Hello family and
friends! Well, I was reminded that today is my 8 month mark! I entered the MTC
on July 10th. It seems like a whole other lifetime ago! It's almost like I have
my Utah life, and my Arizona life. It seems similar at times and yet is so different!
I'm going to be so confused when I go back to Utah- I'm getting my Arizona
geography down pat, and zip codes and area codes and freeways and the lingo....
Just not the heat. It's not too hot outside yet, but when it hits 80 and we're
walking around or getting into the hot car I just want to fall into one of
those nice pools just sitting around empty.... Because they're "too
cold" right now.
Yes, some native
Arizonians are still cold right now.
But not me! Nope,
it's time to go shopping for some more light weight clothing! It's getting hot.
Anyway. What did I
do this week? Hmm.
Well, I went on
exchange with Sister Garrett! She is super fun and I just love her so much! She
came to my area with me, and she showed me how to talk to people. And she
helped so much as we finally got to talk to a potential investigator and set up
another appointment with her! yay!
We met with Doina
again... but then it got super crazy because someone at the home she lives at
got sick, and then people were running around... and then her boss, the house
owner, kept stopping and asking us questions about the Book of Mormon and
things we believe. He is also from Romania, so I'm glad those Romanian copies
of the Book of Mormon are around that house! His main upset was that Mormon's
name was larger and above the name of Jesus Christ. He thinks it should be, The
Book of Jesus Christ, written my Mormon. Or something. In my head all I can
think is, so what! It doesn't matter what it is called, but what is contains!
But I didn't say anything, and Sister Carambelas and I both agreed that
Christ's name should be bigger, to show he is the focus of the book. But we all
love God and Jesus, so we left on a good note :)
Thursday... We got
to go to the Temple!!! Only being able to go every three months is not often
enough!!
Needless to say, we
all loved it and really needed it! This is a picture of Pinnacle Zone- all the
missionaries in the North Scottsdale Stake.
I don't think I told
you about the best referral ever from last week! We got a less active referral
from Headquarters, which is really unusual. But we met her last week- Summer
and her husband are both members but inactive, and three of their four girls
are 8 and older but not baptized! We've met with them a few times and
introduced them to the Primary president, who has four girls the exact same
ages- 2-3, 7 turning 8, 9, and 10 turning 11. We are so excited to work with
them! We have never met the husband- Summer says he wouldn't be interested. But
even if all we do is get the girls involved in activity days, we are so excited
to do it! They asked us questions about where we came from (and dinosaurs- so
cute!) And they didn't know the story of Adam and Eve or Noah or anything! We
hope we can come teach them the gospel!
We were also able to
meet with a recent convert who has stopped coming to church- turns out it is
because she wants to be outside, not inside. She is super busy as well, so that
doesn't help! But I have been trying to get a hold of her since I got here at
thanksgiving and it finally happened! Perseverance people. It works.
We met with Jenna
briefly on Saturday. She might go to prison for few months because of her DUIs-
and we found out other really hard stuff, and we just want to help her so much
but it's all up to her. So we'll see what happens at her court appearance on
thursday. But she loves God and wants to do what is right. We are nervous and
sad. Pray for her!
Yesterday was a
great day at church, even though no investigators showed up. Brenda still has
family in town so we're trying to set up a time to meet. We got to have dinner
with a member's Catholic mother, and a Muslim from Jordan who is here to do his
residency at the Mayo. We had a great religious discussion! Basically, we all
love God. That's the most important thing, isn't it? :)
I am so happy to be
here and learn so much. I Love you all!!
Love, Sister Hailey
Brown
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