Dear Fam and Friends:
This week was definitely a crazy one.
On Monday night, we got some absolutely crazy news. The Oklahoma Tulsa mission will be closing on July 1. Yup. Closing. I cannot believe it. I am super sad. I love the OTM. The Only True Mission. President Shumway called us and told us the news. He said that we would be in the history of the OTM and that he wanted us to end really strong and break records so that the OTM could be remembered for the incredible miracles that were performed here and also to be remembered as the hardest working mission!(: So we are working on goals that help us to beat records and so far, we aren't doing bad. This week is to find 3 new investigators. I know we can do it. It is going to be amazing to see the success we have as we are diligent and as we close the OTM. So you are probably wondering what mission I will be in??? The new mission that is opening is the Arkansas Bentonville Mission. President Shumway then told us all about what it means to open a mission. He said, "Opening a mission is a great position of trust, and you, elders and sisters are here during this incredible time." It was HUGE news. So now...when I get home and people say, 'what mission did you serve in?' Well....I served in 2! I am excited to open a new mission, but really sad that the OTM is coming to an end.
We got a new investigator this week named Sweety! She is adorable. She is 9 years old and she wants to get baptized. She read in between our visits from the Book of Mormon and she had great questions. She loves the scriptures and she loves coming to church. She has truly been prepared by the Lord and she will be a great example to her family. She set her baptism date for May 30, so we are really excited for that!(:
I met the first person in my life who didn't know what a Mormon was!!!! I was so excited. We were knocking on a door looking for a less active member. This man named Eric answered and we started to talk to him. He said he doesn't go to a church, he wants to know about God, and he has never heard of Mormons. I was so shocked. He doesn't hate us!!!!(: He is very open to learning. It was such a miracle. I hope we get to go back and share the gospel with him soon(:
So this week we had some pretty crazy things happen.
1) During the night, we had a crazy storm!! It was way crazy. I couldn't sleep in the slightest. We woke up anddddd our hallway was flooded!! WHOOOO(: So we ran to get infusions and came home to clean it up. This is gonna be a party! All the Elders live on the 2 or 3 floor, so they didn't have the same problem we did.
2) The elders in another area texted me and asked how my foot was healing. Then they sent a text that said, "If you were Jesus, that wouldn't have happened. Read Matthew 4:6 and replace the word stone with bookshelf." So I did, it made me laugh SOOOO hard. It was way funny!!!!! Brightened my day(:
Also this week. Everyone decided to give us Guams (Marshallese dresses) Those things are the most comfy things on this planet. We got to wear them to church! And all the ladies kept telling us , "emman." That means good!(: We rock the Guams. (;
So I have decided this week that a christlike attribute that I DO NOT have is patience. We had many trials this week were I got upset really quickly, and stressed over really lame things. I learned that its okay. Plans never go as planned as a missionary, but we just have to breathe, smile, move on, and get back to work. I am really trying to work on patience because I need it. I know that by working on patience, my patience will be tried, but I know I can do it. Patience will help me to happily endure the trials of missionary life.
I still love being a missionary.
Love you all(:
Love,
Sister Ritter
pictures:
1) My first Guam(:
2) I have been out for 9 months. Half way. I am really sad. I can't even believe my mission is half over. (Yes.This picture is me hooked up to the IV in the infusion center(; )
3) Me and Sister Burrows rockin the second Guams!!
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