Another great week in Vegas! I
love it here. Sorry for the short email, we had to stay in a few days due to
sickness (I think President puts all the sick Sisters with me...).
Monday we had p-day, which was
actually pretty boring. But we got to go to the Duck's house for a Memorial Day
barbeque for dinner! It was fun! We had Family Home Evening after that.
Tuesday our District Meeting was cancelled, due to a sick
District Leader. We had a couple of lessons, and then we had to head home to
put meatballs in the oven to take to St. Timothy's to feed the homeless! Our
ward goes and helps another church to feed the homeless once a month - it's
actually really fun! We prepare the food, and then work an assembly line to put
food on plates, and then we serve the food! We have a lot of fun there. It was
especially cool this time because our investigator, Travis, came to help out!
After that we went to the Evan's house for "Taco Night" where a bunch
of people from the ward go and have dinner. We got to meet a lot of people in
our ward.
Wednesday we had a lesson with
Joe and then lunch with one of our members. Sister Ena started to get really
sick - her back was really hurting her (she couldn't walk) and she was coughing
up blood. We went home so we could call the mission medical sister, and then
Sister Ena took some medicine and napped. It was so sad! I wished I could have
helped her. I wasn't feeling great either, with a fever of 102. We had to
cancel our plans for the rest of the evening because she was sick. But we did
have one lesson with Maddy that night and we taught her about the Word of
Wisdom! We love teaching her, she is so receptive, and she is awesome!
Thursday was my ONE YEAR mark!
What the heck!? Time flies. We started it off right by having a lesson at 9! We
taught Travis a really powerful lesson about the Restoration at the park with
Robin. It was incredible! We went to District Meeting after that and then
District Lunch. We met with Alainya to do another new member lesson about the
Word of Wisdom, and then met with Joe to read the Book of Mormon. He makes us
laugh so much whenever we are over there. Sister Ena was feeling sick again
after that, so we had to go in for an hour for her to rest. We had dinner at Adrian
Friday morning we had lessons
at 9, 10, 11, and noon! It was an awesome way to start off a Friday! We met
with Alan to have his last lesson before his baptism! Then we had a pass off
lesson with the Elders and got a new investigator named Brian. He is really
receptive, but has some mental handicaps, so we aren't sure how well teaching
him will go. We are excited though! We met with Joe and then went to have lunch
with the Samoan family. Obviously, I impressed them with all of my Samoan words
(the 5 that I know...) hahaha. I love having a poly companion!
Saturday was CRAZY! We were
rushing around helping people with baptism things, we had another awesome
lesson with Travis and committed him to baptism! We talked about the Plan of
Salvation, one of my favorite lessons. It was amazing. We met with a few people
and knocked on a few doors. Then we had a quick dinner with Adrian
Alan's baptism was so sweet. Adrian
Sunday was the normal ward
council and church routine. We got to have dinner with our Relief Society President,
Jillian. We love her! We had a lot of fun there and she is so sweet!
We have been getting a lot of
referrals this week, we are being so blessed! Thanks for all the prayers! Our
investigators are increasing and are all progressing!
I seriously love it here. I
love the people, I love Vegas, I love teaching the Gospel, I love serving.
Have a great week! Ou te alofa
ia te oe!
Love, Sister Coltrin
Sister Coltrin, Sister Ena and Adrien
The burning of a skirt - a one year mark tradition
Sister Coltrin, Alan, Sister Ena
Alan and Sister Coltrin
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