Okay, here's the run of events.
We had to drop Lynn and Erik... Lynn
told us "I can't believe this..nope. nope.
nope." And tried to bible bash the whole
time we were there. We were really sad
about it..hopefully one day she will soften
her heart!
Okay, now..for the miracle of this week!
WE HAVE A NEW INVESTIGATOR!!
Her name is Melinda. She has 2 beautiful
children. A 7 yr old boy and a 4 yr old girl.
Both of which can't get enough of us!
We love them so much, already!
Here is how we found her...
It starts a couple of weeks ago when we
were on exchanges. Sister Haupt stayed
here with Sister Chapman. They street
contacted Melinda, but weren't able to
get her name, address, phone number,
nothin. So we've been praying that
Heavenly Father would put her in our
path, again! Now we fast forward to this
past Friday. Sister Waddoups had called
us from Texas, to ask us if we would
make cookies for Brother Waddoups
because he was feeling pretty upset
because he accidentally dropped the
baby the night before. Being missionaries,
we jump on any opportunity to make
cookies! So, we had a whole plan. We
were going to bike to the store to get a
cookie mix, come back, make them, then
deliver them, then head up to the Elder's
to get the car.
It was a perfect plan..until both of my
tires decided to not stay inflated. So, .
we were on foot. Which of course, took
a lot longer. We finally get to Food Lion.
After we find the cookie mix, we enjoyed
the warmth of the store for a few minutes.
Then proceeded to check out. Once outside,
something was telling me to stay put.
So, I kept checking the phone, wondering
what the heck am I supposed to be doing?
When we hear this little "Hi!" It was Melinda's
little girl, hollering at us from across the
parking lot! Melinda came up and asked if
we were the 2 girls sweeping off cars in the
middle of the snow storm the other night.
Why yes, yes we are! She told us that her
little boy had a gift for us. The whole time
I'm standing there, like.. "This lady is Mormon
right? Like, she's messing with us..." Nope!
Not Mormon. Not messing with us! She invited
us over any time! When we finally got home
that night, we had gone in to make our cookies,
and then went back out to deliver them when
we discovered 2 gift bags on our car. They gave
us cute little gifts of bubble bath and tea..;)
Then we decided that we needed to thank
them with some cookies! We took some over,
and Melinda set up her own Return Appointment
for the next night! When we went over for our
appt, we did How To Begin Teaching (pmg),
and she was so impressed by the fact that we
still find a way to be happy, even though we're
humans and go through hard things. She said
"I want to know the Christ who drives people
to do that..." WHAT?! I mean, this was TV
perfect!! I have so much faith that she will be
baptized, soon! She is SO prepared! She
understands the Holy Ghost, and recognizes
when he is speaking to her. She understands
the concept of the Priesthood...which often
are the hardest things to teach! We are so
excited to help her progress in the Gospel!!
Oh, and a crazy fact for this week..
Church was cancelled because of all the snow!
I didn't even know cancelling church was an
option? haha.
Woo..this was a long one. I guess it makes
up for the past 2 or so weeks ;)
I love you all, so much!
Have a great week!
<3/Sister Casidee Brinkerhoff
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Photo 1: We saw some deer. Twas awesome.
Photo 2: Piggy backs are necessary sometimes
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