Hello mother,
Well yesterday I
was informed that Sister Miller's sister got her visa. What the heck?! I
actually heard that all the south missions were getting theirs and
Belem is kind of the problem. I don't know. I really only get sad or
frustrated when people bring it up. I honestly don't think much about my
visa but ALL of the ward members are like "heard anything about your
visa?" I kind of wish everyone would just stop asking. Most of them say
that I'm needed here and they don't want me to leave so maybe that's why
they ask? To make sure I haven't gotten it haha.
Well Bryce sent me an email basically telling me that I need to
forget about my visa because it's distracting me from the work. I would
just like to tell you, in case you're thinking the same thing, that it
is not. I love Ohio and it makes me sad to think I could leave. Well
really I love Huber Heights and I've grown close to a lot of the members
and missionaries out here. No one wants me to leave haha. Sister Jensen
prays that I don't get my visa. But I just want you to know that I
really do love it here. English is nice. I'm able to express all of my
thoughts and feelings without a language barrier. And hearts are
prepared here. That's for sure.
We only have 2 weeks left of this transfer. Where is the time
going?! This week just absolutely flew by. We've seen some success from
our potentials we've found tracting. A few have had experiences with
members of the church in the past and are really open. This week I've
really seen the power in listening to the little promptings of the
spirit. We were visiting a potential Wednesday night and I felt like we
needed to knock on the doors of their neighbors. Lo and behold a less
active/part member family lived there! Sister Werner had constantly told
us that her husband is very strongly baptist and doesn't want the
missionaries over. I didn't even know that was her house! But her
husband sat in the room with us and actually participated in the
conversation. What a miracle! And we had lunch with her the next day and
she said we did a phenomenal job with her husband. A few things we said
really hit him hard. He's in the air force and I thanked him for his
service and she said that was great because he's "Mr. G.I. Joe" haha.
She invited us for Thanksgiving
dinner. NO missionaries have ever had success with her husband. I keep
praying his heart will soften. Friday morning we went down to OSU campus
for a new missionary training. The greenies got to go on campus and
street contact. The trainers had to stay in the institute. I was so
bummed but Sister Hicken had a great time. So that's good. And we ate at
Panda Express after! Oh man it was delightful. Hadn't had Chinese food
in so long! Saturday morning we participated in a service project with
the ward and we were raking leaves for some senior citizens in the area.
Our new friends, the Donnellys, said we can come over anytime we get
homesick and she'll make us some popcorn haha. And Mr. Donnelly played
with the Cincinnati Reds baseball team for four years! He has a world
series ring! Pretty sweet huh? Later that afternoon we decided to
walk up in some neighborhoods and we helped a lady catch her crazy loose
dog. Guess what? She said they'll have to come check out our church
even though they're pretty active in their church in Fairborn. So many
miracles happen when we just are willing to help and serve other people!
It's fantastic. We have a baptism on Saturday with our investigator
Ray. We're working all week to help get him prepared. I'm pretty
excited! We also had dinner with the Miller family last night
and they told us to go see their neighbors. Mitch and Katie came to the
Trunk or Treat and just loved it and Katie said we'll all have to get
together at the Miller's and have a discussion. I promised her that just
15 minutes of their time will really bless their family. Members are
the key to missionary work. It doesn't matter how many doors you knock
on and how many appointments you have after that, all of my baptisms
have been people who have come from members. I love this work and I love
Huber Heights. Hearts are truly prepared here.
Love you!
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