July 16, 2018 Teaching lots and a Flat Tire!

July 16, 2018
Hello,
We had District Council on Tuesday. We have been taking turns cooking for all the missionaries for lunch after the meeting. This week it was our turn so we made Filipino food, Chicken Adobe and I made Caramel Brownies. It was a lot of work because neither of us had ever cooked for that many people (12) and most of our cooking pots are small. It was good that it turned out good.
We had a lesson with three little girls. Their Grandma is a member and wants them to learn and get baptized.  Their Mom will not let them unless they really have a testimony, which is why we are teaching them. We did an object lesson with a tie to teach about prayer. Sister Henrie had taught me the object lesson. It went well and the girls got into it. We should be able to continue to teach them.
There is an elderly lady in the ward named Sister Kimble. She lives in a home care center. It is a house with a couple that takes care of 6 elderly people. They told us that we could help when they have their activity day. So we came to help and played Bingo with Sister Kimble. Sister Kimble loves Bingo and the other residents will not play with her so it made her very happy. The people that run the home are also interested in what we do.
My first week in my new area we got a referral for a member. We have been trying to connect with her since then. We had a dinner set up for this week, and it seemed like it was going to fall through, because she was not responding to our texts or calls. We got a phone call saying that the dinner was happening and to come over right then. We had dinner with her and her friend who told her about the church. We taught her about the Restoration and she asked some sincere questions. We hope to be able to meet with her again, but we will have to let the Young Single adult missionaries teach her.
We went to a really yummy steak house for a dinner this week. We got some really yummy appetizers, prime rib, and dessert. It was good, but I ate too much. Sister Mabunga had never had prime rib before, so it was good she got to try it.
My bike got a flat tire. I could tell that it was getting low so I was going to pump it up a bit, but when we got outside it was completely flat. We had to borrow some tools and buy a patch, but we got it fixed. It had been patched before and the old patch was not working any more.

So we ended up walking a lot while we were working on getting the tools to fix the flat tire. While we were walking Gillian, saw us. She called us and ended up giving us a ride. She had just gotten a job at a bowling alley that will let her have Sunday's off. She had been working on getting a job at a casino that would have made her work on Sundays so we were really happy for her.

We had a lesson with Gillian and Daniel and invited Daniel to prepare for baptism on a specific date. Daniel accepted. Gillian seemed surprised that he said yes, but it also made her happy. They both came to church yesterday and stayed for the 2nd hour, which they do not normally do.

Sister Mabunga has been sick the past couple of days, so we are going to relax more today than normal.

Love, Sister Vernon



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

July 21, 2019 WHAT I HAVE LEARNED ON MY MISSION

Image
July 21, 2019- COMPLETING MISSION-WHAT I HAVE LEARNED! Next week I will complete my 18 month mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As a full time representative of the Lord I have learned and gained a lot of new experiences. This post is a list of 18 things that I have learned during the past 18 months. 1. Jesus Christ is a real person with a real personality just like any of us. I knew and accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior before my mission. I have come to learn that yes he is perfect, but he is also understanding, compassionate, joyful, patient, and human. I understand, know and love Him better.  3 Nephi 27:27 "Therefore, what manner of men ought ye to be? Verily I say unto you, even as I am." 3 Nephi 27:27 John 11:36 "Jesus wept" 2. Repentance. I have learned how to more fully access the healing power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ.  "Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him str...
Read more

New companion and area

Image
May 27, 2019 ELLAINA Last Monday we sent Sister Rigby home and said goodbye to the Calavera ward. I then packed and got ready to come to Morgan Hill. A member drove me up to the new area. I was expecting my companion to already be here, but no one could be her companion in the time that she waited in Temecula so she was still in her old area. The member that drove me stayed until she got here. We did not really know what to do the first day because the area book on our phones did not update to the new area until the second day. So we mostly cleaned the apartment and talked. We then got the area book and have been able to work and figure out were our area is. It is one really big hill that is hard to bike up, but is fun to bike down. So it is easier on the way home.  We are starting to figure out were everything is and who we are working with. It was pretty confusing at first. We went to mutual and meet the ward mission leader and some people in the ward. It is a pretty big ward ...
Read more