This week is transfers, which has everyone at a buzz. If you ask the right people, you can get some pretty good hints as to where you are going. So, Sister Short and I asked the APs, Elders Wood and Obray, and Sister Badger (MP's wife). My hints were 'baby balooka', 'Oreo Os', and 'Mt. Zion Baptist church'. So, what we got from that is that I am staying in Osceola haha! It was a long process to get to that conclusion. But, sadly, we think that Sister Short is moving 3 hours away to Clinton... We'll find out tomorrow though, so stay tuned!
Some of the highlights from last week, Sister Short and I offered to help out at a school carnival at the same time that her past investigator's baptism was (oops), so we went on exchanges with Hermana Tolson and Hermana Esplin. Tolson and I went to the carnival, where we helped kids pop balloons. It was crazy!! We were there for a couple hours, then went back to apartment and sat on the floor in exhaustion. But, we met so many people that I am sure I'll see again ;)
Missionary work has its ups and downs, as most know. Yesterday was one of the 'downs'. Roy slipped again, so he can't get baptized this coming week, and Ulises and Oliver decided to go to a different church, and two other investigators, Mike and Christine, cancelled our appointment with them. We sat on the couch just thinking, well, what now?? But, there are always going to be miracles no matter what happens. And, today is one of those miracle days. It didn't appear so this morning when we woke up to find a layer of ice on everything, but since then it has been great. The other day, Sister Short and I were driving down the road when we saw a lady carrying a ton of bags full of cans, and she wasn't wearing a coat. But, she was smiling at everyone who passed. As it was 20 degrees outside, and super windy, we thought she was insane, but parked and ran down the street to help her anyway. We helped her to her apartment building, then handed her back the bags and a Book of Mormon with our card in it. As it was cold, we then took the trek back to her car, not sure if she was really all too interested. However, we couldn't get Tia off our minds. So, we found our way back to her apartment building and knocked on every door there until we found her. She invited us in, and we talked with her about the Restoration. She told us that it made sense, so we invited her to baptism. She blurted out, "I gotta tell you something." Immediately, we were filled with dread that she would tell us no in some way, but it was quite the opposite. She told us about how she had a hard life, and had been arrested a few times, but had cleaned up, and how baptism was the first thought in her mind in the mornings. But, she hadn't been baptized yet because the churches she had tried weren't true. We wanted to jump up and down for joy!! We assured her that this church was true, and she assured us that as soon as she found that out, she would gladly be baptized. We left that visit being just overwhelmed with the Spirit, and so grateful that we had the opportunity to come and see Tia.
Me and Hermana Tolson at the Statue of Liberty!
Waffles and Butter!! #neverbeenhealthier #jkitsicecream
Destroying the ice on our car this morning
