This week was really quite hilarious because!!! we're working with a less active member and we went to her house the other day and she was like sisters. i have a confession. i have a sin i need to tell you about. and we were thinking aight she probs didn't read her assignment. which would be unusual for her buuuut not the end of the world.
Anyway she goes on to tell us this crazy story about how she got in a fight and gave some lady a black eye! this is a grown woman with kids! we kinda laughed a lot. but then she got all serious on us and was like im not worthy to go to church cuz im a terrible person and im gonna ruin the name of the church if people see me going to church that know that i got in this fight! so we got real with her too and talked to her about repentance and how this isn't a church of perfect people, it's a church of sinners trying to be better. and how that is the only thing that is important, she is trying to be better than she was yesterday! it was a great lesson and we really felt like she understood what she needed to do and how important it was to come closer to Christ now more than ever! she committed to come to church and it was all great!Then we went to teach her sister, our investigator and heard the same story from her perspective, which was ps, 30 times funnier because she didn't punch her so she didn't feel bad about it.....
Update: our less-active didn't go to church. and neither did her investigator sister. actually that whole area was absent. we think there was an epidemic...... it's a work in progress.... a long work in progress.
Then yesterday we went to our golden family and taught 10 commandments so she would stop taking the Lord's name in vain when she shares stories at church... always awkward. anyway it was great! and we got impromptu head and shoulder reflexology done on us! which imma huge pansy about and it hurt like the dickens. but whatevs, it was a party.
This week is sister chamberlain's birthday!! so we're celebrating today by buying matching dresses at the palangke that are ridiculously colorful and bright. get excited.
The work is doing great! unless you're our branch mission leader who decided to comment on our completely full progress record that the work in our area is rather dull and nothing has really changed there. thanks bro. good thing you're getting released next week or i might have more in common with our less-active that we thought! joke lang. ish.
But for reals. we found 11 new investigators this week and i could literally tell you a miracle story about finding every single one of them. it's so amazing to see how the Lord guides us to people and guides people to us!!
I gave a talk in sacrament yesterday, that was exciting. so we teach slash interact with like half the branch on a regular basis but for some reason when i stood up in front of all of them to talk about missionary work, what we do all day erry day, i got super nervous! buti na lang, Elder Christoffersen gave a talk in April conference that was exactly what i wanted to talk about! so i just used lots of quotes :)
Life is good, this transfer is going way too fast and i have no idea what is going to happen next transfer cuz i'll probs go to a new area and the possibilities are endless!!!!!
ngumiting baril! (smile gun) pew pew!
with love from the Philippines
-sister jones
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