Hello my amazing family! (Sent 6/24/13)
Thank you for the updates on life in Idaho and all of your
adventures!
I just love my companions, we are laughing 24/7 a Brazilian
and a red head make for very exciting days :) because we basically have started
from scratch we have been going through 25 pages of the ward list trying to
bring people back to church. I have been sworn at and told to...well not nice
things. One man while yelling at us asked if we were the same Mormons that had
been coming after them for 25 years, I told him that I wasn't even 25 so there
was no way I could have, I don't think he really liked that. :)
It has been interesting but we are seeing miracles!
We saw a cute girl walking with her dad on the street, we
"pretended" to put things away in our car and just happened to walk
by the same time they were :) I tried to give them a card but they weren't
interested, we went to our appointment and when we were walking out the same
girl and father called after us. She said she was really interested in the
Mormons because she wrote a paper on us for her school and it was the best grade
she got. Sister Dotson and I were singing the hallelujah chorus (in our heads
of course), we gave her a book of Mormon and she said she wants to read it and
learn more, her dad was a little more hesitant, so meeting with her has been
difficult but one day we hope his heart will soften!
Sister Dotson and I are still in training but our trainer is
the training leader so she is gone twice a week on exchanges. (confusing I
know) Those days Sister Dotson and I say A LOT of prayers, we know Heavenly
Father is strengthening us because we are just two new things out here.
One family let us in their home, they seemed really
interested in prophets and the restoration, and then BAMB they started bible
bashing and preaching and knocking down the church. I was so confused why they
even wanted us to come into their home? There defiantly wasn't a good feeling
there and I learned that I need ALWAYS listen to the spirit. He's there to HELP
and PROTECT and to GUIDE us!
We got to give the sharing time in primary. I asked them who
was planning on serving a mission, ALL of the boys and almost ALL of the girls
raised their hand. I remember when I was in primary, that wasn't the case, the
age change is affecting the children of the church. They are more missionary
minded and want to help the missionaries out. One little boy got baptized on
Sunday and he kept telling his non-member friend to get baptized and become
clean. It was so cute!
We got to watch the specialized training at the chapel. I
think I cried on and off through all of the musical numbers. It's amazing
to see how the church is not just moving forward....it is SPRINTING forward.
Thanks to technology, the age change and our parents for teaching us,
missionary work is booming. This is truly HIS work!
Thank you for all of your prayers, letters and support! I am
so grateful for your love and guidance!!
Hurrah!
Sister Heather Sue Houghton
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