July 27, 2014 Week 3
This week has been AMAZING!
PEOPLE/INVESTIAGTORS:
The Lee Family: Love them! They're in the ward and invited us
over to dinner this past week. (They live on the army base (so cool)) They
wanted to pull a prank on me since it was my first week here...but my companion
warned me about it beforehand. The dad wanted to pretend to be a dry mormon
(aka--someone who lives a Mormon lifestyle and is pretty much Mormon but hasn't
been baptized yet) and say that the only thing holding him back from getting
baptized is drinking caffeine. He knows it's not against the word of wisdom,
but he is addicted to it...he goes to church, conducts the primary, does fhe
with his family, everything...just was addicted to caffeine. so he wanted to
pull this prank on me the entire time I was here in the Buckley ward and then
the day before I got transferred tell me he wanted to get baptized. My
companion and I turned the tables though. We played a long at dinner and then I
said an inside joke that Sister Hall told me to say--and then he knew that I
knew it was a joke. haha, I promised him that if I get a new companion I'll let
him mess with her, though.
Julie: Julie is a less active we got to visit this week. We are
working with her on scripture reading right now so we text her a scripture to
read every day. We are also making a list of our favorite scriptures for her.
Send me some of your favorite scriptures and I'll add them to the list :)
Erica: We went tracting and met Erica! She said she's been
looking for a church. We invited her to church, but...she didn't come. We're
going over to her house later this week to see her though!
Iris: Iris is a friend of the Little's, who are in our ward! The
Littles invited her to church with them and then to dinner at their house
later. They also invited us over to dinner the same night! (we get invited over
to dinner every night here. it's awesome!) She is in her late 20's and has been
married and divorced twice already. She's gone through some rough times and the
Littles have helped her through A LOT! During dinner we asked her what she
thought about church. "It was fine...I don't know why people were crying
though." After dinner we talked about God's love for her and told her she
was a child of God. After our lesson, she said, "that really hit home. I
know why people cry in church now." We are going to start teaching her the
lessons now! Sweet!
Toni: I met Toni this week! She has cancer and is struggling
with a ton of pain right now. We taught her about prayer this week on her porch
and my companion and I sang "A Child's Prayer" again. (love that
song) We are going to start teaching her next week now. Sweet!
Hector, Karen, and Christina: This family was a referral from a
less active we visited! They just moved into the neighborhood and are so sweet.
(they told us their aunt is Mormon) We taught them the first lesson and gave
them a Book of Mormon. They said they are going to start reading it. We are
going to follow up with them later this week, as well.
Karen: Karen is in the ward and took us out to Noodles and
Company this week. She has ran like a billion marathons and looks like Shakira.
She's from Ecuador (I think) and also taught us a Spanish approach for when we
run into Hispanics. "Hola! Somos missionaras de la iglesia de Jesu Christo
de los santos de los ultimos dias...my nombre es Hermana Bracey!" It's a
work in progress :) She is amazing though and I'm determined to run a Ragnar
with her when I get home.
Jessie: Remember Jessie from last week?! Well, she is getting
her temple recommend this week! She just has to meet with the stake president
now. She's still struggling with some hard trials, but she has so much faith!!
She's amazing. My favorite quote from her, "it feels good to be lost in
the right direction."
She also went on a date this past week...my companion and I
helped her choose an outfit and we did her hair and makeup (and then we shared
a message) It was one of the highlights of my week. She is having us over for
dinner and FHE tonight. Her 5 year old daughter said she wants to learn about
why Jesus is always there for us. We can help with that :)
And one more...I don't remember her name :( But we were visiting
a less active--who wasn't home. But as we were standing by her door, a girl
walked out of the apartment next to us. "Are you the sister
missionaries?" ....Yes. "AH, it's a miracle! I'm a member of the
church, but I haven't been to church in a year. Can I come to church with you
next Sunday?" Uh, YES! Of course! :)
TENDER MERCY:
On Sunday my companion and I lost the #2 things you do NOT want
to lose. 1. our phone and 2. our keys. (at least we still had our planners
though haha) We were looking ALL over the church and couldn't find them
anywhere! We were soo hungry, too. All we wanted to do was to go home and get
lunch. We looked for about an hour...and then my companion was like,
"Sister Bracey! Why have we not prayed about this yet?!" (You'd think
we would know better) so we said a prayer and then went to see if they were in
the lost and found...which we couldn't find. So we asked the next guy we passed
if he knew where the lost and found was. "No, but I know where your phone
and keys are." WHAT?! Miracle!! (I also got a package at the church during
that time from my lovely madre which included my favorite candy ever! I'm
pretty sure we would have starved if we didn't have peach-o's and Swedish fish
to tie us over until lunch. thanks mom!)
THOUGHT OF THE WEEK: As told by my amazing companion, Sister
Hall.
"I was in Relief Society and a young mom was holding up her
son's hands as he tried to walk. He kept stumbling and falling, so in my cute
little baby voice I said, "aww, are you struggling?" the mom sweetly
said, "no, he's just learning."
There is no such thing as failure in life...only lessons. We are
all stumbling and falling, but we are LEARNING. And Heavenly Father is right
behind us, holding us up, picking us up every time. You are his child and He
loves you.
Hebrews 11:38 :) You are His masterpiece.
LOVE YOU ALL!! Thanks for your letters and prayers :)
Sister Bracey
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