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| We had a cookie bakeoff for our district activity, and these were our contribution. |
Companion: Hermana White
This was a pretty good week. We were able to help and teach a lot of people and I could see the hand of the Lord in our work.
This
week, it started to get cold. I am sure that you all would laugh at me
back home for being such a wuss when it comes to the temperatures. It
gets to be in the fifties during the night time and I start to shiver
even though I have my big coat on. I feel like we have been praying all
summer for the cold to come and now that it is here, we will start
praying for the heat. It does make it easier to feel like the holidays
are coming around. Many of the Spanish speaking people down here leave
their Christmas lights up on their house year round, but they have
finally started to turn them on and Arvin is turning into a little
winter wonderland.
One fun story from Arvin.
Because Arvin is just a little town, it is really easy to see a lot of
strange things going around. For example: We had just finished praying
in our car before leaving for an appointment when we looked up and saw a
man on a bicycle making his way in our direction. The closer he got,
the more strange he looked. The man was shirtless and covered in
tattoos. What we thought was a helmet on his head actually turned out to
be a tee shirt wound as a turban. He was holding something in his hand.
Right before he passed by our car, we realized that it was a live (and
rather surprised) chicken. After he passed, Hermana White and I just
stared at each other in shock, trying to process what happened. There is
nothing like missionary work to let you see just a little of all of the
strange things that people do in their free time.
We
had some more exchanges this week. On Tuesday, I was feeling a little
bit of dejavu (I don't know how to spell that word, so I hope you can
tell what it means! :)) because I went down to Buena Vista again with
Hermana Zambrano. It felt like I was coming back from really long
exchanges with Hermana White and returning to my actual area. We were
able to work in the area and visit a couple of the hermanas's new
investigators. It was bizarre!
We have been
having a lot of spontaneous service opportunities this week. Last
Monday, we were finishing our grocery shopping in Walmart when we met an
old lady who was shopping for her Thanksgiving meal. After we were
finished paying for our things, we asked if she needed help taking her
things out to her car. She said that she did, so we left to help. She
didn't really remember where she had parked, so we ran around the
parking lot until we were able to locate her car and we put all of her
groceries inside. She was super sweet and thanked us. She told us that
she was praying that she would find someone nice to help her out.
Service is super sweet!
Later this week, we
were doing some street contacting in a residential area. We hadn't
really talked to anyone that was super cool, so we were about to head
back to our car and go somewhere else. Right before we got there, we saw
a door and felt like we should knock on it. After we had done so, a
lady opened up and started talking to us. She was being a little short
with us and was trying to tell us that she wasn't interested when I
said, "We felt inspired by God to be in this area and we felt
specifically inspired to knock on your door. We don't know what our
purpose is here, but we would like to share a message with you." After
that, the lady opened up the door and invited us in. She actually ended
up being really cool and we were able to teach her the entire
Restoration. It was a real testimony builder to me that God really does
inspire us and sends us to the people who need to hear from us.
Well,
that is just about it for the week. Things are going well down here in
Arvin and we are seeing lots of miracles. We are working with lots of
cool people and they are progressing really well. It is so amazing to be
able to see the Atonement at work in people's lives and to help them to
learn about the happiness that comes through Christ. I love being a
missionary. I hope that you all have a good week and that you have a
happy Thanksgiving!
Hermana Blau
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| Hermana Luquette's reaction to our cookies. |
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