Pretty eventful week.
Sweet moment:
We were walking on what we thought was an empty road when a teenage boy sprints over to us shouting "Hey are you guys the Mormon missionaries?!" We told him we were and he puts out his hands with a $20 bill in it. "I wanted to give you this. I really respect what you guys do." We were pretty shocked... or at least I was. That has never happened to me before. He wasn't a member. We politely told him we couldn't take his money, but that was such a cool moment. Too bad he didn't want to learn more. Sweet kid though. :)
We made a jingle for weekly planning to get ourselves excited. (We plan for our next week for 3 hours every Thursday... so it can be kind of.... well, not the most eventful aspect of the week.)
We've laughed really hard this week... I just can't remember what for. The things I remember just wouldn't be as funny typed out on here.
We have a new Ward Mission Leader who is the epitome of Christ-like love and service. We are all so grateful and stoked to be able to work with him.
We had our first two exchanges.
1- I went to Elk Plain/Spanaway with Sister Lee. Sister Lee is from South Korea and is learning English as her second language. She is the sweetest! And sooo brave. I could feel her testimony just radiate from her as she spoke and prayed with the few English words she knew. Man. That was a great experience. She taught me a couple words. The subject of my email is left and right.... how it's pronounced anyways haha. I didn't know how to put the symbols in there.
2- Sister Hopkins came here with me. Sister Hopkins is one of my former companions so that was a fun little reunion. She will actually be going home in 4 weeks, so that's super weird. I felt as if we were living a flashback because we became comps the first week of September last year so the weather and everything was the same. So weird.
A lot of our lessons were disasters this week, hahaha. BUT all is well.
We are teaching a 19-yr-old boy who is half blind and hard of hearing because he had brain cancer when he was 5. He is a special guy. So sweet.
WE FOUND A GECCO. His name is Roosevelt. We had him for a night, but thought we better let him go because we're not supposed to have pets. He was the cutest little guy ever. I can't wait to have pets again when I go home.
The General Women's broadcast was AWESOME!
Here's a tidbit of what it included (This is from President Uchtdorf's talk.):
"God loves you this very day and always. He's not waiting to love you until you have overcome your weaknesses and bad habits... He knows of your sufferings. He knows everything about you. He sees you clearly. He knows who you really are... and He loves you today and always. Do you think your value to him changes based on how many followers you have on Instagram or Pinterest. Do you think he wants you to worry or get depressed if someone unfriends you or un-follows you on Facebook or Twitter? Do you think outward attractiveness, your dress size, or popularity make the slightest difference in your worth to the one who created the Universe? He loves you not only for who you are this very day, but also for the person of glory and light you have the potential and desire to become."
HEAVENLY FATHER LOVE US.
And now we get to look forward to General Conference... this weekend living Prophets and Apostles will speak to us! :D Watch it on BYUTV or at a local church meetinghouse! :) I know our questions can be answered as we listen with a prayerful heart!
I LOVE YOU ALL!
Until next time, I'll be doing it the Federal Way.
Love,
Sister Pearson :)
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