It is unbelievably freezing. I've never experienced this before.. ever! Haha. Nevertheless! The work must go on.
Now
that that's out of the way. We can talk about my
favorite guy Mike! He dropped us a week ago but he agreed to let us
teach him one more lesson- The Restoration. So we did and the Spirit was
so strong! I am not a very good teacher but I've learned that when I
follow the Spirit, that doesn't matter. He agreed to come to church and
he actually came! I cannot describe the happiness I felt when I saw him
in the chapel. I know that he knows there is a God (he is atheist... for
now). Not only does he know there is a God but that he has a Father in heaven who loves him more
than he could ever imagine. So that was great.
This week I went to my first zone conference! That's
where the mission president, his wife, the APs and a bunch of zones have a big
meeting. President Anderson and his wife spoke and then the APs taught
us to use the pamphlets when we teach. They are so inspired. It was
really nice seeing a bunch of my MTC friends again. My companion from
the MTC, Sister Reed, was there and it was so nice seeing her and
catching up. I swear I'm asked to say a prayer at everything no matter
what. Every dinner appointment they ask me to say the prayer (probably
because I am new). Even at Zone conference I was asked to give the
closing prayer. What's the big idea? Ha ha just kidding. Praying is the
best.
We went over to a couple in our ward's house who
happen to be Philipino. I have never had so many different kinds of
meat in one meal. They had loads of food and then loads of dessert. It
was great. Got some awesome recipes ;)
We decided to visit a bunch of potential
investigators in these yellow condos. It was a lot of separate
buildings with about 4 apartments each, spread out in a semi circle. We
decided to go knock and see if they were interested. We had like 13
people we wanted to contact, so we got to work. We went into the first
building and knocked. No one answered, so we knocked again and waited a
little bit. As we started to head to the doorway that lead to outside we
saw...WHITE. This crazy snow storm was raging outside and Sister
Bennett didn't even have tights on. In the two minutes we were inside
the ground was covered with an inch of snow and the wind was so strong.
What!? Haha it was so funny. Especially because we had just started.
Sister B. said "It is so warm outside! I wish there was at least a cool
breeze!" as we were being blown away by the ice cold wind and snow. Ha
ha. We were icicles by the time we got inside the car. Good thing we
had hot cocoa at home!
The Sister Training Leaders did splits with us this
week. It was so much fun! I went out with Sister Gottfredson and Sister
Bennett went with Sister Arguela. I squeezed every bit of information I
could out of Sister G. She goes home next transfer, so she knows a lot.
She taught me a lot about being humble and learning things from each
companion. It was really cool to hear her stories. I told her about how I
struggled with teaching and she told me about how she did too at first.
She said she is still a terrible teacher but through the Lord and
following the Spirit she was able to teach. I am so grateful for my
weaknesses and how they humble me. Being a bad teacher allows me to rely
on the Lord for the words. Weaknesses are awesome! So are trials.
I feel like a mission is the MTC for life. I have
learned so much that will help me later in life. Stuff I could have
never learned anywhere else. Missions are the bomb.
I love these people out here.
Thanks for the package Katie!! I loved the pictures
from the Halloween party the recipes and most of all the letter! Thanks
for all the letters! I didn't get them until zone conference because
you sent them to the mission home. Letters are the best thing ever!
Seriously!
Have a great Thanksgiving! I will thoroughly miss
the turkey bowl this year! Except they are having one here and playing
soccer the whole time. What what! Love you all and thank God for His
love and blessings.
I am grateful for my brother Jesus Christ and his sacrifice so that I can be with my family forever. I love you all!
Until next week,
Sister Zeller (4)
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