AHHHHHH!!! I am so excited for her!!!
She is so amazing!
Ahem. Sorry. I will compose myself now.
This week has been freezing cold. It was pouring rain and 30's on Wednesday and Thursday. Then a winter storm warning from Friday to Saturday which resulted in everything being closed down. The South literally shuts down at the sight of anything closely resembling snow. Like ice because of the freezing temperatures and rain. It was what I would call "bone cold" this weekend. Below 30* and humidity resulted in a cold that I have never felt before. By the grace of God, a previous Sister left a coat that I have been using, so I am still here to tell you about it. I have been wearing fleece lined tights, a pair of leggings, and three pairs of socks to keep from losing my toes. No joke. SO COLD!!
But not to worry. It will be in the high 70s by Wednesday.
Southern weather.
We have been teaching some interesting people lately. Two of the couples have very similar concerns that we are trying to figure out how to address.
Couple One: Mary and Jacob Mitchell
-Active in their Pentecostal Apostolic church
-Don't believe in the need for the priesthood
-Believe VERY strongly in the speaking of tongues=receiving the Holy Ghost
-Think you should not wait to baptize someone that is willing (Jacob asked if we, hypothetically, could fill up his bathtub and baptize him right now. I just looked at him, and probably pulled a weird face. No Jacob. No I could not do that.)
-Don't believe in the Apostasy. And think it is offensive to use that word (since it resembles apostle/apostolic)
Couple Two: Margaret and Jamal
-Active in their Church of Christ
-Don't believe in the need for the priesthood (when the veil was rent it eliminated the need for priests to be "middle men" between the power of God and us.... 
)
-Don't agree with some of the Articles of Faith (we had a very in depth discussion about their opinions.)
-Believe that Christ's church was never lost, Satan just wants us to think it was
-Don't think we should wait to baptize someone that is willing
-Question the need for the Book of Mormon
The Mitchells have pretty much dropped us. Jacob is totally unwilling to read from the Book of Mormon, and Mary is just wanting to read it to see how it relates to her ancestry of Native Americans. We told them to call us if they have any questions.
Margaret and Jamal want us to come back and talk some more about how our churches are similar and how we came to know what we know.
Christan Damiens, our most progressing investigator, is on day 3 of the stop smoking workshop. She has completed twice before, but each time something (*cough* her baby daddy Tim) comes up and makes her stressed out. She feels her only outlet is smoking. But since the Lord works in mysterious ways, Tim (who by the way is very less active member and son of the Tacketts in our ward) is now in jail. He stole his sister's car (Karma Thompson) and Shan Thompson reported it. So he is in jail without bond, until his case gets heard. Which could be a while. Like one or two years. Which gives Christan a chance to focus on her and her daughter Ava, and the son that will be born in March. She is so amazing and has come so far. She showed us pictures of before she got pregnant and it was shocking. She was 80 pounds and hooked on all sorts of drugs. Now she is turning her life around and has a sincere desire to get baptized and be better for her children. She is incredible. I love her so much!
I am still working on becoming better. The Lord is helping to see how I can change or improve to become more of what He wants me to be. I keep reading things about how much Satan wants to prevent us from becoming what we were pre mortally. As I read my patriarchal blessing, I am reminded of who I was and it makes me want to become that again. It is reassuring to know that Satan only tries this hard when there is something big at stake. I am doing what I can to not fall into his trap and to digress, but progress. Missionary service is such a blessing to help me with that. This will change how the rest of my life, and my future family's lives will be like. I am so grateful for the opportunity to be here, doing the things I am doing.
I love y'all so much!
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