called to serve AZ a MESAnary: Scaring the bageezus out of them

So last night we were reading The Book of Mormon with Larry and Maria
in 1 Nephi 17, and we were reading the part where Nephi shocks his
brothers. Larry made a comment about it scaring the bageezus out of
Laman and Lamuel, to which I quickly remarked that it probably
actually scared the Jesus into them. 😂

Anyways, this week was good, although it seemed like it was pretty
long. We had a great lesson with the Cannan family this week! We got
there, and they just started asking us questions that they had about
what we had taught the time before because there was something they
didn't quite understand and they had a discussion amongst themselves
and didn't know the answer, so they asked us. The daughter Alice was
introduced to the word of wisdom by some people at school, so we had
to also teach that. It's cool to see them learning and wanting to
know, and even discussing what we have taught them!
We also had a less active member we have been working with make
reading/listening to The Book of Mormon a bigger part of her life, and
we were having a Skype lesson with her, and there were some technical
difficulties due to the fact that she was driving, so we thought the
lesson was just going to end, but instead she pulled over just so she
could have this lesson with us! It was a miracle!

We had a Sisters' Conference this week, too. There was a really cool
diagram and explanation of how men and women have different roles when
it comes to us learning and growing and gaining eternal life. I wish I
could explain it via email, but it would be really hard. But it was
explained in a different perspective and way than I have ever heard
and seen before.

A miracle that happened this week was that a few weeks ago, we dropped
a potential investigator named Darla because the place where she lives
has a gate and we didn't know the gate code, and we tried calling her
a couple of times, but we never heard anything back. Well, this week
we got a referral for her, and she had referred herself online. We
called her, and she answered! We then set up a lesson. At the lesson,
she told us that about a month ago, she got calls from some sisters,
but she lost the number. Since she did want to have us come over, she
just requested to have missionaries visit. We had an awesome first
lesson with her. Unfortunately, she didn't make it to church because
she woke up feeling sick, which was a little disappointing... then
again, what's new? Don't all investigators get sick on Sundays so they
can't make it to church? (I've only seen this a few times... and by a
few times, I mean lots of times).
Sunday night, I stumped everyone (a family and my companion) playing 2
truths and a lie as a get to know you game. Granted, my lie was kinda
cheap, but that's okay. I used 1) I try to send home a pic with me and
a dog every week in my email home, 2) My favorite color is lime green,
and 3) I have 3 dogs back home. They all thought one of the first two
was the lie, but really I only have 2 dogs back home. It was kinda
funny though because they have a dog, and I guess after they pray,
they play with their dog with a laser pointer. So we said an opening
prayer, and the dog rushed over to the spot they keep the laser
pointer and started freaking out. At least we know the family prays
often enough for the dog to have a habit and know where to go.

Also, even though yesterday was super long with it being a Monday with
no set plans all afternoon, there were a few small miracles. We were
able to catch 2 people, who were on a list from the ward for us to go
and contact, at home that we have never been able to catch before, one
of which normally would have not been home but happened to be home.
One of these people, I had tried so many times before, and I almost
just gave up, but yesterday was our lucky day with her.

An analogy that was given by a youth at church that I liked was
relating a strong iTunes password to a strong testimony. This youth's
mom iTunes got hacked, and he talked about if you have a strong
password, it is harder to hack. If we have a strong testimony, it is
harder for others to break it down and lead us astray.

Anyways, I love y'all!
Sister Smith