Here's the big news on Transfers....Sister Anderson and I
are staying together yet ANOTHER transfer. We're both so happy. By the end of
this one it will be 6 months spent together--the first third of Sister
Anderson's mission. Crazy. We're super excited about it though. In fact, our
entire district stayed the same (besides one missionary who went home today.
He's being replaced with a Greenie! :D). We're the eternal district.
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| A little flooding from the "Hurricane." This is one of our investigator's driveway. |
An update on the hurricane issue that I'm sure you've all
heard so much about: It turned out to not really be as big of a deal as was
expected. We received the emergency orders from President Grayson on Thursday
that we would need to put together a 72 hour kit and get back to the apartment
if the rain started to get bad. The funny thing is, sister Anderson and I
didn't realize how serious it was supposed to be..so we were out teaching
during the beginnings of a hurricane. So I have officially tracted through
tornadoes and taught through hurricanes. This gospel does not stop! :D We then
obediently followed the orders and gathered our water, food, etc and didn't
leave the apartment until 3:00 the next day. To be honest, it was just a lot of
rain, some wind, and minor flooding in a few areas. We're grateful no one was
hurt.
This week we had a wonderful opportunity to provide some
last minute service to a sweet older lady who has been really sick. We cranked
her car that hadn't been used all this year. I honestly didn't think we would
be able to get it going again...but by the third try and lots of patience, it
made it!
We also went to an AA meeting with one of our investigators.
That was such a neat experience. We also were able to get in touch with a part
member family who completely fell off the face of the earth a couple months
back. They both looked SO much better. It was a wonderful testimony to me that
people DO change.
Lots of our ward was gone this Sunday to help the relief
efforts in Louisiana. Even with such a small congregation (the entire bishopric
was gone as well), we had a powerful testimony meeting. I was so grateful to
hear the testimony of some of the members we don't normally hear from. How
inspiring!
Davis family:
We had a word of wisdom lesson this week. Whether because of
the storm excitement and being let out of school a day early, or another
reason, the boys were full of energy. Sister Anderson and I were shocked when
they all expressed real concern with keeping the word of wisdom because they
could no longer drink sweet tea. What amazed me, however, was how quick their
mother (who is also not a member) jumped in and said, "Well it's not that
hard, just choose to drink something else." She had total and complete
faith in the commandment. She didn't even question the reason why. She just
said, "Yes, of course we can do that." WOW! How amazing!
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| Found a baby lizard in our apartment. |
Lastly, we visited a family Sunday night that we hadn't been
able to get in touch with in a while. We were working on getting the wife
reactivated (the rest of the family are not members). At the end of our
discussion of one of Christ's parables, she sat in thought. "I have a
question to ask you. My daughter has been asking about baptism a lot recently.
What would she have to do to be baptized?" How amazing!! We should now be
working with them as a family to work towards baptism. It was a tender mercy
from the Lord. When people feel the spirit, then they act.
I love y'all! Have a blessed week.
-Sister Brown
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