Hellooooooo!
This week was much better! President McDonough (the mission president) called Ryan's baptism a "practice baptism." Wasn't that comforting, but I'll take it!
We worked really hard this week teaching lessons and visiting less active members of the church. We had some funny experiences while tracting. We met a man who claimed that our church persecutes people of his faith. I asked him which religion he was a part of (because I was sincerely curious and had no idea what he was referring to) and he said he that was a very personal question and started to slam the door in our faces. As he was slamming the door I shouted "We don't discriminate against anyone. We LOVE everyone!" through the doorway. Maybe that wasn't the most mature response, however I got a little frustrated. I'm not perfect yet.....
We had 2 investigators and 3 less actives we've been working with show up to church on Sunday! That is a pretty dang successful in my book. We have a baptism date set for one of our investigators, Josh. He's 13 and his mom has been less active for several years now. He's nice and really enjoys wednesday night activities. He's making friends really well. Good for him!
Melissa is certain she wants to get baptized. She is going to set a date and talk to her family about it when she goes hom for Christmas. Good for her!
Lilly came to church yesterday and is picking out wedding dresses this week. She wants us to go with her. I told her that all my years of watching "Say Yes to the Dress" will finally pay off for something! She's excited about them getting married. Good for her!
We are having fun as a companionship. Some fun highlights are:
#1- Our new christmas tree and our onesie pajamas! (seriously, they're the best invention EVER). We set the tree up last p-day and listened to Christmas music. My trainee, Sister Armstrong, loves all things Christmas. We're even trying to see if we can go try and share the gospel with the people waiting in line for black friday! They can't loose their spot, so they HAVE to listen to us, right!?
#2- We have been practicing reciting the first vision while another person hums "Joseph Smith's First Prayer" in the background for added impact! We can hardly make it through the first vision without someone breaking character.
#3- We sang all Christmas songs at the retirement home this last week.
#4- We made a competition with our investigator Lilly to see who can make the cheesiest Christmas card. I need ideas! GO!
All joking aside, Heavenly Father definitely blessed us with a productive week to follow up our last week of disappointments. The work never ends, and we don't want it to!
Love,
Sister McElderry
P.S. I keep forgetting to send everyone this link. I'm still not sure how I feel about it..... My former companion, Sister Thomas, made it.
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