Just the normal missionary stuff to report for this week.
Visiting less-actives and recent converts. Teaching investigators. Finding new
people to teach. I practiced some of my Spanish with Sis. Diaz. I can
understand it pretty well, I just can't speak it. We got to know some more
members in the ward. They are all awesome and hilarious.
Highlights for this week include, but are not limited to:
- Eating a fish. One of those
fishes that is cooked, but it looks like a real, live fish with the scales
and the tail and the head, including the eyes. It was really good. I love
fish. I ate the fish's eyes. They were pretty good, but the thought of
eating eyes kind of threw me off. It was weird.
- We visited a member couple in
our ward and talked about all sorts of stuff like how much we love Idaho,
floating the Boise River, cool spiritual experiences, wayward children,
and prophets. And during this whole conversations, I definitely had the
coolest seat in the house -- a horse saddle set up on stand. The closest
thing I have to riding a horse on my mission. And I felt like a true Texan
-- sitting on a horse saddle in the living room.
- We had dinner with a family
and some of their friends on Friday. Delicious food. Delicious. At the end
we shared a message on following the prophet, after which the husband
said, "Oh we were just with the prophet 5 weeks ago." What?!
Yeah he has known President Monson his whole life and they are good
friends. That is so cool!
- We are teaching two siblings
of a recent convert. And they all came to church yesterday. The two kids
love the Book of Mormon stories book and keep it in their backpacks so
they can read it at school.
- Met an Irish guy and gave him
a Book of Mormon. I love how diverse Houston is. So many people from
everywhere.
- One of our investigators
moved -- that isn't really a good highlight, but thought I would mention
it. She moved to Cut 'N Shoot. And yes there is really a town in Texas
called Cut 'N Shoot. It is kind of sketchy.
- We got a new investigator.
Guadalupe. We started teaching her about the Restoration -- correction,
Sis. Diaz taught. It was all in Spanish. I tried to use my
not-very-existant gift of tongues to understand what they are saying. Sis.
Diaz taught me how to bear my testimony in Spanish. So I can now bear my
testimony in 3 languages -- english, spanish, and texan.
- Officially met and got to
know the ward mission leader and his wife. They are awesome.
- This weekend the weather was
really nice and it was cool and so great. I even wore my red jacket
Saturday night just because I could without getting super hot and sticky
with sweat.
This week I'm especially grateful for the Atonement of Jesus
Christ that allows and helps us overcome our weaknesses and shortcomings.
Through it we can change and become the sons and daughters that our Heavenly
Father wants us to be. Without the Atonement trying to change or become better
would be so much more difficult and pointless. And I can't imagine a world
where change and improvement weren't possible or worth it. I''m grateful for
how much I have learned and grown on my mission because of the Atonement of
Jesus Christ and His beautiful teachings that we can find in the scriptures.
And I look forward to continuing to learn and grow during the rest of my
mission and life. I know Jesus Christ is our Savior and Redeemer.I know that
His Priesthood, Gospel, and Church have been restored to the earth. I know He
lives. And I know that he speaks to us today.
Love,
Sister Sylvester
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