October 20, 2014

Hey!

The ice cream place is called Ted and Wally's. Every time I have been to that part of Omaha, I request that we go. It is my absolute favorite!

We will find out about transfers next week! It's so crazy. The group [of missionaries] that came out one [transfer] before me is going to be leaving in less than a week! And it will be my last transfer! I cannot believe it! It has gone by so fast and it's just so incredible. I could never ever regret coming on a mission. It has been the best decision that I could ever make in my life! I haven't been able to see some of the success that I would have liked to but I have really realized that it's not about me and what I would like. It's about the Savior and I can say that I fulfilled my purpose as a missionary as best as I could and will continue to for the rest of my mission, no matter what happens.

We did get to see "Meet the Mormons" and it was fantastic. So not what I expected, but it was so great! It was quite an experience trying to get there. The only theater that it was playing at was in Omaha, so it was about an hour and a half drive to get there. But we had a big group from our ward with a couple less-actives and an investigator go up and we all drove up together. It was a lot of fun!
This week we actually had 2 different referrals, both from non-members. But they are both so prepared! Anna and April both are super interested. April said that she is looking for a religion and will read or do anything that we ask her to do so that she can find the church for her. And Anna was studying the Jewish faith and the more we have talked to her, the more she just got excited saying that we pretty much believe all the same things that she does.
We were able to see Helina and she just has the most amazing questions and insights. Sadly, we didn't feel it right to commit her to baptism. She will be leaving for most of the winter to stay with a daughter and will only be here a couple more weeks. But we are going to ask if missionaries can come visit her at her daughter's house.
We also were able to do a ton of service this week, but it was really unusual service. One of the members works at Pizza Hut as a manager and she took some pizzas home and gave them to us. But it was way more than we could eat. So we took it to families in town we knew needed food and it was so cool to see how a pizza could brighten someones day. We also were able to do a lot of service around people's houses that really needed some help. It was so nice to just do those unexpected little acts of service.

Thanks, love you guys!