Hello everyone!
Things here in Fullerton are great! We are getting to know
more of the members and starting to work with some of their friends. We had
dinner with one of the members this week and she was so excited to have
sisters. She told us that she is our mission mom and will do anything to help
us out. I love it when members are so excited to work with the missionaries!
Tonight we have an FHE with a family in the ward and they are bringing two non
members. Member referrals are the best because then the investigators always
have someone there to answer their questions and help them out even when the
missionaries are gone. We also got a referral this week from the elders
investigator, _______. She wanted us to visit her friend who was in the
hospital. We went and sang and then shared a scripture. She started to cry and
said that we can come back and share more with her. I am looking forward to
teaching her again soon.
Our investigators are doing well, especially __________. I
have never met anyone as prepared as she is for the gospel. We had some great
lessons with her this last week. The only problem is that she works on Sundays,
so she wasn't able to make it to church this week. She already talked to her
boss to change her schedule before we even invited her to. He wouldn't let her
get Sundays off this month but said he will when he makes the schedule for next
month.
She is also looking for another job just in case. I think he made an
exception for the 19th of May for her baptism day. She told us that her baptism
day is very special to her and that if her boss didn't let her get work off she
wouldn't go. She told us that God is the one that gave her the job in the first
place and that she knows this is what he wants her to do. She is so amazing and
has so much faith! She has visited many different churches throughout her life
but they never felt right and now she says that she knows this is the church
for her and she knows it's true. It is amazing how the spirit can teach our
investigators what they need to learn. _________ told us that she has never
understood a lot of what she learned in church but now everything is so clear
now and feels so right. She has been reading the book of mormon a ton and in
our last lesson she explained everything she read and was so excited about it.
It has been a blessing to be able to teach her and see her progress. She has
been trying to get her daughter listen but she is really shy and doesn't want
to yet. Her daughter said she might come to the baptism though and I know that
if she does she will be able to feel the spirit there. Also we want to bring
someone her age so that she can have a friend in the church and feel more
comfortable.
We are also teaching _______ and _________. ________ accepted a
baptism date but he has such a hard time understanding the lessons. We try to
teach very simply but he still doesn't understand a lot. It is good to have
Veronica there because she can help him. _______ said yes to the baptism
invite but not a date because she wants more time to learn. We are also still
teaching Judy and she accepted a baptism date but has lots of problems with the
word of wisdom. She is also getting surgery soon and so won't be able to come to
church for a while but hopefully all will go well after her surgery.
Lets see what else... We went on exchanges this week and I
was able to go back to my first area in Anaheim so that was fun. I have to do
more exchanges now because so many sisters came out. It's great though because
I learn a lot from all of the different sisters in the mission. President said
that the coordinating sisters responsibilities are changing a bit. I guess they
are going to start putting the coordinating sisters in twos like the zone
leaders. I kinda hope that happens after I leave because I love training! He said
it might start next transfer though so we'll see. Either way will be fine. :)
That is so awesome to hear that Alexa is going into the MTC
this week! She will love it! I am super excited for her and am a little jealous
that she is just now starting the best year and a half of her life. She will be
a great missionary!!! :)
Well thats about it for the week. Love you all so much!
:)
~Hermana Layton
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