My
week has been super busy, as usual. On Monday we finally
just relaxed. We haven't had a relaxing P-day in a long time. In
fact, today is going to be rather stressful but it will be good
stress. And do ya' wanna know why?! Because Sister Boldt and I are
getting a mini missionary today! We are picking her up at 1 o'clock
today in Stafford. She is from somewhere in Connecticut, and is
coming to join us Monday through Friday! It is SO
exciting. We already have some good pranks lined up for her. It
should be loads of fun. I am so EXCITED that Kaitlyn is going on a
mini mission! And I am more excited that they do those in
Washington! They are HUGE here in New England, everybody does
them. So I am super excited for Kaitlyn. Too bad she couldn't do it
for a little longer. Being a missionary is the best thing EVER!
AH! I AM SSOOOOOO EXCITED FOR HER!! It is so much fun!!! She is going
to love it :D
We
were going to teach young women's yesterday but we got some bad news
instead. So yesterday, we got to church and they announced that there
had been a death. The story is this: The past week was girls camp.
All the girls had had a very spiritual and fun time at camp, and were
all on a spiritual high. One of the Camp Leaders was expressing how
stressed she was about going back home because they were going to
have to pack up their whole house because they were moving. Instead
of packing, she and her daughter had come to girls camp. On the way
home from camp, both the Young women's leader and her 16 year old
daughter were killed in a car accident. It was a five car crash, and
they both died instantly. The whole testimony meeting at church that
day was very sad, and very touching. All of the young women were in
tears through out the day, as you can imagine. After sacrament, we
carried on and went to Gospel Principles, which Sister Boldt and I
have been teaching consistently because our Ward Mission Leader has
been out of town. After that, we proceeded to go teach Young Women's.
After all of the announcements, the Bishop and his counselors came in
and talked to the young women about what had happened. I thought that
it was so amazing of Bishop. He let the girls share their feelings,
and then taught a lesson on the Plan of Salvation. It was amazing to
see how he comforted the Young Women. You could literally see all of
their shoulders relax a little as they talked about their friend,
Rachel, and her mother. So no, we did not get to teach Young Women's,
but it was an amazing experience to see how these girls handled the
passing of a friend. We will be teaching young women's next week and
have a lesson prepared on "Why Families are Important" and
"How We Can Strengthen Our Families". It will be a stellar
lesson :)
Some
more good and bad news. One of our investigators has been coming to
church every Sunday. He is awesome! However the adversary has
been working very hard on him. This last lesson we had with
him was awesome (every lesson we have with him is awesome,
actually). We addressed the topic of his smoking and his drinking
coffee. He wants to quit. In fact, his ex girlfriend that he is
living with, has a disease called Lupus. Well, unfortunately,
it has been getting worse. The doctor told her that the only way it
is going to start going away and the medication is going to help, is
if she stopped smoking. So, our investigator, and his brother (who is
always over at their house, I don't know why, but he was able to sit
in on the lesson with us which was superb!) are going to stop smoking
to show support and help her not smoke. We were able to teach him and
his brother about the first part of the plan of salvation and talked
about the atonement and how the Savior has gone through what they are
going through. So, Sister Boldt and I made an addiction chart and are
going to drop it off at his house later tonight. We are also sending
them morning texts to not drink coffee and have a cigarette when they
wake up. It has been helping a lot.
(Note
from the editor: Sister Bower's mom received a call to be a ward
missionary...)
You
will be an amazing ward missionary! It is the best calling
ever! You get to see so many investigators grow and change their
lives for the better. And you grow to love them like your Heavenly
Father would. Just remember to always look at them or try
to find qualities in them that Heavenly Father has given them. Always
look at the good and think of ways that you can help improve their
lives. Bear your testimony often, it will not only bless them
but it will bless you. There are only two major things that
Heavenly Father needs missionaries to do:
1.)
Invite others to come unto Christ
2.)
Bear testimony
Those
are the most powerful things that you can do :) AGH!!! I wish I could
see you go out with the missionaries! I wish you could come out with
Sister Boldt and I! That would just be so much fun.
Sister
Boldt has taught me a lot these past couple weeks. I love
her to death. She has taught me more about myself and has helped
me see me how I really am, than I ever could in my whole
life. Although it is very hard and I don't enjoy change, I
love Sister Boldt for pushing me and helping me through it. She is
the best companion I could ever imagine. Actually, I
probably couldn't imagine her, because that is how great she is.
I wish you could meet her.
Keep
me posted on the life of all you Washington people :) I love and miss
you!
Love
Sister Bower :)
Sorry,
I would send you more pictures but we have to go pick up our mini
missionary! So I decided to send you at least one so that you know
that I am still alive :)
P.s. Do you like my shirt? Sister Boldt and I bought a couple of matching things. Like this shirt. ALso a cardigan, a bracelet, and a pair of earings. So some days we are all matchy and it is super fun :)
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