Well, we start a new transfer tomorrow! I can hardly believe
that it's over already, the time has gone by so fast, and it feels like Sister
Harrison just got here! Sister Harrison
will be going to SUNRISE
This week has been really great for us! A great way to end
the transfer!
On Monday we had a ton of fun at sports. Sister Furstenau
and I kept those braindrops in our pockets and threw them at people during
sports. They had no idea where they were coming from, it was sooooo funny. Then
everyone saw them and started picking them up off the floor and we were all
throwing them around. Fun! That night we had dinner with the Wimber's, a
less active family in our ward. They are AWESOME! After that we went to Family
Home Evening with Denia and Sister Addington at President Gates' house. The
Elders taught about the Plan of Salvation. Denia loved it! We had a great time.
On Tuesday we had a lesson with Denia about tithing and fasting.
She was really excited about it. We had district meeting after that...which was
a weird situation. Our district leader had cancelled District Meeting for the
week, but then President called and said he was coming to our District Meeting
this week... so the Zone Leaders took care of district meeting, and since it
was scheduled with little advanced notice some people showed up 45 minutes late
and we had a 5 minute training... it was just pretty much a disaster. But oh
well.
Our District Meeting went long, of course, so we hurried
over to the church for Denia's baptismal interview - which she passed with
flying colors! After that we went and met with Apple, our recent convert, and
talked about the Plan of Salvation and the temple. She has lots of questions
but has a really great attitude and loves to learn. We had dinner at the
Wimber's again that night, and then went on splits with Sister Addington and
Sister Orme :)
On Wednesday we went to Sister Furstenau's District
Meeting...pretty bad again. We got to upgrade our phone at the mission office,
so go us! We were joking with all the other missionaries about how we were
upgrading to an iPhone... so when we sent the Zone Leaders a text we changed
our tag to <Sent from my iPhone>.
IT was probably the best text we've ever sent. They sent back the
scripture in Nephi about "Wo unto to liar..." and so that started a
whole scripture war, which we won of course. That night we taught one of our 7
year olds, his parents want us to teach him before he gets baptized.
On Thursday we had FIVE, yes FIVE, I repeat FIIIIIIIVE
lessons with investigators! We usually get 5 in a week here! But we had five in
one day! We were going crazy, it was awesome! We met with Denia and read the
Book of Mormon. We had an awesome lesson with Missy about baptismal covenants
and service. We had a GREAT lesson with Matt! We taught him about the Gospel of
Jesus Christ and invited him to be baptized and he accepted! The spirit was SO
strong when we were talking about baptism! He doesn't have a date yet because
his parents are against it, so we are working on that. We also met with a new
investigator named Julie! Sister Woodward used the "willing and
brief" invitation with her friend and her friend said YES! So we are
teaching her and she came to church this week! Also, we went to dinner and
Sister Paul had invited her non-member friend over, so we got to teach her too!
It was a great day!
Friday was Valentine's Day! We wore red and had our house all
decorated and cute! I got awesome Valentine's packages from home and from the
Yskes'! They were so cute! We spent the day heart-attacking the widows
in our ward (with paper hearts... not real heart-attacks.. :) ), so that they
would have something cute on Valentine's Day. Since my hand hasn't gotten
better from 2 weeks ago, Elder Gunnell and Elder Petersen made me go to see one
of the doctors in their ward. We went with them to his house and he checked out
my hand and told me that I sprained it pretty bad, and that I need to wear a
brace, so I'm wearing one now. That night we had a really great dinner with our
favorite Sister Addington. We made her a giant card! It was fun.
Saturday we had Sister Furstenau with us all day. We also
got transfer stuff in the morning. Half of our zone is leaving! It is crazy.
And we are double transferring out two sets of Elders for SISTERS! Half the
zone will be Sisters now! It's awesome - and Sister Bohling (from when I was in
Sunrise
Sunday was great! We had church, had dinner at the Wimber's
(again), and went to the Why I Believe fireside!
Today is a great day too - My sweet SISTER CUMMINGS is
back!! Wooooo! I missed her! I love her.
I'm excited for a new transfer and the new experiences that
await us! Have a great week! I love you!
Love, Sister Coltrin
P.S. Elder Anderson
and Elder Gibson had a little bike issue, and one of their bikes is in the shop
- so in the meantime, they are borrowing a tandem bike from a member! It is so
funny! People love to see them and they
even stop and take pictures! Sister
Furstenau and I rode it!!
Sister Coltrin and Sister Furstenau riding the tandem bike
Sister Furstenau and Sister Coltrin
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