Hola!
This week was a great week! We picked up a
couple new investigators, got a hold of Viola and Amanda after not being able
to see them for a couple of weeks and had 2 gators at church. So that was
pretty sweet. We have tried hard this transfer to really build up this area
because there was only 1 investigator when we got here. But we have quite the
teaching pool now and into the new year, they're over the cmas holiday making
more time for us...and church :) However it's the last week of the transfer and
within the next 2 transfers, there will be 80 new missionaries and 40 new areas
and only 2 new cars. haha Lots of busing, biking, walking and sharing cars so
we're told. maybe i'll finally be transferred to toronto! haha I really do love
this area though. we've really put our heart into it so i'll miss it if i go
but who knows! I may be staying!
You'll LOVE this experience. Last night we were
scrambling to find one more investigator with a baptismal date to hit the
standard of excellence. We were dropping by formers and we found Lena. She
lives in a house that a former investigator used to live in. When she answered
she told us that she had worked with LDS members a long time ago in Lindsey,
ON. She said, "i even went out to visit some of them in Vegas." I
said, "hey! I'm from Vegas." she said, "do you know Betty and
Keith Adams?" I was like WOW! you bet i do! That's my great uncle! My gpa
is his brother! She was pretty excited about that, and so was i. She asked if
they were both alive and where they were and stuff, so I told her
that I would ask if keith remembered her. Cool story, eh?!
We went on exchanges this week. I served in
Guelph with Sis. Brown. It was a great day! We talked to some really great
people, one lady we met sitting on a picnic table and she has been living
outside for over 2 years in Guelph. Some may call her homeless i suppose...but
she has family in Toronto, it's just something she chooses to do. She had a
bike and it pulled this little trailer that she kept everything she needed in.
Some people are so interesting. Then we met this 17 yr old boy named Tony who
decided to accept God and wanted to learn about Christ when he was in prison.
They're teaching him tonight, i hope it goes good! He was a really cool guy
that really regrets some choices he's made in the past. It's cool to see how
humbled he had been and his desire to change as we told him what we do as
missionaries.
So I can tell you a little bit about our gators
since it sounds like you usually like to hear about them. We're still teaching
Viola, in fact she's stopped smoking as of today! We set her with a new date
for Feb 10 and gave her a calendar to help her progress towards that date.
Amanda is still sick but getting better. We had a great meeting with her this week
and she told us a lot about her that we can hopefully teach to meet her needs
better now. We are teaching Pedro, he's from Brazil and is 10. His dad used to
be a member and so we're teaching them kind of together. They're great though!
They came to church yesterday and Gabriel, the youngest son was clutched onto
his BOM the entire time. We're having FHE with them tomorrow. William (pm
family) has become more and more interested as we taught him about eternal
families and how his family can be together forever! He came to church
yesterday with his family, suited up in his white shirt and tie. Then there's
Ann, the 70 yr old woman who is roommates with a less-active member. She told
us that the first time we met her she felt like we were meant to be here to
teach her, that it's the perfect time for her. Then her roommate was sick so
they didn't come to church because she doesn't feel comfortable coming without
her but we basically got a pinky promise for next week so i'm holding them to
it. They're all so great! I wish you could meet them :) we're working with some
great less- actives too. This area is really starting to pick up (knock on
wood). But wish
me luck with transfer calls! I'll let ya know next Monday what's goin down.
Love and miss ya'll
Sister Messer
