Happy Thanksgiving all!
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| This ginormous dog we saw |
We
went to visit this lady on Tuesday who is going through a rough time.
Her family really wants us to teach her to help motivate her. We went in
and we just asked if we could sing to her. We sang a hymn and then
started explaining it to her, and asked her a question and when she
didn't respond we realized that she was completely out. I guess we're
good at lullabies! We just sort of walked out of her house after that
haha.
Also we got transfer calls and we're both
staying, but some of the elders in our district our leaving. And they're
going to add two more elders in the Spanish branch, so we'll be up to 8
missionaries for one branch!
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| A sign that says Chivos (goats) are in the area |
Miracle for
the week: We met this guy on the street weeks ago and he was going to
meet up with the english elders but didn't make the appointment. He
doesn't have a phone and said we probably shouldn't visit him because he
lives with other people who don't like missionaries, and didn't give us
his address. We had no way to contact him. But an appointment fell
through so we decided we would just go down that street again and pray
to be guided by something with the color purple. Specific prayers bring
specific blessings! So we get out of the car and the 2nd house we see
with purple on it has these little violets outside. We go to the gate
and don't even get to knock on the door because this huge dog starts
barking at us, but then someone walks out of the house and guess who it
is? Randy and his girlfriend!!! And he felt so bad for missing the
appointment and wanted to contact us and I almost cried, it was
incredible!
This week Sister Oldroyd and I were
talking about changing small things instead of everything at once. It's
so easy to get overwhelmed with wanting to be better at spanish,
contacting everyone, memorizing scripture references, working with
members, and sometimes we just feel like we just can't. But we decided
that everyday we were just going to work on one thing, and then at the
end of the day we could come together and see if we did it. On Friday,
we worked on inviting people to do things, and explaining the why behind
it. And it was great to see how we had grown in just that day in that
skill. We're not expected to do everything at once but we can definitely
grow every single day in just one thing. So if you're feeling
overwhelmed by all the things you can't do, focus on just one thing you
can do today to be better. I promise that it will help you see how God
is helping you grow!
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| This beautiful lake we found near an investigator's house (only one I've seen in Fresno!) |
Have a fantastic Thanksgiving! I've heard that the missionaries do a multi-zone turkey bowl so we'll see how that goes.
--
Hermana Marin Fisher
California Fresno Mission
1814 N Echo
Fresno, CA 93704
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