Taking the Shots: Russian Around! (11/10/15-11/14/15)

It's been a really awesome week! Really awesome! We got all of the
elders area as well, so we have been super busy. Like crazy busy. But
busy keeps the work moving forward. So I am grateful for that.

So with my subject line, well you see Harrisonburg is probably like 2
hours away from Washington, D.C. And well it's definitely cheaper to
live here then up in the capital. So we have a lot of pockets of
cultural people, such as Russians, Muslims, Hispanics, and many more.
It so cool! I have definitely learned how to say hello and goodbye in
Russia and Spanish. It's definitely hard to share the language with
people who don't have the same language as you, but that was fun.

In the same neighborhood of the Russians, we have a new investigator
named Tyler, he was praying to try and be closer to God and well the
Elders stopped by and well there was his answer!! MIRACLE! Well we
have been teaching him for 2 weeks now, he has so many questions
(which we love) and he wants to be baptized!!!!!!!!! We hope all goes
well and please keep him in your prayers! Laurie, still hasn't gotten
baptized, her mom said that for however long that she is dependent on
her moms and dads income, then she can't be baptized! Elder Taylor our
zone leader said, "why wouldn't the parents let her get baptized, but
yet they don't care about the things she does as a college student?"
Crazy how people are.. But there's really nothing we can do, it's all
in Gods timing. So please pray for her. We also have an investigator
named Day! She had concerns about the Law of Chastity, and with the
video from D. Todd Christofferson coming out she really had questions!
She said that she needs to do some self-reflecting, but knows that she
wants a family. So please pray for her to consider the blessings that
this gospel has. She knows this church is true and wants to do what's
best! We also found Rose, waxing her car! We stopped and shared a
quick restoration with her and helped bring in some stuff for her ill
son. (There's some service). She said that we could come back and
share more with her! HUGE MIRACLE HAPPENED! We were on exchanges with
the sister training leaders. I was with Hermana Romero. Well we went
to find former investigators and we saw this lady carrying her
groceries. I asked her if she needed help but she didn't. Well we went
to the the house right next to her and that lady wasn't feeling good,
so we decided to just get ready and leave, so the lady who was
carrying her groceries in was still getting them inside so we gave the
card to her and started to leave. Well we didn't know where to go, so
we said a prayer. During that moment Hermana Romero got a feeling to
go back and ask if we could teach her a lesson! I said it would be
kind of awkward but let's do it anyways. So we start to think of a way
to introduce ourselves, well you won't believe what happened!!! We
went to the door and SHE HAD LEFT HER KEYS IN THE DOOR! So we knocked
and said we had the prompting to come back and we realized that you
had left your keys here. We asked if we could share a quick message
right then, but her husband was asleep, but she said we could come
back and share more! IT WAS SUCH AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE!!

This week was filled with service! FILLED! We had Avante which is a
retirement home basically (we do this every Wednesday). We played
bingo with them! It was so much fun! That night we ate dinner at the
Logans (a family in the ward) and after dinner we did service and
helped them move things around for some people to move into another
room! The next day was Friday, and we had service after service. First
we helped Sister Jackson clean and do some prepping for a catering
job, then after that we went and helped Sister Cason who is struggling
with some health problems. We go once a week to help her do meal prep!
(Pictures below)

So we aren't able to watch the news, so Sister Johnsen and I had NO
CLUE, about the attacks on North Africa and Paris. We were devastated.
But Saturday was a good day. SUNDAY ARE MY FAVORITE DAY OF THE WEEK! I
love partaking of the sacrament. We got to here from a high councilman
who is originally from England! AND I LOVE ENGLISH ACCENTS! It was 15
MINUTES OF LISTENING TO IT. And his message was just amazing! We also
got to go see Krisitina open her call! She is going to the California
Fresno mission and reports December 30th! AHHH it rekindled the fire
that I had when I opened my call 6 months ago!

I know this church is true and I am so honored to be a missionary and
to teach people about the joy that this gospel brings to my life! I
don't know if there was a place that I would rather be!
I love you all! And thank you all for the support you give me!

PONDERIZE: D&C 121:7-8: "7 My son, peace be unto thy soul; thine
adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment;
8 And then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high; thou
shalt triumph over all thy foes."