On Tuesday, ALL of our lessons canceled on us and no one that we tried to contact was home. But, at the end of the day (this seems to happen often haha) we knocked on one more door and made a new investigator out of Walter! He was super excited to learn from us because one of his friends had already given him a Book of Mormon a few months ago, and he knows one of our investigators. We taught him how to pray in a phone lesson later in the week, and he told us he really wants to come to church next week!
On Thursday, I got to give a training in our district meeting. Yep, they asked the newest person to teach everyone else haha. It actually went really well. After that, our district leader chose two random people to do a presentation of the Restoration in 9 minutes. There’s a bunch of things you’re supposed to do for it to be considered a good presentation and I barely knew anything, but I got called up to go give the presentation with one of my zone leaders! I was pretty nervous but I just followed the Spirit, and afterwards everyone told me it was the best Restoration presentation they had ever seen! Don’t worry, I won’t let my head get too big haha. But it’s been awesome hearing from a lot of people that they think I’m really well-prepared for a mission. I know I still have SO much to learn, and I can’t wait to keep improving and getting better.
On Saturday morning, we had the best adventure yet! We got up early to go with the elders and some other members to help a less-active member (who is a hoarder btw) move out of his house. That alone would have made for an interesting experience, but it got even crazier. This man had a drunk, violent roommate who was NOT HAPPY that we were in his house at 8 am. We just kept packing while he swore at us and waved around a metal pole, as if our lives weren’t in danger. By the time we were done, Hermana Cornwall was thoroughly terrified. I was able to laugh it off as a fun adventure, but being from the bubble of Orem, Utah, she has never heard anyone speak like that, and has never been around drunk people. I think it’s safe to say, neither of us will forget this experience anytime soon.
As soon as we left that craziness, we immediately saw one of the neighbors in need of help. Her name is Chequeatta (good luck pronouncing that one) and she is quite the character. We helped her push a dead, rusty car up into her driveway, which she was very grateful for. We also met the homeless Mexican guy that she took into her home. His name is Romeo, he’s very interested in learning more about the church, and we gave him a Book of Mormon! After all of that, Chequeatta gave us slice of her heavenly homemade pound cake, which gave us the energy we needed to go help ANOTHER hoarder clean up their yard. It was definitely an awesome day full of service and I can’t wait to do more!
Last night we got to have a sleepover with all of the sisters in the zone and it was so much fun! We decided to be more obedient than the elders and went to bed at 10:30 still haha.
The last interesting thing about my week is what Hermana Cornwall and I have termed the kalespiracy. We have been served the same kale and cranberry salad by like 6 or 7 families and I finally mentioned it a few days ago. Hermana Cornwall was like “You noticed it too!!” So don’t worry mom, I’m getting plenty of greens in my diet in the form of a salad that keeps haunting us.
On a more spiritual note, I wanted to share Mosiah 4:9 with all of you.
I love this scripture so much because it’s so straightforward and simple! All we have to do is believe and try our best without worrying about how things will work out, because God knows everything and His hand is constantly guiding our lives.
I hope all of you had a fun time celebrating last night! Good luck with all of your goals and hopes and dreams that you have for 2018, I know it’s going to be a fantastic year!
Love,
Hermana O’Barr
