its alright, don't beat yourselves up. its doesn't matter that i didn't get any emails this week, save it be my wonderful cousin jackie. i'm just impressed it took this long to forget about me... :)
really, this week was amazing. one of our investigators lost a little conviction, and we probably won't be able to see her as often. but she is incredible. and she'll figure it out eventually. as long as we "go about doing good." BUT! good news! we found THREE, count em-THREE!, new investigators in TWO days! it was incredible.
we tracted for 3 and a half hours on sunday, the weather was outstandingly nice, and on our way back to the rendezvous with one of the members we tracted the main street, and found michael. he's what i like to call an "honest seeker". He desperately needs direction and he wants to do what the Lord wants for him. we gave him a book of mormon at our return appointment and he invited himself to church. pray for him. he needs the strength.
also, we have these things called "windows". they are appointments we make with the Lord to accomplish the goal we feel prompted to meet. on monday we tracted for an hour for our 4th window. and we handed out two copies of the BoM and got return appointments-within 10 minutes of each other. we were truly led to that street. needless to say we felt pumped.
i feel like i've been neglecting the members in the branch. [telling you all about them] they are few, but they are valiant and they treat us well. we've gotten food on our door i think 3 times.
we don't get fed very often, but we get food all the time. there is a family that lives in our apartment complex[its huge] and i love love love them. Paige is the mom, earl is the dad. and Dylan and Haley are their kids. and Paige is preggo due in july. they just got married in august, Dylan and Haley are adopted and from a previous marriage of paiges. Paige is one of the most amazing ladies i've ever met. She's 29 and has experienced so much. she's from georgia, and so her accent is a little out of place, but its awesome. Dylan is now 5 and Haley 4. they are biological sibs and when dylan was 2 1/2, they were in a terrible car accident. Dylan was normal before, and now has the same symptoms as Cerebral Palsy[sp?]. He is a sweetheart though. Haley was thrown from the car but is miraculously uneffected. paige is so patient and stops by all the time. unfortunately they are moving out of our complex but still in our ward. I love them, and i hope you all get to meet them someday.
ALSO! we went and did some cleaning for the Kearton's yesterday. You all know how crazy our family is. And believe me when i say they are crazier than all the crazies in the whole crazy world. IT WAS HILARIOUS! and i felt totally at home. they are two women, a mother and daughter[mom's age]. they live in a HUGE house and they just yell to each other all day. it was a riot and i wish you could have been there. sister porath and i were dying. then the elders showed up and we all had a really good time. so lovely.
well family, i hope all is going good. feel free to send me real letters. i just started getting mail again. so send what you will. i live for mail.
i love you all! i'm doing well. people have always said that being a missionary is hard and tiring. but i disagree completely. i am more focused and my schedule is more laxed than it ever has been before in my life. i love having one thing to do. yes its busy, and yes its draining emotionally and spiritually. but how could anyone get tired of doing this work? it is so rewarding. and the up days are worth all the down days and more. i love being here. i love my branch. there is so much work to do here, and i love that i'm here to do it. you never know the impact you are making, and you probably never will. so keep up the excellent member missionary work! i love you!
love,
Sister McNeil
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