***Kaitlyn comes home February 7th. She may have time to write one more email but this could very well be the last email as Hermana Kaitlyn Norton!***
This week was AMAZING. We had so many
good lessons and we had a lot of fun!
First of all. I LOVE FHE Monday
nights. Last week was soooo fun! I took video and I can't wait to show you its
sooo funny! We played line tag (tag but you have to stay on the lines of the
basketball court)...it's just hilarious to see these grown men playing kids
games and having such a good time doing it... They get so into it I love
it! The sad thing is that we were incredibly sore the next day It's a lot
harder than it was when we were little...GOOD TIMES. We loved it so much we are
making it our morning work out. Usually us and the Assistants run on the track
by the high school near by every morning but we are convincing them to come to
a chapel in the morning instead and play line tag with obstacles. Pretty
entertaining.
So many good things happened this
week I don't know where to start!!
OH- “E” IS GETTING BAPTIZED ON THE
11th...Which is great but kind of kills me because I wont be here. I thought
about asking him if he wants to do it before I leave ha-ha but that would be
"selfish"...dang it. But he is AMAZING AND GOLDEN AND I LOVE HIM TO
DEATH. He's so cool! We teach him almost everyday. His wife isn't
interested and so he likes to have the lessons in the church. Which is a
thousand times better for us too...it makes the spirit so much stronger when we
have lessons in the church. He came to church yesterday and brought a
bunch of little kids that are his nephews and nieces. He was so cute in
gospel principles when he introduced himself he basically told his conversion
story and testimony! He also thanked me for not forgetting him and for going
back after all these months. SO COOL.... It’s so crazy if you would have told
me last summer than “E” was getting baptized I wouldn't have believed you we
tried so hard to set up lessons and he always no-showed and we were so bitter
so we just gave up on him...and now he is the most golden guy ever. He brought
his sons to Young men’s this week and now we are teaching them too. Its so
refreshing teaching people that are interested and keep commitments!
We had 6 investigators at church
yesterday! Hallelujah...
“M” and “F” came too and it was so
fun to listen to them tell members who they are and we overheard “M” telling a
member that he just loved the Book of Mormon and doesn't leave the house in the
morning unless he has at least read a few verses...We have some dang good
investigators right now it's so great.
OHhhh we dropped “P”..it was
horrible. I cried. He cried. But it was mutual and he just isn't ready right
now and much as we want him to be he kept saying " I know it's true but
it's just too hard right now" (smoking) he breaks me heart and frustrates
me soo much because he says that he's trying and he's doing everything but god
just isn't helping him with smoking but he isn't doing everything. He doesn't
keep half of the commitments. We tried to explain how faith isn’t just believing
God will help you stop smoking. Faith is not buying cigarettes and reading and
coming to church. Actually doing something about it instead of just sitting and
feeling bad for yourself. Faith is not texting back the skanky
women.. I yelled at him a little but it was good he needed it and he knows it's
because we love him. A few days after we dropped him he sent us a text
out of nowhere saying he was going to re-start the book of Mormon and
find some strength...I really hope he can get it together. I'm coming back when
he gets baptized.
Next...VOMIFYING..Oh my gosh it has
been impressive some of the crazy things members have said to our investigators
this week..haha it kills me and makes me never want to bring members to
lessons..they can help or kill a lesson sooo fast! But this week there was
something in the air or a disease that all our members caught in almost
all the lessons where they all said some freaking crazy stuff to
investigators...and gospel principles class is getting absolutely out of
control with false doctrine. We try our best to clean up after but sometimes you
can't clean up and the damage is done. I think this is the test of a true
investigator if they are still interested after enduring some of our members
puking random testimony all over them. For example...We were teaching the Restoration.
First lesson to a new lady and we were teaching about what a prophet is
and the member OUT OF NOWHERE starts talking about resurrection and how we
all are going to be resurrected or go to outer darkness sooo she needs to learn
how to pray the right way because her church that she is currently going to is
wrong and she is only reciting memorized prayers and God hates that and so she
needs to learn how to pray so she doesn't go to hell and burn... and how she
should probably divorce her husband if he isn't interested or drinks or
anything bad....????? AHHHHHH shoot me... so bad... I just want to say
"don't associate us with this member they are crazy. That’s not doctrine. At
all." The whole time all three of us are trying to cut these members off
meanwhile they are vomiting and pooping their testimonies all over our investigators.
It’s horrible. And their random stories that 1) aren’t true. Straight up false
doctrine 2) Random and have nothing to do with what we are teaching 3) Are
usually like 30 minute long stories...
Seriously it's impressive the things
they can say in such a short amount of time to just KILL a lesson. ...Sometimes
its funny but in the moment in the lesson it’s not funny at all my heart
just sinks because a lot of the time we don't ever get a chance to teach that
person again. But then again sometimes i think Heavenly Father muffles their
ears and they let us come back still. i consider those miracles when they let
us come back after crazy lessons.
These members say the darndest things.
WELLPP I’m out of time...Overall good
week..
I’m not sure if this is the last
email or not. I might right one last week before my exit interview...i dunno..
I LOVE YOU
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