Monday we went to Savannah. Not River street (which is what I'm really looking forward to) but we did go to the mall and played sports with the sisters and Elders from all over both Savannah East and West Zone. Volleyball was a blast. The dodge-ball game they made up...not so much fun. When you had the ball, everyone was staring at you watching you try to get someone out. I'm definitely not big into that. Regardless, we had a wonderful time.
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| Shopping in Savannah! |
That evening we saw a few little miracles before FHE. We got back into Hinesville and started looking for service opportunities. We're trying to build/start the Just serve program here in Hinesville. I'm not sure if anyone has heard of it...but it's probably pretty established in the Utah missions already. Look it up :D Anyways.. we were sitting at the hospital waiting to speak to someone, and there was this cute family on my side. I chatted with them for a good 20 minutes and ended up leaving them with a pamphlet and our number. At the same time, there was a lady who sat down next to sister Lewis who was clearly having a rough day. She was teary eyed and just sort of down. Sister Lewis mostly talked to her..at one point during the conversation she said "you're christian people aren't you" Sister Lewis said yes, showed her her name tag and explained who we were. She said, "Sweetie, I didn't need to see a name tag, I could see it in your faces." , We left her with a card and our number and gave her a hug. As we were leaving the hospital, this sweet woman turned to her neighbor and started telling her about us and how we were good people. That made my whole day.
But it doesn't stop there. Guess who we got a call from the next day? HER! She called to tell us her blood sugar had gone down dramatically and thanked us for our prayers. What a wonderful lady and an incredible miracle.
Another amazing experience from this week was our lesson we had with Jaquanne. She ordered a bible around Christmas time. We dropped it off to her with a card for "A Savior is Born." We tried so diligently after that to continue seeing her as we said we would...but she was never home, or her kids would answer the door and we couldn't talk with her. It was just crazy...it never really worked out until she kept the appointment one day, and she was actually there with her mother who was visiting for the week. We had a good first discussion, they both seemed interested..but a bit distracted. We left her with a copy of the Book of Mormon and asked her to read and pray about the introduction. We set a return appointment for that Friday when we were planning to explain the Book of Mormon and introduce the story line, etc. Well...we show up and she invites us to sit down. We visit for a while, open with a prayer, and ask her about her reading. She tells us it was great and that she did read. WOW! Someone actually kept their commitment the first time around. We were so happy. So we ask her what she thought of the introduction. She said it was great and that she was actually on the 4th chapter of Nephi right now. What?! We're super excited. She read all the testimonies, intros, and 4 chapters. Talk about exciting. So we decided to continue introducing the story and timeline of the Book of Mormon to her because it would still be best to set up a good base for her future reading. Ya....she pretty much finished our sentence on every explanation of the pictures in the front of the book. It was awesome. Her family all came to church this week. (besides her husband who is military and away from home right now...he gets back this or next week) and said they really enjoyed it. They had to leave early because of a family emergency. We're not sure what's going on there...but we're keeping them in our prayers and they said they were excited to get to stay for the whole thing next Sunday :) How amazing! It's so neat to see how much light has already come into their lives!!
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| Elder Peterson is leaving... the joke was always that I LOVE the white handbook. He's a huge jokester so I'd often quote the white hand book when he would talk about doing something crazy/against mission rules. He was never serious, it was just funny. |
Sad news, Amberli moved this week. It will be good because she has good friends who will be a positive influence and probably the exact thing she needs...but it's sad to see her go already. She has made so many changes in her life slowly but surely. This last week she actually told us that she has had less and less desire to drink coffee and she's not sure why. Then she said...well, I know why. It's clearly God telling me I don't really need it. Then she shook her fist and yelled, "That darn Book of Mormon!" haha that describes her perfectly! We love and miss her so much! I'm grateful for all the eternal friends I've made while I've been here. One day I pray we will see her and her family in the temple.
Quick news on transfers...Sister Lewis and I are both safe. Elder Peterson on the other hand...he's a goner. So we'll be getting a new zone leader and member of the Hinesville family this week! That's seriously what it feels like here since we all work so closely together and we have the Cottles.
Exciting stuff! Be safe. Find JOY in the gospel! aaaaand share that joy :)
Love,
Sister Brown
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