So this week was good! I am so super worn out because we worked
like crazy, pretty much a lot of our lessons fell through and we did a lot of
tracting. I am getting a nice tan from it though!;) Ms. Shirley is
doing so well, we went and taught her a lesson this week about the prophet and
she loved it. Usually she gets way distracted in the lessons and talks about
her grand kids or other things, but she was super focused in this lesson and
was excited and so ready to learn. She also has been so good about
reading her Book of Mormon; I am a little shocked on how dedicated she is about
reading, but way way happy. She is already midway through Alma!! And it is so
exciting because when we go over she always tells us what she has been reading
and I love hearing her read to me and talk about it. She also has told her
whole family about her baptism and has invited them all. I am excited and I can't wait to see them all
there. I really hope that they come to the
confirmation too on Sunday. We have
talked to Ms. Shirley about inviting them to that, but I think we are going to
have to remind her about it. We also had a good lesson this week with Jacobus
and Jessica. They are both awesome and we were able to get a member (Brother
Malquist) to come with us to the lesson. Well the totally cool thing about that
is Brother Malquist is the main director of the animation engineering at
Disney and Jacobus used to work over there for Disney in the animation
engineering department. Well Jacobus now does his own work and his own business
type of thing but he still knows Brother Malquist, but I don't think he had
ever really formally talked to him before. Well when we all showed up at
Jacobus’ door with Brother Malquist, Jacobus was so shocked and happy haha you
could tell he was just like oh my gosh the director is in my house.... haha it
was so funny he was so smiley and I think much more willing to listen if you
know what I mean haha. But we had a solid Restoration lesson and Brother
Malquist really was so amazing he gave a lot of great personal stories and he
is very charismatic and so everyone enjoyed that. The spirit was so
strong as well and everything just flowed and was awesome. We
invited Jacobus and Jessica to start reading the Book of Mormon and they
said that they would and so we are super excited for them. The only
bummer thing is that they work a ton and so they told us that they would
be busy for the next 2 weeks because I guess they have some big projects and so
we are going to go back in 2 weeks for sure, so we have also been stopping by
their house and texting them every other day too, to keep in contact. Jacobus
has started reading the Book of Mormon when we talked to him the other day and
I am so happy for him. I don't know if Jessica has started, but I hope so! We
also were able to set an appt. with a man that we have literally been trying to
contact for about 4 weeks now. He finally answered the door and we asked if we
could come back and teach a lesson so we are very excited about that! Gene is
still doing well. We visit him now just
once a week. The ward missionaries also
visit once a week with him, he is preparing to get a temple recommend and the
priesthood and we are very excited for him. Please keep him in your prayers
though, things didn't go according to plan this week for him, and he lets it
bother him too much and I am worried about him and staying active. But other
than that he is doing very well. It is crazy how the missionary work is
slowly changing; we are working with the members so much more and really
getting them excited about missionary work. Our district leader Elder Duffy, in
a coordination meeting one Sunday morning, had prayerfully come up with
suggestions on how we can work with the ward members more effectively and
then two weeks later we had the world wide training and we learned exactly
what Elder Duffy had been inspired to tell us to start doing already. It
has been so amazing, we always leave the members with commitments and it really
helps them refocus themselves and family's on the Lord, we then follow up with
them that Sunday or the following and they get excited to tell us that they are
keeping their commitments as a family and it is so cool to see. We also leave
them commitments to have a non-member friend over for the next time we have
dinner with them and they are totally committed to inviting their
friends. We have BBQ's with investigators every other Monday night
for FHE and the ward is working really hard together to invite friends
over for a lesson and to meet the members and just chill and eat. It
really is so effective it kind of blows my mind. When the members
are involved missionary work goes so much better.
Well we got a new mission president, President and Sister Berry
and they are awesome. Sister Low and I got to briefly meet them the other
day at church and they are so nice and so ready for missionary work.
Tonight Sister Low and I have been asked to go and eat dinner with
President and Sister Berry and Elder and Sister Munz of the 70.
Crazy uh!!!! The Elders in our ward were invited too and we
are all very excited. We are eating at Elder Munz house and Sister Low and I were
asked to give the lesson, can you believe that!?!? We are such newbies and out
of the 200+ missionaries in the mission, Sister Low and I were asked to go
and teach the new mission president and his wife and an area 70. I was so
shocked when we got the call 2 days ago but I am very excited to be
able to have this opportunity. Pray for us!!! Haha we are very
nervous. Tomorrow at the stake center is the official meet and
greet for the missionaries in this zone to meet President and Sister
Berry, but Sister Low and I and Elder Duffy and Jensen are so lucky that
we get to meet them a day early! This really is so cool, I think
I might actually get ready tonight and do my hair hahahaha Well I've
go to go now! I love you all and have a great week!!!
-Sister Jamison
Claire’s pictures are soooo cute! I
wish I could come to her birthday party!
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