FAN CLUUUB!
Things are great! This
week has been super SUPER busy! It went
by so fast!
This week was a lot of preparations! We are really trying to get to know the branch
and really trying to get investigators to things. The first problem is, there aren't any
activities. So we were trying to get
some going. We had a BBQ so this week. There was prep involved with that. We handed out a ton of flyers and called a ton
of people. :) It went well. We had a man
that had met elders previously come, we knocked his door and he had us over for
dinner with our branch missionary! He was a great help! Very good cook!
We have a blood drive and a restoration fireside next month- so we
hope to get people to that. Fingers crossed!
Tomorrow is the last day of
my first transfer! Can you believe it?! I can't...... It went by so fast! Our district
leader goes home tomorrow :( SOOO sad. He is a hard worker and helped the area so
much. If I learned anything from him it
was the importance of having fun while you work! We had a few dinners for him with members and
so all was good.
We had a few neat experiences with following the spirit. There is nothing greater than having the
constant companionship of the Holy Ghost. I am so blessed.
I look forward to teaching Linda, read about her more below.
Time is short. But I love
hearing from everyone! The area is
picking up and I know that the Lord is blessing us! Be sure to be member missionaries. There is nothing more important. Watch the broadcast online--- I'm so serious! It will change your outlook on it.
Is your pad run down, nice or
moderate? It's nice-- newly painted (white) but good. What kind of apartment is it? (a four-plex, upstairs/downstairs,
10 floors) It's a 3 level building. We're on level 2. It's a studio
apartment. Our bed is in our living
room and our study desk is too. I don't mind, my only complaint
is you can't pray out loud except in the bathroom, with the fan AND the
bathtub on :) haha How many rooms are
in your pad? ..... yeah..... Give me
some examples of a day in the life of Sisters Freeze and Lee? Get up, study,
phone calls, we do a lot of less active visits. We are really trying to get to know
everyone on our branch English speaking list! There are like 250ish names, but we
are doing well. We do a lot
of birthday cards to meet people. Then
we knock... we knock more than we'd like, but what can you do- we need
people to teach. What were the last three days like from
beginning to end? Do you knock doors? Yeah-
3-4 times a week for a few hours. It is fun, I'm starting to like it- and
I'm starting to know how to listen to the spirit more and more and
move away from a script. Which is a
relief :) Do you work off of
referrals only? We don't get enough referrals for that. I've only done a few referrals actually and
they usually aren't home most of the time. We are currently teaching one woman that is
from a referral though. She wanted a missionary
visit! She came to the BBQ for a bit,
and then to church! :) She has a member friend in AZ so he has told her a lot. She came to church 15 years ago, but is making
HUGGGGGGGE life changes to make church a priority and we haven't even taught
her one lesson yet! We have one planned for tomorrow! :) She is so
ready! MEEEEEEEMBERS ARE THE KEY! I'm serious.
Members HAVE to be involved to make missionary
work happen. Just listen to me. Pray about it if you have to, but do whatever
it takes to be a part of the Lords work. How do you receive
referrals? mail, text message, branch president. Do you have a full block program for
church, sacrament, sunday school,
priesthood/RS, primary, YM/YW? Yes, but it is RS/Priesthood, Sunday School and then Sacrament. It makes it hard on investigators to get
them there all three hours. Do the YM/YW have
mutual in the week? Yup, the YW president and counselors are great women
:) Are they fully staffed? Pretty sure. How do the different languages interact for activities? Most
people know English even if it is broken English. The cultures
in the ward are so nice to have :) Have you had a zone conference
yet? We have zone conferences every other week-ish and the
meeting with Elder Kollicker was a mega zone conference- so we had
like 3-4 zones there. Have you had a
presidents interview yet? No, as I understand it it happens
every other transfer- so mine will be next transfer. How much do you have to spend on gas, food etc.? Most of
our money goes to food. We save a fair amount for going out to eat- it
makes for good opportunities to meet with people when we need a reason
to get to know people. We have a separate
mission card for gas only. There's no
limit to that. We just have
a limit of miles for a month which is 1200 miles. Is your GPS working
out now? Yes! It's saved us SOOOO many times! We have way more time now too, since we don't
have to worry about dumb maps!
Love you all!
Sister Freeze
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