officially been released as a STL (Sister Training Leader) and I will be
heading to Lawrenceville! And training! Again. Annnd I'll be whitewashing!
Whoa.
For those who don't know, "whitewashing" means I will be opening up a
new area. I will be starting from scratch. No investigators, no
formers, nothing. Yay tracting! There are already two sets of
missionaries in Lawrenceville, and me and my new daughter will be the
third set. That'll be interesting. Not sure of my new address yet, but
if anyone (meaning Mom) is thinking about being so wonderous as to
send my poor hardworking missionary self a letter, please hold off
until next week when I can get that.
This week has been a great one! We found 4 new investigators and, as
prompted by the Spirit, put one on date! She is someone that was
referred to us months ago, that we had taught one awesome lesson with
and then had lost track of her due to serious issues going on in her
family. But our set lesson fell though and we were in the area so
decided to stop by. No one answered the door. It was hot, our member
team up was bored, but we waited. Then a few boys came around the
backyard of the neighboring house, and I felt like I needed to talk to
them. So I did. The two told us that she often went across the street
to visit her brother. So off we went. Knocked. Rang. Knocked. Waited.
And knocked again. And the door opened and there she was! Yes!
Persistence :) We were able to get in and teach her such an amazing
Restoration lesson. The Spirit was so strong and she asked such good
questions, paid attention the whole time and at the end committed to
be baptized on the 19th of August. She told us that she still
remembered what we had taught her 3 months ago about the Plan of
Salvation and she knows that it is true and that the Book of Mormon is
the word of God, because her therapist is Mormon and has been helping
her through the Book and through the teachings of the Church. Members
really do make such a big difference, and they don't even know.
We also found another golden lady this week by following the challenge
and promise of the mission president about working with and tracting
around less actives and part member families. This one lady we tracted
into was super friendly and talkative from he moment she opened the
door, but the first thing she told us was that she was Methodist and
wasn't interested in changing. But we were able to get inside and, by
listening to a grandmothers stories were able to teach about eternal
families and about what happens to us after we die. By the end of the
lesson, she had committed to read the Book of Mormon, pray about what
we talked about, and had a return appointment for Tuesday. It has been
a week of miracles :)
Love ya'll!
Sister Garver
Pictures of one of my favorite families, and other fun shots :)
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