This week did not go the way I thought it would. We had appointments and lessons scheduled for every night, but almost all of them got canceled. But it's okay!! We did a lot of service and talked to a lot of people and everything was just peachy!
One of the services we did this week was at a camp for disabled children. It is called "The Painted Turtle." They have a bunch of cabins up in the mountains and there is a lake and a gym, and it's just a really nice facility. Anyway, we went up there to help them prepare for a special Family Weekend where families would come up and stay there with their kids for a couple of days. We made beds and cleaned bathrooms and stuff like that. It was with our whole zone (9 missionary companionships) so that was also pretty fun.
We also did service at a member's home. She is going to have surgery this week, and wanted to clean her house before that happened. We helped her dust because she can't reach a lot of things in her house. Apparently, when you live in the desert, everything gets dusty super fast.
At the beginning of last week Sister Khumaryan and I had 10 investigators, 7 of which had baptismal dates. But we had to drop a lot of them because we've been having trouble contacting them or they won't keep appointments or won't keep commitments. It is frustrating, but we also know that we shouldn't be spending our time with people if they are not yet ready for the gospel. Their time will come, later on when they are more prepared.
Our progressing investigators (those who are keeping commitments) are Levi and Rita:
- I think I talked about Levi in last week's email. He is 9 and will be baptized at the end of November. His family invited us over for Thanksgiving, which I am already looking forward to!
- Rita is a woman who found the church through her boyfriend who is a member living in Colorado (I might have mentioned her as well...?) She came to church for the first time yesterday! It was wonderful seeing her there. She seemed a little nervous at first (new setting, new people, new everything) but by the end I think she felt a lot more comfortable. She even made a comment in class which was awesome! She is getting baptized in the beginning of January.
We have another investigator named Richard. He is in his 80s, and has had a lot of previous exposure to the church. He knows the church is true, and that the Book of Mormon is true, but he is currently attending another church where he has a lot of friends and is afraid to leave. He fears that all his friends will reject him and that he will be completely alone if he joins the church. We are doing our best to encourage him, and we see that he is slowly but surely gaining more confidence in the knowledge and faith he has in the Book of Mormon. Hopefully next Sunday he will come to church!
Love you all!
Sister Daelemans :)
PS
I realized I've been super bad at attaching pictures! This one is from the MTC, when we got to go to the Provo Temple for P-Day.
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