So
Tuesday night, we had a lesson with Elijah. He's 17 and is currently
living with his grandparents for a reason or two. He is just the most
interesting minded kid, it blows me away! We taught him about the
Restoration and it was going so good! The spirit was strong and he even
cried a bit about wanting to be like his grandparents. We were leaving
him with a Book of Mormon and he misunderstood what Sis Allen meant and
started to read his homework right then. Dang it. Then... I made a
terrible mistake. I asked the grandparents to bare their testimony on
the 1st vision... Why did I do that?! The lesson became a whole hour and
15 mins!!! :( ahhhh! The spirit kind of stepped outside and I could
tell the information they were spiting out was confusing him. That was
an exhausting lesson emotionally and spiritually. Good thing we went to
bed afterwards!
We got together with our zone and boy is it
different! We have 4 new Elders and 1 new Sister. One of the Zone
Leaders is from England! Shout out to my brother Conner! :) I love being
able to serve with so many different people from all over, even though a
lot of the missionaries in this mission are from Arizona haha we have 4
just in our zone :P it's awesome. But anywho! It is going to be the
best transfer ever! I'm really excited and looking forward to the new
changes (which there are a lot but I wont get into them).
This week seemed to be cancel your lesson with the
missionaries week because we had sooooo many! Unacceptable. One Wed. we
had all 4 cancel... So we stayed at the Relief Society Birthday Party
and it was so fun! We played Minute to Win it games and Sister Allen and
I won one of them!!! It made us happy and so did the food :)
We had a lesson with Bianca about the Restoration
again but really focused on helping her to understand the authority of
the priesthood. It was a phenomenal lesson and the spirit was really
intense. I showed her a quick video ad on General Conference and her
eyes literally sparkled. She was amazed. Then, I asked her to go to
conference with us. She was so excited and her cousin was even more
excited! It was really fun to see how excited they were to be able to
have this opportunity. Xochilt (pronounced: So-chi)(her cousin) has
never been to conference and so we pulled some strings.. and All 4 of us
are going to the Saturday afternoon session of conference!!! WE ARE SO
EXCITED!!! :) hopefully we can finally set a baptismal date for Bianca
afterwards and that Xochilt and her husband will be more prepared to go
to the temple again! What an exciting work to be involved in. Thank
goodness for me Spanish speaking companion! Oh and just a fun fact.. A
Spanish and English companionship is called Zebra. Cool right?
Also! We taught a new guy named Logan who's from
Montana and is almost done with his Microbiology degree.. or something
along that science stuff. He had the lesson outside on a bench because
we didn't have another sister with us. The lesson went.. okay. Haha not
our best but he agreed to meet with us again. I know we'll do better
next time, it's just a matter of better preparation! I gave him a talk
to read because he had said he didn't think Mormons were Christians and
he doesn't agree that we are to become like God. The talk I gave him is
by Dallin H. Oaks called Apostasy and Restoration from the 1995 general
conference. READ IT.
One last thing I want to share is about an
experience I had on Sunday. The Gailey family FINALLY came to church.
Lexi ( turing 9 this summer ) can't get baptized until she starts coming
to church more. So we went into the Chapel a little late and they saw
us. We sat on the back row and one by one they came to sit with us. :)
it was a precious time for me to finally see them at church and to be
with them. Lexi rested her head against my arm and her little sister sat
in my lap because there was no room. It was a tender mercy that
Heavenly Father sent to me because I dearly miss my beautiful nieces and
nephews. I'm so grateful for my family and families all over who are
wanting the best for those they love. I KNOW that the Gospel of Jesus
Christ is the best way for us to have a strong and loving family. I KNOW
that we are literally children of God and that he loves us more than we
can comprehend. I'm thankful for Jesus Christ who has shown us the way
to eternal life and eternal joy as well as has made it possible! The
family is precious and sacred. And Satan knows that. That's why it is so
important to keep our families safe by living the gospel.
I love you all and hope you know you are in my prayers. I'm so grateful for each and everyone of you :)
Love, Sister Gietz
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