hello everyone! sounds like a busy week for everyone....we are all scattering across the country! thank goodness for technology to keep us connected :) i pray for you all wherever you are! I can't wait to see more pictures of the Bosters' new surroundings :) what a fun adventure. and josh is heading off to college! i cant' believe it! Anyway, i love hearing the updates each week!
As for us, the work was kind of slow this week. it seems we always get bursts of new people to teach but then our hearts break when they decide not to continue after a couple lessons. but that's just how missionary work goes! we are still falling more and more in love with C and her family. we still haven't been able to sit down and teach them a real lesson...it's been a crazy week for their family. they came with their neighbor friends (the S’s) to the ward BBQ and sat with us. we had a good chat about a lot of things and we got onto the topic of the restoration. the BBQ was winding up so we decided to continue that night at 8 pm. we went off to another lesson (actually a really cool one with a boy josh's age whose best friend just passed away...he's not sure if he believes in a god or an after-life...we didn't convince him yet but it was a sweet conversation) and then headed over there. when we drove up to C's her kids were waiting outside for us, very excited. we unrolled the windows and they said their mom had gone to pick up their big sister (she had run away from home, but called her mom to come home when she ran into some trouble...it's a LONG story....remember when i said that Bro S said C had been having spiritual experiences? well one of them was...she was trying to decide what to do about this wayward daughter. she asked bro S for advice and he told her to pray. at first she thought it was stupid, but she tried it and had an amazing experience where she felt god told her what to do) We said, "oh ok, well just tell your mom we came by and we'll call her to set up another time" but the 12-yr-old boy said "no we need your help to get ready and we want you to meet her!" So we ran inside where sister S was washing dishes and sister M and i folded laundry like crazy. hmmm i feel like i can't really explain why this was special, but it was just sweet...like they had taken us in as part of their family at a very pivotal moment for their family...when her 17-yr-old daughter came in, the little girls introduced us "these are the missionaries from our new church! HUG THEM!" haha we ended up shaking her hands and introducing ourselves. anyway, as sister M and i folded clothes, i said "are you ready to love her?" meaning this wayward daughter and sister M said "yes, i already do!" and i said "me too!" and i really did feel this overwhelming feeling of love for them. that's the best part of missionary work, when you feel about people the way God does. so yeah, hopefully more good news to come about the A family!
The only other good stories are really embarrassing ones. i was like a crazy person this week and did all kinds of stupid things. #1: i locked our keys in the trunk of our car as we were getting ready to go tracting. elder G had to drive all the way from bellevue with the spare key which wouldn’t unlock the trunk, but it would start the car. SO we had to take it to the dealership to get the keys out of the trunk haha. THEN we did an exchange with the Issaquah sisters (the very opposite end of the mission) and i left my wallet in their car!! the assistants had to bring it to me. i hate doing stupid stuff like that!!
anyway, i gotta run...there is only one computer that's free so sister M is waiting for her turn. but i love you all so much!!
sister gibbons
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