Tuesday we started off our week with our zone conference and it was done all through technology so that was super different!! It was our zone (Border zone) and then the south and west zones in San Antonio, so it was kind of a smaller zone conference but it was still super fun! We had some amazing trainings about how to continue doing the work that we need to while being in our houses! We talked about finding through Facebook and we were able to share our story about Amanda and the miracle she has been for us, and it was so amazing that our mission president had us call in to every other zone conference that week and share it with them as well! It was super awesome :)
After zone conference we got changed and headed over to Ms. B's and were able to move the rest of the stones to her fireplace and it looks so awesome (sorry we forgot to take a pic of it finished but I attached one of it halfway done haha) but it's super fun to be able to serve other people :)
Wednesday we were able to call into one of the Austin zone conferences and share about Amanda again, it was sweet! We had district council and took that funny pic. We had a lesson that evening with Amanda as well, and it was super awesome! She is so super excited to become a member, she has dropped everything and changed so much and is reading every single day and watching many videos online and everything :)
Thursday we called in again to zone conf! We also went on a drive out to the countryside (like a mile from our house haha) and took a video about some of our basic beliefs, and it was pretty fun trying to take it haha my cute Argentine companion kept saying "families can be forever together" instead of "together forever" and that technically isn't "wrong" but it wasn't what she wanted to say haha so it took us a few tries and we also had to set up the camera on the top of the truck and people would drive by and look at us super weird hahah but it was fun and nice to get out of the house!
We started doing something that a lot of our mission has been doing which is called a Flock list, and essentially is just putting all of the information that we have in area book, onto a doc that can be printed out and that members and future missionaries can have. It takes SO. MUCH. TIME. haha but we got probably like 5% done on Thursday so that was fun.
We had another lesson with Amanda and we were talking to her about tithing and we were a little worried about this lesson because she is a single mom and we know sometimes it is harder to understand why tithing is so important, but she told us she had actually read about tithing a few days earlier and that she totally understood why it was important and was willing to do it! She said she would bring her tithing to her baptism, and we were seriously just shocked. She continues to amaze us at her faith and diligence in doing the right things, but it is so true when we say that Heavenly Father is preparing people, and He truly is! She has been prepared and we literally don't have to do much, she is already converted and we love it. We are SO excited for her baptism THIS SUNDAY!!! I can't believe it has come this quickly, but I know that Amanda has been such a blessing for us as well because it has given us something wonderful to look forward to during this crazy time in the world.
Friday we called in to our last zone conference that we were asked to, and it was funny because on the first one on Tuesday, President Tveten had asked us how excited she was about the gospel and how she is sharing it with everyone and that she had given us two referrals that week, and by the last one on Friday she had given us SIX referrals! She is literally going to be the best member missionary ever!!
It was also my parents anniversary on Friday and I got to call and talk with them for a little bit so that was fun!!
I finished my Preach My Gospel Book of Mormon that I have been working on while being in isolation, and now I want to go teach in person even more so that I can use that Book of Mormon! It is super sweet, and so colorful and I love it!
We went to Ms. B's again and we did some of her paperwork and then went over to her house and did some more of her yard work and we painted her chairs that she has been sanding for a while and holy cow, she has so many stinkin projects that she has been doing and she is a single woman and told us she would have done all of this all by herself and I honestly have no idea how because it took us a long time and made us sore so idk how she would have done it haha. She fed us some good Chipotle salads before she left! She's honestly the best.
On the way home, my comp, Hna Persia received an email that she might have to return to Temple Square in Utah earlier than we were expecting, which was May 13th, so we have no idea what is happening as of now haha we are living on a limb, and at any moment we could receive an email that we have to drive up to San Antonio and then idk what I'm gonna do or who my next companion will be, so that will be weird haha so yeah, next week I might have a different comp or I might have the same one, we have no idea!
I also accidentally broke our kitchen light that night... hahah apparently I have just gotten sostrong.... hahahah jk, there is a cord that we pull down to turn on the light, but Ipulled it too hard so now we don't have light in our kitchen and it's hard to cook haha
Saturday morning we woke up and our Carbon Monoxide alarm was going off and that was the fastest I have ever seen my companion get out of bed hahahah but it ended up just being a low battery.
That morning we got to video chat with the Russo's and talk with them and it was so good to see them!! We hope this COVID thing gets over so they can come back down to Texas and visit with us!! Haha it was funny because during the call they were like "you've been there for a while now, haven't you Griffin?" and I was like, yep... hahah but I LOVE CARRIZO SPRINGS. This little branch will forever have my heart.
That afternoon we sent Donovan a message just checking in on him and how he is doing, he has been going through waves of having no food or place to stay and then finding a place, and so we messaged him, but he was pretty stressed out and kind of took it out on us.. we asked how his friends were and he asked why we were worried about them, and then told us it wasn't our business and then we just said that as disciples of Jesus Christ we are worried for everyone and then told us he refused to answer our questions and then left our group chat and unfriended us on FB. so that was sad :( We will wait a few months (i'll probably still be here haha) and then will reach out again and see where he's at.
Sunday morning we chatted with Amanda, and she said she was planning on bringing 5 nonmembers to her baptism!!! She is amazing. That will be exactly at 10 people haha but it'll be awesome because there will be more nonmembers than members, so we are quite pumped.
We went to the Chavez's house, and we parked our truck right outside their door, rolled down our window and they opened their window, and then blessed the sacrament and brought it out to us, it was another experience I will never forget.
We also made cooking videos, because this last week as a zone we have been making a cooking video and nominating people, so I will attach mine haha it's quite funny.
We were able to have 7 lessons with nonmembers yesterday so that was awesome!
We had a lesson with Rey, who is someone we found a couple months ago, and we lost contact with him recently but he was going through something difficult, and we chatted with him yesterday and told him about Amanda getting baptized and he said he would love to see it, so we might end up streaming it so that would be cool! We talked more with Rey about why baptism is important and we set a "goal" with him, aka we put him on date for baptism and we are super excited for him!! He didn't have a choice when he was baptized as a kid, and we shared 2 Nephi 31:12 with him and he loved it and we set him on date for July 4th! We chose that date because he told us that that day has always been one of his least favorites and it scares him, but he wants it to be a good day for once, so we are excited for him! He is amazing, and it has been so fun helping people continue to come to Christ during this crazy time in the world.
This week looks pretty much the same other than Amanda's baptism!! We hope that Hna Persia can stay, but she might have to leave which would make this week even crazier!!
I would love if y'all could help us share our gospel messages that we post on FB, our page is Church of Jesus Christ in Carrizo Springs, please like it and share it with your friends!! Thank you all!!
I love you all and I am incredibly thankful for everyone!!
con amor,
hermana griffin :)
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