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| Kissing a crawdad! |
Six weeks ago I was exhausted, dazed, excited, nervous, and ready to start on my crazy 18 month journey. I have made through one whole transfer! Woohoo! Seriously though, it does go by fast. It seems like I just got to Mississippi and now I am a true Greenville-ian!
Sis. White and I had a great weekly planning session on Saturday and since
Sunday we have been getting up on time every day! We also went tracting for an
hour today even though it was our P-day. Not trying to brag, but we were pretty
proud of ourselves. ;) We are determined to get our 7 hours of tracting this
week! Yesterday we had a fantastic day! It was Pre-Transfer Day of Service so
we had the wonderful opportunity of deep cleaning our apartment and our car. It
felt so good! Everything is clean and we also were able to update the area
book. We are on a roll! We also taught some incredible lessons last night! So
last night Bro. Johns, our ward mission leader, came out with us. We first went
to go see a potential that we had a return appointment with, but when we got
there he wasn't feeling well so we ended up teaching the guy who answered the
door. His name is Harold and he is a very nice and quiet man. We taught him
part of the Plan of Salvation and committed him to baptism! It was so perfect
having Bro. Johns there. Don't ever forget the impact you can have as members.
Then we went and taught Toni and her husband. I don't think I have
mentioned them. We met Toni while tracting.....she was coming out of her garage
and we accidentally scared her, but she still let us come in and share a
Christmas message with her! We met with her and her husband two Mondays ago and
taught the whole Restoration. Her husband, Alvester, is very religious and very
faithful, but to our surprise he listens to our lessons. They are so golden!
Last night we reviewed the Restoration and they both said they would study the
Book of Mormon. I just pray that they will know it is true. They are such a
strong family. We need them in our ward and in our church. We meet with them
next Monday so we will see what happens!
We finished off the evening with going to see Kyah. Oh my goodness! I just
love Kyah and her mom to pieces! None of our investigators have been coming to
church....that is the hardest thing here. But the first thing Kyah and Rose
told us when we got there was that they are going to make it to church. They
have been busy with the holidays. I just can't get over the Spirit that is in
their home. Kyah and Rose both always light up when we see them. I know that
when they come to church the ward will just eat them up. :)
On Sunday I was the ward pianist! Bro. Johns called right before church and
asked if I could play the organ in sacrament meeting. To be honest, even though
I have kind of been taught to play the organ, I had no idea what I was doing.
It was rough, but I survived! I am actually going to practice the organ when I
am done emailing. I also got to play the piano in primary! It made my day
getting to be with the little kids.
Oh guess what? So on Sunday before we went tracting we said a prayer and
Sis. White prayed that we would find a couple who will one day prepare to make
temple covenants. Well, we knocked on a door and an older man answered and we
asked if we could share a message with him. He hesitated but eventually let us
in. We started to talk to him and his wife and (because of the Spirit) our
message took an unexpected turn towards temples. We started telling them about
how we have temples on earth today and that through the power of God we can be
sealed with our families for eternity. We barely got through anything then the
wife needed to go. We made a return appointment at a time they could both be
there. Perfect! So we left and a while
later as we were walking down the street the wife pulled over in her car and
asked us a question about temples and said she would see us on Wednesday. Holy
cow! We totally made her think and then left a cliff hanger! Our prayer was
completely answered! We are going to have Amy Turley, a member of the ward who
was recently married in the temple, go with us.
So pumped! I hope all goes well.
Keep working hard, keep studying the scriptures, and keep laughing! Oh and
guess what again? Today we went to the Jim Henson Museum! He is the guy who
created the Muppets! SO COOL!! It was so much fun. I will send pictures. :) I
love y'all SO MUCH!!!!
Love, Sister Fry
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| Sister Fry at the Jim Henson Museum |
Hi Sister Fry, I just was added to your blog list. Libby told your Mom to add me to your list. You are in an area that is familiar to me as my Uncle and his family used to live there. I enjoyed reading your blog the two times I have read it. Take care of yourself and know that youoo are in my thoughts and prayers. Donna Mustaine (Libby's Mom)
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