Hello!
It is the end of January and winter finally hit.. it SNOWED this week!! We were pretty excited to see the white flurries falling from the sky. We celebrated the best way we could by blasting Christmas music as we drove home.
Not much else exciting happened this week. With emailing on Tuesday I feel like I dont have much new to say.
We had a wonderful experience this week with our investigator D. We have been teaching her for about a month now. She has been grasping a lot from the lessons we teach but she would not keep our commitments (read the Book of Mormon and come to church) to save her life. We started to worry about her real intentions and what we needed to do to help her progress outside of our visits. We prayed and felt that we needed to give her a church tour, even though she has been to church once before. We met at the church this week and it was truly what she needed. As we walked around the building talking about all the pictures and auxiliaries the spirit was so strong. We showed her the baptismal font and ended in the chapel. We then went into a room and read the Book of Mormon with her. We could feel the spirit so strong and really hoped she was able to feel it too. About an hour after the meeting she called us and left a message thanking us for the tour and telling us she got a lot out of it and that she loved seeing the baptismal font. She continued on saying finally felt like she understood the Book of Mormon and was so excited to go home and continue reading. D went from always making up excuses about not being able to come to church or read to reading all night and being early to church on sunday. The power of the Spirit is real! We are hoping to set a baptismal date with her the next time we see her!
We had a wonderful experience this week with our investigator D. We have been teaching her for about a month now. She has been grasping a lot from the lessons we teach but she would not keep our commitments (read the Book of Mormon and come to church) to save her life. We started to worry about her real intentions and what we needed to do to help her progress outside of our visits. We prayed and felt that we needed to give her a church tour, even though she has been to church once before. We met at the church this week and it was truly what she needed. As we walked around the building talking about all the pictures and auxiliaries the spirit was so strong. We showed her the baptismal font and ended in the chapel. We then went into a room and read the Book of Mormon with her. We could feel the spirit so strong and really hoped she was able to feel it too. About an hour after the meeting she called us and left a message thanking us for the tour and telling us she got a lot out of it and that she loved seeing the baptismal font. She continued on saying finally felt like she understood the Book of Mormon and was so excited to go home and continue reading. D went from always making up excuses about not being able to come to church or read to reading all night and being early to church on sunday. The power of the Spirit is real! We are hoping to set a baptismal date with her the next time we see her!
We went on exchange with sisters serving in Zebulon this week. I went to Zebulon to be with Sister Hall. She is so great. She actually serves in Nauvoo, Illinois but is here for 6 months during the winter. We have been friends since she got here in September. She also graduated from hair school before we came out. We had a great time together. We call them "sister sleepovers". Well where she serves is superrr country. It was so fun to be there and I really hope the next place I serve is true southern country. Oh and while there we came across the most perfect street so I of course had to take a picture..
Did you know that North Carolina has its own type of BBQ? It is vinegar based.. Nothing like what you picture BBQ being. And in my personal opinion, it is NASTY! Along with brunswick stew and hush puppies. I have decided I am not a fan of the southern cooking. And here when you go to a restaurant you dont say "can I get a to-go box". To-go boxes here are called "doggie bags". I was in shock the first time I heard that. Sister Spiel says her parents in Idaho would say it sometimes but it was new knowledge to me. That's your North Carlina tip for the day.
Things are going well. I love sharing being able to share the gospel and bring happiness to other peoples lives!
Thanks for all your support!
Love,
Sister Judd
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