Tuesday, May 1, 2012

chugging along with a smile on my face

Monday, April 30, 2012 (email)

Hi. There really isn't anything monumental to tell you about. We are doing our thing. We get up, we exercise, we study (and Sister Nay can hardly sit still.. It cracks me up.) We have lunch, we go out and teach and serve all day, and we get home with enough energy to "plan" and then we totally crash, exhausted beyond belief.

We have a woman, Susie Honeycut, who is awesome. She has been around LDS people forever, but is just now in a position to hear and accept the gospel. We connect with her so well. She does home care for and LDS man, and they read, discuss, and pray about the Book of Mormon everyday!!!! Hooray!! The only reason she can't come to church is because she is the only person who's not LDS who works at the house. She is waiting for another gal to get back from the hospital, so she can come, and then be baptized. All we are waiting on is the other lady to get better, so please pray for her recovery, and that Susie will be able to work things out. But, here's a cool thing, Susie has received the Sacrament a good number of times at the house with Bob, the man she takes care of.

There is another investigator, Jamie, who we were working with a while ago, but she kinda dropped off the face of the planet. We were finally able to get back in the door with her, and she is so excited to have us back in her life. She said this week that she was not going to flip flop between churches anymore. Everything in the LDS church makes sense and feels right. No more wishy-washy. From now on, she considers herself Mormon. LOVE IT!!! But we are having a hard time getting her to church as well. We have rides, but she backs out at the last moment. Please pray that her desire to come will overpower her Sunday blues or concerns.

The other big thing from the week was Judy. She is a less-active lady who gets her feeling hurt easily. She is one stubborn lass. She had knee surgery recently, and we came by to see her. She has been sick for YEARS with a number of things, and has not been able to clean her house. Plus she has 4 HUGE dogs. If an inspector went to the home, they would condemn it. She wanted us to just sit and talk, but we insisted on cleaning while we talked. She was peeved at first, but by the end of it, she had a number of walls broken down, and we were totally in with her. SO EXCITED!!! How bad was this house? There was literally 1/4 inch of dust on everything, and the counter-top in the kitchen was not visible. No exaggeration there.

Well, I love you all, I have to run!

My prayers are with you!

Love,
Sister Wilkins

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