So... because of the lameness of the internet/email site yesterday i
couldn't email and it was super sad.. the best day about p-days is
emailing... and since we couldnt do it yesterday, we're allowed to do it
today. woot!!! So I'm sorry for worrying you yesterday, and clearly the
prayers of many many missionaries worked. haha...
Anyways... Funny story... Remember Rose?? Yeah. okay. SO!! We set up a
baptismal date for her. hahaha... so... yeah... it was weird... we set
the date, she said she'd be baptized, but still Sis Blake and I were
both not really as excited as we felt we should have been... it was
weird.. So the next morning after that appointment, the member that came
with us, Vicky, called us. She had gotten to Rose's house 5 minutes
before we came, and when she got there, she caught Rose totally
drinking!!!! She was totally drunk when we set a date with her!!!!! So
yeah... I was pretty upset about it, but then i kinda started laughing
about it. lets be honest... she agreed to be baptized when she was
drunk. And we couldn't really tell because she's always really loopy.
That's just how she is. haha!!! Oh man... Rose... I love her and all...
but honestly... So i dont really know if we can count that as an
investigator with a baptismal date... haha.... We're meeting up with her
today hopefully... we're planning on talking about the Atonement, Faith
in Christ and Repentance.. It has the potential to be an awesome lesson
as long as she doesn't do anything dumb beforehand. hahaha....
Also.. We were tracting one day and knocked in this older man's door.
Apparently he's pretty hardcore Baptist. He was super nice, but he was
totally trying to convert us.. it was crazy. We were talking to him for
an hour. I was pretty much done talking to him after hald an hour, but
he kept on talking and really wouldn't let us leave his doorstep. Kinda
frustrating, but very educational. I finally learned what people mean
when they say they've been "saved"... So forgive my ignorance, but i'm
gonna tell you what they believe because it gives you an idea of the
kinda of people i talk to.
So.. According to the Baptist point of view... Being "saved" is when
someone decides to repent of their sins and accept Christ into their
life. They believe that at that moment, they become a child of God, and
they dont need to repent again for the rest of their lives. They belive
that before they're "saved" they're children of the devil... uhhhh....
yeah... So this guy we were talking to told us that if someone is
"saved" and decided that it wasnt the life for them anymore, they could
go and sin and still get into heaven. They believe that they receive
rewards in heaven for their obedience.. but still... they say that if
someone is "saved" and then murders someone, they still get to go to
heaven because they still accepted Christ at one point in time...
Yeah... It's weird... and from what the guy was telling us, that's what
i got from it. but it kinda gives you an idea of what i have to deal
with. People here think that because they've accepted Christ and
repented for a mass of sins all at once, they dont really have to watch
what they do anymore. if they want these rewards in heaven, they just
have to do the occasional good thing... CRAZY!!!!
Man... I'm so thankful for a prophet to make everything clear... And I'm
also glad to know that our prophet, Thomas S. Monson, is called of God
and actually has the authority to lead and guide us. And to know that
Christ Himself is the head of this Church is pretty much awesome.
Without a prophet today, nobody would believe that we are all children
of God from the start. I love that the gospel pushes us to do better,
and I'm soooo glad to know that as long as i continue to live a
Christ-like life and repent OFTEN, I dont have to worry about my
standing with Heavenly Father. Seriously.. The gospel is true. I love
it. I also love knowing the power of the Atonement. Repentance is
necessary EVERY day, we're not perfect and we make mistakes everyday.
but as long as we try to improve each day and recognize our mistakes,
we're pretty much doing all we can to return to live with our Heavenly
Father. Also... I never realized how much stronger your testimony gets
when you bear it often. I've decided that tracting is SOOOO awesome
because i get to bear my testimony at every door step. It seems that the
more you bear it the stonger the spirit witnesses in your heart that
what you're saying is real. I'm starting to learn how to let the spirit
speak through me. I open my mouth and the words come out and they come
with power. Man... I love recognizing that I'm growing and that I'm
improving. I'm doing what i came out here to do!!! WOOT!!!!
So yeah... Not a lot has happened this week, I got to tract a lot, so
that's where all that came from..
Also... there's a senior couple serving their mission here. The
Koltermann's. I was talking to Sis Koltermann, told her where I was
from, and she said that she had a daughter that served in Edmonton!!!
SOOOO COOL!!!!!!! She talked to her daughter after that, and the next
time i saw her, she told me that she actually served in the Forest
Heights ward!!! AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and what's even
cooler is that she was one of the missionaries that taught Grandma
Mo!!!!!!! SO NUTS!!!!!!! But seriously... The world is so small and
there's connections everywhere. There's even an elder in this mission
who's from Red Deer. Go figure.. haha..
Yeah.. So yesterday was Sis Blake's birthday. She's 23. Crazy eh? I was
totally realizing that I'm gonna be 23 when i come home... holy moly...
i'm still only 21!!!! it seems like a long time, but when you realize
i've been gone for 3 months already, you'll realize that time is
actually FLYING!!!! I'll be back in no time!!!! man!!!!
So for her birthday we highlighted eachother's hair. haha!! I'm really
blonde now. haha. I love it. She's got awesome highlights too.
*cough*mom should do it*cough*highlights are pretty*cough*...
Also.. Dad... So since you told me that i can use my credit card and
you'd pay for it... haha.. dont worry... i've decided that you can help
me purchase a summer wardrobe. All i really need is t-shirts i can wear.
So a bought a few already... I really appreciate your help, and i love
you alot.
It was really cloudy a couple days ago because it rained for 2 days
straight, but then it got really warm so it was really really really
humid and was only 70 degrees but i was dying.. man... summer is gonna
be brutal... apparently last summer sister blake would go tracting in
the morning, sweat so much that she had to come home and shower at lunch
and change, and had to do it again before she went to her dinner
appointment... So yeah... basically i'm gonna melt, and I'm gonna need a
lot of shirts to change into... blech... but at the same time... I'm
kinda excited. because i've started gaining weight... I'm just gonna
sweat it all off this summer! haha!! win win win!!!!!
Okay. That's all I've got time for. The ZL's are taking us out for lunch
for Sis Blake's birthday. Woot!!!
LOVE YOU ALL VERY VERY VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE CHURCH IS TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Sister Dyer
