Hello Family!
I'm sorry I didn't write yesterday. It was a holiday, so we changed P-day to today. Holidays are good for proselyting because everyone is home.
I've had a lot of adventures this week! Where to start...I guess with a funny story. Sister St. Clair and I tracted into some frat boys. There are fraternity houses everywhere here, which is different. Anyway, they were really nice and one of them, Robbie, seemed interested. We gave him a Book of Mormon and taught him about the Restoration a little. We went back to see them and his roommate, Josh, said to come back in an hour and they would all be there and we could talk. We came back in about two, and we saw Josh walking out to his car. I guess this made Sister St. Clair feel really awkward, because she started booking it across the street, away from him, in sheer terror. It was hilarious. We got a little ways away and she regained her senses and started laughing at herself. Josh probably saw us running away from him. We laugh about that all the time now.
There have been a lot of miracles this week. One of our investigators with a baptism date is named Tyler Jones. He's a black 19 year old kid so Ally would probably like him :) We've been worried about his readiness so we were planning on moving his date back, but we had an amazing lesson with him. He opened up (he's been too chill to do that before), and told us about how the gospel is changing him and making him into a better person, and everyone around him is noticing it. The next day was Sunday and he needed to come to church, but he wasn't there, so I said a prayer asking Heavenly Father to wake him up, because he was probably asleep. He made it to church later in the meeting and told us he had woken up at 9:30, which was just when I prayed that he would. It was a miracle.
We've also tracted into some of the most amazing people. A lot of the students here are from China, and they are so humble and kind. We knocked on one door and someone looked through the peephole and yelled "OH." He opened the door and it was the cutest Chinese man. He said he got to America that day and asked if we were Mormons. We said we were and he was so surprised! I didn't understand why until he said that Communist newspapers write that if people go to America, Mormons will knock on their door. They aren't to let us in, because we're evil. He wanted to know for himself about us when he read that, and he couldn't believe that we got to his door so fast! He could tell we're good people and he wants to learn more. I'm so excited to go back. We couldn't teach him right then because we need another girl with us when we teach men (all of our investigators with dates - there are 5 - are college boys so this gets hard). He and so many other Chinese people we've talked to have been prepared to learn about the gospel. They'll learn and go back to China and live it, and soon all of China will be able to learn the truth! Heavenly Father is mindful of all of His people.
One of the members here who helps us a lot is named Codie Keyser. I found out I know her brother! He was roommates with Aaron Worthen, that guy I dated a couple years ago, and she hung out with them all the time around the time we dated, and even lived in my old apartment. It's a small world!
Our walking area is turning into a bike area! The Senior missionary in charge of transportation called us and let us know we could either get California bikes or women's three-wheelers. That's right. Sister St. Clair and I could be biking around Springfield on TRIKES with our helmets and our skirts!!! We almost decided to get them, but we're going with the cruisers. We laughed about that all day, though.
Sister St. Clair and I are pretty much the same person. She almost became an English teaching major, she loves Regina Spektor and all of the other weird music I love, and we're constantly saying and thinking the same thing at the same time. I feel really blessed to be her companion.
I love missionary work! And I love the gospel. I know this church is true, and that by following what we know from the scriptures and from modern-day prophets, we can know just how to live the happiest life we can.
Love,
Sister Monson :)
You don't want to ride the trikes?...LOL Sounds like you are doing great. We know you will, because you are great!
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