Well
this week was certainly a blast- we had three exchanges this week and I was in
my area for all of them :)
Here's
a classic mission story:
Sis
Watts and I were waiting at a bus stop. On the street was a ton of
construction, so we didn't know for sure if the bus would be stopping there.
But we didn't know where else to wait, so we just waited there. Awkwardly.
Then, on the other side of a 5-way intersection, we saw the bus coming! A lady
got off and shouted at us, "the bus doesn't stop there!" So... We
booked it across the 5-way intersection. Ha yeah... We got on the bus, and this
guy in he front shouted, "oh, Mormons on the bus!"... As a
missionary, you learn to be a little concerned when someone reacts that way ha.
Sis watts sat right next to him, and I sat a couple rows back. For the next ten
mins, this guy was shouting to me across the aisle, rows back, telling us
everything he knew about Mormons, and how he's Muslim (but I promise he
wasn't...), and how he wants to get a hundred book of Mormons to sell on the
street for $2 instead of selling cigarettes... He was so loud and funny and
flamboyant but it was such a relief when he got off the bus. I pushed the
button to request a stop at the next stop. Just as the bus was pulling up,
sister watts ran to the back of a bus to give a lady a Book of Mormon. I
stepped off the bus thinking she was right behind me. I turn around to see the
bus doors close and no companion. As the bus drove away, sis watts and I just
stared at each other through the window.. I just burst out laughing and
couldn't stop til I got to the next bus stop where sis watts had luckily gotten
off :) good times....
One
thing I love about serving YSA and having FB is that the younger generations
will post pretty much their whole lives on Facebook :) hehe. So one of our
kind-of investigators (she's dating a less active member the elders are working
with) posted that her boyfriends basement had flooded. So we messages her and
offered to go help, and we did! It was actually kind of fun. Probably because
it wasn't MY muddy flooded basement... But we made a dent in it and it was fun
:)
We
paid our parking ticket this week, and just found out we have another one....
But I might not have to pay because we might have been on exchanges when it
happened :) well see....
You
know your in a Chicago YSA when the relief society activity is going to a free
yoga class at Millennium park... It was so awesome.
We
had a lesson with Kyle this week and he found out he's a child of god! Yes. :)
Sister
Bradley has a friend back home that's been taking the missionary discussions
for a long time. She even got to teach her a little bit via skype since being
on the mission! Well, she got baptized this past Saturday! So we went to the
church (because the internet there is only slightly better than in our
apartment) and watched the services. It was fun to meet (ha) sister Bradley's
family and friends from back home, and see her friend taking this step. So fun
:)
Yesterday,
for church, we had a combined block with the YSA ward from up north- they came
down to our branch and it was PACKED. So awesome. And so fun. And we had one of
our new investigators, Simone, come! She is so wonderful- she has so many
sincere, thought-out questions that we love to answer... Because she means it!
She really has a true desire to know. I love it. Plus she asked a question
about marriage from the bible that sent me on a scripture hunt with my quad,
and I LOVE when that happens... :) she's wonderful.
This
week we had a lesson with a recent convert who said that he hasn't been reading
the Book of Mormon all week because he left his copy at his moms house, and
didn't know where to pick up reading again. We talked to him about how he
doesn't have to read the Book of Mormon like a normal book. If he forgot where
he was reading, he could study by word or topic using the index!
We
decided to do it with him. We asked him to choose a word from the index he
wanted to study. After a few minutes of flipping through the pages, he chose
the word "kill." ....at this point in my head, I'm a little worried,
like- oh great, what's I get myself into.... But he said he chose that because
he wants to be a soldier and wants to know if that's ok. In about twenty
minutes, we found the answers to his questions concerning that, and the spirit
was there. It was awesome! And again.... I love going to find things in the
scriptures! I just love it so much, and I love the scriptures so much and I
love learning things from them so much,it's just the best!!
I LOVE
THE SCRIPTURES. I'm such a nerd.
Reflections
of a Consecrated Life, Oct 2010, Christofferson... Awesome. As well as The
Returned Missionary by Perry. Yes.
The
work is going well. Were done with exchanges, so Sister Bradley and I have the
whole week to ourselves in our area :) it'll be so wonderful! Love you all :)
Sister
Walton
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