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Can I just say that it is COLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! man, there were so many snow adventures this week. So first of all there were exchanges. We were in a town called Cleveland just 6 miles east of saint peter and we were running late to meet the other sisters in between here and Lakeville. So we put the address in the GPS (and our gps is super crappy) and it took us this super weird way, and we were just driving through farms in the country for like 45 minutes. So we used so many miles, AND the dirt roads were icy and we got stuck a few times, AND we were like an hour and a half late.....hahaha I guess you could say we don't trust our gps anymore!!! But instead of going to Lakeville this time Hermana C came here to St. Peter! It was a crazy day, because we weren't able to use our cars for most of the day because it was snowing too hard! And they don't plow until the storm is over so imagine non stop snow all day just building up.......I was glad that we didn't have to drive much though, I hate snow driving! The next morning was scary though, because I had to drive hna C and two other sisters to Bloomington, and the roads were so dangerous
But other than that, it just keeps on dumping down on us! We have been getting texts almost every day about having to stay inside because it is too cold to be outside. In Utah, it is cold when it snows but when the sun is out it isn't unbearable, but here if the sun is out, it is just an illusion because you still freeze your butt off! The other day we helped a lady move and it was NEGATIVE 10!!!!! I literally thought I had frostbite! And because it's so cold, everything is just ice. it's EVERYWHERE!!!!
so the subject of the email is a sentence from someones prayer haha. We are teaching a guy named W who says the greatest prayer, and he prayed for me and said "Bless sister Jones, the little person who just keeps things going" so I guess I'm just a little person! He has come to church 3 times, but just won't commit to be baptized....it's frustrating sometimes!
Guess what..........we had the craziest thing happen this week. so sometimes we do finding in a town called Le center, but we don't spend a lot of time there because there are no members there and it is super far away from the church and hard to find rides for people. Anyways about a month ago we were finding there and found this guy named A, and he said he was from mexico, but we were pretty sure he was from Guatemala because he spoke Spanish differently. Anyways we taught him the restoration and gave him a book of Mormon, but hadn't seen him since. One time we called him to help him get to church, and he said he would go (but we weren't sure if he completely understood what we were saying) and so we kind of forgot to find a ride for him or anything. Then he called us and told us that he waited and waited that morning for someone to bring him to church, but no one came, and we felt sooooooo bad. Well anyways we asked Bro. C to take him to church because it is kind of on the way for him and he went and got him yesterday and so A came!!!!!! And he really liked it. And then after church he came with us to a member's house to eat lunch, and we were able to teach him more about the book of Mormon, and he says he has been reading it! Woo! And he is Christian, and Christians really understand the restoration much clearer than catholics, so there is definitely some real potential there.
J had his baptisimal interview on Saturday, and afterwards I got the best feeling in the world! It just made me so happy that he is going to be baptized and I think it was that joy that it says in Dand C 18 15. IT was awesome because he knows the book of Mormon is true and has been going to church and praying and keeping the commandments. But then something bad happened. We went to wake him up yesterday morning for church, so like right after his interview, and there were beer cans all over the floor in his trailer, and he was definitely drunk. We asked him if he has been keeping the word of wisdom and he swears on his life that he had, and kept telling us that it was his roommates that were drinkning, not him. Well one is a recent convert who definitely doesn't drink and it could have been the other one, except for the fact that J was definitely drunk. So we told the bishop not to announce the baptism in sacrament, but we still have yet to talk to J. we couldn't trust what he said because he was drunk, but at the same time we have to take his word for it. We don't know if we will put off the baptism yet, but it's just so sad because he is _____ <-------- this close. But addictions are hard, especially if it's been an addiction for 20 or so years. We just can't give up on him!
But B is still good to go to get baptized!!! The only sad thing is that it is right after Hermana W leaves, she is hoping that there is some crazy storm and that she is forced to stay here for a few days and doesn't have to go home. It's so funny, she is in denial about going home, and claims she still has 2 months, but really its like......7 days haha. IT was her 23rd birthday this week, and Hno c threw her a birthday party! He gave her soooooooo many presents, and he said he felt bad for me so he gave me one too haha it's a little cross keychain. He gave her a balloon with a cross and basically everything he gives us has a cross on it, so when we see him tonight we are going to tell him that we don't really use the cross. It was really nice of him though!
We taught another Guatemalan named D this week. He is so cute because he has the biggest smile ever, and when we met him he just smiled so huge the whole time.And his name means Sunday so it makes him that much more cute. I love how small the people are, even though it makes me feel like a giant.
That's basically everything for this week! Just freezing but that's normal
Hermana Jones
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