A few special moments of the week:
We are at our apartment having lunch when we
get a knock at the door. We open it and a guy is standing there with a box in
his hands. In a high pitch voice he says, "edible arrangement." We
were like uhhhh.... no???? Then he looked at my name tag and goes, "Yep,
yep, this is for you." Shoves the basket in my hand, makes me sign a
paper, hop in a creeper van and leaves. I am still standing at the door with
Sister Washburn... like what? Anyway, thanks mom, dad, and dude! Best Valentine’s
Day gift ever. People, you don't need chocolate or a significant other. Just
order an "edible arrangement" and have it delivered by the Pillsbury
Dough Boy twin.
Yesterday we go to a former investigators
house for an appointment. They wanted to give us a Valentine’s Day treat so
they made us a HUGE cake. We asked if we could take the part we couldn't eat to
go because we had dinner in 10 minutes. So we go to dinner... we have lasagna
and salad and bread and corn and strawberry shortcake and chocolate. Then, we
leave to go to our next dinner... special mexican food, beans, rice, seaweed,
chips, carrot cake... yeah actually this wasn't all that funny, I am still
full. Now I feel like the Pillsbury Dough Boy who should deliver edible arrangements.
This week we were walking in a nicer
neighborhood to contact a referral. As we were walking a guy comes out of his
house and we all give an awkward hello. Then he precedes to trip over his feet
a little. I look away because it was a little embarrassing and I didn't want
him to know I saw. Then we continued walking and hear a slap and few grudges
only to turn back around and he is on the ground. He hop up and Sister Washburn
yells, "hey, are you okay?" He turns around (I think a little out of
it) with a really red face and gives us a thumbs up. I don't think his
concussion was too bad because he jumped in the car and drove off.
We were at a
member’s house for dinner this week and they have an evil cat- the Rodda family
kind of knows about mean kitties. ;) Well, Sister Washburn wants to pet the cat
and I say, "be careful, he's a feisty one!" But the cat leans his
head forward like, "please scratch my head." So Sister Washburn puts
out her pointer finger out and is getting closer to his head to scratch when
all the sudden he claws the bageebers out of her hand. I am dying of laughter,
she is dying of pain, and the members ask what is going on. She just holds us
her hand up as blood is trickling down it. Luckily I had a few bandaids in my
handy dandy bag. All is well in Zion.
This week I read a quote that said,
"Prayer is less about changing our circumstances and more about changing
us. It is about seeking His will and asking for His help to do what we need to
do." I have a testimony in the power of prayer, especially when we ask
questions that apply to God's plan. We would never go up to our college math
professor and say, "Hey, what's the answer to number four?" I am
pretty sure he isn't going to tell you. But if you said, "Hey, professor,
I don't understand problem four, can you help me with the next step? Or teach
me how I can solve the problem?" That is your teacher’s job and he is
going to help you find the answer. Heavenly Father is the professor of our
life. He has a plan and He has tools and resources to help us find answers. So
often we ask Him to take away our trials or our pains and afflictions. But we
are just going to find that we aren't receiving answers and it is because we
are not praying for the right thing. Instead, we need to ask for comfort,
peace, and direction. This is God's plan, not ours. He has all the answers, we
don't. If we knew all the answers then life would be easy and we would not
improve, grow, or be able to help others.
Adolfo, Jodi, Domlina, and Maria are all
doing well on their progression towards baptism. Their dates are still set and
they are truly changing (repenting) to bring their lives in closer harmony with
Christ's teachings- the Gospel. All of our other investigators are doing well.
They are gaining a testimony of the truth and divinity of the Book of Mormon
and receiving answers to prayers.
I love you all.
:)
Sister Rodda
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