Hello all!
This week was a wonderful and blurred week. It went by really really fast! Our investigator, Will is moving along so nicely. He just wants to get baptized! It's so cool. He told us a little more about his life this week and I just feel so bad for him. He has had countless trials since he was two years old. It's so sad and I just want to help him, but that's what this gospel is doing, it's helping him. On Tuesday, we taught him the Word of Wisdom and he brought a roommate with him. Since his roommate doesn't understand the nature of God at all, it was hard for him to understand the Word of Wisdom. However, since he did not see the point, Will did! Will bore testimony of the word of wisdom, and he's never even lived it before! He's just so golden of an investigator it's really quite crazy. And he says that everything we teach him and when we do it falls right into place with what he's dealing with outside of our lessons. A couple days before we taught him the word of wisdom he got really drunk because of family problems, and this is the second time he's gotten hammered, and he absolutely hated the experience. It was a terrible night for him, so now he's so unbelievably willing to live the word of wisdom and it's the coolest thing ever. And he feels like the scriptures that we randomly text are exactly what he needs at that moment. He truly feels the Spirit so strongly.
Our tripanionship is doing loads better! All of our strengths are so different that in a lesson, they all work together to make one awesome lesson. Not to boast, but I think the people in the branch really like us. This week and our interactions with people, testified that we were put together for a reason. We're put together to strengthen the branch with our differences we can use the Spirit in different ways to speak to specific people. Will told us yesterday that our personalities blend really well together to just create the perfect atmosphere. He said that sister Madsen was whaky, which opens people up, that I'm motherly and that Sister Beck is stern. First off, wow, no one has ever called me motherly! And second off, so cool that even he could see that we all work like a yin and yang with three pieces and I've been thinking that all week. I think he thinks I'm motherly because he brings out this side of me that just wants to hug him and tell him everything will be okay. He has some physical limitations and he had some pretty unloving parents and relationships and he was bullied through junior high to high school. He's just so strong and so kind, by now, most of us would be bitter toward the world, but he sees that God has blessed him with the ability to love even after experiencing all that hatred. AH, he's a life-changer.
Our other investigators are quite hesitant. This one girl just needs a nice dose of motivation, and I don't know how to make that. Hopefully we figure out how to do that. The other investigator we have is going through a divorce and all that fun stuff, so we have to work with him really slowly. He has this undeniable faith in God and he knows what he has to do. He also knows that God's church is on the earth and that it's the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he just doesn't want to completely commit to the lifestyle. However, he let us take his chew, coffee and whiskey last week and throw it away. He said he will not have any coffee (which is the hardest one for him to quit). He's also afraid to lose friends if he were to baptize. We'll see how he comes along.
On Wednesday or Thursday (I can't totally remember) it rained so much and I loved it! The rain here is beautiful. The gray contrast to the all the green is just wonderful and I just wanted to soak it all in. It made tracting really enjoyable and it made me want to go to Oregon or something. I wish it was like that more often here. I'm so stoked for the fall weather here though. The adorable Halloween decorations that the people have on their doors already just kill me, Mom, you would die they're so cute.
Mom, your package this week was manna from Heaven! Seriously, that stationary is to die for and to see Trader Joe's brand stuff on my shelf is stupidly comforting. Who knew I would miss Trader Joe's so much. I'm going to make your life-changing bread today :) Thank you for sending all those ingredients! I can't wait to eat it.
Mom and dad, you are both wonderful, amazing parents. I promise I'm not just saying this because I'm on my mission. My feelings are obviously intensified since I'm out here, but I love you both so much. I think of you both everday and I know that it was because you are my parents that I have made the right choices to be out here on my mission. I think of your teachings and examples and how they have made me who I am today. Your examples and covenant keeping has greatly influenced my life and our family for the better. I thank God for you and Ashley, Tegan, Davis and Jared (and my family in general, so including the nieces and nephew, soon to be nephews!) every day and night.
Love you all to the moon and back,
Jocelyn
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