We started the week off with exchanges in Midland. They were sure an adventure! Our STL's have decided that whenever possible they are going to bike to try to talk to more people so I biked on day one of the exchange. We headed off to our first appointment when the rain started. It wasn't too bad at first but by the time we got to their house we were pretty wet. She offered us towels to dry off and we had a really good Restoration lesson with her! We went back out and it stopped raining but when we got to the next appointment we realized my tire was getting pretty low. We had the lesson, he was a former who was super close to baptism (he had 2 baptismal interviews) and then decided that he was Atheist. It was really weird because the second we saw him Sister Nelson and I both said he looks just like a member! Turns out he had actually went to the ysa ward on Sunday (though he still claims to not be interested). So an Atheist former told us the Mormon church was his favorite....anyways, while we were in his house we heard a severe storm warning go off and we were about a 30 minute bike from their apartment with a flat tire. We went outside and it began to POUR! We ended up underneath a covering at a restaurant. So we were soaked huddling under an awning with some old Hispanic guy who kept trying to sell us tamales at 9:00 at night. It sure was an adventure! Finally the other sisters answered the phone and came and picked us up!
Our investigator, Becca, had a cyst removed from her liver this week and the surgery went well so we are hoping to see her progress now and if not we will probably have to drop her :(
We went on splits to go visiting teaching with some sisters in the branch this week so that helped us to get into some less active homes that we usually aren't able to get into! We brought one of the LA's a snow cone, his name is Ernesto and he is super sweet! He lives right across from us and he is an older Hispanic man who is disabled. He loves us coming over to share scriptures and to practice my Spanish!
We bowled with polka music this week at the nursing home. Bill is doing quite a bit better! He is almost back to where he was when I got here! Him and his wife, Faye, used to polka dance all the time so he loves that music!
At the Life Center this week the owner, Betty, came and told us that God had been pressing on her heart that she needed to hear what we have to say and that she wanted to hear why we were out here doing what we were doing. We are super pumped! We are planning to go over to her house sometime this week! We tried a new treat this week at the Life Center too. They are called Kolaches and they are pretty good! They are like pigs in a blanket and we have seen them sold at all the donut shops around here.
On Saturday we went out to the car and pulled away and then realized that someone had left a Book of Mormon on the hood of our car! How crazy!? We pulled over and got it off but can't figure out who would have put it there??
We have a new family at church! They showed up and we all assumed they were just visiting for the day but they are here to stay! We only had about 27 people there on Sunday so we were glad to have them!
Hope y'all have a blessed week!
READ AND PRAY EVERYDAY!!
Hermana Peterson
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