Though some may mistake us for the mormon missionaries, our sweet friend Jeff has taught us the our proper title, which is "the seminaries". Jeff and Jeremy are brothers that we teach and both have pretty sever mentally handicaps. they are usually home when we walk by and we teach them once a week to help them get more active in the church. It is obvious when Jeff is home because before we even walk up to the gate we hear "Hey, it's the seminaries!" and see him waving at us with a big grin on his face. Our past visit to them was quite eventful and I found out that I should probably avoid pursuing a career in the medical field. Jeremy is always running into things and getting cuts, but this time he came out from the backyard with a huge gash in his leg from who knows what and you could almost see to the bone. It was 110 degrees that day so I attribute it to the heat, but I started feeling weird and a little dizzy. I tried to ignore it and called the elders to come give Jeremy a blessing. I realized that I told them the wrong house number and decided I should probably sit down to text them because my vision was getting spotty. The next thing I know I was on the floor and my eyes were wide open though it felt like I was having a really crazy dream. I couldn't figure out where I was until I heard sister Taylor calling my name and fully came back to reality. From Jeff's uncle"s perspective he said "everyone was saying "she fainted and I said who fainted? and I looked over and all I saw was feet!" Don't worry, we still got to have a mini lesson with Jeremy and Jeff and went on with our day, but it was an experience to say the least!
Though this week has been full of cancellations, that didnt' dampen our spirits because cancellations just mean God ahs something better in store! One of the nights that everyone cancelled we were able to meet two people who we just felt that we really needed to talk to that night. One of them has a brother who is a member of our church and a mormon girlfriend and said we can come teach him this week. We also just started teaching Anthony in the Riverside ward who was a referral from our mission president's first counselor. He is new all of this but came to church yesterday and is excited to learn! H jsut moved out here from North Carolina and really wants a social group/community of believers. We told him we can help him out with that:) I love my job. did I mention I love my job? Being a missionary is the best thing in the world. Just to add a few more reasons to the list of reasons that make being a missionary the best thing ever... (in picture format)
We took Daniel to the temple for his first time on saturday! The wait was long but it just taught me how important and marvelous temple work is. He came to a lesson with us later that day and shared his powerful testimony about the changes he's been able to make so quickly in his life. He says "I feel like a miracle!" The best part of the lesson was when he told James (referring to baptism) "Just do it! just like Lebron. Needless to say, he and James are both big basketball fans.
Well, that is all I have for this week! Remember that God loves you, he knows you individually, and you can connect with him momentarily through prayer. I am so grateful for the experiences I am having and for the wonderful light this gospel brings into people's lives!
Love,
Sister Pearson
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