Tuesday we went to the soup kitchen... haha oh man that was so great! We walked in there and the volunteers were so cute they were so surprised to see us both there! The old ladies there are so cute and they were so excited when we said we were both staying another six weeks! They said they wanted to write our "head leader" and tell him "thank you thank you thank you" for keeping us! :) haha so we had fun serving at the soup kitchen! then we did some tracting and we had some good success!! We talked to lots of nice people and there were only one or two where they shut the door on us and all the rest they talked to us for a while! we had some good conversations and found a potential investigator! There was one man just standing outside his house smoking but we went and talked to him and he said he would like to hear more and said we could come back!
Wednesday Sister Smith drives us around and takes us to see people so we went to his house but he said that he had forgotten that we were coming... and he said he was working everyday but he said he wanted to come to church on sunday! So sister smith said that her husband could pick him up! So yesterday Brother Smith went to pick him up but he had to go to work so he wasn't able to come... but then last night we went to the church to go watch the Christmas devotional and guess who was there?! Brother Smith and he was giving Ryan a tour of the church!!! :D So we talked to him for a second and he said he would be at church next week! Hopefully we can teach him sometime this week and he will be a new investigator!! So good things do come from tracting and talking with everyone!!!
Wednesday was Brother Hersom's funeral... There were so many people there!!! He has a huge family and tons of people that love him! Brother Hersom is such an amazing example he was just always so positive and happy and doing things for others! and always cracking jokes! Once when we went over there he wasn't feeling very well but he still had us come over and visit of course! and you knew he wasn't feeling very good if he didn't comb his hair...haha so once we said to him "Brother Hersom you must not be feeling good you didn't do your hair!" and he said "well it looks just like yours" :) haha it was a really nice funeral though and he loved music so there were three musical numbers! Sister Hoffman and I got really lucky and got to sing "I am a Child of God" in front of hundreds of people... oh man that was rough...I didn't know if I would be able to make it through since apparently my mission is turning me into a cry baby... but we made it through without tears! :) The spirit was so strong there and I am just so grateful for the plan of salvation! I know that families can be together forever and that Brother Hersom is not in pain anymore and that we will see him again! Ahhh!! I love this gospel!!! The church is true!!!!
So after the funeral Sister Smith took us out to lunch and then that's when we went and saw Ryan! We tried to see a few less actives after that and then we went home for dinner... then we had BOM class and Brother Eldredge was there of course.. and also Sandy came!! She hasn't been in a while so it was so good to see her! I don't think I've talked about her much... she's a recent convert/less active and has been going through some really hard times but things are getting better for her! It was so good that she came and then she shared some exciting news with us! She told us that she met her neighbor that lives above her and was so excited that he has a chihuahua... haha and now their chihuahuas are boyfriend and girlfriend...haha oh goodness...but he noticed that we come over every Saturday and so she was telling him that we're missionaries and what we do and she told him that we could stop by his place if he wanted us to.. So! Saturday (guess i'm skipping to Saturday now...haha) well Saturday was a really good day! It was sister hoffman's 21st birthday so we had to make it good! and it was a quite a success! :) We started off with some tracting...then we went out for lunch, then we headed to Lisbon...and saw a few less actives...so we get to Sandy's house and she lets us in and we're sitting there visiting with her and she tells us how her neighbor Michael said we could stop by after seeing her! So we thought awesome a referral! And then there's a knock at the door... she gets up and opens it and guess who it is?? Michael!! So he comes right in and has a seat and as we pull out our Restoration pamphlets Sandy starts telling all about Joseph Smith and the restoration! haha it was awesome!! :) So we taught him the first lesson..gave him a book of mormon and he said he would read it!.. and.... then we invited him to be baptized and he said yes!!!! he said he wanted to come to church so yesterday he came with Sandy and he was asking lots of questions and it was so great! So we have another baptismal date!!! :D He's preparing for February 1! Soooo awesome!! He is definitely prepared and it's just so cool to see how everything just falls into place and happens how it needs to :) we told him that next week we could talk to him about the plan of salvation and he said "oh that sounds perfect! just what I need! i know there's a purpose and i've been trying to figure that out!" :D
We also have another new investigator that we met a couple of weeks ago just while walking Maine street and his name is Jason! Last week we were supposed to meet with him but he never showed up... so we got a hold of him on Friday and ended up teaching him that afternoon! He said he would read the Book of Mormon and if he came to know for himself that it was true than he would be baptized! :) he wanted to come to church but didn't make it this week! We are teaching him again this tuesday so maybe next sunday he'll be there! We're gonna have a whole row full of investigators at church!! :)
This week we weren't able to see Corey but this week for sure!! He's still preparing for January 4! :) And our other miracle...Meredith! We texted her just asking how her thanksgiving was and she said that she has made it through 1 Nephi!! She's busy now with finals but said she'll read more over the break! and then she asked if we could meet with her before the break so this Saturday we're meeting with her!!! :) oh man... what did I tell you.. I'm just gonna expect miracles and they're gonna happen... well they're happening!!! :D Get ready for another week full of miracles! Especially at this Christmas season! I love it!! :) nothing better than going around and spreading what this season's really about!! :) I hope you can all see the miracles that are happening everyday in your own lives and look for those missionary opportunities! Such a good time to spread this joyful message!! I love you all so much!!!
Love,
Sister Tait
here's what you get in Maine! A Christmas tree made out of lobster traps!!! :)
here's my adorable companion on her birthday!! 21!!! breakfast for dinner is her favorite so i made her a pancake cake for dinner! :) haha
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