This has been quite the week - and the craziest weekend.
We have a new investigator, who I talked about last week. We met with Sister Maisey on Tuesday, just to get to know her better and see where we should focus in our lessons. Then we had our first actual lesson on Friday, which was very exciting! I felt a little shaky as I taught, but we had the bishop there with us (because he's their home teacher), and it was good. The awesome stuff with her happened on Saturday. There was a baptism at the stake center, and we invited her to attend and she accepted. She was so excited to be there, and I think she really felt the spirit as we were there. The missionaries who taught the family who was baptized taught the restoration as they were changing, and it was great to go over that again since we had just taught it the night before. The we had our open house that night, and she came and took a tour of our church building. She asked a lot of questions and it was a really wonderful experience. Sister Ely and I have another meeting with her tonight, and we are so excited. It has been such a blessing to get to know her and teach her.
As I said, we had an open house on Saturday. It went pretty well, but our turn out wasn't fantastic. There were a few investigators that came and Sister Maisey was there, so I think it was all worth it even if just those few people were effected.
In the morning on Saturday, Sister Ely and I had the opportunity to help out with an Eagle Scout project with someone in our Green Valley ward. It was a free yard sale - people donated clothes, toys, decor, cribs, table sets, and all sorts of things - and people just came and took what they needed. Everyone was invited at 9 am, but families in the ward who were in need could get a pass from the bishop and came earlier so they could get what they needed. It was such a wonderful idea, and Sister Ely and I got to greet people and even give out a family history and gospel of Jesus Christ pamphlet. It was wonderful!
Then on Sunday, we taught the follow up lessons with a recently baptized youth and his family. We went over with our ward mission leader, and the lesson was really cohesive and well balanced, and I think the family got a lot out of it. It was an awesome experience to get to participate in that.
Transfers are this week! We find out where we're going tomorrow, and the actual transfers are on Thursday. We have 30 new missionaries coming in and only 17 leaving. It's going to be fun to see where everyone's going - I have a hunch that I'll be staying in this area. We'll see!
Thank you for your continued prayers and support! I pray for every one of you every day, and I love you all SO much!! <333
Have a great week!
Sister Carlson
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