This last week has been one of multiple emotions. We've had several investigators "slow down", so to speak, but have also had a couple pick up the pace. The thing that broke my heart the most was to see [one of our solid investigators] in such a stressed, overwhelmed, hopeless state. We went to visit her on Friday and all of the cars were gone and a padlock was on the outside of the door. We checked back later that day and a couple of times the next day. Finally Saturday evening we caught her home with some friends who were all moving stuff out. Like I said, it broke my heart to see her countenance so different. That hope she'd had was not there anymore. We talked with her for a few minutes and found out her and her family have to move out and are moving in with her Grandma. Her grandma still lives in our area, but [our investigator] doesn't know the address and doesn't have a phone. I'm worried we're going to lose contact with her and it makes my heart so sad, but I have faith and hope that she will completely accept the gospel one day. It may not be now while I'm here, but I know she will. She is a wonderful woman who I will always love and admire.
Other investigators didn't show up to church like they promised which also broke our hearts, but 2 investigators did! One is a Mom with three cute girls. Her husband had to work so he didn't come, but her parent in-laws are less active members and are wonderful people! (They came too!) We love them all! The other investigator is a 12 year old boy. His mom and older brothers are already members, but are less active. He was never baptized, but wants to be. He is such a smart kid. We love him and he makes us laugh! He reads a lot and just gets it. Most adults we teach don't understand like he does. It made us especially happy when he told us during our lesson with him on Sunday (which he calls his private lessons (: ) that he just feels comfortable around us. That made me so happy :) The gospel is awesome and it is simple. It's been a great blessing to teach a couple of 12 year olds (another investigator we have who also comes from a part-member family is also 12). It makes you think about simplicity - how to share the gospel in a simple way.
We also had Zone Conference this last Wednesday in Monroe Louisiana! It was my first zone conference and my first time to Louisiana! We had Elder Kopischke of the Area of 70 come talk to us. He was a great teacher! All of his teachings were based off of questions we asked. It was really neat. That meant that we actually had multiple zones come at once so we got to ride together! It was fun to ride in a 12 passenger van with 9 other sisters and the wife of one of our Senior Couple Missionaries, who drove. We also had two of the sisters stay in our apartment the night before so that it would be a shorter distance for them to travel that morning. We got up at 5:30 that morning so that we could be up and ready and in our seats in Monroe by 9:30 am.
Other than that we had chitlins this week! Actually, we thought we were going to, but it turned out the husband of the members who were feeding us is just a BIG jokester. So what we actually had was a delicious mexican casserole...haha :) So no, we did not have chitlins. In fact, they told us if anyone ever offers us chitlins to tell them No. I thought it was pretty funny, and was actually willing to try them if that's what they gave us. But I'm very thankful they didn't. :)
Well I love you all and hope that things are going well for all of you! Keep smiling and remembering that Heavenly Father loves you! One of my favorite things said at zone conference was actually from one of the testimonies of one of the elders leaving in the next two transfers. He said, "If you give Him the time, He'll give you the time." I love that. I've been trying to put that to the test more and I know it's true. Give your Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ the time that it takes to do what they've asked, and they will give you the time you need. Again, I love you all!
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