This was a better week than last one. We are finding
more people and have appointments with people (LINDA is who I am most excited
for!) We are teaching a Deaf lady named Dianne. She's black and
from New Orleans and she's wonderful. She wants to come to church, so she
had me write a note she could give to her boss to ask for the time off.
Missionaries taught her 2 years ago and then lost contact, but she found us
again and wants to start coming to church. Her sign language accent is
very different than I'm used to and she signs really fast, but it will be good
for me.
Dan is another investigator we have. He's been taught
by missionaries for about 2 months but he cant come to church because
he's on parole. We are just barely getting the parole officer to feel
better about letting Dan come to a church that isnt Catholic. Anyway, Dan
is AMAZING. He glows with a lightness in his eyes. He's a single
guy who was in jail for 15 years, found God in jail and changed his life.
He's already committed to the word of wisdom, law of chastity, and
tithing. We just need to get him a solid testimony of Joseph Smith and
get him to church and we can baptize him! Last lesson we had with him he handed
us the "Book of Mormon Ensign" and he said "How do I sign up to
get these?! This is great!" He wants the Ensign in the
mail. How much more golden can a person be?? He loves the Book of
Mormon, but his progression is slower than most. I have faith he can be
baptized, though.
The other day in Gospel Principles class, our class was on
the "work and personal responsibility" lesson. We were all
talking about awful jobs we've had to bear though in our lives. The
teacher talked about this awful job where he had to dig out plastic bottles and
ripped up soda cans from a machine when they got stuck. I talked about
bridezillas. Zina talked about being a prostitute. uhhh.....talk
about a bunch of uncomfortable Mormons. hahhaa. It was very
interesting. She's so open about her past. I had to laugh at the
teacher's face, he was so awkward. Haha. But it was wonderful
because then Zina bore testimony that now she can do other jobs than selling
her body. Now she can respect herself and she was thankful to God that
she "didnt catch any diseases." She's now living the law
of chastity. Wonderful.
I was reading the Ensign the other day and I got caught up
in the Statistical Report. I looked at the number of missionaries.
55, 410. If I weren't here, that number would be 55,409. Kind of a
cool thought. Also, converts baptized during 2011: 281,312. If I
hadn't been able to teach and help in the conversion of those three in
december, that number would be 281, 309. My service alone is changing our
church's statistics. I guess I'm making a difference one person at a
time. Its a tedious process, but it's wonderful at the same time. I
finished the Book of Mormon again. Loved it. Cant wait to start it
again.
Flubber and Indiana Jones were made in Stockton. Also, there's a Linden in my area. I tell people I'm from Lindon and they get confused. Did you know there's a Stockton, Utah?? crazy. I've decided Utah freeways are ugly. Mom always told me that but I didn't believe/understand her until now. The freeways here are so pretty with flowers and plants. Come ON, Utah! Catch up!
Lani, our only active Deaf member here, took us out to
Manteca on Sunday to find more Deaf people. Nobody was home, but it
was fun. Lani is very excited about missionary work. She
is the only convert in her family, she also served an ASL mission in the
80's. She comes faithfully every Sunday even with interpreters
who are far behind any certified interpreters. (But she loves
Relief Society because thats the one I interpret and she understands the
most. Its good practice for me, too.)
The work is looking more positive, I hope to be getting more
investigators soon! Love all of you!!
Sister Wilson
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