Fabulous Hats and Dead Cats

This week I learned I need to trust less in myself and more in the Lord. There were several times when I really thought I knew what I was doing, and then the Lord was like "Nope, not quite. Let's do it my way." He's always right. It seems like I have to learn this lesson over and over again, but that's ok I guess. As long as I keep learning!

We had 4 investigators come to church this week! That is the most I've ever seen come to church in one week while on my mission!! :D Super awesome! This made up for the first part of church being super duper stressful. This old man came up to us after ward council and was like "Can you teach this class that's in a hour?" And in my head I'm like "Why are you asking us, we have so many things to do in church already." And then before I could tell him this, my companions were like "Sure!" Turns out that was not a good idea. We are already covering 2 wards, so our Sundays are already spent running around trying to be in 2 places at once. So, sorry Sir, being in 3 places at once is actually impossible, even in a trio. It was a class full of teenagers who pretty much refused to talk, so that was fun. But our investigators showing up really made up for all my annoyance and stress. We also had 3 less active people show up! Which was super awesome. :) So it was a pretty fantastic Sunday.

We started teaching a little 9 year old this week, who is the daughter of a member. Her name is Melissa and she is hilarious.

Sister Breinholt: "We're going to use this pamphlet because it has pictures, and pictures are really great!"

Melissa: "Yeah, like my pictures of my dead cats."

Also,

"When I get married, I need a man who listens to me, so he can understand my problems."

Other things that this week included were awkward Law of Chastity lessons, an old lady adopting us as her new daughters, playing soccer and volleyball with some recent converts and other missionaries, and trying on some fabulous hats at Target.

Have a great week!

Sister Daelemans