Hey ya'll!!
Hahaha Amb I love you! I'm sitting in a very crowded library
just laughing! So I'm not exactly sure how skype and stuff will work yet... We
have a couple options with members we just haven't set anything in stone yet,
hopefully I can let you know for sure in a couple of days. The branch is taking
really good care of us we have like 3 different familes for Christmas eve and
Christmas day :) Please make sure that the missionaries there have somewhere to
go! The Chattanooga sisters branch hasn't invited them... So they'll probably
just end up coming up to Signal Mtn with us, it's just sad that no one has even
offered them an invitation so please make sure the missionaries there have
something set up.
Yes I opened them all from grandma and grandpa haha... I
read the letter wrong I thought it said I could open them all early woops haha
but I've really been enjoying the chocolate and the cd :) I haven't gotten a
letter from Grandma B in several weeks... Which address is she sending them to?
Yah it was a huge bummer to get split up and yes she got
stuck with the problem companion... So we'll see how it goes. Sister Mickelson
has been out for 17 months so she goes home at the beginning of February with
Sister Gonzalez. And yes she has been in Signal before which is the main reason
they brought her back, she was here for 6 months left for 3 weeks and now she's
back. She was happy to come back though.
So an update on the week...
Our first lesson with Oralia and Reynal without Sister
Gonzalez went really well! We had a member with us who translated and it went a
lot smoother than expected! She is so perfect! She really is a dry Mormon. They
came to church yesterday and just loved it! President Griffey (stake president) came and spoke to the branch and at the end
of his talk he says "I know some of you here today aren't members of the
church yet. I want you to go home get on your knees and pray about getting
baptized this Saturday and confirmed Sunday!" I guess I grabbed Sister
Mickelson's hand haha and then I just burst into tears. That seriously was an
answer to prayers, we knew that we've been needing to bring up baptism with
them again but really just haven't known how to do it and then there it was!
Man the spirit was so incredibly strong! So we went over to Oralia's after
church and talked to her about what had been said, she told us that she's still
praying about it she just doesn't get why she needs to be married or why sexual
relationships before marriage are bad. So we read from the Family Proclamation
and cleared that right up she then told us she wanted us to come over tomorrow
and teach this to Ray. We of course said yes and had been planning for her then
this morning we get a text saying that he won't be there... :( So I don't know
what Oralia's going to end up doing, she knows what she needs to do I just hope
she has the faith and strength to do it. And maybe what President Griffey said
will end up happening, if they have the faith to make it happen. Please keep
them in your prayers. Reynal is 12 and yes her boyfriend is his dad.
We were finally able to get in with Tasha yesterday also!
She has been so sick but we got in and had a good lesson with her on goals and
what she wants out of life. She then promised us that she will be at chuch Sunday,
she's said that before though so please keep her in your prayers as well that
she will be able to see how the gospel can help her in her life.
As of right now those are our only solid investigators, Bill
basically dropped us. This week was kind of a training week I guess so we could
get into the swing of things and I could get used to being in charge. Being the
senior companion means that I have the final say on things, we plan things
together but then I usually lead out with things which has been a big
adjustment. I've really had to be the strong companion, Sister Mickelson copies
everything I do (literally everything...) And she really doesn't have much self
confidence, so I've been trying to boost that the best I can. I guess it'll be
good practice though cuz in February we are getting 12 new sisters!! So pretty
much all of us will be training!! Big changes will be happening the next couple
of months!
Well I think that's the highlights of the week... It was
kinda slow going but things are going to be better this week! Thank you
everyone for all the love, support, and prayers it really means a lot. I love
love love ya'll!!! xoxoxo
Love,
Sister Bedke
p.s. HAPPY BIRTHDAY
GRANDPA!!! I love you!! xoxoxo
p.s.s. 8 MORE DAYS!
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