Hey Family:
This week was a tough one. It was really routine and monotonous. We had cancellations left and right. And no one wanted to meet with the missionaries. Nevertheless....We had some cool experiences when we did meet with people(:
This week we met with a man named Gomez. He was so nice. He wants to get back into church and start growing and gettting his testimony back. We went over to teach him, but we didn't have a ton of time. We planned to teach him the Restoration. As we got there, we said, "We don't have time for that. What should we do?" I said, "Lets just share Ether 12:27." Sister Booms said, "Okay, we haven't shared that before." Then as we walked to the door i said, "well lets just tell a really short Joseph Smith story." We walked in and started talking to him and he kept saying how he was feeling weak in the gospel and how he wanted to change. He was worried about not being able to get back into it. I told him, "I know we said we were going to talk about Joseph Smith today, but i feel like i should share a different scripture with you instead." Then we shared Ether 12:27. It was a really cool experience to see that God speaks to us and tells us what each of these people need. We have to listen really closely and be willing to change our plans. It was a really powerful experience.
The next experience. Not really a happy one...but a learning one. We had this awesome investigator named Biten. He was so sweet. Just came from the Marshal Islands and was learning. He doesn't know any English, so it was a challenge but still enjoyable. Wednesday his uncle called us and said, "Biten doesn't want to take the lessons anymore. I am so sorry sisters...we aren't sure why." At that moment my heart snapped in half. I was so sad. I felt such Christlike love for him at that moment, and such sorrow that He didn't want to learn more. Then it made me realize what love Heavenly Father has for me. And the sorrow He feels when we choose to sin and not follow his commandments or do the simple things he has asked us to do. It made me realize how important it is to make God proud. Because it was painful for me to have to see Biten not want to learn more, and i don't want to ever feel like that again. So this week was full of personal changes to be more like the savior would want me to be.
We also had a really fun family home evening with the Joseph Family. They were so sweet. The fed us dinner. Which we had just had right before their lesson. Set appointment no matter what time of day= Food. So they bring us this huge plate full of millions of different things. We had an hour left, so we had plenty of time to eat all of it. Included on the plate: rice, noodles, shrimp, mussels, chicken, beef, broccoli, ribs, and potatoe chips. It was so much food, and tons of food i hadn't tried before and was really praying hard i would like. Sister Booms tried a muscles and just chowed it down with like 10 pounds of rice. Then we both had to learn how to de-shell a shrimp. (I couldn't rip the legs off, it made me sad. So sister Booms did it for me.) I knew this was gonna be rough...so i asked for tobasco sauce and i drowned my entire plate full of it. My mouth was on fire, but i was successful in eating a shrimp. So it gets close to our curfew and i still have a full plate left, Sister Booms ate everything real fast since she didn't like shrimp either. I just ate really slow. In the car she said, "How did you do that??? You are so rude for not eating a mussel with me." It was awesome. We laughed forever.
Have a great week.
Love, Sister Ritter
pictures:
1) Me and my favorite Keyoshi
2) Me and my favorite Tommy, David, Keyoshi, and Hacknie
3) 8 months! Holla!
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