Dear family!
Another great week in Clinton, MS. Things are going well and I am definitely learning a lot. We have a few new investigators and people we are working with. Progress of these people is definitely exciting and we are working really hard to help them make steps toward baptism.
For some reason it has started to get really hot down here. We did not have a very cold winter so here we go bugs! Just when it started getting nice it gets humid again. It sure is beautiful here though..
This week i have a few stories for ya'll..
So.. do ya'll remember that lady I talked about back in February? We wanted to go to her shop because it looked so cute in the inside ( yes..purses and jewelery). So we called the number and we were able to go do service for her? ( long story short..?) Well we haven't been able to catch her or see her for weeks! Finally the other night it was about 8:00pm and sister Aebischer and I had just gotten back from the ward cook-off camp-out thing. People had found bugs on them and we had just had it..smelled like smoke..you know. So we decided to call it a night and go plan and study ( we get an additional hour of study for training for 12 weeks). About this time sister A decided she really wanted a pizza, yet every time she would call in to order it they would put her on hold, she would get impatient and hang up. So we decided to just go over there and order it. It just so happens that the pizza place is next store to the shop of the lady we were telling you about! The lights were on so we stopped in to saw hello and see how she was doing. Come to find out she was there because they were blowing up balloons for a race that was taking place the next morning in Jackson. They had ordered 200 balloons from her and they were in there getting the order ready. So we got to help her blow up balloons. I got up the courage and asked her if she would be interested at having us over and we could teach her more about our church. Her answer scared me for a second then I was so excited..she said " No! I told ya'll.. I'd love to have ya'll over. We'll make dinner for ya too!". I bout had a heart attack. This woman is amazing!
So we get to talkin with her and it turns out she is having to move to a different location ( much bigger space!) and she was going to paint it the next day. So we volunteered to go help paint!
The next day the elders and us ( we needed lots of help) went over and helped her paint her shop. We still have more painting to do but it was such a great chance to talk with her more about the gospel. She asked us so many more gospel questions and about different things we believe. She is coming to church this coming Sunday. We are really excited. Tomorrow we are going back to help her paint some more and on Wednesday we are getting the elders from Vicksburg ( who will be here for district meeting) and the zone-leaders here in Clinton to help her move heavy furniture. She wont let us sisters do it because she says we have to " bear children" one day. lol She is awesome! We are working on getting some good fellowship for her right now. Just keep praying she will progress.
Next story.. do ya'll remember that family that ran from us? well.. they never told us not to come back..so we went back yesterday afternoon. We were visiting the family in our ward that lives on their street and the wife walked down with us to meet the people. The couple that we met originally would not come to the door because they were "sleeping"..but we were able to meet another person that lives in that house. As we speak there are three copies of the Book of Mormon in that home. One of them is bound to be read! lol. yet another prayer..
We have another investigator that..well do you remember me tellin ya'll about the lady we gave the church tour too and who received a blessing from the bishop?.. well we saw her Monday..and then we went with her to help out at her church on Tuesday night.(we brought a member with us.. best part..she wore her bright yellow mormon helping hands shirt! oh yeah!).. Let me tell you.. I have never felt so unwanted in a church before in my life. We showed interest in wanting to help out and fill food orders ( they do this on Tuesday nights there) and I got a response from a lady at the church telling us that they get enough help from their people. Please do not take this as me saying anything bad about other churches. They are good people. It just amazed me how much of an oxymoron it was.. They have to be nice to us because we are in their church..but yet they want so badly to kick us out. go figure.. The sad part about this story was is that we currently cannot get a hold of our investigator. I am really worried that the church people told her that she couldn't talk to us anymore or shed loose her calling there. Everything will work out. ( I have included a picture of me and a lady i met there..she collects canes and decorates them..awesome!)
So Wednesday the magnolia sisters came up because we had a temple square sister going back..and one coming! So sister VanRoosendaal was with us in Clinton for a while. It was really great to see her again. I have included a picture of the new sister from temple square..sister Platt..pretty sure she is from England. She was very nice and has been out about a year. One thing that is really cool about being here in Clinton..Is pres and sister tucker say its kind of like being the sister assistants.. gotta love it. Sister Tucker is really funny and keeps sayin.."If she were an elder She would be an assistant..or very least a zone leader.." Don't know why she would say that..but I thought it was funny. It means a lot that they trust me. I just hope that I can continue to do a good job.
Well that is pretty much it on the week. Things are going great and I am learning lots! Thank you for your prayers and support.
Love, Sister Urie
Southernism: "I'm a red letter Christian" ( we ran into this lady tractin..she said that she was a red letter christian. i had never heard this term before..she said If its in red and he said it..i do it.) hm.. right on..lol. to that i replied come follow me! lol
Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-2 'one of my new favorite scriptures! let us with patience run the race that is set before us.'
Tracting tips: Uno penny!
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