I did get the package. Thank you so much!!!!! I LOVE the coloring book and pencils! Made me get a huge grin on my face and giggle a bit. The candy was awesome too!!! and well just everything in it was perfect! Thank you!!! My comp and I are very grateful for the Salsa and Apple Jelly!!! I have to eat the Jelly on corn chips though... kinda different but it's still good! It's always good to hear from you and get updated on the fam. Thanks!
Well... this week has been crazy busy which is really good. We go out everyday and to tracting for at least 1-2 hours and then visit some less actives and part-member families. It was neat because we have an elderly sister in our ward with severe Parkinson's disease, so we went over and read from the Book of Mormon with her and she was talking to us (really neat because she doesn't talk much at all) and her care taker joined in (she isn't a member). The Spirit was so strong. We're going to try to go read to her once a week or every other week. So Jackie is back from Greece and had a great time. Her husband watched an Anti-Mormon movie and isn't for the church and was really turned off BUT he still supports Jackie in learning more with us. We are meeting with her tomorrow to go over some things that he shared with her and resolve questions and concerns. She is still planning on going to church this Sunday and she is still reading the Book of Mormon so that's good. I don't know if I shared with you before but we are also teaching a man named Bob... he will take some time and will go through quite a few missionaries before he is ready for baptism. He wants to come closer to Christ and to be able to let go of his past and be healed completely.... BUT that will take some time.... see the thing is, he was in jail in Texas for 13 years for murder. And he doesn't feel bad that he did it and he would do it again. (The person he killed raped and killed his girlfriend) so well... that's a problem and he struggles with drinking and smoking but does want to stop. He is a really sweet man, and really has desire.... just needs to learn to forgive and to let go. We also had an amazing lesson with Dorothy's (recent convert)neighbor. It's so amazing what a difference it makes when members introduce you to their friends/family/neighbors..... They let us right in and we shared the Book of Mormon with them and they were really excited to read and pray about it. Dorothy is amazing!!! She has such a strong testimony! She was hard core Baptist when the missionaries started teaching her and wow, her conversion story is just awesome. Easter was great. We had great church services and then had a delicious dinner with Bishop's family, and 2 other families. It was really sweet because Bishops wife made a special plate for me because I can't have gluten. it meant so much that she took the time because I could have just picked off what I couldn't eat. The ward members here really do take care of us like family. Sister Muller and I get along great. We have a lot of fun together.
I hope the weather gets better and warmer for ya'll! They say it'll be a hot summer here so I'm not looking to forward to that... because when it's hot it is HOT! Well I'm going to get going! Got lots to do! Love ya'll so much!!!
as Kevin says, God Bless. :) and much alohas!
Sister Brough