FEB. 15-21 Week Seven
If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll
end up some place else.
SUNDAY: We picked up Mary and went to
church. She was ready and waiting for
us. She is getting a little better with
the clapping. Everyone is so nice to her
so she really enjoys going to church.
Sunday night was the Mission Devotional in Puyallup, about 40 min. south
of us. We took one R.M. and one recent
convert with us. On the way there they
told us their conversion stories. One
was from the Philippines and one from Viet Nam.
The one from Viet Nam was caught the first time he tried to leave and
spent 2 years in a communist prison. The
second try he made it to Indonesia and then the U.S. where he joined the
church. The devotional was great. A lady from our ward, which just went to the
temple, was one of the speakers. Most of
the meeting was about family history or having families sealed. The Missionary Choir was excellent as
usual. We also ran into Jeremiah
there. He is the young man we had met at
Walmart and he is set for March to be baptized.
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Monday: We had our apartment inspection from one of the office couples. They also bring us a Home Teaching message. We spent most of the day at the N.A.A.M. helping with Family day and Educator day. They had a story teller there that was unbelievable. She told a story about a slave that his master boiled his body after he died and used the bones to teach medical students. It’s a true story. This happened around 1790 and they just buried his bones a few years ago. She told the story from his wife’s point of view. It was late when we got home, so instead of going out in the dark (which we are not supposed to do) we tried to find two people who live in our complex, but no luck.
Tuesday: Today is P-day so we cleaned and went
shopping. We needed some instructions on
Family History so we stopped by the Mission Office to talk to the experts. The N.A.A.M wants us to start teaching there
so we thought we had better get some quick help. It was late again when we got home, so we
tried our complex again with the same results. We asked the complex to put a
peephole in our door since we are on the street and one of the few apartments
that don’t have one, but they won’t do it.
We are slowly finding out why they get bad reviews here.
Wednesday: It was a beautiful day today, as it
has been all week. Our appointment with Mary Hurley didn’t happen. She forgot
she had a dentist appointment when she set up the appointment with us. So we visited another older lady in the ward. She is the one who is obsessed with burglars
in the neighborhood. I don’t know why
because there is nothing in the house worth stealing. She answers the door with
a wrench in her hand in case we are burglars.
We have decided that she is the old maid that is in the song about The Burglar
Boy. We spent most of the day at the
N.A.A.M. working on the computers trying to learn about family history. We also gave each other a tour for some
practice. In the afternoon we went
knocking on doors. Our first one was in
a rough part of town and the house was pretty run down. No one was home and I don’t think we will try
going there again. We were glad to get
out of there. Our next two homes had
people that answered the door, but not who we were looking for. We get a lot of that in this part of town. This is the new part of the ward and the
records are not the most accurate here.
In the evening we had an appointment with the Elders to teach but she
wasn’t home so we went to are meeting with the Bishop early and practiced the
piano. Joyce practiced and Art slept in
the chair.
Thursday: We went to W.W. in the morning and
picked up a few things that we needed while we were in Renton. We met the Elders and taught a lesson to Mary
Hardy (a different Mary than the one we teach). It went well, but she won’t
commit to come to church or pray with us.
She doesn’t have a bible so we are going to get her one tomorrow. On the way home we stopped at two more
addresses and found a young girl that just moved in, and told us that she may
try and come to church. The other
address had no one home. In the evening
we went to our meeting with the ward mission leader. Since we were in our
meeting we missed the fireworks for the Chinese New Year, plus we forgot. We found another temple that is close by so
it would have been easy to watch if we would have remembered.
Friday: We stared off our day going to
Auburn to the institute class, then to the mission office for some
supplies. We needed a bible to give to
Mary Hardy. The Elders had several but
none in English so we told them we would pick one up and get their supplies
while we were there. On the way home we
stopped to drop it off to Mary but she wasn’t home. She had told us that she
may be at a doctor’s appointment for her son. We left it in front of her door so we hope she
gets it. We then ran to Sam’s Club to
pick up some apples, and meat for the dinner tonight with the Elders and a less
active member, Fely Baluka. The Elders
taught a very good lesson on the Ten Commandments. The rest of the evening we worked on the area
book. We did get a big surprise when we
got home. We had a new peep-hole in the
door. I guess they changed their mind. Another tender mercy.
Saturday: It was an 8 Advil day. We spent most of the day knocking on doors,
but we did find a lot of people home.
While we were talking to a lady on her steps a car came around the corner
and hit another car and then backed up and took off. That sure brought people out of their houses.
This was even in one of the nicer neighborhoods in our area. As we were going home we had to pass the
Chinese Temple (which we found out it is a Vietnamese Temple) and they were
having a big celebration with tour buses and the works. There were some dancers preforming but they
finished just as we got there. We walked
around a bit and talked to a few people and then headed home. On the way home we passed a barbeque grill
where all the dancers were eating and they put on another show with fireworks
and the whole deal, so we did get to see it after all.
The Spanish speaking Elders came over to find out what areas they could work in to help us out. After they left we went to a baptism for Joshua Acosta. His mother and several sisters joined the church a few weeks ago.
That has been pretty much our week.
Things are going well and we are staying busy. We really love the letters and phone calls
that we get. Here is our preaching for the week:
A testimony
is to be found in the bearing of it! As you give that which you have there is a
replacement, with increase! Boyd K. Packer With opportunities all around us, why should
we fear? The gospel is the power of God unto salvation. Spencer W. Kimball
Something to ponder: How does having a knowledge that we have the
Gift of the Holy Ghost change our desire to be a member missionary and bear our
testimony more often?
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