| Sister Fry, investigators, and Sister Boehula
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Hello family,
This week was a great week! Sis. Boehula and I got down to business to
defeat the huns! (family joke referring to song
from Mulan) Huah! I am just going to go through each day.
Wednesday - We went to St. Vincent's in the morning and then had DDM
(district meeting) right after that. Greenwood got changed so now we are the
only set of sisters in our district. It went surprisingly fast without all the
other crazy sisters! Ha! In the afternoon we went tracting and contacted a
referral. We ended up giving the referral a Book of Mormon and she is now a new
investigator. In the evening we had correlation and then drove to Cleveland
with the Morrills. Can I just say that it is pretty stressful leading the area?
I feel very confident in it, but there is just a lot more I have to think
about. My mind is always going!
Thursday - Awesome day! We went to Sis. Solomon's in the morning where we
had breakfast and did our studies. Sweet Sis. Solomon gave us some money to buy
lunch. We had lunch on Delta State campus and then met with Al who is a less
active, but he is becoming way more active and his family is planning on getting
sealed in March!! He is such an amazing kid! We talked about the Priesthood
with him and committed him to prepare to use his Priesthood and learn how to
pass the sacrament. Then we went tracting with Hannah, taught her a lesson, and
then went on splits with Brooklyne and Hannah. We found several potentials and
have a few appointments for this Thursday! Woohoo! Then in the evening we went
with Sis. Solomon to see a less active sister Ruleville. Oh my goodness!!! Her
name is Jennifer, her husband is a doctor, and she has the most gorgeous house
I have ever seen!! As soon as we got there she gave us cookies that she had
made, made us hot chocolate and told us to make ourselves right at home! Her
husband served a mission, she is a convert, and they were married in the
temple. It has just been within these last two years that they haven't been
coming to church. So sad. :( She is a wonderful lady and she let me play her
grand piano. :) Right before we left she gave us a tour of her house because
they had just finished remodeling it. Their master bedroom has a toilet that is
motion sensored and the lid comes up when you walk by it. The toilet seat is
heated, warm air blows at your feet, and it has Bluetooth so you can listen to
music while you are doing your business! She said she got it for her
birthday....haha! Then we went out to eat with Sis. Solomon and her husband and
they drove us home. I truly love Sis. Solomon with all my heart! She is such an
incredible woman and is so dedicated to the work of the Lord. I know I can
always turn to her for anything. :)
Friday - I went to my doctor appointment. For the rest of the day we had an
intense weekly planning session, did some tracting, and were supposed to have a
lesson with Jackie, but then she bailed on us. Kind of frustrating....
Saturday - We woke up at 5am and went to help our ward with the Greenville
Marathon! So much fun! We went with Sis. Hughes and helped set up the signs,
the water, the tent, etc. It was a great way to bond with the ward and do
service at the same time. We were there until about noon and then we went home
and took a nap because we were so tired. After that we met with Cynthia (who is
a recent convert - she was baptized in California) and her husband Steve. It
was wonderful! We got to answer some of Steve's questions and then we committed
them to come to church. I absolutely love Cynthia! I am sad because they are
moving to Arizona in a week, but it will be a good change for them. We had a
great time tracting in the evening! Cool experience - we needed some more Books
of Mormon so we decided to walk back to our car and do our last 10 minutes of
tracting right by our car. As we were walking back, we noticed an older
gentleman just hanging out under his carport. I waved to him, but then we kept
walking. As soon as we passed the house I felt like we needed to go back and
talk to him. So I said that to Sis. Boehula and immediately she turned around -
she had felt the same thing. We went back, talked with him, shared a message,
gave him a Book of Mormon, and set a return appointment. The Spirit is real! It
is always the coolest thing when I have a thought and then my companion has the
exact same thought. Talk about companionship unity. :)
To finish our Valentine's Day we passed out cards while walking through
Walmart, grabbed some Wendy's and ate our dinner while we watched Legacy (since
that is as close to a chick-flick as we can get :)).
Sunday - We had ward council at 8am and then church. Guess what? Cynthia
and Steve came! It was so great! I was so excited they finally made it! We knew
Cynthia was going to come, but we weren't sure about Steve. Steve didn't like
it so much since we don't clap or sing praises or anything....kind of funny. In
Relief Society we had a great lesson out of the Ezra Taft Benson book. It was
on finding joy even when you are going through trials. A scripture that I
really liked was D&C 121:7-8: "My son, peace be unto thy soul; thine
adversity shall be but a small moment; And then, if thou endure it well, God
shall exalt thee on high; thou shalt triumph over all thy foes." I love
this because it truly does bring peace to my soul. Things have been hard
lately, but I know that our afflictions will be only a small moment, especially
when we think about eternity. We then read through the last verse of Scatter
Sunshine. Read the hymns! There is so much truth that you can receive by
reading the hymns!
After church we had a memorial service for a member of the ward who passed
away from cancer. He was only 39 years old. It was a beautiful service. I
played the piano for it which was neat. We got to have some food they were
serving and then we went tracting. We tracted into a Jehovah's Witness couple
and their friends. They invited us in and they were really nice. The entire
time I felt at peace, I felt like I was able to answer their questions and my
testimony of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints grew. We then went
to the Turley's for dinner and had a good lesson with Dennell.
At the end of the night we added up our numbers and we had gotten 7 hours
of tracting and placed 14 Book of Mormons (the standard of excellence is 5). It
really was a successful week because we planned well and were determined to
reach our goals. Oh and guess what? The Elders ran into Jeremy who is
Roneisha's boyfriend and he started to talk to them and said he read some of
the Book of Mormon and got an answer that it is true! Hooray! We will hopefully
meet with them this week!
I am doing really well. I am super tired and my back hurts and I have bug
bites up the wazoo, but I feel truly happy. I have learned so much while being
out here. Sis. Boehula is a wonderful companion! She is a very hard worker! She
is very quiet so we don't talk a ton, but it's alright. I have never truly
understood how you can tell someone is humble until I heard Sis. Boehula pray.
She gives the most sincere and meaningful prayers I have ever heard. It is
pretty incredible. She has an incredible story.
Alright, I hope I answered everybody's questions. There was a lot to talk
about! Thank you for your love and support! I love you so much and know that I
miss you everyday!
Love, Sister Fry
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