Hey
y'all,
Another week done! this week was amazing and the best week so far.
I even had my first exchange and i was terrified, but i was probably the best
thing that happened to me this week. I hope many of you thought about what i
said last week about having Family Home Evening and Personal and family
scripture study. i wouldn't be a good missionary if i didn't follow-up.
LOL!
This week was a very uplifting and busy week. We got a new
investigator and Super Sunday was a great hit. we only had one of our
investigators come but she brought her husband who is completely against the
church. he has even volunteered to help with a member moving with volunteering
his time and truck and asked for a Preach My Gospel. I was jumping for joy!!!
This week we had no set appointments except for Thursday and i was in a
different area for exchanges. (I'll touch on that later). We just went through
the ward roster and drove to most of the inactive members. we didn't have such
a great luck in that but Sister Behrmann came across a name and she said
"what about the Kassa family we haven't met them and they are just down
the street a little." by that point i was ready to give up but we went
ahead and went. we got to their house and prayed and knocked on there door and
SOMEONE ANSWERED THE DOOR! i was so glad but was even happier when the first
thing he says is "missionaries, no women Missionaries." He let us in
and we talked. He is Ethiopian and it was kind of hard to understand him. he
told us they are inactive (without us asking) and said that he has a testimony
but goes to a church down town with other Ethiopians because they needed help
with setting it up and so if he wasn't their he would be at our church. He has
two kids who are 10 and 8. Neither one is baptized but the parents are endowed
and said that the believes on family that we have was one of the reasons why
they were even baptized. They have moved everywhere they got married and moved
to Italy (talked about dad serving a mission in Italy) then moved to Los
angelos and then to North Carolina and works in a research technical lab for
universities. We talked with him for a good forty five minutes and left with a prayer
and gave them our card. latter we found out the elders got to them before us
and have an appointment and so that's why they didn't ask for us to come back,
but they want to make dinner for us and make some Italian food.
My biggest news is that after we left the Kassa's we went to
another inactive member. She wasn't home but her roommate was and she allowed
us in and started talking with us.we talked about Jesus Christ. She asked us
why we are so big on giving service when we asked if we could help with
anything (she was decorating for a party). She asked us why we do that and so
we said we are the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day saints and everything
we believe is centered on Christ and that Jesus was someone who served everyone
he could and so we try to be like him. She almost starting crying. she told us
that she does that all the time especially for her job. She is a Spanish
interpreter and works for the blind. she even said that she is starting a
thrift store and that all the employees are going to be people with
disabilities and who is blind or deaf. She even told us that she interprets for
medical reasons as she goes with patients to appointments to help them as the
doctor talks with them. she has some health issues but she feels that the
things she does is really all she can do because of her health. It was amazing.
Not sure she is a ASL interpreter but that would be awesome. We set up an
appointment for Friday and then left. It was the coolest experience she was
even asking about Family History and is so amazed at the records we have at the
buildings and how amazing that is and loves doing that with her husband.
SO real quick with exchanges i went to the Cary 2nd ward
and my companion was Sister Loftus. i wasn't sure cause the last time she said
" oh second week in the field and you have exchange lucky you" and
that seriously scared me. i didn't want to go with her and sure enough i was
assigned to go with her. It actually went great i learned lots from her and she
helped me with teaching. the first thing we did was teach the restoration
together and it was awesome. she was kindly glad enough to start and
teach most, but allowed me room to jump in. we even had a good conversation
getting ready for bed and helped me gain confidence in teaching. she even
showed me that i can become friends with the people i teach. i knew that but
she had an amazing friendship with them. she was able to be sarcastic and funny
and i don't know just really great with who she taught and did service for. i
felt so comfortable teaching and working with her. Overall it was a great
experience!
This week was amazing and i can feel myself getting more and more
comfortable with teaching and speaking up.i hope my next email isn't so much of
me rambling but I can't wait for what this week is going to give me, but
remember with Valentines Day coming up charity never faileth! Have a great week
y'all!
--
Sister
Tayler Farr
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