So had kind of a rough week...I got bit by a dog...TWICE. Then
sprained my ankle... HA! Kidding Sister Barnes Sr. But I understand the
whole hating dogs thing. Everyone and their dog has a dog in Texas (Ha.
See what I did there?). People only open the doors a crack because they
don't want to let the dogs out. I hate all the dogs in the whole
woooorld. (Nacho Libre anyone? Yes? Yes? No? Moving on.)
I have decided I am the worst street contacter ever and I wish you
could all be present to see it. So once this past week, this couple was
walking by so I was like "HiiOWWWW!!!" and I rolled my ankle, fell, and
then tumbled down a hill. Okay, maybe I just rolled my ankle, but I'm
pretty sure the couple thought I was crazy. My goal is to start jogging
with joggings and try to tell them about the restoration. If they don't
stop, I'll just throw a Book of Mormon at their face. Ha ha ha funny
thing is...you all think I'm joking.. But with practice and the help of
the Lord, I will become a better street contacter!
We had zone conference this past week. I love President Sagers!! He
kind of reminds me of Dad because he has the "suck it up" kind of
personality and I LOVE IT! No offense, but all us missionaries need to
suck it up sometimes. Just sayin'. We get a new president this July!
Thanks for telling me a little about him Mom! I really was praying that
it would be President and Connie Porter but my new president looks
pretty cool too. :) They truly are called of God!
OKAY, I don't understand. All the members here know where Morgan
is. The Texans know where Morgan, Utah is. Utahns don't even know where
Morgan, Utah is!!! So I've found a lot of cool connections with the
members and with the other missionaries here. It's a small world when
you're a Mormon! Ha ha :) The members are so nice here! And generally
the Texans are too! But there are about a thousand MILLION different
denominations here. Everyone has such strong faith which is amazing, but
hard at the same time. But I love TEXAS!!!
I love my trainer Sister Perkins! I probably put her in a negative
light last week which should not have been done because I love her. :) I
do wish we could work harder though, but she gets migraines daily so it
kind of slows us down. But she likes to work hard. I just know that me,
Sister Barnes Jr, could work harder. :)
Funny story. We have a walking day every week, but we don't exactly
live in our area so we walk three hours there and three hours back. So
I could feel I had a couple blisters, but it's whatever right? I get a
blister everytime I wear shoes! But we get home and I take my shoes off
and it was like..."ewwww..." I had thirteen new blisters.... A man who
saw my blisters thought it was frostbite...Ha ha. Then I didn't do
anything about it, so they got bigger. After a couple days, I finally
put bandaids on them...so they calmed down. But our walking day is in a
couple days, so hopefully they don't keep growing! But before Mom calls
the mission home... I'm fine! I get blisters all the time, so they
really don't effect me! :) No one ever died from a few little blisters!
:)
MARY- did you like my title? I'm so clever sometimes... So Mary is
actually someone we tracted into one of our first days. She turned us
away. But so do a lot of people! After about ten minutes of knocking on
other people's doors, I got the feeling that we needed to go back to
that lady's house. Saaay whaaa?? But I couldn't shake the feeling.
Sister Perkins even asked if I was okay because the feeling just took
over my mind. I am so ashamed to say it, but we didn't go back to the
house. NEVER DO THAT! ALWAYS follow those promptings! I am such a
terrible missionary sometimes! But I hardly slept night...I just
couldn't get that lady's face out of my mind!!! So the next day, I was
impressed to write her a letter. I don't even remember what I said. It
was very simple and all I did was testify of the restoration. But the
important thing is that I was being guided by the spirit and wrote
exactly what she needed to hear. So we went back to her house and I gave
her the letter with our number on it if she needed anything. She texted
back that night! She thanked me dearly for the letter and said "Thank
you for listening to Jesus. I needed to know he loves me." She's texts
us everyday since and came to church with us!..and it just happened to
be fast sunday and I just happened to bear my testimony and teach sunday
school! wink wink. Ha ha we haven't been able to meet with her to teach
her at all though. But last night, she texted me and said that she
remembered she had a Book of Mormon in her couch cushions (she
apparently has investigated the church before!!!) and she pulled it out
last night and is reading it! What in the world?!?! But I love this
white haired lady Mary. She is so sweet and I truly believe that she is
ready to receive this gospel. But what if I hadn't knocked on her door
again? What if I completely ignored that prompting that I felt? We would
have completely missed her. God is preparing people! We must be
obedient and follow the spirit and God will help us find those people!
Oh how my testimony has grown since I've been out here...and it's only
been a month! How great our God is!
I hope all is well at home! I hope you are surviving Dad and I hope
Grandpa is okay! and I hope Mother can find time to relax now that I'm
gone!
This church is so true and I love it! It makes me soo happy
everyday! We all NEED this gospel! God is our Father! Christ is our
Savior! Joseph Smith restored the true church! Thomas S. Monsen in a
prophet called of God! The Book of Mormon is the word of God! I love you
all!
Peace and blessins...peace and blessins...
Love,
Sister Barnes JR
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