Well hello everybody!!! It's finally Monday!!! I feel like this week has been super long...haha! It was kinda a rough week but that just means this week is gonna be really awesome!! :)
Last Monday was good... we went to the Rainey's for dinner after pday and I just love them!!! Oh my goodness! So Sister Rainey has been a member for a while and then brother Rainey just got baptized last year!! So she's been waiting a long time to be able to go to the temple and on Tuesday guess what!? He went through the temple!! So exciting!! Even though we didn't really do anything it's so fun for us to be able to see the fruits from other missionaries and what has come from their hard work!! Now this couple is going to be sealed together soon and it's also amazing to see the impact they're having on the rest of their family! Sister Rainey's parents the Hersoms live in the ward too and we also visit them regularly! They have been less active but have been coming to church for the past couple of weeks and since Brother Rainey has gone through the temple they have a renewed desire and really want to get there and get sealed!! It's so great! AH!!! I just love them! They are the cutest! :) And then Brother Hersom's sister (Sister Wallace) she's so cute too :) (it's funny how every knows everyone cuz they're all related it's fun to figure out how all these families in the ward go together haha) She is working towards the temple as well!! Hopefully she can get there soon before she has to start chemo again!! And then Brother Eldredge! He is living the word of wisdom and the bishop said he's ready to go to the temple!! Oh my goodness! It's just so great! I love it! All these people realizing they're not getting any younger...they know what they need to do and where they want to be so they're doing all they need to do to get there! I don't feel like I'm really even doing anything to help them! But they're teaching me so much!!
So yes it has been a good week!! Monday-Wednesday are always really good! Then Thursday, Friday, Saturday kind of drag.... Just because we're trying to find more people to teach and we're not really sure how to do that! Pat and Ken who were are new investigators have been way busy and we haven't been able to meet with them! so that's kinda lame...this is the week! we're gonna meet with them and they're gonna come to church!! I know it! haha...
But yeah...we have a new district leader - Elder Lund! And he is now training a new elder who is a visa waiter waiting to go to Brazil! So Wednesday we had district meeting with a whole new district! Elder Vaughn is also training a visa waiter! So it was kind of nice to not be the new one! I felt a little more like I knew what I was doing... at least compared to these fresh out of the mtc elders! haha... yeah I still have no clue what i'm doing.... it's cool... :) On Thursday we made a list of all of our former investigators...there were 78!! So now that's what we're gonna do when we don't know what to do! Go and contact these people and try and get more people to teach!! :) but....they don't like to answer their doors :/ so we've done lots of knocking but not lots of teaching this past week so that's why it was rough!
Oh here's some exciting news! So on Saturday night the elders texted us and said they had a referral for us! And he was moving to the tedford shelter on Sunday! We texted back and said Awesome we love homeless people!! Then they said.. "oh and you'll love this one! he said he's come to church before and really wants to be baptized! should be there tomorrow!!" What?!?! haha but then we figured it out... texted back and said "no way! Don't tell us it's Alex?!" .... "you got it!" hahahha oh boy... so Alex is back in Brunswick!!! We'll probably get his baptism and everything figured out and then he'll move back to Bath and the elders will get him... haha but oh well! maybe we can get it figured out !! So it's gonna be a good week! Here's something that I learned this week... well I already knew this but it's really stood out to me lately.... We all have weaknesses and we all have strengths! obviously... and we all have different ones!! How would it be if all of us had the same weaknesses and the same strengths!? umm yeah... we would all fail! We can lift others up because of our differences! I love Ether 12:27 and I know that through Christ our weak things can be made strong! None of us are perfect and this gospel is all about change and becoming better! Through Christ and the Atonement we can do that! I know that it's a process though and it takes time... We just have to keep pressing forward and having faith and doing our very best! Christ doesn't make up the difference...He makes ALL the difference! We just have to continually keep trying!! I just keep thinking... I need to do my best and He will make up the rest! Anyways there's my thought for the week... haha :) I love you all so very much!!! Thanks for believing in me and for all your prayers, love and support!! LOVE YOU!! have a great week!! :)
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