It has been a lovely week of new
missionaries and Thanksgiving festivities! The week started with an all
sisters slumber party at the mission home. That was hilarious and
awesome. Tuesday
the new missionaries came in and I got Sister Breen as my new
companion. She is from Hawaii and is amazing. I feel like she is not
even a new missionary which is such a relief/blessing/sweet sweet tender
mercy right now. I am still the STL and have 6 companionships to
exchange with this transfer. Wahoo... She is so on top of things though.
She is also really funny and is teaching me to speak like a Hawaiian.
Word of the week: Dakine "We are going to see Dakine, yeah?". Yep. She
is really really great. We have been hitting the ground running and are
ready to rock the Weiser 1st and 3rd wards!
For Thanksgiving we started
out our day doing some service at the senior center. We helped prepare
and serve meals to all of the old folks of Weiser. It was great. I love
doing service during the holidays, it brings back all of the good
memories we have created doing service as a family. Afterwards we had
dinner numero uno with the Real family in Weiser 2nd ward. It was a
delicious and fun meal. Sister Real printed out a bunch of random fun
facts and we all passed the jar around and read them as we ate. It was
great. After we finished eating all four of us sisters headed down to
Nampa for round two at the mission home. There we all shared what we are
thankful for and talked about all of our blessings and then shared
funny mission stories. It was great to spend the evening with other
missionaries and President and Sister Cannon. Thanksgiving is the best
holiday ever. SO, then after that we did more missionary work/stuff.
That was really exciting.
And then there was Sunday. Started out like any normal fast sunday
would. Went to ward counsel and sacrament meetings and such. But then
it was third ward sacrament meeting time. Hanna Packer excitedly
announced that her two friends were coming (one of them had come last
week to sing with a group). They both showed up and had tears in their
eyes throughout all of the testimonies. One of them leaned over to
Hannah and asked "Can I go up there and say something" Hannah told her
that she could, so she did. And so did her sister. They both proceeded
to bear the most sincere and heartfelt testimonies I have ever heard in
my life. Both girls who had only ever set foot in an LDS church twice in
their lives stood up and professed this to be the true church. That
they knew it because there was a feeling there that they had never felt
anywhere else. Let me tell you there was not a single dry eye in the
entire chapel. They are starting the lessons on Tuesday.
We can't wait!! It was a miracle. When people are ready for the gospel
they are ready. There are no two ways about it and the Lord will plant
them where they need to be to receive it. It is up to us to help them.
To help them feel welcomed and loved. To bring the spirit into our homes
and into meetings. To love and accept all of Heavenly Father's children
so that when they are ready to receive what we have, we are ready to
give it to them. God has a plan. This gospel is true and it is for
EVERYONE. I love you all!!
Sister Baker
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