Everyday when we leave the apartment
to go out to work for the day, Sister Bowen's declaration is "Adventure
Time." That statement has proven true with MANY adventures this week.
Nothing seems to turn out exactly as you expect it to! But it often times makes
for some really good stories!! So here is a taste of the adventures this week
:)
We started out by getting to play
some basketball with Coach—I mean President Cleveland. It was actually a
clinic! It was so much fun :) We started out with some cardio and warm ups and
such and then did a bunch of drills. It was fun to shoot some hoops, but boy oh
boy it’s been a while since I actually played. At the end he told me he was
impressed... but I am pretty sure he was just being nice. Our entire zone was
pretty sore the next day!
On Tuesday we had 4 hours of church
tour training. Starting in June we are going to give church tours to
investigators and offer them to people that we find and even take members’
friends on tours. We are supposed to practice everyday. It seems like it will
be a really effective finding tool, that is, once we get good at it :)
Wednesday we had the Sister
Specialized Training in Fishers. It was so much fun to see all of the
Sisters!!! We had wonderful trainings in the morning on Christ and how we can
depend on him. Actually, since this was a Sisters conference and Sister
Cleveland was in charge, it had a theme (hehe). The theme was D.O.T.S., Depend
on the Savior, so everything had polka dots. It was pretty cute. Then in the
afternoon we learned more about stress and healthy eating (President must think
we are a little chubby...... which for the most part is true:) and then we did
this new work out theory called Tobata (I think it is similar to the principle
of cross fit) and then we did Zumba. It was so much fun! There was one sister
who dislocated her knee and tore her meniscus... which was really sad. But
other then that no harm :)
This week we had a pretty funny
lesson with one of our investigators, Web. Actually his real name isn't even
Web, to be honest we have no idea what it is. We think that it might be Frank
or Bill, but he asked us to call him Web, so we do. He is about 70 years old.
He is very interested in Mormons because of the lifestyle that we live. He is
very impressed that we don't drink or smoke and likes that we live by the Law
of Chastity. We met him a couple of weeks ago and he said he wanted to learn
more. He wanted to meet at a "neutral" location, so we met at Dairy
Queen. Our intent was to teach the Restoration, but before we could even begin,
he asked us why we think he should be Mormon and what is in it for him. We
talked a lot about the Atonement and the Plan of Salvation-- the happiness that
we gain from following God's commandments (intermingled with several stories
from his life.... none of which were every relevant. hahah) We didn’t get very
far but we left him with a restoration pamphlet and he asked if he could invite
a few friends for when we meet again this week!!!! He also asked if at one
point we would like to have a lesson with him on the Indy 500 track (because
apparently he has connections!) Pretty exciting!
And then there was Easter!!!!! We had
a wonderful sacrament meeting on Christ and his Atonement. We went to the
Baldridge’s house for dinner, which was a blast! They live out on quite a bit
of property, and every year they hide eggs all over (they are empty, but they
hide 200+). We were asked, with the Elders, to participate this year. It was a
race... we only had 10 minutes and we were suppose to get all of them off of several
acres of land. We may or may not have broken into a sweat! But, is was a blast!
And 50 some eggs later apiece, we were ready for cake :)
It always amazes me just how aware
our Heavenly Father is aware of our needs individually. We are His children and
He loves us and He knows us. He sent His son to show us the way, to set the
perfect example of how we should live our life, in order to return to live with
Him again. I am so grateful for the strength and the peace that I can gain from
the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Nothing is impossible, no change is too big,
through our Savior, Jesus Christ.
I hope you all have a fantastic
week!!!
Love,
Sarah <3
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