Our apartment being freezing so we huddle around the heater
Us trying on hats we found at the food bank
One of our members as a mini orange tree in their house! SO COOL!
Hi Everyone!
Happy Thanksgiving! Hope everyone has a great time and can enjoy the Thanksgiving spirit this week.
We have had lots of amazing and fun things happen this week. First was last Monday, we had dinner with a member named Brother Draper. He invited us over to his house and made us this HUGE dinner. He is so sweet and he loves having the missionaries over. We then all gathered in the living room and be brought out his guitar. We sang hymns and played all these cool songs for us. It was so neat! We shared a message with him and he was very involved and accepted our commitment to him without any hesitation. It was nice to have our little Family Home Evening with him.
Something we have been really focusing on this week is working with members to further missionary work in our area. This week, that focus paid off! One of the members in our ward, Brother Goff, invited us over to teach some family friends of his. Their whole family came and we taught them all about the Restoration. They have been reading the Book of Mormon everyday and we are meeting with them again tomorrow! I have high hopes for them. When members help their friends come into the gospel, it is so much easier that strangers coming in to teach!
Another cool thing that happened was went to contact a former investigator in our area book, and he let us come right in. Turns out, he has a lot of Pioneer heritage and knows a lot about the history of our church! But he doesn't know much about what we believe. He agreed to meet with us and then came to church on Sunday as well! SO cool.
We also had the chance to do some service in another area. We helped a family pack herbs on their farm. We did it with our entire District so I got to know the Elders a little better. Then on the way back, we had the cliche service opportunity....we stopped and helped a old lady rake her leaves :) It was so fun to talk to her and she was so surprised we stopped and helped. Then she was more surprised that we wouldn't accept the money she offered us. It felt good to do something with no other motive than to serve.
Last thing is that we are continuing to teach our investigator named Cassie. She has so much faith and is basically living the way LDS people live, but she isn't baptized. She invited us right in and made us this amazing hot chocolate. She is our age and she loves having us over. She reads the Book of Mormon everyday and is progressing so fast! The Lord really does lead us to the people we need to see. We have had so many miracles and I know that as we continue to work hard, even more will come our way.
Well, I love you all and hope you have a happy Thanksgiving!
Sister Meeks
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