Hey everybody!
Well this week was pretty good. Our mission has a goal to
reach 65 baptisms in June so we're really trying to be exactly obedient and
reach that goal! We have been walking a lot to try and find some new
investigators. We found a new road that usually has quite a few people walking
up and down it so we've been there almost every day. The first day we went we
met some great people! We were at a stop light and an older lady had two big
bags with her and so we offered to help her home with them. We walked all the
way to her house, just talking to her. When we got to her house she invited us
in for a second and her son was really grateful and offered to drive us home.
Unfortunately for us she lives in the Heartlake ward boundaries so we gave her
over to some elders...i don't know if they've met her or not. About 3 minutes
later a middle-aged guy stopped us and said, "woww, you're the
missionaries!" Needless to say he wasn't all there...it's the oddest
street contact i've met thus far. He told us that he's sinned and that his
weakness is women. We're like okkkkkay. see ya later! Have a great day! hahaha
THEN 3 minutes after that we started talking to a lady sitting at the bus stop.
She wouldn't look at us or give us the time of day but then i told her I liked
her pink purse and then she started talking to us haha- she had been baptized
awhile back and stopped going to church when her youngest child was born (who
is now 5) and how she disagreed with some of the doctrine in the church so i
said, "well, if you're ever interested in us explaining more to you and
helping you understand what we believe here's our number." We walked away
and were waiting at the corner to cross the road when she jumped up and poked
her head out of the bus stop and said, "can you come over tomorrow at
6?!" haha we were like You know it! So we have an appt with her this week.
Hopefully we can help her come back out! Then a few minutes after that we
stopped a guy and he was kinda rude and just said, "i saw some ladies over
there, go talk to them." We passed him two more times as he was waiting
for a ride and the second time we said hi and he said, "no one will
listen to ya?" and i said, "actually, out of everyone we've passed
you're the one that has talked to us the most!" He kind of laughed and
said, "well, i have a few minutes now while i'm waiting for my ride, teach
me." So we talked a little bit and then he gave us his number....a few
days later I called him-he works in downtown toronto doing construction stuff
and said we could come teach him on his breaks. Alas, we do not go downtown so
we'll see if he's open to meeting in Brampton.
Did you guys see that picture in the
Ensign of students at BYUI watching General Conf? Did you notice travis rust,
blake muns and dallin seely in it? haha i thought that was pretty cool!
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| Foggy view from Sister Messer's apartment |
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| Sister Messer in front of her white apartments |
We got ahold of Nanthini this week. She has
just been busy and sick and wanted to meet with us! She's great- she knows it's
true (so she says) but can't change her hindu beliefs because she made a
commitment that she would never change. That's why i said "so she
says". We got invited to her cousin's wedding- which would be really
interesting because it's a huge indian/hindu week long event. We will continue
to teach her i think but it will take some work with her i believe. Her family
doesn't care that we're teaching her though! She even invited me to come to SriLanka
and visit in a few years. We'll see about that.
This week it rained! The hardest i've EVER
experienced. It was like in movies when they get absolutely drenched in 2
seconds. I couldn't see a thing! I even dropped my planner in a puddle while
running to our car. awesome!
We're teaching a lady English and she
brought her family out to church yesterday! They're hindu and are from Sri
Lanka. She has 4 kids and they LOVED church. yay! The boy who is around 6 got
up and bore his testimony! An elder in our ward wrote down for him "My
name is ___(i can't remember-it's a name i've never heard), this is my first
time at church, i love god and jesus. amen." It was so cool- he probably
doesn't know who Jesus is but we're gonna hopefully teach him!
We also are teaching a guy named Dino from
Jamaica and an old Sikh guy who's been coming to church for 4 years. He loves
the temple and so we walked around it. He told us he tried to get in one time
but a lady told him he had to have ID. haha he speaks Punjabi and limited
english but can understand it alright with SisA's accent. He's so funny- we
told him we'd take his picture in front of the temple next saturday so
hopefully i'll be able to get one with him.
Hope you liked the pictures :) I'll try to take more this
week. SEE YOU on Sunday! :)....mother's note: She is skyping her family for Mother's Day!
sister messer
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