Howdy yall!! I can't believe that we are in week 5/6 of this transfer. The time has just flown. Where has it gone?! To serving the Lord.
Fun fact: There's this family history app on familysearch.org and our mission has a little group in it and it turns out that Elder Barlow, one of the zone leaders, is my 4th cousin. It was fun to see who all and how I am related to a lot of the missionaries out here. Elder Schinn, who's from Korea, wasn't related to anyone...BUT!! I found out today that Caleb was his zone leader in the MTC! Way cool :)
Monday wasn't too eventful.
Tuesday we seriously biked like 10 miles or more. Sis Niedert doesn't believe it but I think we did. We went to the Library to look up a bunch of names and then to go and visit people we didn't know. That night we went to Blythe's house for dinner. It was EXCELLENT!! Her grandma sent her with a bunch of food and i had the best apple-cobbler I've ever tasted (even if it was a tiny bit bad for me).
Wednesday we went to the library with the Elders to go through orientation so that we can volunteer here! It will be lots of fun!! We had lunch with Melane and then after Laci took us to go and to visit Bishop Park in the CS2 ward. Next transfer we will be covering both areas.
Thursday we FINALLY got to do a FULL weekly planning. It was SO great! That afternoon we got to practice teaching the plan of salvation to Sarah. Sis Niedert and I are finally starting to get into the groove of teaching together and how we each teach.
Friday we had district meeting and then it got moved from the institute to the stake center. At the stake center, it got interrupted. Some members asked us to help move boxes out of the bishops storehouse truck. It was great either way!. That afternoon we had a lesson with Rong! She's so great! We taught her the Plan of Salvation and she accepted it. She really saw how God is really merciful and how he provides a place for each of us. She also accepted a baptismal date for July. We are SO excited!
Saturday we made a lot of phone calls. That night we went to a Vietnamese place with a couple members. It was REALLY yum!! We went finding that night and found a possible new investigator! I'm just super excited about this area. It's so great!!
Sunday we set up appointments to start teaching about 4 different Chinese girls. It is so great to be able to teach someone about God and Jesus Christ. I never knew that just teaching someone about them could bring so much change. Rong invited her friend to church. She told one of her fellow-shippers that "[She] just [wants] her to have the same experiences [she is] having"...HOW COOL IS THAT!!! THAT is true conversion!!
Today we are going to do a million different things....at least we hope to. :).
Keep Moving Forward!!
--Sister Carling
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