Subject: Only 9 days now!!!
December 16, 2013
Hey family!!!
Sorry that this
is so late! It has been a crazy day and we are just getting around to doing emails.
But it sounds like y'all had a great week! It is so fun to hear what you are doing!
Thank you for the talk Dad, I printed it off and am looking forward to reading it.
Good luck with your crazy schedule! Know that you are in my prayers daily and that
I love you! Thanks for all you do to keep everyone going! Also I am sorry about
my letter last week that was super short, I figured that since you got pics it might
make up for it a little bit :) To answer your questions: it is about 5 minutes from
our apartment and I think that there is one member who lives in that neighborhood.
Most of them are pretty uppity (sp?) rich people who aren't very nice. We try not
to tract there too often. Our are is our ward boundaries and we have just decided
to make it free for all between the 3 sets of missionaries which is crazy sometimes
but good. Communication between us has gotten a lot better since last transfer which
is super nice. Members feed us probably 5 or 6 days a week which is super nice.
Our ward is awesome!
Is there anyway
you could send me a journal in my Christmas package? I am just about done with this
one. I still haven't missed a day!
We had a really
good week! Saturday night was one of the highlights of my mission so far. We had
a lesson with an Indian family, Souji and Venkat. This was our second visit but
our first official lesson. They believe in Jesus Christ but also worship other gods
as well so that is where we started. We had a couple of the young women in our ward
come on team ups with us and it was awesome! It was the first lesson where I really
felt like I didn't stumble over my words and felt like I said what I needed to.
I know the Spirit definitely helped me out. It went pretty good for the first half
and then about half way through the husband had to leave, but at that point Souji
spoke up and asked if we felt we had a close relationship with God. We told her
that we did and that He is our father and we are His children and He loves us. She
started to tear up and said how she wanted to have that relationship too. It was
so powerful!! She said she wants us to come back this Saturday night as well but
then we got a call from her today to reschedule it to next week. Please keep her
in your prayers. We will try and stop by before then but 2 weeks is a long time
for the adversary to start working on her.
I had exchanges
with Sis. Blackett again this week. This time she came to Webb Bridge and we had
a really good time together. Transfers always come at a good time and it always
reminds me of Ash. She has given me a whole new appreciation for STL's and it makes
me feel close to her. :) But we talked a lot about how we can become better missionaries
and what we are willing to do for the Lord. We were a lot more bold and open with
our message these past couple of days and we have seen a lot of good things come
from it. People are a lot more willing to talk to you and we even had a few say
we could come back! Still all of the people we are teaching come from tracting so
it is important to make that as effective as we can. But I feel a lot more confident
with it now and it is fun to talk to people when they will actually talk to you.
Things are even
getting better with Sis. H. We have talked a lot about looking for the good and
being positive and I am starting to see her more as a friend. We are starting to
work well together better now. There are still some rough moments but it is so much
better now than it used to be.
For Christmas
calls, (AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!) We are going to be at the
Kings at noon (our time) for lunch and we will be there with the other sisters too
so we might have to be a little flexible with time. I will ask them if I can go
first maybe so we can shoot for noon? I am all for 3 way calling on google plus!
You can do that right? Sis King said that she has a web cam built into her computer
so all I need is a google plus account to sign in by :) Just let me know what I
need to do in next weeks email! Did I mention I'm excited?!!!
Well I better
run but know that y'all are in my prayers daily and that I love you!!!! THank you
for the prayers, love and support!!!
xoxoxoxo
Sister Bedke, the younger
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