Wow. This week just flew on by! I really don't even know
where the time went! It seemed like it was just P-Day a few days ago! I won't
complain about time flying though because when the time's going by fast, you
know that you're doing something right.
On Tuesday, we had our specialized training with President
and Sister Holm! *Spoiler Alert* No iPads. At least President told us that they
are coming but even he doesn't know when. Basically a General Authority is
going to come to the mission and be like "Hey. Here are your iPads."
Then there will be much rejoicing in South Carolina! The next time a General
Authority will be coming our way is in March. So maybe the iPads will be a
birthday present to me ;) It was a good meeting though. We just went over a bunch
of policies and procedures and then we got out to work for the rest of the
evening.
We've had a lot of really cool successes lately though. This
week, we got a call from Bishop saying "Hey! I have a baptism for
you!" This eight year old kid was interviewed by the Bishop for baptism
and his non-member dad said "I'd like to get baptized." He's actually been taught by the missionaries before
but he wasn't ready to give up tea and smoking at the time. Now he is! I'm so
excited to be teaching him! We're going to be going over the 15 Step program to
stop smoking with him this week so I'll keep you updated on that!
So we've been teaching this lady, T for the last
week and a half. She's one of the Elders' old investigators and she is so
awesome! She has been taking the discussions for like two years I think. But
guess what? She's getting baptized! She kicked out her boyfriend last Monday
and we put her on date for the 8th of February. Then we found out that the building
is going to be in use for some public relations seminar like all that
weekend... So we bumped her up a week! She's ready to be baptized! We see her
on a daily basis to make sure that she's staying strong because she has a lot
of financial struggles that make her want to invite her ex-boyfriend back to
live with her. We have to reassure her that everything will be alright without
him though. It's been a roller coaster but we love working with her!
Something that's different about being in the city is we see
a bunch of people all the time that recognize us as sister missionaries! That never happened
in Boiling Springs. We went to the zoo today and we had like four people come
up to us and say "Hi Sisters!" I thought they were from the ward but
really they're just some friendly members! I love it!
Yesterday I was asked to talk for like 5 minutes on member
missionary work... And guess who else just so happened to be speaking in our
ward? President and Sister Holm. So was that intimidating? Absolutely. But I
love them! I'm glad I had the opportunity to speak with them!
Well that's all I have for this week! I love y'all! Have a
blessed week! Stay warm! I know I sure am as it's like 65 degrees here today!
I'm loving it!
- Sister Amy Christensen
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| Sis. Christensen and Sis. Manning at Riverbanks Zoo |
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