Hey Everyone!
Okay so the tender mercies this
week is how well it went! We worked hard and we were able to hit beyond
the standards of excellence. We were able to teach 31 lessons! receive 7
referrals and contact 7. We found 2 new investigators, and we had 4
investigators at church! It was awesome!
We have an investigator that is really struggling. Every
time he drinks really bad things happen. The first time we knocked on
his door, he was all cut up. The next time he's not there, he is in the
ICU. He fell and hit his head. He was so blessed to be alive. We went to
the hospital on Sunday
to go see him. That was the day he was scheduled to get baptized, but
he dropped it because he wants to get tattoos. Members must have talked
to him about that. I know he will be baptized one day. He is thinking
about it still. The sad thing is, he is moving to Washington :/ I'm sad,
but it's a blessing because he has family members there that are
members of the church. Keep him in your prayers. His name is Allan.
We went to go do service at a potential investigator's
home. The lady was so excited. She let us weed. While we were weeding,
she came out and asked if we wanted to see pictures of her
grandchildren. We said yes and walk over to her. The ONLY picture she
shows us is a picture of her son who is single! She talked up her 36
year old son. haha
I'm seeing more and more blessings coming from the
exchanges. We had a really really hard exchange last week. I was so
frustrated because there was NO faith in the area. They didn't have
faith that they could hit the standards. They kept giving me the, "well
in this area, the members don't help us, we cannot find, blah blah blah"
I found them a new investigator, set up 5 other appointments with
potential investigators, and taught 4 lessons, and they didn't have a
single appointment set up. We had a talk about how much faith does to an
area. They texted us this week and thanked us. They found 3
investigators. I'm so proud of them! They are great missionaries, but
they didn't see the potential the area had. No worries. I don't just
tell missionaries what they should work on. I always compliment, give
improvement, and compliment again :) that's my sandwich of love!
Oh so we had zone meeting this week. The zone leaders
asked us to do a training on social graces. So we had President stand up
in front of everyone and had the group compliment him on everything
that looked nice. President always looks nice because he's a cars
salesman. It means a lot to him that we always look nice. Well I meant
to say "Look how shinny his shoes are!" But I accidentally said, "Look
how shinny his eyes are!" The crowd had a good laugh! Also we had a role
play of how to eat at members homes/ how not to eat. I was the
missionary that didn't eat well and was really rude. I ate an apple
really really obnoxiously. Juice was flying everywhere. It was really
funny. I thought I was going to choke, because I was trying to talk with
a huge piece of apple in my mouth. Everyone was in shock and laughing.
We went on exchanges. I was with Hermana Encarnacion! Oh I love that girl. But not enough to let her use my tooth brush. haha.
President invited Sister Hatch and I to come to a meeting with him and the President's Assistants tomorrow
morning. He says he wants our opinion for the mission. I'm so grateful
he trusts us to much. He thinks we are the best. Sister Murdock want's
to join us for a day this week. We are excited. I hope it works out.
Well this week was amazing. And we will have another amazing week. I love you so much!
-Sister Gampe
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