April 25, 2011

I am staring at the list of things that happened this week and i am amazed at what all happened.

First off is Becky Wylie. We met with her and it was amazing. We had her read 3 nephi 11 and she came up with the most amazing answer and revelation to that scripture. She said something concerning the people when they heard God's voice three times. She said, "How many times is God going to give me an answer to my prayers and me not do anything about them?" So that was really cool because she has been feeling really good about reading the book of mormon and everything that we talk about. So the time was right. She brought the converstaion up so we exteneded a baptismal committment. She said yes and that she would be baptized May 21st. It was such an amazing feeling because Becky is so ready to make that next step in her life. Expecially so she can be sealed to her husband who passed away. But she is almost frustrating because she is 'not ready' to come to church. She needs to feel comfortable going to church. She just does not want to let her other church down which is understandable to a point. But really she just needs to come and see. :) I do not think she will be baptized on may 21st because she has to come to church three times and she needs to stop drinking coffee which will be hard for her. *sigh* so much work. :)

On tuesday I did not go without the easter season. We helped the library hide easter eggs. There were so many kinds there. 90 kids. I do not know where they all hide but there were 90 kids. It was cute to see the little 1 1/2 year olds get the eggs. We did not hide them hard. Just along the lawn. On Friday Sister Westover (senior couple) volunteered to help a sister who said was not going to come to church because she needed to decorate 3 dozen eggs. So, sister westover volunteered to do that. Well, come saturday night, sister westover was very stressed and tired, so we ended up decorating the eggs. haha. We didn't even volunteer yet we did them. I think that was funny. I was glad to do them though. It was very very fun. I didn't know if I could be as creative as our family is with the coloring but I did anyway. I was trying to make one look like a rock like jaden can do but I could not do it. :)
The lady who was not going to come to church her name is sister caputo. She has a granddaughter who was at her house when we went to go eat there. We talked to the granddaguther. Her name was jewell. Next thing you know, she is an invetigator who is willing to come to church. Jewell said she always went to the activities, when there were some, when she was younger. She doesn't like the meetings on sunday. Well, come sunday, I was glad to see the caputos and jewell at church. it was so great. after the first talk, given by sister westover, jewell left because she could not control the tears that were coming down her face. Sister mikami and I ha da musical number and it was great. After church we went outside with Jewell to get her a book of mormon. She then started crying again. Jewell had the most amazing time at church and felt an overwhelming spirit in which she loved. She said she will be coming to church next week. I believe that she will be baptized...soon. :)
the dinner at the caputos was weird. There was good food but when we got there they did not invite us to sit down at the table. We all stood up for a while, then sat down in the living room and then talked for a while. Then, I think Elder Westover said something about the food, we were invited to the dinner table. We were there for 30 min. It was...strange.

Sister mikami took sick this week. on friday I almost got in an argument with her. We had some time in the morning where some scheduled meetings fell through. I told her that we needed to stay in and rest. She was very defiant and said no and that she could handle it. But I told her that she needed to stay in and rest her body. I know that I would want to go out too even if I didn't feel well and that she would force me to do the same thing. I made a proposition with her. We would go and see Irene as planned but then we were to go home and rest for three hours. She kindof rolled her eyes and said okay. So we did and she did not think she would fall asleep as fast as she did and stay asleep as long as she did. She was not feeling well and she needed the sleep. :) So, I helped by being stubborn. haha. The lord blessed us with Jewell that night so in conclusion, sometimes satying inside is good for us.

We have had quite the time with the dryer in our house. It keeps breaking. I think it was just an electrical problem. Well, I believe on thrusday night, we came home early(so sis m could rest) and we notice that we could not turn on half of the lights in our house. Yikes. It was because our landlords (the Arnolds) came and took out an electrical box and put in a new one. We tried calling them but there was not answer so we decided to just deal with it. Well, I went to get some water from the fridge and I noticed that the fridge had no power in it and it was getting warm. Yikes. That was not good. That needed attention. So we called again and the Arnolds came over right away. Mr Arnold was downstairs looking at all the fuses and trying alot of things. It took 30 min. Aoubt 25 min into the search he flipped a switch and the whole house died. There were no lights at all in the house. I could just see mr anold in my head in the cellar with no lights. Scary. So I yelled out to him if he needed any lights. I guess it was a funny saying, how I said it, and sister mikami laughed. Well, a short time later, mr arnold was able to turn the light back on and he fixed the fuse so all the electicity was on. Yeah! Mr arnold said, " I just want to fix the dryer. I will rewire the whole place if I have to, to get the dryer working." Haha. what a great landlord.

Tuesday night was a little scary. There were sever wather warning out. Over the night I believe that I heard that 60 tornados toughed ground in kentucky. Thankfully nothing happened where I was. 60 tornados is alot.

Hazel Dunn is another great story. We met her two weeks previous and the 2nd week we had a meeting with her and her mom but they were not there. So we went back this past week and we were not expecting her to be there. But she was. She surprized us alot. She told us that we have been on her mind alot and that she was wanting us to come back. So we started the lesson and then she later said that she started the book of mormon and loved it. We later after that asked her to pray about the book of mormon and she said, " oh, I don't think I have to, I know that the book if true and the word of God." SO COOL. Then we committed her to baptism and she accepted a date of May 21st. I don't think it will happen (maybe a couple weeks after). she has a major smoking habit to get rid of. But I think she will do it. She said she would get work off to come to church. :) She is amazing already. I am excited for her. As sister mikami was talking durning the lesson about baptism, I think satan was in a butterfly. haha. Because all of a sudden, a butterfly totally attacked her neck and stayed for a couple seconds. Sister mikami garbbed the butterfly and threw it. It was pretty funny.

I had a weird dream this week. There were 6 people in an elevator. two celebrities, sister mikami and I as missionaries, and two teenage girls. Well we were in the elevator and the two teenage girls were trying not to act all crazy because of the celebs. It was funny to see them. Then the celebs got out and then I had the genious plan to pretend we were celebs. So, I say, "Man, I think it is aweful silly that our fans get all crazy when they see us." Then I snuck a peak at the girls and their faces were priceless. They were trying to figure out what celebs we were because surely they would know. So sister mikami hits the second level and gets off quickly so the girls do not ask who we were. I forgot to get off for some reason and we were seperated for a little while. That is a big no-no. But I hit the level three and got off just in time because the grils were going to ask me. haha. Sister mikami and I found each other eventually. Then we went to zone conference and I say alot of missionaries. We were all seated in a big movie theatre. The movie started and then I woke up. (we are not supposed to watch movies. :) )

Friday night I found something disgusting in my hair. I was scratching my head to make my hair grow faster. and as I was doing so I felt a bump on my head. I know I did not have any moles on my head so I was thinking that maybe i bumped my hear somehow and it was just dried blood. So I picked at it for a while and then finally in came loose. I was dragging it down my hair and it finally got into my hand and wouldn't you know, it was a red bug! NASTY. I looked at the bug and it had a piece of white coming from its mouth. So, the bug had a part of my skull. Great. That was the nastiest thing ever. I get the heeby jeebies now. That was not my favorite thing to find. I wonder what would have happened had i not scratche my hear that night. I don't even want to know. gross.

So, irene came to church this past sunday and when we took her back to the nursing home she was feeling pretty weak. She does not eat hardly anthing at all so she is weak alot. we got her some food from the cafteria and she would not eat it even if we forced her to eat it. We left and then later that night we went to the church so I could practice the organ for an organ solo I am doing soon. <---yikies. So, i start playing the organ and one measure later sister m. says, "What do you think about seeing irene?" i say, "do you feel we sould" she says 'yes' then I say 'lets go.' Then I ran to the car and said, "missionaries to the rescue. haha. Then we get the nursing home and as we walk up to irenes room the curtain is pulled which it never is. We get in the room and there is no irene. We go out in the hall and ask the patients in the hall where irene was. They pointed down the other hall and said she went to the hospital. We got really concerned after that. We finally found her and there she was with a bruise on her head and a bloody knee. What in the world happend? We talked to a nurse. I guess irene was getting up, on her own, and brushingg her teeth and she fell. I think she hit her head on the sink. Somehow this frail 93 year old lady did not break any bones. She is one tough rock. haha. She came to the conclusion that she will need the help of nurses to help her with things. She cannot walk all that well and for such an independant lady, it was hard for her to come up with that conclusion. I am just glad she was okay. I dont want to see her leave this world. It will be so hard to see her go. I am glad that sister mikami listened to the promptings on the spirit. Irene was praying that we would be there.

So yeah. that is all that happened. Crazy huh? I have to get going now. Time is about up. I love you all very very much. I hope you have a great fantastic superbly wonderful week. :) Love, Amanda Ralph