Dear family,
Sister Bartsch and I had an amazingly blessed week, and just
like Elder Slade we were able to meet mission standards together! We have some
outstanding plans for this coming week so we're planning on making standards a
weekly ordeal.
After losing so many investigators last week, this week we
found many more, and some even returned! Turns out, Hayley has been thinking
about moving in with her dad here in Everett for a while. She loves Silverlake
ward and wants to be baptized here, so she took our pass-off explanation as
almost like an answer to prayers that she is supposed to move back with her dad
and step-mom. Funny story- When we saw her a few days ago we asked if she still
had her baptismal calendar so that we could go over it with her and make the
changes necessary for her new baptismal date. She told us that that wouldn't be
possible, and she pulled out of her purse a beautifully laminated baptismal
calendar. She told us that she laminated it a few weeks ago when we first gave
it to her so that she could always keep it with her to help her "stay
focused." :)
Our investigator Lily is preparing for baptism on July 19th.
She used to meet with missionaries but the timing was never quite right because
she would get through a few discussions then have to leave to go back to school
in Switzerland. Her dad died last year, and she is searching for peace in her
life. She said she feels really warm whenever we come teach her and pray with
her, but then the feeling leaves, and it isn't as strong when she reads and
prays. She wants to know how she can have that feeling all the time. It was
cool to teach her about the Gift of the Holy Ghost! We brought a member we had
never brought before to our lesson on thursday, and when Lily opened the door both
of them just stared at each other then started to yell about how good it was to
see each other. Sister Bartsch and I had no idea what was going on! Apparently
Lily and Katherine were best friends in unicycling club back in middle school!
Heavenly Father is so funny.
We were able to start meeting with Logan this week! Last
week he flaked last minute on a few lessons, so we stopped by his apartment and
he said he is at a very difficult time in his life going through the divorce
and everything, and he wasn't sure he could handle anything more. We both felt
like we should be bold, so we made him (Oops, I mean, invited him) meet with us
at least once. He has loved it!!! He even thanked us in the last lesson for
being persistent, since he really feels like the gospel has been helping him
through his trials.
I had a really special experience yesterday. We have been
working with a less-active girl named Hannah. Despite some opposition from her
mom, she has been so strong in coming back to church and completely making
changes in her life because she knows that this is what is right. Yesterday
after church she started to cry and told me that she knows that this is the
right time and place in her life to embrace the gospel once and for all. She
said that she needed us, and is so grateful for everything we have done for
her. We just hugged and cried and reassured each other that we're allowed to be
emotional since we're women. :) There is no work more rewarding than missionary
work!
We have our mini-MTC tonight. Don't forget that it's the
missionaries responsibility to teach, but it's the members responsibility to
find! I would love to hear about all of the missionary experiences that you are
all having! Remember, success is not a yes or a baptism. You succeed when you
invite!
Love, Sister Slade
We took the front off of a mustang for service.
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