i
have the best companion in the state of california. she understand me
and listens. and talks me though stuff. and sings with me at the top of
our lungs as we jam to hymns. this morning it was battle hymn of the
republic :]
well we associated with lots of amazing people this week:
we contacted a legally blind man. we are going to teach him the gospel :]
went
to the temple with maria and angela. ahh amazing experience. temple
tours are seriously the best. and we all got to help maria move from
wheelchair to truck. quite the experience and not as hard as i thought
it was going to be. maria is already a saint. good thing shes getting
baptized on the 15th :]
dede and our other investigator taylor actually are
now doing in-home care for maria. miracles all around. i love the
wonderful support system on the church and how we all just take care of
each other.
lindsey came to church on sunday! she reminds me of
the sweet innocent luna lovegood character. she brought her little one
and had fun as everyone oo-ed and ah-ed over her son. i love that
members were so welcoming, answered all her questions and were genuinely
glad she was there. love members. speaking of which... some sweet sweet
members gave us a gift card to home town buffet because they ended up
not being able to have us over for dinner. it was a fun "girls night
out" for the two of us and we had the chance to just chat. loved it. we
sacrificed not getting drinks and turned around and gave the remaining
balance of our gift card to the people behind us in line. charitable act
for the day.... CHECK. so glad we were representing the church. doing
little small acts of service like that makes you feel so good. and
everyone benefits. love love.
dede hasn't smoked since friday!!!!! its a miracle.
she is on the patch. but we are so excited and proud of her. as soon as
she kicks the habit she is as good as wet.
we added a family! Janelle is such an amazing patient mother.
our asl class is GROWING! we dont fit in our room
anymore! so glad the ward and the community is so excited are coming to
classes regularly. we have found a few people thru asl class. love it.
there is a family in our ward that i just love. one of
those families that gets a label "this is what i want my family to be
like when i grow up." funny the mom reminds me of natalia a lot. and her
husbands name is aaron ironically too. anyways all so amazing and have
great examples. i love being in so many homes and learning from so many people here.
And last, but not least, we might be adding the local drug dealer as an
investigator tonight! Whaaaat? Yes. That is happening. :) Gotta love
Stockton. Even here, the church is true. <--- quote from sister
jenson.
Love you all,
Sister Oliphant
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| Maria at the Sacramento Temple |
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| Sisters Oliphant and Jenson at Sacramento Temple |
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