I started the week with becoming an AUNT! HI Max!!! I love you!!! She is seriously so precious. I love her so much. S/O to Ben and Court for making a really cute kid!! On Wednesday we were eating at a less active member's home, the dinner was good but afterwards my stomach started to hurt real bad. We were out proselytizing and I was going from hot and cold sweats to chills. I felt HORRIBLE! My companion kinda just told me to suck it up, so I did. I get it, we were productive and she didn't want to stop. We had about a half hour left of proselyting before it was time to turn in for the day. I looked at my companion and straight up said "I'm going to poop my pants if you don't take me home right now." It was that bad! On the way back to the car I threw up twice. (: Luckily, I made it home without the diarrhea, but barely. I spent that night and the next morning on the toilet. No fun. Probably some food poisoning, IDK. So anyway, there's your gross story for the week. Ya'll are welcome.
We have about 12 new investigators this week! And out of those 12, about 7 or 8 are pretty solid. Such a blessing! We have been working hard at contacting and with referrals. The hard work resulted in 12 new investigators! HOLLA!
Here's a freaking miracle that happened this week:
We got a referral from another set of missionaries in Columbus. One of their brand new investigators moved to the VA, which is an amazing living center for war vets in Chillicothe. Most of those who live there have been homeless, but are now working for the state in order to pay for their residency at the VA. It's a really cool place. Lots of awesome people there. The VA is in our area, we went down to the VA and we couldn't find the new investigator's apartment complex ANYWHERE. We looked and looked and when we finally found it, we realized we didn't have an apartment number! Aaaargh! This meant we would have to knock on every door in the entire complex until we could locate the investigator/referral we were looking for. His name is Larry. So, we prayed a little and decided to take this as an opportunity to meet lots of new people. We walked to the front doors of the complex to begin our search. The complex was FREAKING LOCKED. I was not happy. I was like, "No way. We did NOT drive all the way out here to find him just to find a locked door!" I wasn't trusting in God very much. Because I was impatient, I started banging on the front door of the complex, loudly, until someone answered. Finally, this really nice, elderly, black man opened the front door! Whew! My and companion and I said, "Uh hi (with smiles), we are looking for a man named Larry." The man said, "Hey, that's me! Hi Sisters how are you? I've been waiting for you to show up!" ???? (What the heck?) God's timing is a miracle. I need to trust in Him more often. We met with him and set up some appointments to return. Upon our return, he brought a friend along to hear our message. They were so awesome and they were full of questions and comments. My companion and I felt the spirit strongly prompting us and so we followed the prompting and invited them both to be baptized. They responded with "probably!" THAT AIN'T A NO SO I'LL TAKE IT. A probably can turn into a YES! What a miracle, God is aware and I need to place more trust in Him.
Anyway, it's been an awesome (and long) week. Thomas didn't come to church as he had assured us he would. So we are gonna go woop his butt! Not really but we are going to try to better help him understand the importance of committing to a better understanding of what we are teaching him. Belinda randomly dropped us without a real reason and this made my heart hurt badly. The good news is that we have been working with a less active named Brother Young. He was baptized like 30 years ago and hasn't been to church since, we finally got him to come to church yesterday! It was wonderful and this made my heart tingle with joy! He decided he wants to start working towards receiving the priesthood, so he is going to start coming every week! He is even committed to having us teach him and help him into full activity. So cool!
I want you to know this is the Lord's work and it's all in His timing! I definitely learned that this week. Anyway, that's all. Make good choices, ya'll. I love you.
Have a good week!!
--Sister Hannah (I survived food poisoning) Thomas
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