This week Sister Rowland and I had so much fun. And saw the Lord's hand in our work daily. Neither of us has been transferred so we're headed into our 2nd transfer together and we're pumped!
Tuesday evening was awesome. We went and had lessons with some people we had met last week. Each person we had planned to try let us in which was amazing on its own. One such appointment was with a family that's related to a great family in the ward. Such honest people seeking to follow Christ's example.
Wednesday.... so missionaries have very limited mileage on their vehicles. And it's 28 miles round-trip to the church. We have to make that trip at least 2x a week. Last week we made it 4x because we've started teaching some families that live really close to the church. So we asked the elders if we could borrow their bikes to save on some miles. Wednesday morning we biked to our appointments before throwing the bikes on the back of our car to head to another part of our area we had work to do in. We parked the car at the elders house and a member picked us up to go out for a while before dropping us back off at our car. We drive 1 minute down the road to try another investigator who wasn't home before driving to yet another city for the remainder of the day. We hop out of the car and go to grab our bikes.... a wheel is missing. Where 4 wheels once were, there are only 3. Photo evidence allowed us to know that the wheels were on when we left the elders house. So... at some point.... a wheel was lost. We called the elders and told them, apologizing profusely but also just laughing really hard. Wer'e in the process of replacing said wheel. And the elders have already said we can borrow their bikes again once they're fixed, bless them.
Thursday was solid. We had Book of Mormon class and soccer night at the church.
Saturday we drove out to Ellabell/Pembroke which are both little towns in the middle of nowhere. Well, the middle of 40 minutes from Pooler I guess. I haven't figured out what sustains those towns yet but because they're far missionaries don't get out there very often. We went and spent the day and met so many people. We got let into so many homes and found a new investigator that we are going to teach over Facebook because she lives so far. The ward mentioned on Sunday that they want to find out who's out there too so we'll probably be doing more travelling now which I'm excited about.
Tuesday evening was awesome. We went and had lessons with some people we had met last week. Each person we had planned to try let us in which was amazing on its own. One such appointment was with a family that's related to a great family in the ward. Such honest people seeking to follow Christ's example.
Wednesday.... so missionaries have very limited mileage on their vehicles. And it's 28 miles round-trip to the church. We have to make that trip at least 2x a week. Last week we made it 4x because we've started teaching some families that live really close to the church. So we asked the elders if we could borrow their bikes to save on some miles. Wednesday morning we biked to our appointments before throwing the bikes on the back of our car to head to another part of our area we had work to do in. We parked the car at the elders house and a member picked us up to go out for a while before dropping us back off at our car. We drive 1 minute down the road to try another investigator who wasn't home before driving to yet another city for the remainder of the day. We hop out of the car and go to grab our bikes.... a wheel is missing. Where 4 wheels once were, there are only 3. Photo evidence allowed us to know that the wheels were on when we left the elders house. So... at some point.... a wheel was lost. We called the elders and told them, apologizing profusely but also just laughing really hard. Wer'e in the process of replacing said wheel. And the elders have already said we can borrow their bikes again once they're fixed, bless them.
Thursday was solid. We had Book of Mormon class and soccer night at the church.
Saturday we drove out to Ellabell/Pembroke which are both little towns in the middle of nowhere. Well, the middle of 40 minutes from Pooler I guess. I haven't figured out what sustains those towns yet but because they're far missionaries don't get out there very often. We went and spent the day and met so many people. We got let into so many homes and found a new investigator that we are going to teach over Facebook because she lives so far. The ward mentioned on Sunday that they want to find out who's out there too so we'll probably be doing more travelling now which I'm excited about.
Pooler is a dream.
I am so happy. And thankful always. I thought this week about how I can say "I'm grateful" all day long as I recognize good things. But that doesn't matter so much until I FEEL that gratitude. So I've been taking time, as I pray especially, to slow down and feel grateful and express that to God. Game changer. to "always retain in remembrance, the greatness of God".
Update: Sister Orton was called to serve as an STL in Macon so I'll see her monthly now and she's gonna kill it!! And Sister Stovie is staying in G-Town and will be there at least 9 months! Sister Fielding stayed in Aiken aka Zion.
I love you! The church is true. Jesus Christ lives. His Church has been restored to the earth through the prophet Joseph Smith. God still speaks to us - the heavens are open. I love you.
-Sister Emma Gore
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