Dear Family,
This week has been full of ups and downs. Things are going well though :) It was just crazy. If you were to look at our numbers for the lessons that we have taught, you would see that it was really crappy. But it was still good. We knew that things were going to be tough this week because of the holiday. No one seems to want to open the door when there are strangers standing there, and they have family. All well :) We were also on exchanges for two days this week. It was just crazy. Also, I some how caught a cold. I was doing fine yesterday morning, and we went to church, talked with President, and then we went home for our studies, and bam! I got a hit with a cold. My whole apartment is sneezing, sniffling, coughing. it is just crazy! We will all get better though :) We are going to get some medicine today, and I am praying that it is not the flu!
Anyways. This week was different. We had our planners full of people that we could go and see. We would parallel park, say a prayer, get out of the car, knock on the door, ring the door bell, leave a note, and go to the next house. It was crazy! The Lord is preparing people though. We just need to do other things to find them. It will be great.
Well, this past Sunday I had an interview with President Van Cott. I needed some extra help, and just being able to talk with him was great. it is like talking to a parent. They really care for you, and are there to help you with whatever! It was so nice! He is full of the spirit, and is really funny too. It was nice to hear from someone that I am doing well. He isn't worried about my depression, and has asked me to do a few things. One of them was to find the desire of my heart. He asked me what I would need to make everything better. I looked at him, and thought for a moment, and realized that I didn't know. I have decided that I am going to find out. I also ask all of you, what is one thing that you could have, that would make everything okay? What do you truly desire? Take a minute and think about it. It is crazy to think about.
On this past Tuesday, Sister Young and I were able to make dinner for a less active member of our ward. She is 88, and has a bunch of health issues. We try and visit her about once a week, and this past Tuesday, we made her dinner :) it was a lot of fun. We made her favorite. Baked potatoes, salad, and then at Walmart there are mini pies, and got her favorites. Pumpkin, apple, and peach. It was so much fun! She was so thankful! We loved it as well. It was nice to be able to serve her, and to help cheer her up. She was in the hospital for a couple of weeks, and her kids hadn't come to visit her. She lives alone, and was really down, so we helped cheer her up :) It was just great!
That night we also had dinner at a members home. They have lived in the same house since 1993, but she was less active and didn't come to church. Now she is a temple worker, and is serving in the Relief Society. She is great. Well, her husband is a non member, and he loves corvettes. So, we went to his garage, and took a couple of pictures! it was great!! We had tons of fun!
It has just been crazy. Not a lot of progress in the work, but we are working on it. I have a really cool story about one of our investigators though :) It is about Graham. He is the one we went to dinner with at our ward mission leaders home, and said that we were really different, and wanted to learn more. I wrote this to President, and it is great, so you get a copy of it too :)
Tonight we have a lesson with one of our investigators. We found him through our ward mission leader. He is great! We saw him about two weeks ago, and taught the Message of the Restoration to him. The lesson went great! He even prayed at the end of the lesson which was awesome. Our investigators in the past have told us to say the prayer, so it was great that he agreed to it. Well, we then weren't able to see him because of the holiday, and he is in college, and had finals this past week. But, we were told a really great story from our ward mission leader’s son, who is our investigators best friend. We were told that while our investigator was at Thanksgiving, his sister stopped breathing. He immediately thought of the lesson that we taught, got on his knees, and prayed. He said that as soon as he did that, a fire truck come to his home. No one had called the fire department, but they still showed up. Our investigator was an atheist, but now he believes in God. We were also told, that he has read part 1 Nephi in the Book of Mormon, and that he is really studying the Restoration pamphlet that we gave him! Isn't that so exciting? We are really excited about it. Our investigator also told his friend, that he wants to put a ring on a girl's finger, and raise his kids in the church. It is just amazing! The Lord gives us blessings when we need them the most!!
Isn't that awesome!! We are so excited!! I can't wait to hear what he says!! We think that if it feels right, we are going to ask him to be baptized this week! Haw awesome!! It is gonna be great!!! :) :)
Other than that, nothing big has really happened. We are just going about working, and trying to see people. I cant really think of anything funny, or really anything this week. Well, besides Thanksgiving.
Our Thanksgiving started Wednesday night. We went to a member's home for dinner, the Frosts. When we go there, we found out that we were going to be having Thanksgiving dinner with their whole family! They had also invited another family over, and we were all going to get to eat and just be with each other that night. It was so great! It was nice to be a part of a family :) It was going to be hard not being home, but I really felt loved. It is amazing the difference there is when you feel loved in a ward. I have really grown close to this ward, which probably means that I will get transferred. We are hoping not though! Well, on Thursday we were going to have lunch with the Skoy's and then have dinner with the Christensen's. Lunch with the Skoy's was great! We have sandwiches, and were able to just chill with everyone. We even played apples to apples which reminded me of when we were at the Brown's for Thanksgiving, and going to play that game :) It was really neat. We had all the missionaries in our district there, plus the Spanish elders. They live with the elders, and they tend to tag along a lot :)
That night we had dinner with Elder and Sister Christensen. They are one of the senior missionary couples that work in the office. They also live right underneath us. They are great! They call us their girls, and they are our mom and pop :) It is fun :) So, we went and had dinner there. It was great. We had a traditional Thanksgiving dinner :) It was so much fun!! All the missionaries were there, and we got to get to know each other a little better. We played Sudoku, and just chilled for a little while. :) It was a lot of fun. That day we also did weekly planning, and tried really hard to keep it a normal day. It was hard.
Well, our thanksgiving didn't end on Thursday, of Friday we went over to the Whitaker's for dinner, and we had leftovers for dinner =) it was great. We enjoyed it :) i know that was what would have been eaten when I was home, and probably what you all ate :) It was great :)
I love you so much! Have a great week, and know that you are in my prayers!! Love you love you love you!! <3 <3 <3 <3
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Sister Randall
This week has been full of ups and downs. Things are going well though :) It was just crazy. If you were to look at our numbers for the lessons that we have taught, you would see that it was really crappy. But it was still good. We knew that things were going to be tough this week because of the holiday. No one seems to want to open the door when there are strangers standing there, and they have family. All well :) We were also on exchanges for two days this week. It was just crazy. Also, I some how caught a cold. I was doing fine yesterday morning, and we went to church, talked with President, and then we went home for our studies, and bam! I got a hit with a cold. My whole apartment is sneezing, sniffling, coughing. it is just crazy! We will all get better though :) We are going to get some medicine today, and I am praying that it is not the flu!
Anyways. This week was different. We had our planners full of people that we could go and see. We would parallel park, say a prayer, get out of the car, knock on the door, ring the door bell, leave a note, and go to the next house. It was crazy! The Lord is preparing people though. We just need to do other things to find them. It will be great.
Well, this past Sunday I had an interview with President Van Cott. I needed some extra help, and just being able to talk with him was great. it is like talking to a parent. They really care for you, and are there to help you with whatever! It was so nice! He is full of the spirit, and is really funny too. It was nice to hear from someone that I am doing well. He isn't worried about my depression, and has asked me to do a few things. One of them was to find the desire of my heart. He asked me what I would need to make everything better. I looked at him, and thought for a moment, and realized that I didn't know. I have decided that I am going to find out. I also ask all of you, what is one thing that you could have, that would make everything okay? What do you truly desire? Take a minute and think about it. It is crazy to think about.
On this past Tuesday, Sister Young and I were able to make dinner for a less active member of our ward. She is 88, and has a bunch of health issues. We try and visit her about once a week, and this past Tuesday, we made her dinner :) it was a lot of fun. We made her favorite. Baked potatoes, salad, and then at Walmart there are mini pies, and got her favorites. Pumpkin, apple, and peach. It was so much fun! She was so thankful! We loved it as well. It was nice to be able to serve her, and to help cheer her up. She was in the hospital for a couple of weeks, and her kids hadn't come to visit her. She lives alone, and was really down, so we helped cheer her up :) It was just great!
That night we also had dinner at a members home. They have lived in the same house since 1993, but she was less active and didn't come to church. Now she is a temple worker, and is serving in the Relief Society. She is great. Well, her husband is a non member, and he loves corvettes. So, we went to his garage, and took a couple of pictures! it was great!! We had tons of fun!
It has just been crazy. Not a lot of progress in the work, but we are working on it. I have a really cool story about one of our investigators though :) It is about Graham. He is the one we went to dinner with at our ward mission leaders home, and said that we were really different, and wanted to learn more. I wrote this to President, and it is great, so you get a copy of it too :)
Tonight we have a lesson with one of our investigators. We found him through our ward mission leader. He is great! We saw him about two weeks ago, and taught the Message of the Restoration to him. The lesson went great! He even prayed at the end of the lesson which was awesome. Our investigators in the past have told us to say the prayer, so it was great that he agreed to it. Well, we then weren't able to see him because of the holiday, and he is in college, and had finals this past week. But, we were told a really great story from our ward mission leader’s son, who is our investigators best friend. We were told that while our investigator was at Thanksgiving, his sister stopped breathing. He immediately thought of the lesson that we taught, got on his knees, and prayed. He said that as soon as he did that, a fire truck come to his home. No one had called the fire department, but they still showed up. Our investigator was an atheist, but now he believes in God. We were also told, that he has read part 1 Nephi in the Book of Mormon, and that he is really studying the Restoration pamphlet that we gave him! Isn't that so exciting? We are really excited about it. Our investigator also told his friend, that he wants to put a ring on a girl's finger, and raise his kids in the church. It is just amazing! The Lord gives us blessings when we need them the most!!
Isn't that awesome!! We are so excited!! I can't wait to hear what he says!! We think that if it feels right, we are going to ask him to be baptized this week! Haw awesome!! It is gonna be great!!! :) :)
Other than that, nothing big has really happened. We are just going about working, and trying to see people. I cant really think of anything funny, or really anything this week. Well, besides Thanksgiving.
Our Thanksgiving started Wednesday night. We went to a member's home for dinner, the Frosts. When we go there, we found out that we were going to be having Thanksgiving dinner with their whole family! They had also invited another family over, and we were all going to get to eat and just be with each other that night. It was so great! It was nice to be a part of a family :) It was going to be hard not being home, but I really felt loved. It is amazing the difference there is when you feel loved in a ward. I have really grown close to this ward, which probably means that I will get transferred. We are hoping not though! Well, on Thursday we were going to have lunch with the Skoy's and then have dinner with the Christensen's. Lunch with the Skoy's was great! We have sandwiches, and were able to just chill with everyone. We even played apples to apples which reminded me of when we were at the Brown's for Thanksgiving, and going to play that game :) It was really neat. We had all the missionaries in our district there, plus the Spanish elders. They live with the elders, and they tend to tag along a lot :)
That night we had dinner with Elder and Sister Christensen. They are one of the senior missionary couples that work in the office. They also live right underneath us. They are great! They call us their girls, and they are our mom and pop :) It is fun :) So, we went and had dinner there. It was great. We had a traditional Thanksgiving dinner :) It was so much fun!! All the missionaries were there, and we got to get to know each other a little better. We played Sudoku, and just chilled for a little while. :) It was a lot of fun. That day we also did weekly planning, and tried really hard to keep it a normal day. It was hard.
Well, our thanksgiving didn't end on Thursday, of Friday we went over to the Whitaker's for dinner, and we had leftovers for dinner =) it was great. We enjoyed it :) i know that was what would have been eaten when I was home, and probably what you all ate :) It was great :)
I love you so much! Have a great week, and know that you are in my prayers!! Love you love you love you!! <3 <3 <3 <3
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Sister Randall
Chayley I am so proud of you and I bet everyone falls in love with your sweet spirit and all the effort you make to do the Lord's work. Keep it up and you will be so blessed. Love you Aunt Pam
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