Yesss. This was such a great week!
Basically,
Monday:drove people's stuff around
Tuesday: drove people's stuff around
Wednesday: drove people's stuff
around
Thursday: meetings
Friday: lessons
Saturday: service
Sunday: church
Monday was awesome though. Sis Cox
and Seely came to Rego and we hung out all day and did our grocery
shopping together with the sisters in our district and the STLs. I
love the sisters we serve with, they are all so great. Probably the
most epic moment was when we were at H&M and my comp grabs this
ultra mini skirt to buy. I was Iike dude, probs not mish appropro.
She held it up and it went past her knees...I am not gonna lie I
was pretty much speechless. That thing wouldn't have covered my
caboose if I'd have put it on, but it fits her! Haha. Tuesday was
transfers! Which for us means the endless day of driving and
hauling around other people's luggage haha. I wouldn't wanna carry
4 huge bags on a subway either so I don't blame them for asking and
I can't say no. 6 of 8 elders left our zone so there were a lot of
adjustments. Our new district is so cool! It's gonna be an awesome
transfer cause everyone is super pumped and President put some
missionaries back who already know the people and the area, so they
can help us be more effective. So yeah, Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday: solid road trip days. Oh and one of our (whom we
thought) super cool investigators turns out to be brainwashed and
thinks we're demons so that's fun. The weird thing is he still
texts us "goodnight Hun" every night which is slightly
disturbing so we might be a droppin him before long. Most of the
miracles have been happening with our recent converts and
less-actives.
The Asian girl who was baptized a few
weeks ago found her roommate reading the Book of Mormon a few days
ago so she started taking to her about it and she invited her to
church! Her roommate said she has been reading the book for a while
now, and had been praying that God would send someone to take her to
church because she was scared to go alone. Who knew that person
would be living with her! Jackpot #2, she is Mongolian! Convenient
since my comp is a fanatic about anyone from her motherland, so this
is a straight up miracle! She came to church Sunday and loved it.
Thursday we had a lesson in the
library with John, we had HIM teach US the plan of salvation, and he
did awesome! I love new members, they are seriously incredible. I
think the way to keep that fire is to always be seeking more
knowledge. We can never study the gospel too much.
Saturday was an epic fail, but it was
hysterical! I haven't laughed that hard in a while. The morning was
fine, we took JeongAh out to breakfast (at McDonalds...we are pretty
high rollers over here) and then we took some pictures. That was
good. Well we went home and did our other 3 hours of studies and
then did some lookups, none of which were home. We picked up the
other sisters and made dinner for them. Cockroaches:1. Sis Wads:0.
We decided instead of doing lookups for the rest of that night that
we would go "heart attack" some doors. Train wreck! So we
go to the first house, we parked a ways away and tiptoed up to the
door. Right as we got there it started to open! So we slid over the
ice and hid behind a car. Their neighbor was outside and seriously
giving us the weirdest looks. So the members left and we went to do
the deed. The neighbor comes up all confrontational like and asked
what we were doing. We assured him we weren't a threat. Fail #1 was
over. Oh except I fell on the ice on the way back to the car...now
it's over. Fail #2, we go to a ritzier part of town and couldn't
find a place to park so we sent the other sisters in. They didn't
get far because the doorman wouldn't let them in without being
"buzzed in" and obviously you can't ring their bell cause
then it wouldn't be a surprise! Well last try (fail #3) we go to the
bishop's house. They live in an apartment building and the outside
door was locked. Well usually no one ever answers so I rang all the
bells but their's. Someone buzzed us in and we walked into the
building. Like 4 people were standing outside their doors to greet
us, because we had rung their bells. So awk. No wait, that's not the
fail yet. Hold your horses. So we go up to the third floor and tried
to guess which one they lived in cause there were 3 doors. Well as
we're standing there the bishop and his kids start coming up the
stairs! We booked it up the remainder of the stairs, but we were at
the top floor and only one flight up from their door...we are
seriously rolling with laughter cause it's so awkward, and here
comes bishop in his PJs with his laundry. He sees us and just gives
us the strangest look cause we are at the top of the stairs
laughing. So we tell him what we were (trying) to do and he said we
could do it to their front door (turns out 2 of the 4 doors led into
their house) so we go over and are trying to be quick but one of his
kids opens the door so we scattered and he walks down the hall and
around the corner so he can see our faces and is all: "I caught
you!" We were seriously dying. We finally finished,
knocked, and ran down the stairs. We sounded like Grandpa White's
horses running out of the barn after they've been unsaddled. Sooo
loud. Probs the last time we'll do that for a while, this "heart
attack" business is too much trouble with doorman, parking, and
little kids.
Sunday was great, as always! I
seriously never wanna be transferred. We went and saw some members
and they gave us balute (not sure of the spelling) they are from the
Philippians and it's basically the fertilized & fermented duck
egg. Sooo nasty. Big Dude I hope you're proud. Then Al (the brother)
showed us some videos from his mission in Utah and they were
hysterical!! The things elders come up with when they're supposed to
be weekly planning.
I just realized that my letters are
like my lessons, a whole lot of nothing that ends with a spiritual
thought. Great. Haha okay not really but on a more spiritual note,
I was studying the Fall of Adam and Eve and I think it's
interesting how we think that was such a huge deal for them to
partake of the fruit and be cast out of the garden, but how often
do we make a bad decision that takes us farther from Gods presence
and not think twice about it? As President Monson would say,
decisions determine destiny. That illiteration though. Then this
girl got up in Relief Society and did the mathematical equation for
infinity and after she went through that whole thing she was like:
"that's a long time...right? I guess we better make good
decisions while we're here!" She's so right. This life is too
short to waste it on instant gratification only to find out that we
lost the REAL prize, eternal life with a loving Heavenly Father.
Something I'm gonna work on is making better smaller, more everyday
decisions, because I know that "out of small things proceedeth
that which is great." Hope y'all will think about doing that
too!
Love you tons!
Sister Wadsworth
1. Wow don't I just make taking
pictures in ice look fun? Kill me.
2. Me and my comp! (Notice she is
standing on her toes lol)
3. Made dinner and crepes for the
other sisters...besties!
4. Ah I love these ladies! #YSAforLife
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