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Companion: Hermana Perry
Another week, another email. This week was super crazy and SUPER hot, but it was also really cool. We were able to see a lot of miracles. I think that I am just starting to get to the part of my mission where everything starts to go by really fast, because I can't even believe that everything has gone by so fast.
Speaking of the
heat, I looked at the weather on the missionary website and it said that
it was going to be about 110 degrees for the rest of the week. I heard
that some parts of the missions are just randomly catching on fire. One
part of our area was actually part of a pretty bad wild fire, but it is
about 30 minutes away from everything else in our area, so we were
really safe. I think that we will probably be okay in the heat.
Recently, they changed the dress standards for missionaries so we can
wear wide brimmed hats, so Hermana Perry and I went out last P day and
bought some sombreros. It has completely revolutionized our street
contacting. We actually have a lot of our appointments for the next
couple of days set up for when it is going to be blazing hot, so I guess
that the Lord has been blessing us in more ways than one.
In the spirit of companionship unity (and also because our apartment is really hot at night and we were getting tired of wearing our pajama pants to bed. . .) Hermana Perry and I decided to get matching nighties! Here are a couple of pictures that we took of them in our excitement!
It
is so interesting to be in Bakersfield for the summer. We have been
getting so many grapes from the people that we talk to that work in the
fields. I don't know how I ever survived without eating so many grapes!
During the days, all of the streets are pretty dead and everyone asks us
why we are out walking in the heat. When it cools down at night,
everyone comes out and every street is a giant party. We see mariachi
bands practicing and people practicing for their fancy party dances.
This
week, we decided as a district to work on finding new people to teach.
As part of that, we were doing a district fast. All week long, at least
one companionship in the district was fasting at any given point. I have
really gained a strong testimony of fasting on my mission. We were able
to find a lot of cool people in the last couple of weeks.
One
of the things that has also been helping us to find more people to
teach is that we have started walking. . . a lot! Following our mission
president's advice to use our car like a bus, we have been parking our
car at least half a mile away from all of our plans and walking to them.
It has made a huge difference. We talk to so many more people.
On
Tuesday, we were about to go back to lunch after walking around all
morning. Right when we got next to the car, we decided that we should
try to knock on one more car. No one answered the door, so we were going
to go back to our car when a guy walked out of his house and called out
to us. We started talking to him and he was super cool. He learned a
lot about religion and the Bible while he was in prison. We ended up
talking to him for a long time. When we finished talking, he asked us if
we could come by the next day. We were able to stop by again the next
morning and we had another lesson. It went really well.
One
night, we passed by an old man's house. We were talking to him and he
said that he was a little busy at that moment but that he would love for
us to pass by again. Most of the time, that is the signal that we
aren't wanted there, but we set up a time to stop by again. When we went
back for the return appointment, we weren't very hopeful, but when we
knocked on the door, he opened it right up and we were able to have a
really good lesson with him again.
We worked a
ton this week, and we were able to see a lot of miracles in our area. We
were really able to see the hand of the Lord and many prayers were
answered. I love working with the people in this area. They are so
loving and they always want to help us out! I am so glad that I get to
help them to receive the Gospel in their lives!
I hope that you all have a good week and that you are able to stay cool!
Hermana Blau
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