Every week goes by way faster than the last. We've been
having a lot of meetings recently. Last week we had Elder Clark of the 70 come
and speak to us. I was terrified to shake his hand because I figured he would
peer into my soul and send me home or something, haha. But he was really nice
and it was a great meeting! It was from 8-4 and we learned all kinds of things
about better relying on the Lord, reaching goals, and strengthening the trust
between auxiliaries and missionaries. I think the greatest thing that I learned
from the meeting was how we really need
to learn on the Lord for support. Our best isn't really our best. We need to be
exerting every effort and taking every opportunity to really fulfill our
purpose. Every single soul is precious to Him and to our Heavenly Father and we
need to remember that every time we look at someone. He will not let us fail.
Something President Chambers said at the meeting was "we love the
unlovable, teach the unteachable, and change the unchangeable" we can do
that as we do missionary work. Fear and faith can not coexist, we must be
fearless as we do the things the Lord asks us to do.
That being said, today when we got to the church building to
do our emails, we got to the door to find a homeless guy! He was sleeping, but
he understandably woke up with 4 sister missionaries walking towards him. We
introduced ourselves and got to know him and it turns out he was on a flight
from California to somewhere and got stuck in Salt Lake City and he needed to
get to the jail to get his clothes or something. ANYWAYS, it was so cool!
Because we ended up talking to him about how loved he is by Heavenly Father and
Jesus Christ. We told him about how studying the scriptures and living the Word
of Wisdom can bless his life and we gave him a copy of the Book of Mormon and some
pamphlets about the Restoration and the Word of Wisdom and we said a prayer
with him. He was really touched! We were meant to find him.
So a boy named Kaden that Sister Snyder and I were working
with back in WJ got baptized last Saturday! We were in shock because we put him
on date probably 4 times and nothing worked out. We were able to attend his
service and it was amazing! His whole family was there and they were all SO
HAPPY!!! Sister Snyder and I got to help Sister Osa and Sister Stewart teach the
Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ while he and his grandpa were getting
changed. I love going back and seeing the people from my last area.
We also got a call Saturday night from the YSA Elders, it
turns out one of their investigators wants to go to the family ward instead of
the young single adult ward, so we get to teach her now and we're in charge of
her baptism this Saturday! We sat with her in Church yesterday. She is so happy
and excited about joining the Church.
Another girl named Jayde that we're teaching is going
through a really round situation right now. Her little sister has Leukemia, and
her whole family is really hurting. She came to Church yesterday and you could
just see how the Spirit was touching her heart. She had tears streaming down
her face at different times in the meeting when Jesus Christ was being talked
about. She knows that He is real, and she knows she can turn to Him and to us
and others around her while she's hurting. I really love her a lot.
We spoke in first ward yesterday, the whole stake presidency
showed up for that sacrament meeting and before we got up the stake president
got up and told the whole ward how much he trusts us and knows we were meant to
be in this stake. He really loves us and I was flabbergasted by how much the
stake presidency wants us involved in leadership meetings, and how much faith
they have in us. But everyone paid attention during the talk (which was on
missionary work, so I was happy because usually when people hear we're speaking
on missionary work they immediately stop listening).
Speaking of our stake president! He's over all the cars in
the Church! He works in the Church office building. We had a doctor appointment
downtown the other day and his wife took us. After the appointment she said
"Hey! He get's off work in a couple of minutes and wants to see you
two!" So we just walk through the parking garage over to the church office
building like ain't no thang and walk in and just stand there and he comes out
and he goes, "Hey! I'm going to show you the Apostles' cars!" and so
we leave and walk over across the parking garage to the Church administrative
building or whichever building it is and he's all "And that's the car
Elder Holland drives, and there's President Eyring's car, and that's usually
where President Monson's car is" and Sister Loveland and I are just
standing there like, how did this even happen? And then President Eyring walks
out and gets into his car and drives off and we're just standing there looking
at each other like did that really just happen? My life is so weird.
In other news we went to a barbecue at the RCCC (elderly
home) on Saturday, where I was introduced to something called Creamies. It's a
type of popsicle. They have a banana flavor, and trying it was one of the best
decisions of my LIFE. I ended up eating 4 of those things. I regret nothing.
A family brought us to eat dinner at the Texas Roadhouse
last week, too. It was a little too loud and crowded for me. But the family we
ate with is one of favorites, so that made up for it. Later that night they
were walking down their street with us and their neighbor saw us and he yells
"Yeah! That's right, we're walking with the missionaries. We're pretty
much the most righteous people on this road!" I think that might be my
favorite line of his.
Anyways, that's my week! Miracles are everywhere! There is
nowhere I'd rather be and nothing I'd rather be doing that here in the SLC
South mission, being a missionary, doing the Lord's work.
Have a happy week!!!
Love,
Sister Hinkle
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