Kronk: He seems pretty unloved. Knowing he's a child of God could help.
Kuzko: The atonment. And where are his parents? The Plan of Salvation could help.
Yzma: The atonment. The 10 commandments......repentance.....Law of the Land....where to begin, really?
Patcha: GOLDEN. INVESTIGATOR. Eternal families! We need to find him and convert him!
Yes, that was a conversation my companion and I had this week.
Anyway.
A few interesting experiences this week! So on Monday, we went to a referral's house. The woman was busy and told us to come back, so we turn around, and there's this guy with his dog staring at us. We introduce ourselves to him and say hello, and goes, "Uh....so yeah um....my dog wanted to say hi to you guys."
Okay.
So we said hi to the dog. We start to leave, and the guy keeps walking by us and we're talking to him. He tells us that he just got back from serving in the war and had pretty bad PTSD. We're talking to him some more and ask him if he's ever heard of the Mormon religion, to which he says, "No...but to be honest I'm kind of religion shopping right now."
SWEEET.
Then things got weird. We started to tell him a little bit about the church, and we're pretty sure something might've stressed him out that kind of triggered his PTSD, because all of the sudden he's hugging us and saying we're so great and fun. And he's crying. Well okay, he hugged Sister R like three times and me once, because after the first time I think he could tell I was super uncomfortable (I kept thinking: AH. WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HUG PEOPLE. WHAT DO I DO. PANIC! but I hugged him anyway) because he was like, "Oh. I'm sorry! Here!" *puts hand up for high five.*
Great.
We walk with him back to his house where his girlfriend told us we could come back another time. So he gave me one more high five and Sister R another HUGE hug and then we left. We kind of turned to each other and said, "What just happened?"
A couple days later we went back and visited with him and actually had a nice conversation! No hugging. Just sitting on the porch talking about the gospel. Like normal missionaries do. He told us we could come back again another time to teach him some more, so hopefully we'll be able to get a lesson in - this past time it was hard to teach him anything cause he got on a lot of tangents about his dog. But who can blame him. The dog was pretty cute.
Later in the week we went and visited one of our other investigators again! We were teaching her about prophets when all of the sudden she asks, "So, when could I do that um interview thing for the baptism?"
..................... Did she just ask that?
"Because I really want to get baptized before you girls leave."
And then she started to tear up! And I'm sitting there thinking, "Wait......these things actually happen?? I thought this happened to OTHER missionaries!" She then went on to tell us that she was so grateful to have seen the Elders a year ago, when she first started to meet with missionaries. She said she was glad that all these sets have been patient with her and have taught her all these things and then she says, "But since you girls came I really feel like I'm starting to understand it! And I'm so glad that you girls keep teaching me!"
IT WAS SO GREAT! Looks like we'll be picking a baptismal date for her (hopefully) on Thursday. Now if only she'll keep coming to church...
Thursday we went and visited an eternal investigator. This woman has been meeting with missionaries for ten blasted years. We usually talk to her for about a half hour around every other week or so. She's AWESOME and Jewish, and she keeps wanting to meet with missionaries because she loves learning about some of the aspects of the gospel.
And she likes to talk.
Like every other person in New York.
But anyway, she was asking us how the success has been in the area and we were like, "It's going pretty good! We have a fair amount of people to teach and we have a baptism on Saturday."
And then she goes, "REALLY?"
"Uh...yeah..."
"You're being serious?"
"Um....yeah...."
"No, you don't understand! That seems really rare for this area! I've talked to so many Elders who get frustrated because they can't find anyone to teach here! You girls are doing SOMETHING right! That's amazing!"
We then invited her to the baptism and she goes, "Yeah I'd love to go! I've never been to a Mormon baptism before! This'll be cool!"
She's awesome.
ow I just hit my elbow on the desk and it hurt.
OKAY. SO. Speaking of baptisms, our investigator had her baptismal interview on Friday! It went really well and she was SOOO excited! We talked with her after and taught her another mini lesson and got the program ready. She kept jumping up and down in her seat and talking about how ready she was. All of us were SO excited for her!
And then came Sunday.
And she wasn't there.
PANIC.
Right after sacrament, we run out and gave her a call. Turns out she was sick.
Panic level: medium.
BUT we're still going to be keeping in closer contact with her this week. Cause Satan's stupid and will be getting to all of us this week.
Dumb.
Sunday we had dinner with a non member family. One of the members in the ward set it up so we could have dinner and get to know them. First of all, BEST. COOKS. EVER. They made the most DELICIOUS Thai food. Like seriously. I don't think I've had homemade food that good since I've gotten here. They were a nice young couple with an adorable two year old who ran around with goggles and and refused to take them off. It was awesome to talk to them! They weren't interested in the church, but we still got to tell them a lot about the gospel, missionary work, and some of the service activities the church provides.
Seriously though if every member set up opportunities like this there would be a lot of happy missionaries.
..................... Did she just ask that?
"Because I really want to get baptized before you girls leave."
And then she started to tear up! And I'm sitting there thinking, "Wait......these things actually happen?? I thought this happened to OTHER missionaries!" She then went on to tell us that she was so grateful to have seen the Elders a year ago, when she first started to meet with missionaries. She said she was glad that all these sets have been patient with her and have taught her all these things and then she says, "But since you girls came I really feel like I'm starting to understand it! And I'm so glad that you girls keep teaching me!"
IT WAS SO GREAT! Looks like we'll be picking a baptismal date for her (hopefully) on Thursday. Now if only she'll keep coming to church...
Thursday we went and visited an eternal investigator. This woman has been meeting with missionaries for ten blasted years. We usually talk to her for about a half hour around every other week or so. She's AWESOME and Jewish, and she keeps wanting to meet with missionaries because she loves learning about some of the aspects of the gospel.
And she likes to talk.
Like every other person in New York.
But anyway, she was asking us how the success has been in the area and we were like, "It's going pretty good! We have a fair amount of people to teach and we have a baptism on Saturday."
And then she goes, "REALLY?"
"Uh...yeah..."
"You're being serious?"
"Um....yeah...."
"No, you don't understand! That seems really rare for this area! I've talked to so many Elders who get frustrated because they can't find anyone to teach here! You girls are doing SOMETHING right! That's amazing!"
We then invited her to the baptism and she goes, "Yeah I'd love to go! I've never been to a Mormon baptism before! This'll be cool!"
She's awesome.
ow I just hit my elbow on the desk and it hurt.
OKAY. SO. Speaking of baptisms, our investigator had her baptismal interview on Friday! It went really well and she was SOOO excited! We talked with her after and taught her another mini lesson and got the program ready. She kept jumping up and down in her seat and talking about how ready she was. All of us were SO excited for her!
And then came Sunday.
And she wasn't there.
PANIC.
Right after sacrament, we run out and gave her a call. Turns out she was sick.
Panic level: medium.
BUT we're still going to be keeping in closer contact with her this week. Cause Satan's stupid and will be getting to all of us this week.
Dumb.
Sunday we had dinner with a non member family. One of the members in the ward set it up so we could have dinner and get to know them. First of all, BEST. COOKS. EVER. They made the most DELICIOUS Thai food. Like seriously. I don't think I've had homemade food that good since I've gotten here. They were a nice young couple with an adorable two year old who ran around with goggles and and refused to take them off. It was awesome to talk to them! They weren't interested in the church, but we still got to tell them a lot about the gospel, missionary work, and some of the service activities the church provides.
Seriously though if every member set up opportunities like this there would be a lot of happy missionaries.
The ward in Owego is AWESOME! They are SO supportive and help out so much. It's amazing to see how they're openness towards us and sharing the gospel in general has grown since we've gotten here. I love serving here.
Also random tidbit: I watched a tomato plant commit suicide yesterday. It jumped off its second story window and all the little tomatoes broke off the stem and rolled into the street.
Rest in peace, my little tomato plant.
Rest in peace.
I love you all!
Sista' Stimpson
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