It was a pretty good week. We had a Zone Conference which is always nice. I love hearing from our Mission President. It made me realize how much I need to work on though. LOL. My companion and I were able to role play with him, which was fantastic! He gave us a lot of good feed back. I really enjoyed it. Angie is still set for baptism on the 28th! She's getting really excited. She wants her husband to join as well. He's warming up little by little. He said he's going to attend her baptism though so that's a good start :)Our teaching pool is getting pretty high and it's all off of tracting. It sure is hard to get referrals from members. Sister Zwang and I were asked to speak in Sacrament in the first ward again on missionary work so hopefully that might help the members some... We're trying to work really close to them and teach them the lessons as well and have them evaluate us. IT's been fun. The members are still feeding us like crazy! Luckily I'm still not gaining any weight LOL :)We're going to go attend a Penicostal church tonight so that should be interesting. LOL. I've never been to one and neither has my comp... Other then that, that's about all that's going on. I'm still loving the heck out of my mission! Time is flying. I started my one year count down. Holy Cow!! Thank you all for the letters! It's so good to hear from all of you! I love you all
-Sister Spark Plug
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
February 11th 2009
What a fantastic week! Things are really looking up here in Harrisonburg. We had a Zone Meeting and got some good counsel from our new Zone leaders. We also had the wonderful opportunity to have a Sister's Meeting on Monday. ALL 29 of the sisters who are serving here in VA got together and the mission president was there and we discussed all kinds of matters. Questions, concerns, etc... But the best part was, is we had it in my old area YORKTOWN!!! Man it was SO good to be back there. It was a 5 hour drive to get there but it was TOTALLY worth it! I wasn't able to see anyone but just being there was amazing! I got to see a lot of sisters that I've served with though, so that was a lot of fun!
Ok on to so AWESOME news! WE set Angie Harris for baptism yesterday! It was amazing! Her date is for Feb 28, 2009! EXCITING!!! We also had another lesson with Cindy which went really well. She's getting on the right track. We almost set here too :) There was a relief Society enrichment that night as well and we got both Angie and Cindy to come! They bonded really well and really hit things off. They seemed to really enjoy being with all the sisters in the ward. We have teaching appointments with both of them this Friday. Cindy's is at 11 and Angie's is at 2. But Angie wanted to come to Cindy's lesson then have hers still later! Awesome stuff! We also got a phone call last week and there's a 21 year old girl who just moved here from Fredicksburg who has already received all the lessons and wants to be baptized. Now that she's moved here though her friends are really working on her and telling her she's crazy for wanting to be a Mormon. So we're meeting with her today and get her back on track. And if she thinks about not wanting to be baptized anymore we'll just rebuke her and share the scripture in 2 Nephi 31:14 hehehe She knows it's all true. We just gotta get her out of Satan's grasp.
We also have our Zone Conference tomorrow which should be a lot of fun. My new companion is great. She's really nice. But quiet. We're working on breaking her out of her shell. We have a lot of people we're teaching and around 13 we're wanting to set for baptism. The work is going great! I'm loving every second. Thank you so much for all your love and support!
I love you all
Sister Orawiec
P.S. I inherited ANOTHER nick name from a member. Sister Tiger lol I love it!
Ok on to so AWESOME news! WE set Angie Harris for baptism yesterday! It was amazing! Her date is for Feb 28, 2009! EXCITING!!! We also had another lesson with Cindy which went really well. She's getting on the right track. We almost set here too :) There was a relief Society enrichment that night as well and we got both Angie and Cindy to come! They bonded really well and really hit things off. They seemed to really enjoy being with all the sisters in the ward. We have teaching appointments with both of them this Friday. Cindy's is at 11 and Angie's is at 2. But Angie wanted to come to Cindy's lesson then have hers still later! Awesome stuff! We also got a phone call last week and there's a 21 year old girl who just moved here from Fredicksburg who has already received all the lessons and wants to be baptized. Now that she's moved here though her friends are really working on her and telling her she's crazy for wanting to be a Mormon. So we're meeting with her today and get her back on track. And if she thinks about not wanting to be baptized anymore we'll just rebuke her and share the scripture in 2 Nephi 31:14 hehehe She knows it's all true. We just gotta get her out of Satan's grasp.
We also have our Zone Conference tomorrow which should be a lot of fun. My new companion is great. She's really nice. But quiet. We're working on breaking her out of her shell. We have a lot of people we're teaching and around 13 we're wanting to set for baptism. The work is going great! I'm loving every second. Thank you so much for all your love and support!
I love you all
Sister Orawiec
P.S. I inherited ANOTHER nick name from a member. Sister Tiger lol I love it!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
February 4th 2009
What a week! Things are going great as usual! We had transfers on the Jan 29. It made for a long day but I was able to be Sister Abbott's last companion before she went home, so that was really sweet! I was able to see some of the Elders I came out with as well. One of my good friends from the MTC, Elder Rodgerson, will be serving in my district now which is awesome! He's great! He got shot-gunned into Staunton with a greenie! I can't believe he's training already! IT's great! I'm excited for the new zone and district. My DL's are the same but the ZL's are Elder Gubler (he's the same) and Elder Rigby. When we were coming home from transfers we went the wrong way and ended up way out of our mission boundaries!! ABout 50 miles from Washington DC. So we didn't get home till about 1130pm. My new companion is Sister Zwang. She's been out for 13 months now. I was suprised that I was called to be the Senior companion considering she has been out a lot longer then I have. But I'm more then happy to be! We're learning the area together since neither of us are familiar with it. I've only been here a month and covering 3 wards is no piece of cake. LOL BUt its a learning and growing experience. While I was with Sister Abbott on transfer days, waiting for my companion to get there at 5, we went tracting all afternoon and found 3 families and one YSA for the Elders to teach. Miracles happen when Sister Abbott is around. It was amazing! One lady even let us in and we shared about the Book of Mormon and shared a spiritual thought. It was great!
Another cool experience... Sunday Feb 1st we were driving home for the night and we passed a street called 3rd St... I randomly thought to myself "we should go tract that street tomorrow" then the thought just kinda fled from my mind. Then the next moring I remembered my thought from the night before and we ended up tracting on that street and found a SOLID couple to teach. They just bought the house they were living in and they're a newly married couple as well. As well as opened minded, not set on a religion, and is searching. That's what I call ELECT! It was sweet! Then yesterday I get a call from the mission office with a refferal... The girl is 21 and wants to be baptized! It's not everyday you get a phone call from someone who happens to just want to be baptized. She's had all the lessons from the missionaries in Fredricksburg and is going to school here at JMU. SO she'll be coming to church on Sunday and we're meeting with her next Wednesday. AND THEN... A lady we tracted into a few weeks ago, Angie, came to church on Sunday. We had a lesson with her Saturday evening and talked about being baptized. She said she wanted to fast about it. So I asked her if I could fast with her! IT was awesome. SO we fasted together for an answer for being baptized and I'm calling her today to see if she's received an answer. So lots of things going on and lots more to come I hope. Thank you all for your love and support. It really helps!
The Church Is True!
-Sister Spark Plug
Another cool experience... Sunday Feb 1st we were driving home for the night and we passed a street called 3rd St... I randomly thought to myself "we should go tract that street tomorrow" then the thought just kinda fled from my mind. Then the next moring I remembered my thought from the night before and we ended up tracting on that street and found a SOLID couple to teach. They just bought the house they were living in and they're a newly married couple as well. As well as opened minded, not set on a religion, and is searching. That's what I call ELECT! It was sweet! Then yesterday I get a call from the mission office with a refferal... The girl is 21 and wants to be baptized! It's not everyday you get a phone call from someone who happens to just want to be baptized. She's had all the lessons from the missionaries in Fredricksburg and is going to school here at JMU. SO she'll be coming to church on Sunday and we're meeting with her next Wednesday. AND THEN... A lady we tracted into a few weeks ago, Angie, came to church on Sunday. We had a lesson with her Saturday evening and talked about being baptized. She said she wanted to fast about it. So I asked her if I could fast with her! IT was awesome. SO we fasted together for an answer for being baptized and I'm calling her today to see if she's received an answer. So lots of things going on and lots more to come I hope. Thank you all for your love and support. It really helps!
The Church Is True!
-Sister Spark Plug
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