From Sept. 15 email:
Transfers are next week! I'll find out Sunday whether I stay in Canton or move. We have another sister coming in next Tuesday so there will be a threesome somewhere. This past week was pretty good; slow, but good. Tuesday we got to meet one of our investigators for the 1st time. Penny is a high school drama teacher & her daughter plays Christine on the Broadway version of "Phantom of the Opera." She offered to take us to see it . . . sadly it's out of the mission boundries. She's a very sweet lady & is understanding the doctrine well. She had been taught by the Elders a few years back, but they said some really off-track things that weirded her out. We got those things cleared up & are moving forward. She really likes how the church empasizes families & she has searched everywhere for that. We also had our weekly visit with a ward less-active. He's been trying to quit smoking & finally got some really good medication. As of yesterday, he hadn't smoked in 3 days. Yay! It's so exciting to see such a change in people. He has a very strong desire to go back to church & make it to the temple. He's made such improvement in the short time I've been here so he has great potential!
Wednesday we taught another less-active, Barbara Lettley (below). She's a single black wom
an with 5 kids. She grew up in Harlem & found the church about 8 years ago. She is SOOO spiritual & you can just feel the Holy Ghost radiating from her. She also has a very interesting personality, b
ut I love her :). I selected a lesson on temples & family history & she confessed that it was exactly what she needed. She said that her ancestors have been harassing her to do their temple work, which I can very much believe. She loves the temple & that was one of the things she was looking for in a church in her many years of searching.
Thursday we had our "district
unity" after district meeting at the Goshen ward building & had the infamous TSB--Torrington Super Buffet (only $5)! It's a big hit with the Elders. There was sooo much good Chinese food. My companion, Sister Wilson, has a degree in psychology & she has this amazing ability to "read" people. She just asks a few questions & can pretty much figure out what is really deep down inside a person. She did Elders Kirkam & Harmon (Avon area) & totally called them out on a few things. They were a bit scared that she knew so much about them!
Transfers are next week! I'll find out Sunday whether I stay in Canton or move. We have another sister coming in next Tuesday so there will be a threesome somewhere. This past week was pretty good; slow, but good. Tuesday we got to meet one of our investigators for the 1st time. Penny is a high school drama teacher & her daughter plays Christine on the Broadway version of "Phantom of the Opera." She offered to take us to see it . . . sadly it's out of the mission boundries. She's a very sweet lady & is understanding the doctrine well. She had been taught by the Elders a few years back, but they said some really off-track things that weirded her out. We got those things cleared up & are moving forward. She really likes how the church empasizes families & she has searched everywhere for that. We also had our weekly visit with a ward less-active. He's been trying to quit smoking & finally got some really good medication. As of yesterday, he hadn't smoked in 3 days. Yay! It's so exciting to see such a change in people. He has a very strong desire to go back to church & make it to the temple. He's made such improvement in the short time I've been here so he has great potential!
Wednesday we taught another less-active, Barbara Lettley (below). She's a single black wom
an with 5 kids. She grew up in Harlem & found the church about 8 years ago. She is SOOO spiritual & you can just feel the Holy Ghost radiating from her. She also has a very interesting personality, b
ut I love her :). I selected a lesson on temples & family history & she confessed that it was exactly what she needed. She said that her ancestors have been harassing her to do their temple work, which I can very much believe. She loves the temple & that was one of the things she was looking for in a church in her many years of searching.Thursday we had our "district
unity" after district meeting at the Goshen ward building & had the infamous TSB--Torrington Super Buffet (only $5)! It's a big hit with the Elders. There was sooo much good Chinese food. My companion, Sister Wilson, has a degree in psychology & she has this amazing ability to "read" people. She just asks a few questions & can pretty much figure out what is really deep down inside a person. She did Elders Kirkam & Harmon (Avon area) & totally called them out on a few things. They were a bit scared that she knew so much about them! (Above, Torrington District: Wilson, Darrington, Christensen, Kruger, Harmon, Kirkham)
Friday we had an appointment in Norfolk, but Daniel, our investigator, wasn't there. Disappointed, we went back to Winsted to do a few stop bys. We ran across a referral the Torrington Elders gave us & set an appointment with her. It's always exciting to get a new investigator. We had planned to do more contacting at the farmer's market in New Harford, but it hadn't started yet so we headed back to the Canton area where we tracted in the pouring rain. I quite enjoy tracting in the rain. We ran across a very strange old guy that talked a million miles an hour & it was pretty hard to get away. We had dinner with the Comen family who just moved here from Odgen, UT. Very sweet family with 3 little kids.
Saturday we had a LONG day of tracting. Saturdays are always slow! On our way to Norfolk, we stopped by some of the antique stores in Winsted. I didn't see anything too exciting that was in my price range, but there's lots of good stuff there. A lady working in one of the stores saw that we were missionaries & relayed all the bad things that had happened in her life. So we shared our message & gave her a pamphlet. Just at that moment, the investigator we were supposed to have seen on Friday walked in. I know that Heavenly Father has perfect timing. When you're being obedient he will bless you. We set up another appointment with him & he was so sorry that he missed us that he gave us gas money. We tried to explain that we couldn't accept it, but he wouldn't budge. So after he left, we gave the money to the lady in the store. She needs it much more than we do.
Sacrament meeting talks are very interesting out here . . . & not in a good way. There isn't much doctrine or spirituality to these talks. But I guess they don't know any better bec
ause most are 1st generation members. That supports the fact that we all need to strengthen the stakes of Zion around the world instead of conglomerating in Utah & Idaho. Later that day we had dinner with the Walburger family (right). They just moved here from New Jersey. I was a bit apprehensive because they seemed like the stuck up, rich type. Boy, was I ever wrong! This just goes to say that we shouldn't judge people. Sure they have a lot of money, but they are the nicest people I have ever met. They have 3 little kids who took a liking to me pretty quickly. The 4-yr-old is my buddy now :).
Well, that's the "excitingness" of my week. Thanks to my brothers for serving missions & being such great examples for me! You don't know how much you've made me a better person!
Friday we had an appointment in Norfolk, but Daniel, our investigator, wasn't there. Disappointed, we went back to Winsted to do a few stop bys. We ran across a referral the Torrington Elders gave us & set an appointment with her. It's always exciting to get a new investigator. We had planned to do more contacting at the farmer's market in New Harford, but it hadn't started yet so we headed back to the Canton area where we tracted in the pouring rain. I quite enjoy tracting in the rain. We ran across a very strange old guy that talked a million miles an hour & it was pretty hard to get away. We had dinner with the Comen family who just moved here from Odgen, UT. Very sweet family with 3 little kids.
Saturday we had a LONG day of tracting. Saturdays are always slow! On our way to Norfolk, we stopped by some of the antique stores in Winsted. I didn't see anything too exciting that was in my price range, but there's lots of good stuff there. A lady working in one of the stores saw that we were missionaries & relayed all the bad things that had happened in her life. So we shared our message & gave her a pamphlet. Just at that moment, the investigator we were supposed to have seen on Friday walked in. I know that Heavenly Father has perfect timing. When you're being obedient he will bless you. We set up another appointment with him & he was so sorry that he missed us that he gave us gas money. We tried to explain that we couldn't accept it, but he wouldn't budge. So after he left, we gave the money to the lady in the store. She needs it much more than we do.
Sacrament meeting talks are very interesting out here . . . & not in a good way. There isn't much doctrine or spirituality to these talks. But I guess they don't know any better bec
ause most are 1st generation members. That supports the fact that we all need to strengthen the stakes of Zion around the world instead of conglomerating in Utah & Idaho. Later that day we had dinner with the Walburger family (right). They just moved here from New Jersey. I was a bit apprehensive because they seemed like the stuck up, rich type. Boy, was I ever wrong! This just goes to say that we shouldn't judge people. Sure they have a lot of money, but they are the nicest people I have ever met. They have 3 little kids who took a liking to me pretty quickly. The 4-yr-old is my buddy now :).Well, that's the "excitingness" of my week. Thanks to my brothers for serving missions & being such great examples for me! You don't know how much you've made me a better person!
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