This week has been great!
We are working a lot with less actives still. So far we've had 2 come
to church! One was just totally on board! When we meet with them, we
share a message about keeping the Sabbath day holy, since that's
really being emphasized in the church right now, and it's a great way
to commit them to coming to church. One of them is actually one of our
branch missionaries. He's awesome! Some people just need a kick in the
pants, or a gentle reminder :). On Wednesday the Murdock's (branch
president and his wife- they know Emee and Papa) took us to Cracker
Barrel to go over the roster. Our mission president has had us
classify everyone as either active, less active, or part member, and
then prioritize them on High Priority, Medium, or Low list. We have
been trying to contact everyone on the High Priority list. Some of the
people are names no one has ever even heard of! So we call it "The
Hunt" whenever we are looking for these less actives. So
Tuesday-Thursday we don't have the car. So we try to schedule all of
our appointments on those days. We meet with people in our branch
building (which is just an un-dedicated office building with church
pictures and furniture... It sometimes makes us feel like we are the
spiritual doctors... Especially when people show up early while we are
meeting with another less active or investigator, because then when
we're ready it has an awkward, "You're turn! Come step into our
office!" feel. But it's nice because of the windows so we can meet
with guys, and there's another woman who works in the front desk
office place (CES), and it's AC. So we're happy. :) ) Then on the
weekends we try to do our "Hunt" and if they're not there, we then
track around their address. Elder Zwick, who is a general authority,
came last may (before I was a missionary), and made this mission a
promise that if we track 5 doors around a less active, that we will
find someone to teach. So yesterday, while we were on our "Hunt" we
did that and we walked away with 2 new investigators! And that
literally is a true miracle because 18-30 year olds make up only so
much of the population, especially in rural Georgia! and Our teaching
pool literally tripled! (We only had 1, and he's on vacation with his
dad right now...).
So we actually aren't moving today. But we will be moving this week!
We are super excited because our new apartments are so nice! I think
it's so funny how nice I thought our current apartment was, until I
saw what other missionaries stay in. Either way, I'm always just
grateful to have some AC, a toilet, and food, because it could always
be worse. :)
I love and miss you!
Sister Wallis
