Wow... Well last week feels like 3 weeks ago. Time seems slow
but fast at the same time, mission time is crazy. We've has the mosty
bi-polar weather here and it's driving my nuts. One day it is Spring and
so beautiful we are having a picnic and then the next it's raining and
the most gloomy day of my life. Today was a bit of both thankfully. It
was a little scary for us as we drove the hour long drive to Logan as
rain turned to snow and we were speeding down the canyon trying to catch
up to the Elders we were following. But on the way back there was white
clouds and a beautiful blue sky. We were definitely protected today!
Tender Mercy!
So update on people:
Ian:
His surgery is planned for the 19th this month. His mom text us last
night and informed us that her parents would be coming the week before
and so Ian will probably be able to get baptized! WOOOOHOOOO! I feel bad
that he has to have this surgery but it's a blessing that his Grandpa
can come to Utah and perform that service for him. So cool :) I have to
keep praying it will happen though!
Mario Trujillo: Not much has changed with him. He
keeps putting other things over church and so it's been hard for him to
progress but I think he's getting there. He recognizes the difference
the scriptures and praying make in his life and so one day he'll come
around to being committed. He is so sweet though. He told me a while ago
that something I said to him changed his life. This last lesson he
brought it up again but disclosed who said it as he told the fellowship.
THEN, he gave me a present for my birthday! An adorable jar of honey :)
isn't he sweet?! Haha
Bianca: She is doing great! We are just taking it
slow with her but she is SO ready. It's great because our last lesson we
had, Bianca's cousin opened up and told us that her and her husband
weren't married in the Temple and that she lost the Spirit. But when we
come over, she feels that and wants it back in her life. They all have
been coming to church and it has just been so amazing to see. I just
wish I knew Spanish... Why didn't I take Spanish in high school?!! Dang
it.
We've been meeting with some new people this week
but I'll wait till next week to talk about them. I don't know them very
well yet. One of the ward missionaries is doing this new tactic he made
up and it has been pretty successful... He takes someone with him,
knocks on everyone's door, tells them about earthquake preparedness and
keeping the family safe. Then, he introduces to them a DVD that we have
called "Together Forever". He explains a little about it, gets their
contact info and then gives it to us. He got 8 out of 10 to accept! One
was even the Evangelist guy that we met and I gave the Family
Proclamation to the World pamphlet to! Speaking of which..
I had a really bad day this week. Everything was going fine and we
were so excited to go meet this new family that wanted to hear more.
WRONG. They wanted US to hear more. The hard thing about being in Utah..
Anti-Mormons. They are just so lost and confused, you feel sorry for
them. It took me some recovering to do but I'm happy with the way I
handled it. I pretty much told them that we have strong testimonies of
this gospel, that we are here to teach and not to bible bash or anything
like that. I said if they wanted to learn more that we would come back
but otherwise we weren't. He seemed kinda disappointed but agreed to
have me back. The wife even forgot some of the questions she had that
made her leave the church.. That boggles me. I pray that this next
meeting will not damper my day like it did this last one but that it
will be helpful for them and for us as well. Please pray for us? Sister
Allen has never dealt with this before and I've only had a little
experience with it. So we shall see!!!
Oh, and I had my 1st Zone Blitz! Super fun! So the
zone gets together in someone's area and everyone gets a new companion!
Then, we get a list of names and address to go tract and see if they are
interested! We had one say yes! Victory!
Well, in all I had an amazing week. Glad to hear so many wonderful things about the Gilbert Temple!!
I
wish I could share all the fun and funny little things that happen but
there's just not time! But I will tell you, we were dog rescuers
yesterday. Haha you can see a pic on FB. I was just praying that he
didn't have an "accident" in the car..
Love you!!
Sister Gietz
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