This week was awesome!(: Time is just flying right along.
So Monday. We drove up to St Robert to spend the day with the sisters. It was alot of fun. Sister Hodgson made homemade crackers. She put dill, watermelon, and sour cream on them. Sounds crazy, but it was super good. As we were leaving, we noticed a rim on our car was missing and we didn't know what to do about it. So we knocked on the Sisters door and Sister Parsels said, "Um. We lost a rim." hahahah It was hilarious. It probably isn't as funny over email. (: So we have to fill out a report now(:
So tuesday we went to see this potential investigator. Her name is Connie. We go over there totally prepared to share the restoration with her. We start asking her questions about her religious background and all about her life. Turns out, She was a member. Doesn't want to go to the temple because she isn't married, doesn't want to read the Book of Mormon. It was so awkward. The spirit really had to take over, because we had NO idea what to do. She gave us a tour of her house. And she gave me a cute little old lady dress. It was funny. We left that appointment thinking, "what just happened?"
Wednesday, we went on exchanges. Guess who is my Sister Training Leader? Guess who i got to spend a whole 24 hours with on exhanges? That's right. ITS MY MERRILL. It was probably the best exchange in the whole world. We had the best time talking about our time as a companion and looking at all of our pictures. It was amazing. We learned how to can peaches together. We helped a member. Lets just say. That was a one time service for Sister Ritter. That was a wreck. I think i made a bigger mess more than i helped. (;
We had some really cool lessons this week.
We went to meet Paulina and Valerie. They work at a summer camp and are visiting from Mexico. They want to learn more. So we couldn't call their number because it is a mexico number. We didn't know their address, so we just went to a random summer camp and asked if they worked there. It took a while to find them but we did. It was really cool. They walked up to us and guess what happened, They had a friend with them! She was so open to the Gospel, Her name is Deena. She said she is open to getting baptized. I am so thrilled. Paulina is a member and she just thanked us. She said it made her feel like she was home. It made me remember when i was with Sister Katich and Sister Shreve on splits with them.
We also had a really cool lesson with a Less Active named Thomas. He works at the fire station, so we go there to visit with him. We had a really powerful lesson with him and at the end we wanted to show him a mormon message. His friend was there and we invited him over. His friend, Zac, said No. But Thomas said, "Dude, come on, it will change your life." So he slowly came over to the video and watched it. At the end of the video we asked if we could come back. We set an appointment and Thomas said, "Zac are you going to come?" Here is the crazy part. Zac said YES! He is interested in learning. It is amazing to see the power of one video and how the spirit works. When Zac agreed, Thomas said, "That was the easiest recruiting i have ever done." hahahah. Sister Parsels almost died. It was hilarious.
Last story. We went to see another potential with a recent convert named Mykala. Well. That turned into a bible bash. Scariest thing. People have awful, weird beliefs about us. It is just really hard that people trust others and other books without going straight to the source. We had a rough day after that. We felt bad and off all day. Mykala was amazing. She talked and everything. She was amazing, but still, people like that aren't ready to change or ready to hear the gospel. It was a hard day. But we are all recovered.
I love serving here with Sister Parsels. She is an amazing missionary! She has such a powerful testimony. She loves the gospel. She has overcome a lot to be here and i am beyond grateful to be serving with her.
I love you all! Keep the faith! <3
Love with all my heart
Sister Ritter
picture:
1) Me and Sister Merrill on exchanges. "Reunited and it feels so good!"
2) Late 10 month pic!
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