So a couple days after Sister Wood got
here, she was cooking breakfast for herself and the skillet she was
using got super hot and she needed to move it (she was telling me this
story after it happened) so she said she grabbed the nearest thing to
push the pan over--well, that "nearest thing" happened to be a roll of
paper towels. Can you guess what happened next? Yep. It caught fire.
Luckily she was right next to the sink and was able to put it out before
coming in the other room laughing to tell me. It reminded me of when I
was in training in Albany and I was cooking and lit the pan on fire.
Like mother like daughter ;) Sometimes we have the greatest stories...
hahaha. I love Sister Wood she keeps me entertained!
This
week was really good though! We were in a grocery store contacting some
people, just trying to introduce the gospel to them. I wanted Sister
Wood to take the lead to learn and she really is outgoing and does super
well teaching with me, but she was nervous to approach people. But
there was a lady she pointed out and said I could go talk to her, haha.
She was wearing scrubs so I went up and started talking to her about her
job and one thing led to another and it was a super good conversation!
Her name is Angie and we have an appointment with her tomorrow evening.
I'm really excited it went so well and we are definitely looking for
people who sincerely want to learn! My kid's got a good eye ;)
Ready
for the best news ever?! So we've been going over to try and teach Joey
and he's been sick and in bed a lot, so we've been visiting with his
parents, Edgar and Elizabeth. We usually only share things from the
Bible because "they're Baptist" and they always pull away when we try
and say anything else. However, I've had a talk by Elder Bednar called
"Bear Up Their Burdens With Ease" I've been carrying around for a while
that I've wanted to share with Joey. He was in bed the last time we
visited and I decided to just share it with Edgar and Elizabeth since I
had it and wanted to use it. I hadn't read over it recently so as we
were reading it started talking about Alma in the Book of Mormon and I
got a little nervous. But, we'd already started. So we kept going and
when we finished Elizabeth was like "I have a question. Who is Alma? I
picked up your Mormon book the other day and started reading and I
didn't know who Alma was." What?! SHE READ FROM THE BOOK OF MORMON! A
Southern Baptist! Ah I was soooo happy!!!! She just opened up to a
random page in the middle and started reading so of course she didn't
understand who Alma was, but we explained the story the talk was talking
about and it was just so awesome. This is why you never ever give up on
people--I've known Elizabeth since September/October and we've been
able to teach a few different things, but she totally pushed away from
hearing the gospel that we share--until just a couple days ago. Now I
don't want to rule out the possibility of her getting baptized in this
life because I know that things are in God's hands and He can do
whatever He wants. :) It was such a miracle though, what a wonderful
day.
We also saw Landon and his mom Charlyse
this week, and Landon's little brother, Lockland. Landon is 11 and is an
investigator. He's been having a rough time with family relationships
and such and this week we taught them about Lehi's dream. I know you
learn something new every day because the meaning of Lehi's dream really
hit me hard this time. We were able to make the connection of how
Charlsye is like Lehi, who has gone through so much in her life but
wants to cling to the Church and God's love and because she really does
know what that "fruit" tastes like, she desires all of her kids to
partake of it. The kids are kind of rebelling but we talked to Landon
about how they're a team-how we're a team. We're on one team, God's
team, and we are all fighting against the same opponent: Satan. We can't
fight against each other because we ARE a TEAM and we NEED to work
TOGETHER. We played a "unity" game the next night where the five us of
stood in a circle and criss-crossed arms and then had to untangle
ourselves. It was a good game to show teamwork and we had a lot of fun
with it :) It was the night we talked about Lehi's dream that I was so
lost in my own mind, hardly able to concentrate on everyone in the room.
All I could think about, with everything that is going on with this
family, was how much I loved them and how I honestly did not know how to
help them. There are a lot of hard things they are going through and I
know they have to figure a lot of things out for themselves but I want
to help them. That night once again taught me that being a missionary is
not easy. I'm grateful that it isn't because there is no growth or
strength without struggle, but I really do know that I need my Heavenly
Father and my Savior. Without Them, I am nothing. I know They will
provide, and that everything works out when you love people the way our
Heavenly Father and our Savior do. Sometimes you don't realize how much
you are capable of loving people, and how much your heart will grown and
expand. I wouldn't trade this experience for anything in the universe.
All
in all it was a pretty good week. Also, Heavenly Father answers
prayers. I already knew that, but He showed me once again that He cares
about even the little things. This week I lost my tag--the actual tag
and that magnet that holds it on. How anyone loses both pieces I have no
idea, but I found it. I had lost it in a member's car and the magnet
piece outside of her car when we helped her grocery shop. But after many
prayers, it was found and I am wearing it again :) Haha. I'm glad I
have two tags though :) But Heavenly Father really does hear and answer
us. If you don't know it for yourself, find out! :)
There
is so much to look forward to in my area and I'm so excited for the
next couple months here! February and March will be crazy but I am so
excited for it all :)
I hope all is well back
home, wherever you all may be! Thank you for the support and prayers,
y'all are in my prayers as well! Love you!!!
Love,
Sister Applegate
Sister Wood trying to burn our house down....
District Meeting/Funeral for Elder Greene and Sister Thomas
A rap written by a 9 year old :) Made me smile!
Quote I liked :)
District Meeting/Funeral for Elder Greene and Sister Thomas
Rachelle and I
Jean and I
Carolyn and I
Sister
Turner (my trainer) wrote me and the APs had to forward it so they had
to black out some of what she wrote, so Elder Poti rewrote what she
wrote on the envelope onto a post-it note. Can you guess what he may
have added? He is the funniest!! Gotta get clever to get him 20 "bucks"
:)
Me with Vonda, William and Patricia. William is so petite and fragile but I just love him!
Preston and I
Me with a cute little kid named Matthew
"Another one bites the dust!" Sister Thomas returned home with honor!
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