Hello Everyone!
This week was CRAZY!! We had transfers on Wednesday, which meant we had to say good-bye to Sister Bell (my companion) and Sister Frampton (one of the other sisters who live with us). But, we got Sister Oliver in the other companionship (still a triple-up) and Sister Dahle and I are enjoying working in a duo. You wouldn't believe how much easier it is to teach with just the two of us. We already have more companionship unity in teaching than we ever have felt. Maybe trios are easier when all three of you are thrown in at the same time, but we have learned that adding a third person to an original duo is hard. But, I'm so glad I was able to serve in the trio last transfer, and I'm excited to serve with Sister Dahle now! She is so fun, and together we're focusing on finding someone this transfer. That means more tracting and contacting and lots of praying. This last transfer has been very focused on reactivation efforts, but now that most of them are progressing, we want to expand our focus and find new investigators! :P
At transfers I ran into an old friend... Elder Barnes! He's a Zone Leader now (not of my zone, though) so there was no way I could miss him. I also saw Sister Ahrenson, but she had to go back to the historical sites before we could take a picture with her, too. Jon and I didn't get to talk much, but I told him it was weird to see him. Good, but weird. It's true, though! It made home and mission seem way to close. The mission is so different, and then seeing a friend (not even just an acquaintence, but a friend) from home kinda threw me for a loop. It was fun, though. :) I attached the picture we took. (I have to say, taking pictures with elders (who you aren't allowed to touch) can be kinda awkward. What do you do, stand side by side awkwardly? Yep, that's what you do. :P)
One of the less-actives we've been working with (and who we love dearly), Kathleen, invited her nonmember son to church, and he said yes!! We are so proud of her. Next week is "Bring a Friend to Church Day," and we're hoping for lots of people to take the chance to invite friends to a nonthreatening sacrament meeting. Kathleen is such an inspiration. When we taught her the Word of Wisdom, she already knew everything but coffee and tea. When we told her that she said, "I don't know why the missionaries who taught me didn't tell me that. It wouldn't have changed anything, but I wish they had told me!" This is the same woman who has had a boyfriend for over twenty years, and has been dutifully living the law of chastity over those same twenty years since being taught and baptized. She is completely incredible and has a stalwart testimony. I hope that her son still comes and he listens to his mom, because she is incredible and can teach him a lot.
This week, we tried a new tracting method. We stopped at the Correa (pronounced Co-hey-a; the dad is from Brazil) family's house and told them that we were sharing a message about the Family Proclomation, and asked if there was anyone on their street who's door we could knock on (Sis. Correa is an RM, so she thought that was funny) that would appreciate the message. Even though we didn't get into any more doors than usual, we felt like we had been more productive because we tracted with purpose, not just willy-nilly, "let's knock on this door." We think we'll be doing more of that. At one of the doors no one answered, but their dog came up and pushed the door open! It was just a little dog and it was very friendly, but there was no one inside the house, and when I opened the front door and tried to coax it back in, it wouldn't go. Awkward! Luckily, the family was around back. They did NOT look pleased to see us (in fact, they scared me a little with the look of pure "get the... out of here" in their eyes) but we had to return their dog. Oh well. Hopefully we'll have more successful doors than that. :P
Sienna's mother left for her next month-long job this week. So, no baptism till at least July, if not August, and that's if we can get the mom to cooperate. It's so sad to see how much Sienna wants to be baptized, but because she's not eighteen she can't. We're going to see her and her sister this week, though, and we hope we can set up a new date to push for. They are such sweet girls and have incredible testimonies.
Sorry to you fellow missionaries that my letters are so long. You can just skim through and read the parts you want. :) Good luck to all of you, and I love getting your letters and hearing about your successes and stories.
To all you family and friends at home: Thank you for your love and emails. Keep writing me letters (because I'm selfish and will ask for that ;) ) and have a fun summer.
I love you all! Have a fantastic week.
Sister McKayla
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