which reminds me of the funny story of the week!! i was in maple valley with sister burch (there's a pic of her attached) and we were tracting. this police car pulled up behind us and an officer got out and said "what's going on here ladies" "we're missionaries! we're proselyting" "oh, we got a call from someone in the neighborhood...we're been having problems with people going door to door recently. they've passed an ordinance which makes soliciting illegal in maple valley." "oh well, we're not selling anything, just sharing the gospel of jesus christ, so as far as we know, it's legal" meanwhile ANOTHER police car pulls up and two MORE officers get out (i guess we looked intimidating so the first had called for backup haha) and asked the SAME questions. then, "oh yeah, you're right, religious proselyting is the exception to the rule. well get it in the car...we'll have to take you down to the jailhouse"... sister gibbons just laughs... "you think i'm joking??" ....pause..."you're joking right?" "yeah i'm joking" haha. so we went on our merry little way. and then i realized THEY came to US and we didn't even talk to them about the gospel. they were still standing around so i said "sister bush let's go back and talk to them about the gospel!!" so we went up to them and talked to them, but they weren't interested haha. they wouldn't even take our website card haha but oh well. i said "well we thought we might as well ask since YOU came to US" and they laughed and got in their cars. THE END. pretty funny huh?
so yesterday we got a call from [L] (who always answers the phone "hey gibbons" no matter how many times i tell him it's SISTER gibbons haha) saying "hey, you know my baptism this saturday?" "yeah" "well something came up" (missionary's worst nightmare. you die when they say those words) "i'm flying to hong kong on friday and i'll be gone for three weeks" so of course i think ERG he's changed his mind and everything will die off while he's gone. but then he said, "can we do it on thursday night?" yay!! so his baptism is moved up and we have it all set to go! he has his interview tonight! we helped him find the address of the church in hong kong so he can go while he's there. i think it'll be way cool for him to go there because one of his original concerns was that it seemed like an american church to him. we had a great lesson with him yesterday and it's cool so see how far he's come. i don't think any of his family or friends will come to his baptism :( they're "not really into it" in [L]'s words. hopefully that will change sooner or later. so yeah that's the exciting thing going on!
other than that we're trying to find new investigators and help others progress...the usual :) life is good! sis yura and i have gotten super close. we're working really hard and having TONS of fun. she's awesome!!! transfers are on the 20th and i hope we just stay but we'll see. sis yura only has 2 transfers left so i don't know if president will just leave her here or send her somewhere else for her last 2. we'll see!
wasn't conference awesome?? i'm glad you all got to watch! my favorite session was saturday morning i think and some of my favorite talks were elder holland, pres uchtdorf, pres eyring, pres monson, that one guy who talked about missionary work, elder christofferson, and the very first talk of the whole thing (was it scott or hales??) anyway i'm listing almost every talk but it was just so good! we watched all the sessions at the stake center...it was great! easy to stay focused :) i thought of you all eating tacos! did you have scones? well anyway, i'm SO grateful we have living prophets on the earth. i know if we strive to follow their counsel, we will be happy, we will be safe, and we will have peace in a chaotic world.
well that's about it folks, i'll send another email with pics of me making buuz with the mongolians!! LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!! thanks for the emails and the prayers and everything!
sister gibbons
other than that we're trying to find new investigators and help others progress...the usual :) life is good! sis yura and i have gotten super close. we're working really hard and having TONS of fun. she's awesome!!! transfers are on the 20th and i hope we just stay but we'll see. sis yura only has 2 transfers left so i don't know if president will just leave her here or send her somewhere else for her last 2. we'll see!
wasn't conference awesome?? i'm glad you all got to watch! my favorite session was saturday morning i think and some of my favorite talks were elder holland, pres uchtdorf, pres eyring, pres monson, that one guy who talked about missionary work, elder christofferson, and the very first talk of the whole thing (was it scott or hales??) anyway i'm listing almost every talk but it was just so good! we watched all the sessions at the stake center...it was great! easy to stay focused :) i thought of you all eating tacos! did you have scones? well anyway, i'm SO grateful we have living prophets on the earth. i know if we strive to follow their counsel, we will be happy, we will be safe, and we will have peace in a chaotic world.
well that's about it folks, i'll send another email with pics of me making buuz with the mongolians!! LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!! thanks for the emails and the prayers and everything!
sister gibbons
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