Hello everyone!!
Another week down! This week seemed longer than any other week on the mission! Time in the mission world is sooo crazy!
Wednesday: ok skippin this day too hahahah
Thursday: we did service at the food pantry wooooo we packed all the bags full of food so that they were ready to go on the day of the actual food pantry!
After we taught vladimir! We read mosiah 4 with him and talked about how recieving a remission of our sins is so important and is essential to live with God again. He seems to get everything and believes it but isnt willing to act. (Frustrating)
Friday: we heart attacked Alma! Last week we went to visit her and we knocked and no one answered so we knocked one more time and then we started to leave and she opened the door and got so mad at us she said "YOU SCARED ME SO BAD!!! i was about to call the cops because you were banging on my door so loud!! You cant come back!!!" So we decided to heart attack her and kill her with kindness! Crossing our fingers it works!
We taught Edward!! Edwards grandma is a member and we teach her come follow me! Edward is 9 and really shy when it comes to talking about the church! We are hoping he will talk more next lesson but we are soooo excited to be teaching him! If you know me you know i loveee kids and teaching them is even more fun!!
We also taught hayley!! She likes things slow so we went over helped her get things cleaned and organized and answered a few of her questions!
Saturday: we went on splits with the STL's i was with sister collins who was an STL in woodstock before she came to be an STL for all the new ganm missionaries hahaha she just got transfered on wednesday so it was good to get to know her!! We had a good time and she taught me how to do the Family and Temple door approach! It was so cool to see how many people open up when you ask them about their family first! We tracted all day in a really hard area and had no success, when i say all day it was 7 hours!
Towards the end of the day sister trussell and i were on our way to dinner and decided to knock doors on the way. We were in this neighborhood where again not many people were listening.(there was the cutest house that i kept telling sister trussell i loved) I started to just walk and sister Trussell asked me where i was going and i told her "im trying to have the spirit guide me" Hahahahah she asked if it was working and i said "nope lets pray" soooo we did! After we prayed we knocked on one door and no one was home. We decided to knock one more door (member that really cute house? Ya we knocked that one) a lady named Gloria answered and we started to tell her about the Book of Mormon and explained to her that Jesus Christ also visited the people in the ancient americas! The light of christ filled her soul and she looked at us and said "That makes sooo much sense" with a big smile on her face!! Sister Trussell and i had the biggest smiles on our faces, with tears in our eyes and couldnt believe that she just said that. After all fay of rejection we finally found someone. She asked if we wanted a coke and we both said yes even tho we dont drink soda cuz we were so happy and loved this lady!! As she walked away to get the coke sister trusell and i both looked at each other with smiles from ear to ear. She came back and we told her a little bit more and gave her a copy of the Book of Mormon and she asked if we needed money for the book we told her no and how we both know that this book and gospel blesses peoples lives so we give them out for free. She was very happy and it seemed like she had been waiting for someone to tell her this for her whole life!! She said one thing that she loved is she felt that we were very pure and had a spirit about us that she was drawn to. I have never felt the spirit so strong on someones front porch but it was one of the best moments ive had on my mission!! This was the first "4th floor, last door" experience i've had and it was incredible!! Hard work brings blessings!
Sunday: church woooo!!! After church we had a lunch with the missionaries in just the cartersville stake (all the missionaries that moved missions) and it was really fun! We also had interviews so that was nice! President and Sister Marsh are amazing and I am soooo grateful for them! They are already both so aware of me and it means a lot :)
Missions are incredible and even though i never planned or wanted to go on a mission in a way i feel like im made for this. Hahaha its crazy! I know heavenly father knows whats best for us even if we dont see it. When i first was thinking about a mission i thought WHAT NO WHY! but i have come to realize his plan is best and at some point we will realize why. I am grateful for the opportunity to be a missionary and am grateful for the Lords trust in me to do his work.
Love you all and have a great week!!
Xoxo, Sister Barton
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