Hi everyone! 6/5/17
Me and Sister Winkelman don't think Arturo and Arreill are going to see us anymore. They've only contacted us once since they came back from their music festival thing and we think it's them softly telling us they aren't interested...arghghg. We'll see though and we'll keep trying.
We had another lesson with Alicia but it was a bit crazy with the kids and the phone ringing non-stop.It was still good though. We learned though that Alicia got into some anti Mormon material online by accident wanting to learn more but luckily wasn't phased by it and even asked why people are so mean to write crazy false things. As we read from 2 Nephi 2 it lead to other great questions and discussion. Alicia also asked about the Second coming and how frankly it scared her. We shared our testimony to her that when we do our best to follow God it will be okay and that since God is Our Heavenly Father he is merciful and loving. She connected that with herself saying how she says how much she lives her kids and even when make mistakes. A HUGE thing that was great is whenever she asked questions she would say "do we believe...?" As IN US, AS IN HER, AS A MORMON! We invited her to baptism and she said yes but wants to continue to learn more and doesn't want to make a commitment to herself and God that she knows she won't keep in order to be baptized. She also struggles a little with not having tattoos.She still has so much faith though and really really wants to make her Heavenly Father proud. She didn't make it to church though and she sent us a message that her family members are discouraging her and she's feeling conflicted. Please pray for her!
Moving on, we had a mini missionary, Sister Garner, this week for two days! It was very short notice but it was great! She'll be heading out to Tuscon Arizona and she is very pure-hearted and will be a great missionary. There's a photo of the three of us after we "heart-attacked" a member's home. A lot of our visit day was tracting and not much else and me and Sister Winkelman prayed very hard that she would be able to have a teaching experience with an investigator. We knocked on a former investigator's door who had moved but found a sweet 17-old girl named Jade who gladly let us in! It was a huge blessing and we are very grateful that Sister Garner had that experience and for us to have a new investigator!
At the Beloit Historical Society this week we got to sort some old postcards some dating to 1907 which was super cool. One of them just says "I'm O.K". Might just send that out one preparation day.
To end the week off as we were pulling into a trailer park two wild turkeys started to run majestically beside our car looking like raptors from Juresstic Park. Sister Winkelman didn't see them for a moment and they were getting close to the front of our car which made me yell "TURKEY!" which me and Sister Winkelman swerve and scream. We laughed so hard.
Have a great week!
