Wed- District meeting. It was
a really great and needed instruction on how to help people make
commitments. The best part of the day was going to the Brigham Temple
with the Paris family. Brother Paris is our recent convert that is
Muslim and we had the wonderful opportunity to do baptisms for his
deceased family, I got to do one for his grandma! It was so beautiful
and the whole experience was just so peaceful and heart-warming. On the
ride home, Rachel (daughter 16) kept hitting Adam (son 13?) with a
slinky. They were just harassing each other the whole time..in a
loveable kind of way and it just made me laugh :) good ol' siblings.
Thursday- Zone Conference! We had some great
instruction here and were able to go over our Top 5 Strengths that were
determined by a test we took earlier. My top 5: Empathy, Includer,
Harmony, Developer, Positivity. Yes, I know. It's funny. Of course
Empathy is my top one.. Ha! Anyways, it was really good and we got to
chase bouncy balls around the gym. Later that night, we got a text from
brother Graham. He said, " Are we meeting this week? I would like to
plan baptism for Feb 8th." SERIOUSLY?! WOOHOO!!! We asked him what made
him decided and this is his response, "Two things made me decide. The
first is the Plan of Salvation. The second is the redeeming of the dead.
The more I read about that, the more people I think I could help. I
have many deceased relatives and friends whom I could help. The first
step is to get baptized." Isn't he just awesome? I thought I died and
went to heaven.
Friday- I rested because I felt off for the past few
days and Saturday would be a busy day. After dinner, my stomach would
NOT settle. We had a lesson with Bro Graham which was shortened because
he had an emergency surgery to do.. thank goodness for me. I rushed home
and lets just say.. not pretty. I was up the entire night going to the
bathroom.. I couldn't understand how anything could be left in my body
after the first few times. Anyways, nasty.
Saturday- No throwing up! YAY! Very weak, aches and
chills. So I got a blessing from my zone leaders and just rested the
whole day.
Sunday- Much better. Stake
conference with Elder Oaks! It was fantastic. The talks were amazing and
perfect even though they were unplanned. Elder Oaks talked about the
Satan's efforts are concentrated on disrupting God's plan. A lot of it
was about how he tries to confuse us about who we are, who God is, and
anyway to take away the spirit. I know that this topic was so perfect
for EVERYONE. Satan is out to confuse us but we can't let him control us
and we have the power either way, to give in or not give up. I wish
everyone could have heard it but we will hear from him again in April!
He was super funny too, I love him :) So ready for the kicker...... drum
roll.... We had lunch with him at our stake presidents house!!!!!!!!
You may need to reread that sentence. It was SOOO COOOOOL!!!!! I'm the
luckiest missionary I'm pretty sure. :)
Monday- Practically 100% back to good health. Had a
great time with the members that fed us dinner. They are a young couple
and the husband was baptized 6 years ago after going through a lot of
struggles with the word of wisdom and all that. He finally realized his
life was not on a good track and that if he wanted a good life (and his
adorable wife) he needed to straighten up! Later, we had FHE with the
zone and played volleyball! I'm fantastic at volleyball.. Haha I really
did have a few good hits though! It was super fun.
Altogether, wonderful terrible week :) gotta love it! Transfers are next week... PRAY FOR ME!!! AHHH!
Love, Sister Gietz
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