Hey y'all,There's a lot that's happened, and I was trying to figure out why that was, and then I remembered! It's cuz we had to move p day to Wednesday again! Because Elder Gong came on Monday!!!! I seriously think my body has gotten used to Mondays as p-days cuz when Monday came around I was like "2 more days to go!" Which isn't a lot I know, but I'm feeling dramatic. Also, I wouldn't have p day over Elder Gong... So yeah.
I'll get to Elder Gong in a sec.
Last Tuesday we tracted a lot up in Columbia, which is about a half hour from here. Not bad. We found a guy who was friends with Brother Mann, a member in the branch, and this guy was uplifting US! He was like, "I know it's hard to do what y'all are doing, but don't give up! You are touching people's lives!" And we were like ohhh my goodness this man! But he is very firm in his religion😢. Esta bien! One day!
On that same day, we decided to try and find the Johnson's who are pretty much inactive. Well, we pulled up to this janky looking drive and had to put the car in a ditch basically cuz we knew the little Mailibu wasn't going to make it on that driveway! Then, we decided it would be totally worth it to walk it so we did! We walked 3 miles to find their house! Out in the middle of no where! We did not realize it was that far!😂😂😂😂 oh well, we found them! And talked to some of their neighbors, so it was good. They were so sweet, but said they make it to church basically when they feel like it, sad day. They wanted to have us over for dinner one of these nights though so I think they liked us! When they drove us to our car, they didn't realize we walked as far as we did and they thought we were crazy!!! 🤣 I had bloody heels when I got home, but it was all good.😊
Wednesday we had dinner with the Crenshaws! We haven't seen Faun in forever cuz everybody has been so darn sick! But we got to show her the 20 minute Restoration video. It answered some of her questions, and gave her a lot to think about. She has started to read from the book of Mormon! Woohoo!
Thursday. All I remember from Thursday was being out in the boonies of Greensburg. And it was raining. Ohhh and we met this massive golden retriever who was like, the size of Clifford the big red dog. He was cute.
Friday was finding and tracting.
Then on Saturday we really wanted to tract by the spirit. So we did. Sister Young had a specific street she remembered seeing the week before pop into her head. We decided to go there. We wore PANTS that day cuz it was FREEZING, but totally worth being out. First, we met the neighborhood dog who had been run over by a truck before. I wasn't sure about her at first, but then she warmed right up to us and hung out with us while we tried talking to people. Most of them already had a church, and that's cool and stuff, but then we met Madonna. Madonna said she would have invited us in, but everyone in the house was sick with either the flu or strep, so that was sad. They are very religious, and she seemed genuine and friendly. She said we could come back (awesome) and we started walking down the road again. Well, she came running back out and said, "girls girls! You absolutely have to some back next week! My husband wants to talk to you!" I've never had that happen before, it was really amazing! We're going to see Madonna and her husband tomorrow!Sunday was busy. We got in contact with a bunch of people and we had to talk in church! Ahhh! It went pretty good, and I was worried about not talking long enough but then I went a minute over! 😆 I talked about family history through the book of Mormon. 👌
On Monday we woke up at the crack of dawn to get to the Hurstbourne building by 8. We were half an hour early, so we helped tidy up the building. That Hurstbourne church gets a lot of traffic, so we vacuumed a lot. It was weird being back in the building I spent six months around, and back in my baby area. Elder Gong wanted to take a picture with us! So we got all set up and when he came in, he dropped his jacket and stuff on the gym floor to shake people's hands! So cute! Then he shook all of our hands, wanted to know our names and where we were from, and it was just a real neat experience. I was so nervous the whole time, but he was really chill! I guess I wasn't expecting that! One of my favorite things he talked about was that we are sent on missions for not one reason, but many, many reasons. Each day you could fulfill multiple reasons pertaining to why you were sent here. So each day you need to try your very best! I loved it! It was everything I needed to hear, and it really made me think. Coming down on the end of my mission has been weird, and I've felt like a little psycho, but I know it will all be okay.
Monday night we met Tequila, a gal the sisters taught before us. She was so cute and actually wants us to come back to teach her! Her little 3 year old girl was a little distracting, but that's no biggie. I got the full treatment. She brushed my curly hair, moisturized my hands with sparkly gel, and painted my thumbnails pink. It was fun! 🙃
Yesterday I was feeling the crazy. I felt like there was something more we needed to do, or someone we needed to see, and I didn't know what or where or how, and it was driving me nuts. Also, it was pouring and freezjng cold outside. We got blasted with what felt like an arctic cold front or something, and I was not feeling all there in the brain. My wonderfully patient companion just went faithfully forward and said, "why don't we just try the plans you already put in, and see how we feel while we're out." We went out, and we did some good tracting, met and got to talk to this sweet sweet man who's very inactive, got soaked, and then we met Rachel! We were trying to find the brother of a member, but instead we found Rachel. She had an incredible addiction recovery story, and she's already such an amazing missionary to her family, and she accepted a Book of Mormon. She even punched our number into her phone! It was such a blessing to meet her, a blessing I did not deserve with how negative I had been.
She also had an 8 week old black pitbull pup who played with me the entire time we talked, I think I need a pitbull now. 😣
That night we ate dinner with the younger Rodenbergs and it was a blast! They both served in Japan and boy they had some insane stories from their missions! The GKLM doesn't even compare! We thought it would be fun to all pretend like we were all teaching the Restoration lesson to someone, and at first they were freaking out cuz they were a little rusty, but then they loved it, and I got a fresh view on how to teach it ;)
That's all I really have to report on folks.
A scripture that really touched my heart this morning was in Helaman 3:29+30
"Yea, we see that whosoever will may lay hold upon the word of God, which is quick and powerful, which shall divide asunder all the cunning and the snares and the wiles of the devil, and lead the man of Christ in a strait and narrow course across that everlasting gulf of misery which is prepared to engulf the wicked—
And land their souls, yea, their immortal souls, at the right hand of God in the kingdom of heaven, to sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and with Jacob, and with all our holy fathers, to go no more out."
The word of God, the scriptures, is POWER. Power sufficient to "divide asunder" Satans evil designs. Power that will protect and guide you right back to the presence of God. Thats pretty incredible.
I love you all! I hope you find Satan Slaying scriptures that make your week that much better! 😎
With love,
Sister Wilcox❤
I'm sad cuz our picture with Elder Gong is a little blurry, but that's okay I guess :)
Top right is nearly all of Sister Mitchell's companions!
Second right, creepy face masks. I didn't like those.
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