The
Death plague soldiers on. I seriously haven't been this sick since August 2009.
I continued to try to do as much as I could until Thursday. I called Sister
Jenkins to ask if I could skip our sister training leader meeting and she told
me to not only skip the meeting, but to rest for 48 hours. We did end up going
out a little on Thursday evening and all night Friday despite my quarantine
orders, but I rested a lot during the day. Some sisters showed up after the
meeting I missed and gave me a card that Sister Jenkins had all the sister
training leaders sign, hot cocoa mix, and some poppy seed almond pound cake. I
felt so loved and was shocked that Sister Jenkins took the time to make me, one
of 240 missionaries, feel individually loved. I also missed a meeting with the
high councilman over missionary work in our stake so he sent breakfast over
with my zone leader after the meeting. A lady in one of our wards made me more
homemade soup and others brought me tissues and medicine. I've never felt more
pathetic in my life. It was humbling to accept so much charity from people. Especially because I knew if I was at home I
would have just taken care of myself. I wasn't incapable; people just wanted to
serve me. I'm still raspy and my nose is
runny, but on the whole I am about 87% better. I did finally ask for a blessing
on Friday night and that helped a lot.
Through
all of this we found a new couple to teach and that was a miracle! They have
six children as well. Our first lesson with them is on Thursday. They have had
lessons in the past and we just re-contacted them this week. I heard somewhere
once that it takes, on average, 7 meaningful interactions with missionaries
and/or members of the church before people become seriously interested in
baptism. I don't know if that is true, but it sounds about right. They have a
lot of promise and I can't help but think about the positive impact baptizing
this one family would have on so many people in the future.
Our
new investigator, Cho Chang, came to church on Sunday with her two sons! It was
such a pleasant surprise! She told us she wasn't going to come and then she
ended up changing her mind. I've been praying so hard for her since we met.
Every night I ask Heavenly Father to protect her from Satan. I know that she
has a desire for the truth and I know that Satan will try her even more because
of that. Her sons loved primary and she enjoyed everything as well. She
committed to come next week again. The hard part will actually be sitting her
down and having lessons. She loves church, but she is busy and it is hard
getting her to schedule things.
We
now live with Sister Moreton (my bestie) and Sister Casey (her new trainee from
the MTC)! I LOVE IT! We party so hard every night in the hour we have between
missionary work and bed.
We
spent so much time trying to find this week in one of our wards and EVERYBODY
didn't have any interest in learning anything at all. Agency is literally the
worst. Why can't everyone just want to be Mormon already?
I
had a great week though and felt very guided by the Spirit. Even when things
weren't successful I knew we were doing what we needed to do. I am confident
that we will continue to find people to teach. I know that sometimes we just
have to go through dead periods as a trial and then things brighten up. It's
always darkest before the dawn. Thanks
Florence and the Machine for your true lyrics.
Love,
Sister
Poppe
We helped the Activity Days girls learn about the
sacrament on Wednesday. I told them to think of a Kit-Kat bar when they can't
remember their baptismal covenant. K-keep the commandments, A-always remember
Him, T-take upon ourselves His name. The girls we saw throughout the week after
the activity all remembered KAT and recited it to us!
"Sister. Tonight I your doctor. You need my
steam." Sister Rasheed's boiled
water with Vick's Vapor Rub in it actually
worked wonders.
I think more people need to tease their hair and
pose like Simba on Pride Rock
Post Lion King Photo Shoot pic. I had just drawn a
scar on my
face to be Scar and it doubled really well as a rock star look.
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