The definite highlight of the week came on Wednesday, when we went to visit a man named R, who we met on Sunday and who told us to come back later. So we went on Wednesday evening. His wife and daughter were sick, so we couldn't go inside, so we stood outside on his porch and got to know him a little. It was the first time I had taught the first lesson to a real person that wasn't a member, so I was a little nervous, but it went really well! He had a few questions about the priesthood at the end, but he seemed to understand everything pretty well, and he said he would read the Book of Mormon and pray about it. We are praying so much that he does. The whole experience really made up for the fact that when we went to our next appointment with former investigators, they turned the lights off and didn't answer the door. Honestly, if you ever meet LDS missionaries and you have no intention of ever listening to a word they say, please please be straightforward and say "No thanks." Because if you say "Come back later" we will take you at your word. Also on Wednesday we went to our usual correlation meeting with the ward mission leader, but instead of meeting at the church, we had to meet him out at his family's lake house, which is basically their 'family party' house. They had all the young men over for an activity while we were there, so we got some ice cream and hot wings, which was nice. On Wednesday at district meeting we also met a senior couple, the Everys, that are assigned to attend the Shelby ward now. They are super nice.
Other than that, we didn't do a whole lot different this week. We did our service projects, did finding, and visited members. The members in this ward are very nice to us. Sister J took us out to a delicious Mexican restaurant this weekend, and when our dinner appointment on Saturday fell through, Sister H graciously invited us over after we talked a little to her neighbor, who just lost her mother. Saturday we also visited the T family. They are super fun. We got to play legos and policeman with the kids and got to hold their turtle, Speedy. They also have an adorable little pet pig, but he mostly stayed in the yard while we were there.
On Sunday we went out finding again and met up with a former investigator named N. He talked with us for quite a while about religion and told us to come back sometime. He was pretty remarkable in that a) he gave us his number without us asking and b) he referred us to his neighbor, again without us asking. His neighbor didn't want to talk to us right then, but still. We also had a delicious dinner at sister A's house.
I guess we did get a couple of refferals from church headquarters this week, but we haven't found a good time to contact either of them. We did finally get into contact with one we got a couple of weeks ago, so we could deliver her Book of Mormon and Bible. It was nice to meet her.
That's about it for right now. The weather is beautiful out here, and the trees are starting to bloom. We're gearing up for allergies.
Anyway, if you can, pray for R! We are hopefully going to visit him again this week.
Love ya'll,
Sister Reay
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