April 19th letter
In Wasilla, Sis. Dalton and Sis. Booth had the opportunity to get to know an amazing family! It's the Coyle family, and they always welcome the new missionaries (we saw with the "greenie" dinner) and they also have the missionaries over for different occasions.
Sister Booth and Sister Dalton were able to go over for Easter and have an "Easter" meal that was truly an interesting experience!
Here they are:
Subject: A Week of Cancellations
Date: April 19, 2010
Hi Family!!!
So I called this email the week of cancellations as that is what seemed to happen to us a lot this week. Overall we had a really good week and I am very grateful for the Lord and to be here doing His work. Because of all the new investigators we had picked up from the week before we had a lot of appointments scheduled for last week, which is great. Monday we started out and were supposed to visit with Krista and Case who we were excited to see. Well, they forgot we where coming and were leaving right when we got there. That was the start of our week. Thankfully we rescheduled for another time with them. However, the pattern continued with at least 5 more appointments we had throughout the week. Let's just say that by Sunday, when all 3 of our appointments fell through, Sister Dalton and I just laughed. At that point that is all there was to do. I know there was a purpose for it and things happen with people. I am learning that persistence is so important. At times you may feel like you are bothering people with how persistent you are being. But really, how important is their salvation? Knowing that drives all those thoughts away, as they need to take time for the Lord.
We had some great appointments this week as well. We were able to meet with Nathan again, and he asked us some great questions. His wife outlined the BOM for him to read in a way so the stories of the BOM were all highlighted. He was enjoying it, but because he has never read the book all the way through, it was harder to understand that way. So he is going to just start from the beginning of the book. His wife, who is a member, is really helping him and encouraging him, which is great. We really spent some time on the importance of prayer and why we need to have a testimony of it. I loved that his questions where so simple but yet so important to know with a surety of the truth of them. For example: Why do we need a testimony? I am thankful for the opportunity to teach Nathan and I know he will learn the truth for himself.
We also were able to spend time with Lauri and Stan. We are reteaching them the lessons because of the fact that they had a period of time where they were not taught much. We finished with lesson one, and afterwards talked to them about how they were feeling. Luari said that she wanted to get baptized and actually picked out a date. She does not understand the importance of just belonging to one church as she wants to be part of our church and the Lutheran church. We are going to have to jump over that hurdle with her so she can gain a testimony of this church and that it is true.
EJ is the other investigator we taught this week and he is doing so good. He talked to us about his experience at church on Sunday and how it was a lot different than the Catholic Church he had been attending for most of his life. He liked how we were so welcoming and warm whereas the catholic church was not that way. As I have not really attended a Catholic Church, I would not know, but I am thankful he was able to have that experience. We talked about prayer and him receiving an answer for the things we have been teaching. He came to church again this past Sunday and we were teaching the lesson about covenants and how it is important to keep them. I know he will be baptized and I am so excited as he is such a great person.
Oscar also came to church and had a great experience. He was sick so were not able to meet with him, but he really enjoyed it and is progressing so much. I am so thankful for him and his example to me. He is so eager to learn and soaks it all in, which is so great!
Well, I hope all is going great at home and everyone is doing good. I love you all!!
Sis. Booth
Sister Booth and Sister Dalton were able to go over for Easter and have an "Easter" meal that was truly an interesting experience!
Here they are:
Sis. Coyle, Sis. Booth, and Sis. Dalton trying it:
Everyone else trying it:
It looks like it was an interesting time! Yum! Here's another email:
Subject: A Week of Cancellations
Date: April 19, 2010
Hi Family!!!
So I called this email the week of cancellations as that is what seemed to happen to us a lot this week. Overall we had a really good week and I am very grateful for the Lord and to be here doing His work. Because of all the new investigators we had picked up from the week before we had a lot of appointments scheduled for last week, which is great. Monday we started out and were supposed to visit with Krista and Case who we were excited to see. Well, they forgot we where coming and were leaving right when we got there. That was the start of our week. Thankfully we rescheduled for another time with them. However, the pattern continued with at least 5 more appointments we had throughout the week. Let's just say that by Sunday, when all 3 of our appointments fell through, Sister Dalton and I just laughed. At that point that is all there was to do. I know there was a purpose for it and things happen with people. I am learning that persistence is so important. At times you may feel like you are bothering people with how persistent you are being. But really, how important is their salvation? Knowing that drives all those thoughts away, as they need to take time for the Lord.
We had some great appointments this week as well. We were able to meet with Nathan again, and he asked us some great questions. His wife outlined the BOM for him to read in a way so the stories of the BOM were all highlighted. He was enjoying it, but because he has never read the book all the way through, it was harder to understand that way. So he is going to just start from the beginning of the book. His wife, who is a member, is really helping him and encouraging him, which is great. We really spent some time on the importance of prayer and why we need to have a testimony of it. I loved that his questions where so simple but yet so important to know with a surety of the truth of them. For example: Why do we need a testimony? I am thankful for the opportunity to teach Nathan and I know he will learn the truth for himself.
We also were able to spend time with Lauri and Stan. We are reteaching them the lessons because of the fact that they had a period of time where they were not taught much. We finished with lesson one, and afterwards talked to them about how they were feeling. Luari said that she wanted to get baptized and actually picked out a date. She does not understand the importance of just belonging to one church as she wants to be part of our church and the Lutheran church. We are going to have to jump over that hurdle with her so she can gain a testimony of this church and that it is true.
EJ is the other investigator we taught this week and he is doing so good. He talked to us about his experience at church on Sunday and how it was a lot different than the Catholic Church he had been attending for most of his life. He liked how we were so welcoming and warm whereas the catholic church was not that way. As I have not really attended a Catholic Church, I would not know, but I am thankful he was able to have that experience. We talked about prayer and him receiving an answer for the things we have been teaching. He came to church again this past Sunday and we were teaching the lesson about covenants and how it is important to keep them. I know he will be baptized and I am so excited as he is such a great person.
Oscar also came to church and had a great experience. He was sick so were not able to meet with him, but he really enjoyed it and is progressing so much. I am so thankful for him and his example to me. He is so eager to learn and soaks it all in, which is so great!
Well, I hope all is going great at home and everyone is doing good. I love you all!!
Sis. Booth
Sister Coyle:
Also, Sis. Coyle made Sis. Booth and Sis. Dalton some awesome bags. She is truly talented and so kind to share with the missionaries. Here she is with each one:
With Sis. Booth:
With Sis. Dalton:
You are amazing Sis. Coyle! We love you and thanks for taking care of our missionaries!
Sister Booth and Sister Dalton were also able to spend some Easter time
with Lauri, their investigator. She was very nice to get them a gift, also!
with Lauri, their investigator. She was very nice to get them a gift, also!
Happy Easter!!
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