i just wrote on Wednesday but a surprisingly large amount of
stuff has happened! so last sunday we had a zone fast to find new investigators
cause its been a little dry around here lately... and guess what? WE HAVE
8 NEW INVESTIGATORS. that's right. life is grand.
three of those include that family that live right behind the
church! john, andrea, tyler(8), and Tessa(4). oh my goodness those kids are so
cute you have no idea. but theyre sooooo wonderful. they came to church on
sunday and after relief society andrea turned to us and basically said that
shes not ready for baptism today, but she will be after she learns more. the
only road block we've come across so far is that we found out that theyre not
actually married.. so we'll have to cross that bridge when we get to it. we had
an incredible lesson with them this week though. we invited the relief society
president and her family to it because they have kids about the same age and
they totally hit it off and love each other and its awesome. then they came to
church on sunday and then we went over to their house after to read the book of
Mormon with them and answer their questions. one thing that they keep saying
that i think is so awesome is that theyre impressed by the church because all
of the people seem to sincerely WANT to be there and to serve. it seems like
more of a blessing than a burden.
one of our other new investigators is Paige. she works at the
grocery store that we shop at so that's how we met her. turns out that she
knows one of the families in our ward, the olsens, super well though. they walk
their dogs together. so we had our first lesson with her in their home and it
went SO well. she started crying and told us that she felt so calm and at peace
in that moment. it was so touching. she also came to church on sunday and sat
with the olsens. unfortunately her work schedule is crazy so she could only
stay for the first hour. but it was good!
easter sunday was wonderful! we had a polish dinner with the
Blosil fam and then spent the day visiting a bunch of members and sharing a
short easter message. it was fun and the members treat us so well! that night
we came home and were headed into our apartment when we ran into a woman and
her little daughter. we got talking about easter and told her that we had been
sharing a message about Christ all day and asked if she was interested in
hearing about it. she said yes and so we went into her apartment (two doors
down from us) and shared a message with her, her daughter and husband. theyre
from india and are leaving this week to be in india for a month. but they want
us to teach them again when they get back!
today we started the morning at the temple! what a perfect way
to start the day :) it was super good and i got to see a bunch of the old
Brockton crew there. also i an into hemana paula from the revere ward! i didn't
recognize her at first and she just came up and hugged me and started going off
in Spanish and i was so confused at first until i realized who she was! but it
was fun to see her and she is too sweet.
then we got to go into boston and watch the boston marathon! it
was a gorgeous day and the city was insanely busy. which i loved. we parked at
the Cambridge building and then took the T in to boston commons and walked down
newbury street with all the shops until we got near the finish line and could
see the runners! it was so fun cause people kept yelling at us like "look
its the missionaries!" and "hello sisters!" all the Mormons in
the city that day made sure to let us know that they were there! we walked so
stinking far and our feet were killing and so we treated ourselves to giant
burgers before heading back. sister calder was obsessed with finding this one
burger joint that she insisted was "just a couple shops farther" but
im convinced that this place never existed and finally we settled on a
different burger place. several blocks and a few blisters later...
anyways its been a fantastic week!
humility brings blessings.
love you all!
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