even
up to their last day here they were inviting people they knew to meet with the
missionaries, because they have allowed sharing the gospel to become a part of
them!
A tender mercy of Tuesday was when
we had dinner with the Yancey's their daughter was home and had one of her friends
there who wasn't a member, which always makes your day as a missionary!
Wednesday we spent the morning in
Cedar Rapids getting some work done on our car. We were supposed to have
an appointment with Davy (someone that Sister Alston and I met on exchanges), but
we were stood up. So we went and visited with V who lives in that same
town as Davy. Elder and Sister Templeton had taken 3 of the recent
converts to Nauvoo on Tuesday. It was V's first time to Nauvoo, so it was
really neat to hear of her experiences!
Thursday was wonderful, because we
had our last district meeting of the transfer and the trainings were on
sanctification and one of the trainings was based off of Elder Bednar's talk
"Ye Must Be Born Again" or something like that where he uses a
parable of a cucumber becoming a pickle and compared it to each of us becoming
what God has designed for us to become.
After district meeting we decided to
drop by and try to meet one of the less active young women, and much to our
surprise she allowed us to come in and visit with her right then! She
loves reading and has tried to start reading the Book of Mormon, so we are
going to have a "Book of Mormon book club" with her.
That evening we were also able to
have lessons with several of the members, and it was such a privilege because
the night before we had picked out what we wanted to share with them, and we
haven't visited these members in a while. But somehow the message was
what they needed to hear that day. Anyways, it was another one of those
times when you gain just a glimpse more of how much Heavenly Father loves each
of his children!
Friday night we received a referral
from the Iowa City Sisters, but the address wasn't sure, Anyways we decided to
drive out to Tipton Saturday afternoon to try and contact this referral. We had
narrowed down his address to two streets, and the nice thing about small towns
is that within 5-10 minutes you can use deductive reasoning and locate where a
person lives. After finding Jeff's apartment we knocked twice, but there
was no answer. We only had like 30 minutes before we needed to head back
for a dinner appointment. So we decided to work in the surrounding
neighborhood. The people were friendly, but then a tender mercy occurred!
We we walking and two golf carts were on the road so we wave and say
hello and the first golf cart waves and drives on by, but then the second
golf cart stops and the woman yells out "Sisters!" Which of course
catches your attention! I was trying to figure out who she was because we
have only one active member in Tipton, and this woman was not her. So we
introduce ourselves and we are pretty sure that she is a member that attends in
Coralville, IA, but she has a beauty salon in Tipton, and she told us to come
in anytime to see her. So hopefully next week I will know a little bit
more about Sheila!
Anyways after we part ways with
Sheila we head back towards our car and decide to try Jeff's one last time,
even though there were no new cars in the parking lot and just over 20 minutes
had passed from when we last knocked. We knocked and much to our surprise
Jeff answered the door. He said that right then wasn't a good time, but
Monday evening would be better! He even called twice yesterday to make
sure that tonight will work for us! So we have a member coming with us
and we are excited to have a lesson with Jeff tonight!
Yesterday was great as well, and
what a wonderful day to celebrate Father's! It was really neat because
the Sacrament meeting talks were all on Fathers and so it made each of us
reflect on what we would have said had we been asked to speak on Fathers.
And how grateful I am to have an amazing dad who because of his love and
example to me, it has helped me to understand and strengthen my relationship
with my Father in Heaven.
Well I hope you all have a wonderful
week!
Love, Sister Call
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