It's been a great week. Then again, every week is a great week.
As you may have guessed from the snow pictures on Sunday, this week started off being a little chilly. Fortunately, it was not our bike week. Unforunately, it was bike week for the elders.
We did quite a bit of cleaning on Monday, because of cleaning checks scheduled for the end of the week. Luckily our apartment is pretty clean normally. On Tuesday we mostly did missionary work. I did get a package in the mail, which was fantastic and fun.
On Wednesday one of the Elders' investigators, J, got married to a member, S, so he could be baptized this upcoming Wednesday. It was a pretty small, personal ceremony, but we were invited because, well, we're missionaries. We also got to go to the reception, where only the Mormons seemed to realize that the whole point of having a reception is to eat things. It was a happy day for them, and we look forward to the baptism this week!
Thursday we did planning and planning and missionary work. On Friday, our mission was blessed again to have another member of the Quorum of the Seventy, Elder Jorge F. Zeballos, and his wife. This time he talked to half of the mission on Thursdayand our half on Friday, so it was a little easier to get us together for the picture. The Zeballoses are from Chile, so they had really neat accents. Sister Zeballos talked about us being the face of the church, essentially, and so we have to be a positive example at all times. She also gave a powerful object lesson by showing us an apple with seeds and reminding us that while we can count the seeds in the apple, we don't know how many apples will come from those seeds- just like we can't always see the fruits of our missionary work from the beginning. Elder Zeballos re-emphasized the counsel that the missionaries got last year to "Teach repentance and baptize converts." He explained that for an investigator to progress, they must know what we have taught them, feel that it is true, and then change because of it. It was a great experience. Afterwards, they ate lunch with us.
On Saturday our streak of luck with Bible referrals continued, and we were able to meet with two of them. One of them, O, seems at least somewhat interested in what we have to say. The other, M, was really sweet and inviting and actually seemed happy to have us call and schedule a time to deliver the Bible, which is pretty much a first. We scheduled return appointments with both of them. It's very exciting. We also passed our cleaning check with flying colors.
Sunday was Stake Conference, and since the stake center is pretty far away, we watched it as a broadcast in our building. The connection cut out a few times, but we were able to watch almost all of it, which was a blessing. Elder Zeballos shared a lot of the same things he told us. He was able to share a story he didn't have time to share at the mission conference, though. It was an amusing little story about some turkeys that wanted to fly like eagles. They found a school that would teach them, practiced and studied hard, and at last demonstrated to their teacher that they could do it! They graduated with full honors, got their diplomas- and then walked home. Anyway, the point of the story is that we can't just know something, but we have to act on it. We have to change our behaviors because of what we know. Afterward, we got to attend a little girl's baptism. Such a special day.
This week is going to be bike week. Prayers for safety and strength would be appreciated, as usual. :)
Love y'all!
Sister Reay
We got the group picture from seeing Elder Cook! I might be able to send the Elder Zeballos one next week. I am in the fifth row middle, wearing glasses, a pink shirt, and black cardigan. My companion Sister Hill is the one with brown hair just above me.
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