Dearest family,
We had a pretty good week this week! We were able to pick up two new investigators. One of them is Gail. She's been coming to church every so often. She is the sister to a member of the ward. She's a single mom which is why we think the elders didn't get a very good chance to teach her. So we met with her this week and she seems pretty promising. She's already given up her coffee. Somebody also told us that her sister said that she is trying to do better because there are sisters here so she can get baptized if she wants. Of course she could do that with the elders here, but it will be easier with us here.
We also picked up a girl named Brandy. Her parents are inactive members and she used to come when she was a young woman. She would go to the Wednesday night activities and participate there but we have a record that says she hasn't been baptized yet. She seems really nice. She said she's been having a hard time right now. She got in a car accident and so she's pretty beat up from that. She loves reading the Bible and already has a copy of the Book of Mormon so we asked her to start reading it again. She seemed pretty excited!
We had dinner with a recent convert and her mother. The mother has never been really receptive. She's really supportive of her two daughters that joined at the beginning of the year, but she's not interested for herself. Some members believe that we were sent here to help her get baptized. As of right now, that doesn't look too promising, but you never know, Heavenly Father works in mysterious ways and everything happens on His time.
We are also still looking forward to Cheyenne's baptism in January. She was able to come to church yesterday for the first time! She usually works on Sundays and it's really hard for her to get it off, but she had yesterday off and so she came and brought her 11 month old son to church. She seemed to enjoy it! She's still excited for her baptism. We are just hoping that her husband will also be interested in the near future. He's really supportive of her but doesn't want to be involved in the lessons. He's pretty shy so whenever we go over to their house for a lesson, if he's there, he will go back in their room and stay there until we leave. So we'll see how that goes.
We also picked up a girl named Brandy. Her parents are inactive members and she used to come when she was a young woman. She would go to the Wednesday night activities and participate there but we have a record that says she hasn't been baptized yet. She seems really nice. She said she's been having a hard time right now. She got in a car accident and so she's pretty beat up from that. She loves reading the Bible and already has a copy of the Book of Mormon so we asked her to start reading it again. She seemed pretty excited!
We had dinner with a recent convert and her mother. The mother has never been really receptive. She's really supportive of her two daughters that joined at the beginning of the year, but she's not interested for herself. Some members believe that we were sent here to help her get baptized. As of right now, that doesn't look too promising, but you never know, Heavenly Father works in mysterious ways and everything happens on His time.
We are also still looking forward to Cheyenne's baptism in January. She was able to come to church yesterday for the first time! She usually works on Sundays and it's really hard for her to get it off, but she had yesterday off and so she came and brought her 11 month old son to church. She seemed to enjoy it! She's still excited for her baptism. We are just hoping that her husband will also be interested in the near future. He's really supportive of her but doesn't want to be involved in the lessons. He's pretty shy so whenever we go over to their house for a lesson, if he's there, he will go back in their room and stay there until we leave. So we'll see how that goes.
As I'm out here on my mission it is crazy how much I am blessed, even when I don't feel worthy of the blessings! As a missionary, you have to love everyone you come in contact with, no matter their situation. This past week, as we come out of lessons and dinner appointments, I feel so blessed because I have only been in Miami for almost 3 weeks and I already love the people here! The people in the ward are so great and they truly care about and love us missionaries. It is a super small ward but we still have dinner appointments every night. Some members feed us multiple times a month and some feed us once a week. It's a huge blessing to be here in Miami and I'm excited to continue to be here and to see more people come unto Christ and change their lives! I love this gospel and I love this church and I love being a missionary! I still can't believe that I'm actually on a mission!! It's great!
Well, I think that's about it for the week! We are hoping to get some more new investigators this next week so the work can continue to progress here in Miami!
Well, I think that's about it for the week! We are hoping to get some more new investigators this next week so the work can continue to progress here in Miami!
I love you all. Thanks for all the support you give me!
See you soon then!
Love, Sister Pahl
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