Yayayay

 Another week in Georgia!!

Tuesday: we visited Janae who was baptized in March!! She is the CUTEST & has such a good outlook on life. We talked about the Plan of Salvation & read from the Book of Mormon together. It feels so good to be able to go into peoples homes & actually teach them again!!

Wednesday: we had a "meet the Harrises" with a lot of other missionaries!! The Harrises came with their family & gave a little introduction of themselves & shared their vision for the GANM. It was really fun & after they had Hokulia for all of us!! It was good to spend time with mission friends!
We had a lesson with Sister Griffin! We did come follow me with her & helped her to be excited about coming back to church in August.

Thursday: We spent the majority of the day in Roswell going to all of our doctor appointments so it made for a long day. But it was good to be gone all day!

Friday: we visited Sister Morgan & she made me a blanket!!!! Sooo cute! Last time we were there she asked my favorite color & this time we showed up & she had this cute crocheted blanket for me. The members here in Georgia are sooo thoughtful!!
We also taught Sheila!! Shes from Congo & speaks French & no English so it was a little bit of a challenge but it went good. I had met her one time before so it was fun to see her & her family again!! We had a member there to interpret but she only took french in high school so it was kinda rough. Next time we are planning on having a missionary call in & translate for us.
We also taught a SELF REFERRAL!! Yes referrals are GOLD!! His name is Xiong but apparently he goes by David! We studied the bible with him & then told him about the Book of Mormon. He said " I can already see how this could be true & I havent even read it yet." YAY!

Saturday: we met with our Ward mission leader to go over ways the ward can be more involved in our missionary work. It went very well & it really amazes me to see the members putting so much effort into the work. After we planned a lot & that was pretty much our day!

Sunday: we had the sacrament with our Ward mission leader!! Him & his wife are the sweetest people of all time. They are both converts & love the gospel & treat everyone like gold. They told us about their conversion & fed us lunch. I love hearing conversion stories because we all have that time when the Holy Ghost testifies to us that this is true. Even if weve been members our whole life.

After the sacrament we went & taught our friend David. He is a monk & had many many questions & a lot of interesting theories. We taught him the restoration & He says it just makes sense. We invited him to read & pray on his own so he can gain his own testimony. He was a little skeptical about prayer but i really hope he acts so he can come to know for himself!!

I am grateful for the few people we are teaching & to be able to be apart of this wonderful work. I know God is aware of each of us & that we can find peace during this chaotic time if we turn to Him through prayer. As I was teaching David this week I realized how ive taken prayer so much for granted. Ohhh how lucky we are to know we can communicate with our Father in Heaven at any time & that He actually hears us & loves us so much.

I love yall & i love being a missionary!

Xoxo, Sister Barton