your decision to be baptized is one of the best
decision you will ever make! so proud of you. i know what you did is
right! baptism pictures are the best. i love to see people dressed in
white :]
transfers. yaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
transfers! sister repman and i are both staying. surprise surprise.
sister jackson, who has been our companion for the last 2 weeks will be
leaving us though. will miss her dearly. we might have attached our
selves at the hip the last little bit. shes pretty much amazing
and irreplaceable. why do all the best missionaries leave me?
ummm i got another marriage proposal this week. dont
worry we still got in a prayer at the end of the lesson. should not
have asked him to say the prayer. had to bite my tongue for 85% of it.
amanda you will be happy to know i adopted a jade plant.
yep after all those years of me chastizing you for your love of living
things in our window sill i finally gave in to my passion for plants.
animals might be a while yet. a member gave me a jade plant after i
toldher i have been fasinating by all the suculant plants around here.
so she gave me one. his name is jay-jay. and i like him a lot. a lot. a
lot. theyre all really cool.
this week has been full of lots of local
stockton/california treats. micheals pizza, togos sandwiches, a few
donut shops, asian whole-in-the-wall restaurants, etc. its been fun and i
love when members recommend places that let us in on a little more
local culture. stockton has an annual asparagus festival annually. would
love to go in a few weeks! who knew asparagus was something to through a
festival over.
this week i emptied a urine cathadar. umm yep that was fun. end of story.
this
week has had a lot of goodbyes. the nielsens, our most favorite senior
couple missionaries are heading back to springville utah. sister neilsen
was our mission nurse and has been a saving guardian angel so many
days. we love senior couple missionaries!
spiritual note. thursday we had a district fast.
fasting brings miracles. we had a little miracle that afternoon. we
decided to visit a potential investigator written in our area book. as
we got out of the car jaunita eagerly lets us know now is not a good
time, she was having a hard day. being respectful we left her with a
copy of "the family-a proclimation to the world." we hopped in the car,
said a little prayer for her and had to prompting to make an extra
minute as we decided where to go next. we made a u-turn in her little
circle and on our way back out she flagged us down thanking us for what
we had shared. "this was exactly what i needed." the lord sure knows his
children and answers prayers. its such a wonderful thing to be able to
be that instrument to make anyones day a little lighter.
sister repman was on splits its lani, doing deaf work, and we ended
up with eight lessons in one day! miracle. by the end of the week we
were still seeing miracles. the hermana roommates found us 2 golden
investigators and we ended up added 4 new investigators this week.
so grateful to fasting and the blessings that come from it. it may have
been hard to sacrifice donuts and milk at district meeting but it was
well worth it. sacrifice :]
we have had the chance to use mormon messages in a
lot of our teaching. the mormon message dvds the church as recently put
out have been a big help. would love to have a copy of my own. i still
find the video "mens hearts shall fail them" one of my favorites. Elder
Nelson asks that we "demand of yourself improvement." the lord is so
patient with us and gives us so much comfort if only we turn to him.
deafies check out deaflds.org if you havent already. i think you'll like it.
general
conference was amazing! oh i loved every talk! definitly found 2
possible themes to be the family and obedience. best line: "i need you
to give me a hug." i tell it to sister jackson often :]
LOVE YOU ALL!!!
Sister Oliphant
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