One of these weeks I'm going to run out of things to say/stories to tell. Not this week. And go...
Gennie came for a visit! We had a grand 'ole time in the Beehive House. The mvp investigator this week goes to Russell from Liverpool. We talked to him on chat for a little while and he said that he'd been reading the Book of Mormon online. I told him that we could send him a real book and he got excited. We asked him if we could call him sometime to see how he's doing and he said he was free right then. So we called him up and it was 1:00 in the morning his time. We knew he was an old man because it took him 500 years to type so phone was better anyway. Russell has the best accent of my life. We found out that he had actually been baptized in the 70's but stopped going because everyone gave him a hard time about what he believed. I asked him if he knew that the Book of Mormon was true. He said, (read this in a liverpoolian accent) "I read it sometimes but I did not get the burnin' in me bosom." So for the rest of the night I couldn't help but talk in his accent after we got off the phone.
I am a lot more aquainted with antimormon literature thanks to my new friend Paul. Paul called in with questions and we did our best to answer. He wanted us to send him a copy of the book of Abraham because he was sure that he could prove it wrong. We had a long conversation with him about all the misconceptions that he had been reading. He said we could call him back too so we talked to him the next day as well. The only thing we really could do with him was testify of the things we know to be true. And everytime we did, he would bring up something like, "But how can you think that book is true when it talks about horses in America?" Alright Paul, get over it. Some people are prepared to receive the message of the restored gospel, others are not. Paul was below the non prepared level. Now he knows that the missionaries are nice people at least.
My companion and I had a cool experience with an investigator over the phone this week. Delphin is from the Phillipines and started investigating the Church in December. The first time he went to Church, him and his family all fell asleep since it was the day after their Jan 1st celebrations. But the Church is still true because Delphin and his daughter committed to be baptized on Feb 25th. My companion teaches him in Tagalog while I sit there and sometimes listen. Everytime we call, we hear roosters in the background so they usually keep me entertained. This past time my companion asked me to write my testimony so that she could translate it. Then I read Delphin my testimony in Tagalog. Apparently it made sense to him because he told us that's exactly what he needed to hear. He knows the Church is true but has trouble doing what he's suppose to do all the time and I was able to testify about the blessings of keeping the commandments.
I've been answering a lot of inbound calls lately. One lady that I talked to calls in about once a day for cousel from the missionaries. I didn't know that when she called in and she didn't even tell me who she was but she just went into detail about a situation in her life right now. All I could do was tell her to pray and talk to her bishop. She called in and talked to a sister in my district the next day so I guess my advice wasn't good enough. We talked to another lady on chat who asked us if it was bad that she doesn't want to get sealed to her husband. She had been a member of the Church her whole life and was kind of in and out of the Church but her husband just got baptized and wants to be sealed to her next year. She told us how everyone in their ward thinks he's a saint and she's evil. She also told us about their marital problems and how she can't trust him so that's why she doesn't want to be with him for eternity. That is not my place as a missionary. I just told her to talk to her husband and her bishop. Yikes.
Yesterday I went on an exchange with one of the zone leaders here. Let me just say that Italy rocked my world. Man, I couldn't believe how great of a missionary she was. Everything that I had a problem with, she knew how to fix. I still don't feel comfortable with calling people who's friends referred them. I usually just call, tell them who I am and set myself right up for failure. She knows how to open up the conversation and really understand why they do or don't want to be taught by the missionaries. I thought I was getting the hang of this whole missionary thing but this sister showed me that I can do so much better. We talked to so many people jsut in one morning. We took two youngish men on a tour around and they referred after the tour. I've already sent the Florida missionaries their way. I'm just trying to remember everything she taught me so that I can be more effective. I get scared of people asking about poligamy back in the day but this sister was able to make it make sense to them... and me.
And funny story of the week goes like this:
This tiny lady comes into the Beehive house looking for her necie, Sister Imazeki. We tell her that her neice is outbound right now serving in Nevada. This was news to her and confused her. And just for the record, this lady was wearing a hat and a big coat and I was blinded by my missionary goggles. Anyhoo so we talk for a while and I find out she's from Sandy. Minutes later, I realize that I'm an idiot and I'm talking to Sam's mom. Duh! I told her who I was and she wanted to know how Linda and Sam were doing. "No babies yet?" Nope, no babies. And then She gave me the gift that she brought for her neice (those pirouline stick things that are tasty). So thanks, Sam for your mother's kindness!
Until next time, happy week after Valentine's Day!
Love, Sister Katie
P.S
Happy Birthentines day Lurel!
And JENNA!!! I'm so sad that I missed you!
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