Hola Familia!
I had a dream last night that Hermana Ficklin and I were riding around on skateboards at night in the sketchiest part of town trying to keep the streets of Austin a little safer. I guess we are trying to keep the people of Austin a little closer to God, so it's kind of similar, haha :)
This week was definitely one of the most memorable of my mission so far! It was an awesome week full of tons of miracles as we worked hard again to 'stay on the line.'
One thing super crazy happened though. On Tuesday we did exchanges. I stayed here and Sister Shurtz came with me. Things started out good until C called us asking if we could come make her dinner because she had just gotten out of the hospital. We went over right away and she had a lady there with her. As soon as we showed up the lady said, "oh good, you're here, I'm going home." She left us with C who was anything but stable. She apparently had been falling down a lot and couldn't keep her balance. As time went on we tried to talk to C and she just got more and more incoherent to the point where we got super scared. She wasn't responding correctly to anything we said so we called our Relief Society President who advised us to call an ambulance. Long story short, the ambulance came and got her and then the next day she came home and didn't remember us even being there! She didn't have a stroke, but they don't know what's wrong with her either and she has to go to Mayo to do tests. Hopefully she'll be okay!
After that little incident everything else this week was fantastic. The BEST thing ever was when we went and knocked Ma's door. He was the doctor we were teaching who got a lot of negative reactions from his family and friends when they found out he was pursuing the LDS religion. It had been weeks and he hadn't returned any of our calls, but he let us in and basically just giggled for the first five minutes. He kept saying, "you didn't give up on me!?" It was almost as if the whole ordeal with the family didn't even happen. He brought it up and said it was a concern, but that if this really is the truth he wants to know!! We went over the Book of Mormon and we will be seeing him this week again too! I basically smiled for the next 24 hours after that. I couldn't even sleep very well I was so happy. The lessons we had with Ma were some of my favorite I have had in my whole mission. And now we are teaching him again and he will be stronger and more prepared! It's amazing how the Lord turns bad things into good things!
We had interviews with President this week and also got to see Meet the Mormons! It was good!
Gh is doing well also. He has so many questions so we can never teach him all that we plan which is fine, but we are trying to find a way to teach him more so that he can progress! It's kind of tricky, but he is still great! We got him to come to a volleyball activity and he loved it and met some new people.
There's a girl named Nicole who was baptized not too long ago, but has struggled with staying active. We were able to get her to church this Sunday and she brought a friend too! We also got in contact with another recent convert named Evans who has been MIA for several weeks! There were so many other miracles this week, I wish I could share all of them.
I did have one other experience I want to share though. The other day I was praying and asking Heavenly Father how I can improve/what I need to repent of. I didn't get an answer immediately, but got one yesterday during Sacrament Meeting. One of the speakers talked about gratitude. He shared how writing down a few things we are grateful for every day will make a huge difference in the happiness in our lives. It's impossible to be grateful and unhappy at the same time. I already gained a testimony of that several years ago when I kept a journal of things I was grateful for. Somewhere along the way I quit doing that though so now I'm starting again! Remember to be grateful! :)
Love you all!
♥Hermana Pierce
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