8/3/15
Dear Family,
This week was alright. It was up and
down all week. But it was better than last week which is really great! Nothing
huge happened, just a lot of little things. I am no longer terrified of my own
shadow. I got over it so that's good news!
On Monday we got to go golfing! The
O family took us before preparation day was over. It was so fun! I
loved it! We were SOOO sore the next day but it was worth it. It was very
stress relieving so that was nice. We went out to dinner afterwards with them.
Oh AND I got to drive a golf cart. It was fun! P let me drive :) We went
to the Old Spaghetti Factory and I got an Italian Soda and then got to keep the
cup! I will probably send it home in the next few weeks because I don't want to
have to transfer it and it break. We saw F and taught J the lesson we
had taught on Sunday on the Final Judgment in Gospel Principles. She loved it.
It was modified because we didn't have as much time but she really liked it, as
far as we could tell. (Mormon 5:11, 14, 23)
Tuesday we didn't have a district
meeting like usual because of transfers. So we watched S for just a
little bit do her Taekwondo. We finally officially met the J family! They
are a cute young couple, part member. They met in
Germany. They are so sweet! Apparently P, the nonmember, is taking the
missionary lessons from the Hmong elders. It's easier, he says, since he can't
be in a room alone with us. I don't know if he wants to get baptized. He
gave us a hug before we left...it was interesting. He made armor! I will send a
picture. He is really cool! We taught the P. they are great. It was a
really good lesson. P cried and opened up to us! She just wants to be a
good mom. It's sweet. We ate dinner with J and the Spanish sisters. It was
fun! I love them a lot. Then we got to go to the farewell. Fs took us. It
was a really great one. Lots of people I know are going home. I saw Sister
Arruda there and Sister Monson and Sister Smith and lots of missionaries I know
and love. It's great. I got to see some people from Cedarwood because they came
to see Elder Cook and Elder Parkin. Both of them left :( I'm so sad! but it's
okay. I'm sure they are doing really great. (Mormon 7:5; 8:14-15)
Wednesday we saw quite a few people.
We saw Sister J. Her apartments scare me. There are some men there that
talk to us whenever we're there and they asked for a ride to church from us but
we can't give it to them. They smoke weed. It's kind of gross. We try to avoid
them. They make me really uncomfortable. We had lunch with Sister Ounesavath.
She's trying to help us be healthy so we made skinny broccoli mac and cheese.
It was actually really good! We had dinner with the S family. they are
sweet. Both are converts and have a really great story. We saw M. She's
sweet. She is so excited for her baptism on Saturday! It'll be at 7 because the
young women get back from girl's camp that day. Then we went and saw F
and J. They are really great. I love them a lot. J says I'm mean but I
discovered that it's really a loveable thing. (Mormon 9:12-13)
On Thursday not a whole lot of
people answered their doors. It was kind of sad. We didn't see anyone till
around four and we got to see the R. They are super sweet. They are my
old couple in this area :) Brother Rs collects coins and he is going to
get me some Idaho ones, and Sister Putnam is getting Kentucky ones! It'll be
great! We ate dinner with the L family. they are super great. I love them.
then after that we didn't see anyone else. There were some things we needed to
do and we didn't get to see anyone else though we did try. No one was home :(
(Ether 2:5, 25)
Friday was weekly planning but in
the middle of it we went to the mission office. Sister Putnam had to meet with
President so we were there for a little over an hour. I helped some of the
office couples with some things until she was done. I think he helped a lot. I
love President Clark. We ate dinner with the Haroldsens--Bishop and his family.
We had two dinners on Friday and both of them fed us lasagna. And Sister
Haroldsen made éclair cake! It was SO GOOD. Tell Keri I want her to make some
when I get home! We saw the F and talked a little about our identity as
daughters of God. We then saw F and watched the Testaments. It was good!
But F had to leave in the middle of it and J was up and down all the
time for the baby. So we left them the copy and asked them to watch it
themselves. (Ether 3:4, 9; 4:12)
Saturday was good! We taught a lot
of people. We taught the P since they didn't come to church yesterday.
They went to Corcoran to see her brother. It's a little town. We talked about
the 10 commandments and the law of chastity. We think they may have a problem
with some of them...but we're hoping not. We saw the Ms. They are great.
R has some struggles but she is doing better. WE showed Finding Faith in
Christ. We then saw Sister P and met her friend R. He's thirty years
younger than her and thirty years older than us! He's really nice. They are in
a convalescent home so it's kind of sad. We ate dinner with Sister
Osborne and then we went to the J. I am worried about them. they have so
many problems and she's pregnant. But I know God will provide. We saw F
and J again. It was great! I love hearing about her Native American stories.
(Ether 6:4-8)
Sunday we had a lot of church and
then we ate dinner with the Fites. I love that family so much. Sister Fite is
great and her kids are so funny. I learned something really cool though: I am
not insecure anymore! I mean I have some insecurities but I am a lot more
confident than I used to be. But I love who I am now and I am not ashamed of
it! It's great! We saw Brother H because he wanted to tell us a story of
how he gave away a Book of Mormon. It aws really cool! He showed us a little
bit of where he went camping too. It reminds me of camping at Copper Basin or
the property. they had a tent trailer until they built the cabin! Then we saw
F again. We talked about how there are no prejudices anymore :) (Ether
7:27; 1 Nephi 19:9)
I love being here. I am so grateful
for this experience. I have changed so much and I know I wouldn't have if I
hadn't come out here. Thank you for your support!
I LOVE YOU ALL!
Always <3,
Sister Abigail Reese
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