Okeydokey! It's transfer week again! So Sister Habibpour and I are staying in Salem but....(drumroll)...we're getting a third companion! We'll be a trio once again! Tomorrow we will pick up Sister Larrabee, who just so happens to be Sister Habibpour's MTC companion! Yup! They are both waiting for visas, so it should be interesting to see what happens this transfer, if one of them or both of them get their visa... Who knows!
Anyways, I'm really excited for this transfer. We've got three baptisms coming up, and it's just gonna be great!
I'm still learning a lot all the time. This week I learned that service really is the way to go! The other day we were driving around trying to visit some less active members, and on the way to this one guys house, we saw this lady out raking her leaves. Sister Habibpour and I looked at each other and said, "yep." We were thinking the same thing. We finished raking her yard for her and she was so appreciative, she invited us in for a drink of water. We ended up talking to her for over an hour. She's a very active Methodist, but we were able to talk a lot about Christ and his Atonement, and we even shared some of our beliefs that might be different from hers. And it was super chill! When we left, she said to come back any time. She did say that she wouldn't want to leave her church because it feels like home to her, but still! If we had just knocked on her door and tried to get her to listen about the church, she would have said no then and there, and that would have been the end of it. But now, we're good friends, and even if we aren't able to teach her the lessons, I know we've planted a seed. Maybe in the future when missionaries knock on her door, she'll remember us and the good feelings she had while we were there. I totally feel like Ammon in the Book of Mormon! The first thing he does when he meets the Lamanites is serve. Three days go by before he even tries to teach! That's when the timing is right.
Yeah. Good stuff. Oh, and my testimony of the Area Book has increased. Yesterday I looked through it and wrote down some names of former investigators that stood out to me, and we went to see these people who investigated 6 years ago. We talked to them for quite a while, and they said they saw missionaries in the past, but then one of the sister missionaries went to a different country, and they just stopped coming. What the? It's a family of 5, and all the kids are old enough to be baptized. How did this golden opportunity somehow fall through the cracks?? So, we're going to start teaching them and see what comes of it!
Whelp, I love you all. Keep on keepin' on. Oh, and here's my favorite quote from our last district meeting: "There's no comfort in a growing zone, and there's no growing in a comfort zone." If you want to get to the top of the mountain, you have to go uphill!
Love,
Sister Myers
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