This week's shout out goes
out to the California weather. 40 degrees and haling Thursday, 85 degrees
and sunny on Friday. I'm not complaining, but I sure am sweating.
We survived transfers!
Another 6 weeks in Clayton with Sister Underwood. It was kind of crazy because
literally minutes before, Kim asked us to speak at her baptism. There was no
breathing as that call happened. Transfer calls are almost like waiting to hear
if someone made it through surgery...
Speaking of Kim.
SHE"S GETTING BAPTIZED THIS WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She is so nervous and so
excited and so are we. This is pretty insane. Weeks of preparation all come
together for this moment. Unfortunately, she's been dealing with a lot of
opposition, especially from her husband's side of the family. Lots of angry
texts and crying, but ultimately, everyone is okay. They prayed and felt at
peace with their decision, and I really wish it was that easy with everything.
But yes, Saturday morning at 10! So stoked.
One of the greatest
things happened this week. Here we are, sitting and planning. We get a text
from a member.
"Where do you
live?"
"The apartments
by the church"
"Okay I'm on my
way"
And we were like what?
Anyways, we walk outside, and this member has balloons. And we were like
"Who's birthday is it?" But it turns out that this dear member just
wanted to show us her love and appreciation for the work that we do. It truly
was a tender moment. Just to know that someone was trying to understand and
help was really great. I was just filled with gratitude at that moment, and it
really makes me think what kind of member I want to be when I get home.
Met with Alisa, who
has the cutest kids. They are also pretty rambunctious. So I was given the job
of distracting them while Sister Underwood taught. I don't think that's how
we're supposed to do it, but it ended up being the most effective. We went from
constant screams to basically silence. They were watching me draw. Luckily I
have some drawing capabilities, be it limited. Using my
talents! But she is super interested. She really wants to know for herself, so
we are providing her with the materials that will answer her questions so she
has to seek the information.
On a funnier note,
it's the strangest thing being hit on by a 70 year old man on the mission. And
he kissed my hand. I was like "AH NO AH WHAT DO I DO" in my head. But
it started with a phone call. Some other sisters called us and told us to talk
to him and so we did. And suddenly he asks "Are you married?" And I
was like "No... we are missionaries. We don't get married until after our
missions." And he says "Oh. Ok. Well I figured with a voice like
yours, you'd have 900 guys chasing after you." So first I was a little
insulted because there's always that joke about having a face made for radio.
But then I was like eh my voice is kind of low and a little raspy, definitely
not radio status. And then we were like "900? That's a weird number."
Anyways, it continued when we actually met with him in real life and he also
hit on our married member. We left him a pamphlet and our number in case he
ever wanted to come to church haha
Warren is... slowly
getting it. Super slowly. We all walked out exhausted from our last lesson with
him. But it's good, because we are able to help him resolve his concerns and I
think he's slowly opening up. He is super concerned for our safety and told us
he'd buy us some mace. I'm unsure of whether or not it's going to be one of those
spiky ball weapons or if it's like pepper spray, but I'm kind of excited to
see!
In better news, we
have a new less active! Cherie, who wants to be active! She is a convert who
was Jewish before, but wants to come back to church. We texted her and she said
come right over! So we did. We started talking about the atonement, and she
really liked that. It's so powerful in our lives every day. Then she went into
figuring out who we were without even telling us. It was something along the
lines of this:
Cherie: So you (Sister
Underwood) are a pisces? And you (me) are a capricorn right?
Me: Uh. Yeah...
Cherie: And let me
guess. Your birthday is.. January 9th?
Me: (Who is this
woman...) Yeah....
Anyways she had us all
figured out. It was kind of insane how good she is at reading people. We've
only talked to her like twice and she already knew us. She's awesome though,
and hopefully she will start coming back to church again!
I don't even know
where to start! Wasn't General Conference great? How blessed we are to have a
modern prophet today! I loved the talk about the 4 minutes. I couldn't even
tell you who said it, but I loved how he related our life to the Olympic
events. Our life here is a short time, a small moment if you will. And for
someone like me who lacks foresight, I have to break it down into even smaller
segments. As of right now, it's the mission. And all these things that I've
already learned, are going to help me in the next "4 minutes" of my
life. I know God lives. I know He loves us. I know there's a lot in this world
that will make us happy, but not a lot of things that will bring us joy. This
gospel and the knowledge of God's plan for us will bring us that joy. Some
things will make us sad, but I know that Jesus Christ has already felt everything
that we go through, and His hands are always extended towards us to lift and
comfort. May we all do the things we need to in order to have this joy.
Take care! Love you
all :D
Sister Kwan
Shoot. I forgot my
camera cord. Look for next week! We played chubby bunny...
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