Dearest Family,
I'm sad to say that Sister's Conference is over. It was nice to get acquainted with the rest of the sisters in the mission and it was especially great to see Sister Knutson. I sure do love her and miss her as my companion. It was great to see President and Sister Shumway as well! It was a great experience for all of us missionaries and a lot of work and preparation was put into it to make it so great. I wish we could do it more often!
Unfortunately, we received a call from Eve yesterday and she said that her and Tony did some research and found something that they like better and that they don't want us to come over anymore. They also thanked us for the time that we spent with them teaching them more about our church. It was a huge bummer because we were really excited for their lesson yesterday and they seemed so prepared to receive the gospel. But, everyone has their agency and I guess the adversary got the best of them. I hope and pray that in the future they will accept the gospel. It is for everyone and it can make everyone happy if they let it and accept it.
In Ft. Scott we are trying to see a lot of the inactive members and we were successful this week in meeting with one of them! Her name is Sister Damgar and she is great. She wants to come back to church, she just needs a ride. So we let our Branch Mission Leader know, and he said they would get on it. Unfortunately, he was not able to get one for her for yesterday. Had we known, we would have gone to get her with the members that we rode to church with. It was in Sacrament Meeting that we realized that she wasn't there and we were super sad because she really wanted to come. We felt really bad. But, she'll have a ride for next week and she can come then!
Unfortunately, we received a call from Eve yesterday and she said that her and Tony did some research and found something that they like better and that they don't want us to come over anymore. They also thanked us for the time that we spent with them teaching them more about our church. It was a huge bummer because we were really excited for their lesson yesterday and they seemed so prepared to receive the gospel. But, everyone has their agency and I guess the adversary got the best of them. I hope and pray that in the future they will accept the gospel. It is for everyone and it can make everyone happy if they let it and accept it.
In Ft. Scott we are trying to see a lot of the inactive members and we were successful this week in meeting with one of them! Her name is Sister Damgar and she is great. She wants to come back to church, she just needs a ride. So we let our Branch Mission Leader know, and he said they would get on it. Unfortunately, he was not able to get one for her for yesterday. Had we known, we would have gone to get her with the members that we rode to church with. It was in Sacrament Meeting that we realized that she wasn't there and we were super sad because she really wanted to come. We felt really bad. But, she'll have a ride for next week and she can come then!
Chris came to church though! He missed Sacrament Meeting because he overslept but he called Bro. Eyring and said that he could come get him. It was great! We will get to meet with him and Bro. Eyring on Thursday! Sis. Eyring will be cooking dinner for us again. She is a great cook! Last time we went over there, she made tilapia and it was SO GOOD!! And that's saying something because I don't like fish, but I've had it a couple times on my mission and I'm growing to like it a lot if it doesn't have an overwhelming taste of fish! Anyway, it should be good! Chris is a great guy and we're excited to get to talk with him more!
We got to go to the open house for the new Joplin Stake Center on Friday night. That was fun. There were quite a few people there but I don't feel like we did a whole lot. The members had it pretty taken care of! I think we should do more church tours like that. They made posters and they were really well done. It would be sad to see them used only once.
We are also excited because Bro. Elliott will be baptized this Saturday!!!! President Montague from the Stake Presidency came yesterday and interviewed him. We talked with Pres. Montague and he said that he had a really good conversation with Brother Elliott and he seems like he is ready to be baptized! We couldn't be more excited. Brother Elliott just wants to do everything the right way! He even asked how much it cost to get baptized so he could have the money to do it. When we told him it didn't cost anything, he was surprised and excited. It will be a good experience for him! It will be a really spiritual Saturday, I'm sure! I can't wait!!!
While Pres. Montague was in Nevada, he was also able to interview a couple people for their temple recommends. One of these lucky people was Sister Padley. She's been inactive for a while but we've been working with her and now she has her recommend and is planning on going with the ward when they go this Friday! She is so excited to get to go back to the temple! We are excited for her as well!!
It was a pretty good week. It went by really fast. But I'm glad that this transfer is almost over. It's been a hard one and it continues to be a hard one every day but I'm trying to continue to push through it because I know that I can do it and it will only be a short time in my life that I'm going through this certain trial. But if I endure it well, I'll be exalted on high. I keep referencing back to D&C 121: 7-9. I love those scriptures. Everyone can find such great comfort in reading those. We can know that whatever we are going through, it will only be for a short time but we have the Lord on our side and He can help us to get through it! He knows everything and so He knows what we need to help prepare us for the future and what we will go through then.
We got to go to the open house for the new Joplin Stake Center on Friday night. That was fun. There were quite a few people there but I don't feel like we did a whole lot. The members had it pretty taken care of! I think we should do more church tours like that. They made posters and they were really well done. It would be sad to see them used only once.
We are also excited because Bro. Elliott will be baptized this Saturday!!!! President Montague from the Stake Presidency came yesterday and interviewed him. We talked with Pres. Montague and he said that he had a really good conversation with Brother Elliott and he seems like he is ready to be baptized! We couldn't be more excited. Brother Elliott just wants to do everything the right way! He even asked how much it cost to get baptized so he could have the money to do it. When we told him it didn't cost anything, he was surprised and excited. It will be a good experience for him! It will be a really spiritual Saturday, I'm sure! I can't wait!!!
While Pres. Montague was in Nevada, he was also able to interview a couple people for their temple recommends. One of these lucky people was Sister Padley. She's been inactive for a while but we've been working with her and now she has her recommend and is planning on going with the ward when they go this Friday! She is so excited to get to go back to the temple! We are excited for her as well!!
It was a pretty good week. It went by really fast. But I'm glad that this transfer is almost over. It's been a hard one and it continues to be a hard one every day but I'm trying to continue to push through it because I know that I can do it and it will only be a short time in my life that I'm going through this certain trial. But if I endure it well, I'll be exalted on high. I keep referencing back to D&C 121: 7-9. I love those scriptures. Everyone can find such great comfort in reading those. We can know that whatever we are going through, it will only be for a short time but we have the Lord on our side and He can help us to get through it! He knows everything and so He knows what we need to help prepare us for the future and what we will go through then.
Well, I think that's about it for the day! I love you all! Thanks so much for everything! I will hit 6 months this week....weird.
LOVE YOU! See you soon then!!
Love, Sister Pahl
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