How was your week? How's your weather? We had a few very nice days, but today we woke up to sleet. Awesome. :) It's been a great week here in Bowling Green. I love being in a college town! There are so many people here. :) And lots of music students! I love it. Our ward mission leader is Brother Nicholson, a trumpet performance major--he's awesome. There's also Gabby, the flute player I told you about last week, in the YSA Branch. We're hopefully going to play a musical number together for Easter. I'm excited. :) I've also met two people in the ward now who told me they have Wygants in their family tree!! So cool. And that is SO wonderful that you got to meet and visit with the Henrichsens! Oh man. That makes my heart so happy. They are amazing, and I love them dearly. How kind of them to stop and visit with you! I'm so glad you got to meet them. :)
Thanks also for sharing Elder Beagley's experience with me. What an incredible experience to meet an apostle while a missionary! That must have been so amazing. Please tell Mama Beagley and everyone else hi for me! Especially Luke and John--tell them congrats and everything! Man. I can't believe they're both getting married! Crazy. :)
We had the opportunity to be on campus last week for some lessons--and it was strange in a way to be back on a college campus! I loved it, but it definitely made me so grateful for BYU. :) BGSU's colors are orange though--perfect. :) We're teaching a recent convert named Michael who is a student there, and he is so great. He has a really solid grasp of the gospel, and teaching him is so fun! He's also going to transfer to BYU in the fall--yay!!! Just a little excited about that. :)
We're working with a less active member named Sister Noffsinger, who wants to quit smoking and come back to church so she can go to the temple. She is so, so sweet. I really love her. And I want so badly to help her quit smoking!!! That's one of the toughest things I've encountered on my mission. We are doing a lot to support her and encourage her, but I'm sure she could use everyone's prayers. We'd sure appreciate it. :)
We had an investigator named Kaitlyn when I got here, who had a baptismal date--but her parents told her they were really opposed to it and she dropped us. :( It's a tricky situation because I think she really wants to learn and know the truth--but she doesn't want to lose relationships with her family. Stuck in the middle. :( So we gave her a Book of Mormon, and we'll keep in touch, but we won't get to teach her anything else right now. Man.
We had a great Zone Training Meeting this past week, where we talked a lot about finding (PMG ch 9)--which was so helpful and inspired because that is what we've been working on. We really want to find people to teach--nothing happens in missionary work until you have someone to teach! President Vellinga told us a few months ago that "nothing changes until something changes.'' I've been racking my brain this past week, trying to figure out what we need to change in our finding approaches so that we can be led to those who are prepared to receive us. That's why I was so grateful for our Zone Training Meeting, because we received great instruction and ideas about finding. I still feel a little stumped sometimes though. Maybe I just need to be more patient and keep trying. :)
We did a meet some really great people while we were tracting the other day. One was a girl named Heather, who took of Book of Mormon (success in and of itself!). Another was a lady named Kristy, who told us that she had heard about us! I know that we see way more people around town on our bikes that we would in a car, but I guess people have been talking about us too. They must be saying good things, because even though she was busy at the time, Kristy was really nice and wanted us to come back! We're very excited about that one--we'll go back sometime this week, and hopefully start teaching her!
We're also hoping to start teaching Sister Noffsinger's friend Rob--he is often over when we're there teaching, and yesterday he sat down to read the Book of Mormon with us. He said he has one at home, and seemed to have a decent understanding of its background. He's really a great guy, and always watches out for Sister Noffsinger. He's so prepared! He just doesn't know it yet. :) Sister Noffsinger's friend Corey is another we've been teaching--she has a baptismal date but recently her life has become hectic and stressful, and she's not sure she wants to be baptized anymore. :( We're not sure how that will turn out, but we would sure appreciate your prayers for these great people. I love them all and I just want them to have the gospel in their lives. :)
A couple of favorite thoughts from the week:
"The things that you expect in life are the things that start to happen."
In Preach My Gospel ch 10, we're given points called "How to Begin Teaching". Number 7 says "We have weaknesses, as everyone does. We may not speak the language very well or be able to answer every question that you have. But we have been called by a prophet of God to share what we know. We know our message is true." Before now, I had never paid much attention to the part that says "we may not speak the language very well" because I'm not learning a foreign language. But what struck me this week is that I do need to be fluent in another language--the language of the Spirit. I've really been humbled this week as I've seen just how not fluent I am with that sometimes. Haha. I really, really want to become more in tune with the Spirit, and better able to recognize and understand its promptings. I know that that is the only way we will have success in this work--when we find and teach by the power of the Spirit. Sometimes I just want to help people feel the Spirit--but it's challenging. I'm grateful, though, for great resources and inspired leaders to help us learn and progress. I think I need greater faith that the hard work we put in will actually bring success/results--the "faith to find" is what PMG calls it. But I'm working on it. :) I know that this work is so important--it is God's work, and His hand is in it in every detail. Good thing, too. :) We definitely couldn't do it alone!
I'm including some pictures from the week. You'd be so proud of me--we made cauliflower soup! Thanks for the incredibly nice immersion blender. :) There's also one of Sister Foust and I, and of our study desk. Just for fun. :) You're the best. Thank you for all of your love, prayers, and support! It means so much to me. I sure do love and appreciate you!!
Love,
Sister Wygant
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| Sister Wygant and Sister Foust |
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| Cauliflower soup! |
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