I hope everyone had a good General Conference weekend! I sure did!
Update on our week and our investigators:
Amy Gandy- We had a wonderful lesson with her on Tuesday. We haven't been able to help her understand that we're trying to build her foundation in the Gospel before we answer her obscure questions about the president bombing other countries and such. I took a poster board and glued a leaf-less tree on it. The trunk of the tree says "Jesus Christ" and each branch is a foundational lesson that we teach. As we have lessons with her and as she learns concepts or asks questions, we write them on a leaf and put them on the tree. It a way of helping her see how much she is progressing and showing her that we will answer her questions, but we need to always remember the foundation that her questions go back to. She really liked it. I felt kind of cheesy when I presented it to her, but she really understood it. We've talked a lot about comparing faith to a seed and growing our tree of knowledge, so I thought it was very apropos.
We got a new investigator named Melissa Yates. She is a young woman in the air force and she met with the missionaries in Texas before she came here. She is WONDERFUL and I've already grown to love her after just one week! She really likes the church, but is waiting to receive an answer from Heavenly Father about the truth of our message. She came to the Relief Society broadcast and all 4 sessions of GC this weekend. We're meeting with her again tonight. I'm really excited.
Funny story. Well actually, a really DUMB story. (Mom and dad, stop reading after this point!) I went out on splits with the Relief Society president and we were driving past the library at like 8:00, so it was super dark. I saw a man crash his bicycle, so I had her turn around so we could check and see if he was okay. He was pretty scraped up, so we gave him some bandages from her first-aid kit. He told us his name is Doug and he lives in the overhang in front of the library. He was on his way to scavenge for some food, so I gave him a granola bar and told him I would bring him some food on another day. He thanked us and we went on our way. The next night, my companion and I were given a pizza and we were driving past the library (again at 8:00 so it was dark and no one was around). I told her to pull in to the parking lot because I wanted to give Doug the pizza. So we go over there and I approach the overhang. I see something like 5 homeless men who have been drinking and have a big dog come out. I STILL didn't think. I walk a little closer and ask if Doug is there and he comes out and I gave him the pizza. "Like I promised I would!" He thanked me and then I got in the car and we drove away. It wasn't until I got back in the car that I realized just how DUMB that was. I can laugh at myself now because I wasn't harmed, but I will not be doing that again!
Anyway, I'm including a Mormon Message this week. It makes me cry everytime I watch it. No exaggeration. It's kind of embarrassing.
I love everyone. The mail box was kind of empty this week. I'll try to hand write more letters.
Love,
Sister McElderry
One more thing:
I made a birthday cake for a less active man we visit (the son of Brother Chief). He turned 31. I tried to put "31!" in lemon heads on the cake, but I mixed up which direction 3 goes!
I didn't realize it until I finished.
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