1. i am more
patient than i thought. I know, this might be unbelievable to you guys but i
have been forced to be patient many times out here. its getting to the point
where it's not as hard, but i still have moments where i have to pray for
patience.
2. i can
actually kind of cook sometimes! it's true mom, you'd be so proud of my
cornbread cake.
3. i love
the scriptures. and i love learning about them. never did i think i would WANT
to read scriptures for an hour each day, but i do! & i love it! they are
amazing.
but this
past week was probably one of the fastest of my mission! probably because we
were teaching a lot and so it made it go by faster!
my favorite
moments this week:
In the
scriptures we are always told to become like a child, this was a phrase that I
never really paid much attention to until i met a little girl names Jacie. We
tracted into Jacie's house and her mom didn't seem too interested. She grew up
southern baptist and plans on staying there the rest of her life. She wasn't
rude, just wasn't interested. While we talked to the mom a little girl just
stood on the porch and looked at me the entire time. not in a weird creepy way
though haha. Even though the mom wasn't too interested she said we could stop
by another time, so we set up an appointment to come back but our schedule was
too over booked and we had to be in another place and so we didn't make it back
to our return appointment. But last week we stopped by again and when the mom
answered the door, little Jacie who doesn't even know us and didn't really talk
to us, walked out and gave me the biggest hug and told us she was glad we came
back! The sweetness of this little girl changed the way I want to be. I want to
be as loving as little Jacie.
We also had
a big community easter event this weekend. SO many kids came. I was walking
with one of the little girls to look for easter eggs and she looked at me and
was like "sister Oberfield, I love Jesus. and I know he loves me"
This little girl understands the gospel.
funny moment
this week:
every moment
is a funny moment here in Salem. So once a week we go up to a town called
Vandalia, it's about an hour away from the church building so all the members
that live up there are less active. But we visit sister blosser up there,
sister blosser's husband is not a member, his name is Animal (yes, i'm
serious). But anyways, Animal is super sick and he only has one leg and so
whenever we visit he just stays in his room. There wasn't enough chairs for
everyone so sister Huppi had to sit in his wheel chair. We said hi to him when
we walked in and he started yelling "IS THAT GOD?! GOD, ARE YOU TALKING TO
ME!?" but sister Blosser didn't do anything, so Sister Huppi and i just
kind of laughed and tried to ignore it.. but he just kept talking... so we said
an opening prayer and he stopped talking but i heard some noise behind me..
when i opened my eyes after the prayers I saw this huge man army crawling
towards me! I wasn't scared or anything but i was definitely frozen in an
awkward situation.. He ended up just sitting on the floor right next to me. I
wasn't sure if i should've like patted his head or something since his name is
Animal.
investigators
this week:
TJ and
Chelsea are our main progressing investigators! TJ has said that he wants to be
baptized but he doesn't feel like he's ready yet, which is super good because
he recognizes that it'll take preparation! but they came to church yesterday
and really enjoyed it!
Well I love
you all & so does Jesus! and remember to always be happy!
sister
oberfield
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