Sent: Mon 6/24/13 12:00 PM
Hi mom!
How are you?? So today is transfers again! Crazy huh?? Time is flying! I can't believe it's almost been 5 months since I last saw everyone! It's just nuts! Sister Marble and I are staying here in Grants Pass!! And there are going to be two other sets of sisters coming into the zone! That will be nice cause Sis. Marble and I are the only ones in the zone besides the two Senior Couples. Everyone is super great though!
This week was pretty good! We were able to meet with quite a few people!! We met with Ron again but I'm not sure how much he is progressing. He wants to be baptized but he doesn't quite understand the importance of the gospel or baptism. He wants to be baptized because he thinks people will accept him more and because it's on his checklist of religions to be baptized in. He's very intelligent (he has like two bachelor’s degrees and a masters degree?) and he has been studying the LDS religion for the past 6 years so he knows everything he just doesn't really understand. When he prays, he prays to mother earth and everything he says always has to be about the native law... Oh, and he said it has to be a full moon when he gets baptized.. I dunno? Anyway, we were able to meet with Monte and Marlow again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Aaah! I just love them so much! They are seriously the greatest!! We taught them about the restoration of the gospel and they seemed really interested about the priesthood. They have friends that are LDS and also work with some of the people in our ward. After our visit with them, they asked if they could have us over for dinner on the 4th of July so hopefully we'll be able to teach them about the plan of salvation and have their two daughters sit in too!! We have also been meeting with a less active man in our ward. His daughter is staying with him for the summer so we're hoping to be able to teach them both the lessons and maybe even have him baptize her!
We tracted into an excommunicated member two weeks ago and went back last week to see her. She still has a testimony of the Savior and the Atonement but is going through some struggles and just got done with Chemo. This week we are going to see if she wants to be taught and hopefully come back into the church. We met a lady this week named Twila! She's pretty awesome! She is big into genealogy so we're going to see if we can get her involved at the family history center here at the church and then teach her the lessons!!! The people here in Grants Pass are super flakey so it's really annoying and frustrating when we set appointments with them and they're not home or don't answer our calls. But with the broadcast that was worldwide yesterday we are praying that the work will pick up and members will be more willing to help out and we will see lots of miracles. Were you able to watch the broadcast yesterday?? It was incredible!!
Oh! Are there missionaries in our ward back home? Is it Mikki Huddson that just got her call?? That's so awesome!!! I'm so excited for her!! There has been 5 people in our ward in the past two weeks that have gotten their mission calls. It's so cool to see the Lord's work being hastened and it's crazy to think that by the end of the summer there will be 90,000 full time missionaries out serving!
I hope all is well with the family! I miss you guys and love you so so so SOOOO much!! Oh! Will you send me a picture of the family? I didn't bring one.. Oops! I hope you have a wonderful week!! Love you!
Love,
Sister Lyndsie Hall
How are you?? So today is transfers again! Crazy huh?? Time is flying! I can't believe it's almost been 5 months since I last saw everyone! It's just nuts! Sister Marble and I are staying here in Grants Pass!! And there are going to be two other sets of sisters coming into the zone! That will be nice cause Sis. Marble and I are the only ones in the zone besides the two Senior Couples. Everyone is super great though!
This week was pretty good! We were able to meet with quite a few people!! We met with Ron again but I'm not sure how much he is progressing. He wants to be baptized but he doesn't quite understand the importance of the gospel or baptism. He wants to be baptized because he thinks people will accept him more and because it's on his checklist of religions to be baptized in. He's very intelligent (he has like two bachelor’s degrees and a masters degree?) and he has been studying the LDS religion for the past 6 years so he knows everything he just doesn't really understand. When he prays, he prays to mother earth and everything he says always has to be about the native law... Oh, and he said it has to be a full moon when he gets baptized.. I dunno? Anyway, we were able to meet with Monte and Marlow again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Aaah! I just love them so much! They are seriously the greatest!! We taught them about the restoration of the gospel and they seemed really interested about the priesthood. They have friends that are LDS and also work with some of the people in our ward. After our visit with them, they asked if they could have us over for dinner on the 4th of July so hopefully we'll be able to teach them about the plan of salvation and have their two daughters sit in too!! We have also been meeting with a less active man in our ward. His daughter is staying with him for the summer so we're hoping to be able to teach them both the lessons and maybe even have him baptize her!
We tracted into an excommunicated member two weeks ago and went back last week to see her. She still has a testimony of the Savior and the Atonement but is going through some struggles and just got done with Chemo. This week we are going to see if she wants to be taught and hopefully come back into the church. We met a lady this week named Twila! She's pretty awesome! She is big into genealogy so we're going to see if we can get her involved at the family history center here at the church and then teach her the lessons!!! The people here in Grants Pass are super flakey so it's really annoying and frustrating when we set appointments with them and they're not home or don't answer our calls. But with the broadcast that was worldwide yesterday we are praying that the work will pick up and members will be more willing to help out and we will see lots of miracles. Were you able to watch the broadcast yesterday?? It was incredible!!
Oh! Are there missionaries in our ward back home? Is it Mikki Huddson that just got her call?? That's so awesome!!! I'm so excited for her!! There has been 5 people in our ward in the past two weeks that have gotten their mission calls. It's so cool to see the Lord's work being hastened and it's crazy to think that by the end of the summer there will be 90,000 full time missionaries out serving!
I hope all is well with the family! I miss you guys and love you so so so SOOOO much!! Oh! Will you send me a picture of the family? I didn't bring one.. Oops! I hope you have a wonderful week!! Love you!
Love,
Sister Lyndsie Hall
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