Um. Well, before, we'd been having 60 and 70 degree days. No biggie. Lots of rain and kind of humid. Yeah. That all changed Friday.
Last zone conference, Hermana Doll told us that we're allowed to ditch our knee-highs if the weather gets over 80. Well, needless to say, the weather obliged by raining a lot, and then jumping up to 95. Oh yeah, and it didn't stop raining. Kept drizzling on and off.. Which did not mean that there was no sun, 'cause there was. Yeah, and we had no appointments that day. Knocking. Yea verily. ick. Especially as my wardrobe is varying shades of DARK.
Anyone brave enough to plow through my boxes might see if they can find some lighter clothes for me. Other than that, I'm ok. EXCEPT SEND ME A FAMILY PICTUIRE.
This week was good. Three lessons in particular stand out:
We passed by one of our hard to find, but awesome investigators. She was eating with her family, so her husband, who we had never met, told us to come back later. We did, and he almost didn't let us in. We talked a bit, circumnavigating the plan of salvation while getting to know him (vaguely Christian) and his mom (extremely catholic.) He came to the conclusion that we're awesome, and apologized for feeling brusque with us. The mom called us "heathens," and then threatened to sic the priest on her son. That said, she also thought we were sweet girls, and called down a few saints to bless us.
Later that week, we came back and taught our investigator the plan of salvation, this time hitting up all the points in order, and with visuals. at the end, she pointed to the celestial kingdom, and asked, "How do I get there?" After a few stunned moments, we gave the 5 second version of the 1st principles and ordinances, and promised to come back and teach her more about it.
We finally got in with one couple we'd been looking to teach. (Remember killer bunnies? that's the family.) We also got to bring Presidente Urrutia and his wife. We had a great lesson with them, and they're both really enthusiastic about the idea of modern prophets. Problem is, she's hard to get a hold of, because she spends most of her free time at her mom's, drinking. It's kindof a reverse on what we usually encounter...
One couple is doing really well. We had to cancel one appointment with them, but we were only able to leave a message on the answering machine. Well, later this week, we called back to re-schedule. The husband answers, and begins by saying, "We realty appreciate what you do, and know you always have a home here," which general is the prelude to getting dropped. Hermana Padilla grimaces, because we had such hope for them. Then he says, "Please don't abandon us." Turns out the message had somehow gotten lost. we assured him that we weren't abandoning him, and that we wanted to set another appointment as soon as possible.
My mission experience is, right now, unremarkable. I don't have much to say. As I've said before, in Carpentersville, we're lucky if we see someone more than twice (and most lesson 1s are unremarkable) Knocking is out here quite tame. My spiritual experiences mainly consist of me getting the wrong address for a reference, and being able to help someone with some issue... and then never seeing them again.
Most of which is no longer an issue, as I AM NO LONGER IN CARPENTERSVILLE.
Transfers were this week. I am now in the Loop. I get to bike full time. Needless to say, I'm feeling a little. I've only been here for like a half hour, so there's nothing to report.
I'm writing to Jemile. She won't go inactive as long as I'm here. ^_^
I love and miss you all. Take some time to study the conference Ensign, because it was AWESOME.
Sincerely,
Hermana Maren Jones.
