Tuesday
We
had to wake up early to go down to the valley for a new missionary
training. What better way to start off the meeting then by being late!
OH gosh, i wanted to crawl in a hole and die. I thought I left with
enough time to spare but I guess I haven't made the trip enough times to
really know how long it takes to get from Park City to the mission
office. I also didn't calculate in for traffic because Utah seems to only
have two seasons Winter and construction! So here I am, running in to
our first meeting as a companionship...late. Walking in I could feel all
the eyes on me and when I glanced at Sister Eberhardt it was like an
icicle to my heart...But, the meeting was great and a big help to me. I
found out i had been doing quite a few things wrong for 5 months without
knowing it. Thank goodness for repentance.
Wednesday
So,
there are a couple doors that I have knocked on a good, 50 times and no
one has ever answered. Since I have been with sister Tigno there have
been 5 of those doors where someone has decided to open up that closed door, greenie power is
for real guys, so real. Anyway, we are going to dinner Tuesday
with one of the less active people we finally met. On the 3rd she
called us asking if she could bring her mother to the family tree center
for the 4th of July parade. The center has a balcony, and with her
mother being 80 years old she was wondering if her mom could watch the
parade from there. We told her that would be great and we'd love to have
her since all the senior couples were throwing a BBQ for us at the tree,
so they could come eat with us. On top of that, the bishop was going to
be there...BBQ made in heaven or what? hahah
Friday
AMERICAAAA!
4th of July up here in Park City was so much fun! We walked from our
apartment to main street since there was no parking to be had for miles.
I thought I was gonna end up in China, its not hot up here but when you are
in a cardigan and all this sister shabang it gets toasty! We
walked all through the crowd on main street and even had a huge group of
members start yelling "ITS THE SISTERS!!!!" haha they wanted to take
pictures with us.
We finally got to the tree and made it to the 3rd floor where a
burger had my name written alllll over it. The less active lady
was there with her mom and they were having a blast with all the
missionaries! We all sat up on the balcony and watched the parade go by.
It was a different experience being in a state where the sun isn't
frying you on the 4th of July haha! When the lady and her mom were about
to leave the mom went around to all of the missionaries and gave us all
hugs, and said this was the best 4th of July she had ever had.
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Saturday
Bobby..oh, large and in charge Bobby....
So we went to go see Davida on Saturday.
While parking I saw this guy out washing his big white Hummer. Let me
give you a good feel first of what this guy looked like...imagine the
Hulks big brother, bleach blonder hair in a bun, tiny Golds Gym tank
top, cut off jean shorts, boots, and an American flag bandanna wrapped
around his Easter island skull.
Now being out 5 months i STILL struggle with walking up to random
people on the street, ill take a grandma with a walker any day. Sister
Tigno and I had talked during our weekly planning how we want to work
harder to over come our struggle of street contacting. As we pull up I
look at Bobby the Hulk, then at Sister Tigno, then back at Bobby the
Hulk..then i said to sister Tigno, "We are gonna talk to that guy." She
replies "WHAAAAT?!" I said "oh yes, that guy is ours."
So we get out of the car, knees shaking... I walk up to him and
introduce myself and ask him if he's ever heard about the church..to
which he replies with the voice of Thor "I'm a Baptist boy, so your
waistin your time." I told him that I wouldn't consider it a waist of my
time and that I just want to get to know him..he said "I read my bible
this morning, and i wish every one the best, but I'm good where I'm at."
The whole time he didn't ever make eye contact with me, and after i could see
that i was only irritating him i told him that when you love something
you want to share it with other people. That all I'm doing out here, is
sharing what i love and hold dear to my heart with other people. I could
tell, even underneath that muscular face that he changed a little
inside. Most of the time his back was turned so i stuck my hand in front
of his view so he would shake my hand. We wished him a good day, and as we
were walking away he said thanks for stopping.
When we were walking to Davidas apartment i glanced at sister Tigno, girl looked like she was about to barf! She looks at me and
said "THAT WAS SCARY!" hahahaha
We went in and visited with
Davida and shared our experience with Bobby. Davida has a roommate Terri
who had always been pretty stand offish to us, and told us a long time ago
that missionaries are like recruiters. So after sharing our experience
with Bobby we kinda just bore our testimony to Terri of why we are on
missions. Sure we want to baptize people, it is then that they can begin
their journey to being with their Heavenly Father, but I'm also out here
because the gospel makes me happy, not to recruit people so the
statistics of members in the world can go up.
Then Terri said, "Ya know, that's always how I have viewed missionaries.
Even though you didn't have success with Bobby, maybe you experienced
that so you could come up here and tell me exactly what you just said." I couldn't wipe the smile from my face.
Now Sister Tigno and I say "We talked to Bobby, we can talk to anyone."
With
this holiday weekend our numbers where pretty low..but just like elder Kirsi said on the phone last night..excuses are like armpits, they
smell, and everyone has one hahahaha
I love being companions with sister Tigno, even though I'm
technically the trainer i find myself learning from her everyday. I hope
you all had a great 4th, GOD BLESS AMERICA!
Sister Efnor
