I'm Less Active!

Heyo family!

This week has been a good one. 

We have seen so many miracles!

First one, is about a less active member, Sister 

J. A few weeks prior, we weren't able to find her 

apartment, or even her apartment complex!  But, 

we were riding around on Tamar, we had gone

through all of our plans and backups, and we had 

to meet the Elders at 6:00.  We didn't know what 

to do. I whipped out my GPS and started seeing 

who was near us. It said Sister J was, something 

told me to just try and find her apartment one more 

time. I say to myself, "Alriiiight. If you say so."  We 

go riding down there, and BOOM. Her apartment 

complex. I swear, it wasn't there the other day!  We 

find her apartment, she lets us in! (Which we found 

out later, was a miracle in itself.) We sit down and 

get to know her. She is 85, and the sweetest lady! 

She then shares with us that her daughter passed 

away from cancer a week before. She was so thankful 

that we were there. We shared 2 Nephi 31:20, which 

brought her comfort.  She told us to write it down so 

she could read it again before she went to sleep. That 

was a testament to me, that no matter what you think, 

the Lord knows best. Always follow promptings, 

even when they don't make sense! 

Another amazing miracle is about our investigator, 

Melinda. I think I told you a bit about her last time, 

and how we found her. Which by the way, I'm realizing 

I never summed up why I had to tell you the whole 

story. haha. It's because all of those things had to 

take place, or else we wouldn't have met her again!  

Anyway, a brief overview..She has 2 kids. One little 

boy, who is 7. And a little girl, who is 4. They are the 

sweetest kids! They love us. haha.  Anyway, we went 

over to teach her the Restoration, with Sister Mitchell 

(a member in the ward), and it was amazing! In our 

previous visit, we left her with the Restoration Pamphlet, 

and invited her to read it and write down questions that 

she had. When we followed up with this commitment, 

she told us that she had been praying about it, and that 

she didn't disagree with it. UM. Okay. What? SHE 

PRAYED ABOUT JOSEPH SMITH BEFORE WE EVEN 

INVITED HER TO! She said a few times, "I'm comfortable 

in my religion..", but she's obviously not too comfortable 

if she's praying to know if Joseph Smith is a true prophet! 

We spent a lot of time talking about the Apostasy. She 

understands it now. (: And Sister Mitchell, at the end, 

bore testimony like a boss! It really touched Melinda. She 

was amazed at how Sister Mitchell could speak with such 

conviction about her beliefs. She then said, "Wow...I will 

pray about this more reverently.." She is now reading the 

Book of Mormon, and praying about it! She is amazing. 

She will be baptized. I know it! 

Also, this week. We had transfers. Sister Haupt and I 

both stayed. But, both Elder Howells and Elder Mason 

were shotgunned out. Elder Howells went to Ft. Meade, 

and Elder Mason went to Glen Burnie! Oh man, I gave 

him the run down of my home away from home (:  So 

now, we have Elder Hanneman, who actually started here 

21 months ago. So he knows the area a little bit, and we 

have Elder Taviuni. He's Samoan! But, he's from Missouri..

or something like that, and straight from the MTC. It's an 

interesting mix we have here, 2 brand new missionaries, 

and 2 really old missionaries..haha. We're sad to say 

goodbye to Elder Howells and Elder Mason, but we're 

excited to have Elder Hanneman and Elder Taviuni. They 

are hardworking and bold! 

A funny moment this week...there's actually a couple. 

We were biking out of our development. I was riding on 

the road, because sidewalks are annoying, and this story 

proves my point haha. And Sister Haupt was riding on 

the sidewalk. All of a sudden she drops behind me, and 

I hear a painful "Oh!" I look back, and she had run right 

into a stair!  Her defense was "I didn't know how to get 

passed it. I thought I could just ride over it..!" I just busted 

up laughing. haha. How do you not laugh at that?! Good 

thing she has a good sense of humor.  The next random 

story is, we were sitting in District Meeting. Elder Kuhn, 

who was sitting next to us, we noticed, was trying to find 

something in his pocket. So, Sister Haupt and I both watch. 

He then pulls a full wrench out of his pocket. We both 

whisper "What the?" He smiles, and says "Don't worry about 

it...don't make it weird." Thus began the silent laughter. 

hahaha. It was the best. 

Also, because of weather, church was canceled again! 

That's 3 weeks in a row! We're all less active now. Yep. 

Every missionary in the Columbia Stake is less active! 

haha. # missionaryhumor # notthatfunny # butitis hahaha

That's was pretty much my week!

I love you all! 

Know that you're in my prayers every day!

Keep up the good work (:

The church is true as the book is blue! 

<3/Sister Casidee Brinkerhoff

Photo: This is our District..BEST DISTRICT EVER! 

I got way too attached to these peeps. We had way 

too much fun! And learned a lot from each other. All 

hard workers. All boss missionaries!   Oh, all of the 

Elders have been shotgunned out. So, we will have 

all new Elders. Only Hermana Zindel left, so we'll only 

have 1 new sister! Should be fun (: