First
off, I didn't get a root canal at the dentist. They filled some cavities
& gave me a plate thing that I'm supposed to wear at night to
prevent clenching & grinding, but it hurts to wear, so sometimes I
wake up in the middle of the night & take it out....my next
appointment is May 29, Emmy's birthday! then the next one after that is June 12.
This
week was good as always, but a little slower. We weren't able to meet
with A at all this week. Since now we have to go through F
to get to see her, it places another roadblock in her way of progression.
Tuesday
after zone meeting I was able to get a blessing from one of my zone
leaders. It was great, it's been awhile since I'd had a blessing. I'd
heard of a sister getting a blessing from her dad over skype..is that
kosher? Wouldn't he need to put his hands on her head? idk.. haha, but
anyway that would kinda be cool. Also, Sister O said she usually
says a family prayer over the phone, which would've been cool, but I'd
probably cry. haha. After zone meeting we went home to drop off
groceries, then to visit a couple people before we had an early dinner
at home. Then we had a lesson with the Ws, and then one with S A.
Wednesday
we had lunch with the sister training leaders. We got new ones this
transfer, but they're not too new to me. One is my mom, Sister C
& the other is Sister S's mom, Sister P! It was really fun
to see them again & catch up.
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| It was great to see my "mom" again! |
After lunch we hit up mormon.org. and then we had a lesson with C at the church & we watched the
Restoration video. She still has a desire to be baptized, but doesn't
know how much longer she can take all her trials. She's desperate for a
job. We promised her that after baptism when she receives the gift of the
Holy Ghost her problems won't go away, but they will be so much easier
to deal with. We had dinner at the O's then saw the Hs.
Sister H told us about her neighbor who is needing someone to help
with her horses and she offers free rent/utilities. We think this would be
perfect for C! So we texted her a little bit about it & she's
super excited.
Thursday
after studies we were supposed to go help C A with cleaning
her house, but she wasn't feeling well. So we went home for lunch then
to S's to help her clean her house. After that we asked if we could
go see C & tell her more about the job opportunity. We also
had a lesson with her talking about the Prophet Joseph Smith. After that
we went to the H's to help K with her spelling words, but she
didn't need help, so we talked with Sister H and then shared a
message. Then we had dinner with the Hs and then saw M. I'm
teaching M how to play "falling slowly" on ukulele! It's so fun :)
Friday
was my dentist appointment. It was seriously the most relaxing dentist
appointment I'd ever experienced!! They gave me novocaine & were
really gentle. It was awesome. EXCEPT the fact that I had to use the
bathroom so very badly & it's seriously the longest I'd ever held my
bladder in my life I thought I was going to explode. hahahaha. Luckily I
wasn't feeling too bad afterwards so we were still able to do
missionary work that day & I was only still numb for one lesson...hahaha.
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| My novocaine smile |
We had dinner with the G
family then went to do ward coordilation, but when we got there they the Es hadn't had
dinner yet, so we ended up helping them make dinner & eating with
them. We didn't even have time to do ward coordilation....
Saturday
we did some service for a less active woman & her nonmember
husband, the Hs. They grow pretty much all their own food:
vegetables, fruits, chicken, pigs, goats, etc. It's pretty neat. We
helped out in the greenhouse & afterwards we were talking to Brother
H about all the food he makes & he invited us to have
dinner with them sometime soon! At the end they ended up giving us a
tomato plant for us to grow, fresh beets, turnips, kale & carrots. I
have pictures :)
Then we went home & finished weekly planning that
we didn't really have time for on Friday. We had dinner with B, a sweet young mom with 2 boys. I
know I've talked about eating at the H's before. It's their
daughter. She & her husband & boys live with the her parents. Then
we went to see J & watched a video with her. Oh, and on Saturday night we got a text from C saying her mom's in the hospital....great...just what she needs. :/
Sunday
was great. Unfortunately we didn't have any investigators at church,
but it was great nonetheless. We had a really great speaker in Sacrament
from the high council. He addressed his talk to the young men &
young women who would serve missions in the future. He told about an
experience he had on his mission. He was an incredible speaker.
After
church we went to the linger longer at the T's home. Then we went
to help Sister H & her mom load bags of clothes into our truck
to bring to the D.I. box at church. Sister H's husband passed
away recently & she's getting ready to move, so she's getting rid of
tons of things. Then went to visit some people before we had
dinner with the Ds @ 3. We didn't originally have dinner with
anyone & we were okay with it, but Sister D saw us at church
& said "we're having breakfast for dinner tonight & I said 'aww
we don't have the sisters!' do you have dinner tonight?" "well, no..."
"do you want to come over?" Sister O & I look at
eachother..."okay!" So we had a delicious meal, as always at the D
home. Afterwards we were able to visit C L who is an active
member but she has been immobile recently due to back problems, so we
had a nice visit with her. Then we went to see the Cs, then home to
do our studies & go to bed. :)
So this
week seemed less eventful as far as lessons went...we haven't been
reaching our member present goal or our other lesson goal. (member
present is the lessons we teach an investigator with a member &
other lesson is just a lesson with an investigator)
I
can't believe this transfer is almost half over already! This week we
have President interviews....ahh. I don't know why I get nervous.
President Hobbs is really sweet & an inspiring man. I'll be sure to
write next week about that.
I love you & thank you for all your support & prayers. They strengthen me. Hope you have a WONDERFUL week. LOVE YOU!
xoxo Sister Viraldo
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