Hello
Everyone!
When will Montana
The work has
slowed down again here. It’s frustrating to have to really start searching
again rather than having a bunch of people we’re working with. The thing is, we
haven’t stopped working with anyone. Maybe we’re just getting better at
managing our time? It’s weird. But we’ve both agreed that we feel like there’s
something specific the Lord wants us to be doing with that extra time. The only
problem is, neither of us can figure out what that is! So we’re doing our best
to stay busy and figure it out.
This week
some of the buttons on my coat were working themselves loose, so I re-sewed a
bunch of the buttons back on. Now the only problem is that they’re on too
tight! I’ll have to wait for them to loosen a bit again.
K------- went
to mutual without us this week and loved it! We were so pleased. She also
brought two friends! She’s better at missionary work than most member young
women! They all want to start working on Personal Progress. We started working
with Karla on a few of the faith value experiences and she’s so excited! She
committed us to reading Hebrews 11 with her and praying morning and night like
she has to. We didn’t bother to tell her that we do that already ha, ha.
The
S-------- came to church yesterday! We were so happy for them. Mother’s Day is
a tough one for quite a few people. I was never really aware of how hard
Mother’s Day can be for some women until I came out on a mission. It’s so sad,
but it’s good to know so I can be more sympathetic. They also got a new kitten
this week! I’m so thrilled! It completely shredded my hands but it’s so
adorable that I totally don’t mind.
This week we
volunteered at the Community Café which is a place that takes the miscellaneous
food from the food bank and turns it into wonderful meals that serve over 100
people on a frequent basis. So we got to go serve tables and take care of the
people. It was so fun! The guests called us “the sisters” which was awesome
exposure for us. The people there were really great and the food was quite
good. I was really impressed. They have it in an old restaurant that was vacant
for years and they turned it into a really fancy soup kitchen of sorts (only
they serve a lot more than just soup!). We really enjoyed the experience.
Sister
T---------- is giving herself a guilt trip for not coming to church and blaming
it on us. We mentioned that we were sad not to see her at church on Sunday and
she got upset and said we needed to stop guilt tripping her. After we left I
wish we had said “well, no one can make you feel guilty, so if you feel guilty
that could be the Spirit telling you where you need to be”.
We taught
R------ the Word of Wisdom this week and it turns out he was already quitting
everything on his own! He was like “yeah, after the first lesson I quit smoking
and stopped drinking coffee. That’s why I was so sick that one week.” So he had
started keeping the Word of Wisdom before we even taught it! And now he’s
living it perfectly. Not to mention he called us last night and started telling
us that he had been studying chastity (which is what we had planned to teach
him this week) and he told us that he’s getting rid of his female roommate and
looking for a place in Bozeman to be closer to the church! We are simply beside
ourselves with joy. He is so awesome!!!
I learned
about SMART goals this week. Smart goals are specific, measurable, attainable,
realistic, and time based (s-m-a-r-t). I thought that was pretty clever.
A family in
the ward invited us over for dinner and they also invited their non-member
friends and we got to teach them the first lesson! Nothing drastic came from it
but the members were really pleased and we were so glad that they trusted us
with their friends. It’s great to have the trust of the ward.
I haven’t
written about M------- for a while because we haven’t seen her in almost 2
weeks! She hasn’t been home every time we have gone over. It’s like she just
fell off the face of the earth! So updates will come when we are finally able to
see her again.
But that’s
about it for exciting stuff this week! I rescued some worms from drowning on
the sidewalk and I felt pretty accomplished. I also got to hold these tiny
newborn puppies! They’re going to sell for about $600 per puppy. The family
uses it to pay for missions and college. It’s really smart and a lot of the
kids do it here to make money.
I hope you
all had a wonderful week! And if you didn’t get the chance you should see the
new Mormon message “It was Mom”, it’s so cute!
Lots of love,
Sister
Draney
holding a snake
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