Good news to start.. Our investigator T accepted a baptismal date for July 19th! T is the 14 year old girl that went to the Gladys Knight fireside. We are so excited for her to progress. Her mom is totally on board and is very supportive. This last time when we were leaving she gave us a hug and thanked us for being such a blessing in T's life. It is always great to feel appreciated. We are hoping the whole family will have a desire to be baptized soon as well.
Do you all remember D? She was a lady who we taught in my last area. Then after I was transferred to Garner she just so happened to also move into this ward so I began teaching her again. We have been meeting with her for a while but she has been so hesitant about baptism. She finally accepted to be baptized on June 28. We are praying she wont back down again! She is so prepared.
We had a day of service this week for our ward activity. It was an all day event. We started early in the morning at a community garden. For those of you that live in Bakersfield it is like Murry Family Farms but smaller scale. They had a lot of projects for us to do so we got to work. We worked on a project to build flowers to line the front fence. We had to pull the weeds, then lay down cardboard and put mulch on top of the cardboard, then we had to go get dirt and shovel it into our wheelbarrow the bring it over and lay the dirt. Then we planted all the flowers. It doesnt sound like much but holy cow, it is a lot of work! But it was so much fun. In all the service that we do as missionaries I have gained a love for yard work and gardening and a strong dislike of painting and moving. After we worked in the garden for 4 hours we went to the church to have lunch. Then a couple came and did a presentation on the volunteer work they do in Haiti and how they are still in disarray from the natural disaster that hit. It was very humbling to see and made me grateful for all the blessings I have in my life! It was a great day to spend with this ward family that I love!
Like I said last week we had a zone conference this week with Elder Corbridge of the 70. His wife accompanied him. It was so amazing!! Probably one of the most spiritual meetings of my mission thus far. He had so many great things to say and I would like to share a story with you.
He shared a story about Noelle Pikus-Pace. She competed in the olympics this year in the event of the Skeleton. She won many medals and is also a member of the LDS church. During the olympics someone had asked her how you steer in the sport of the skeleton. Now the answer is that you shift your weight and move body parts in specific ways. But without really thinking Noelle responded by saying"you go where you look".
You go where you look.. what a powerful statement that is so true to life. Where are you looking? Where do you want your future to take you? What are your priorities? In the Doctrine and Covenants section 6 verse 36 Christ says "Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not.". Are we looking to Christ? I know that when we put Jesus Christ as the center of our lives we will be headed in the right direction. Look to the good in the world, look to our Savior Jesus Christ and all will be well.
I hope you all have a great week! It will be a good week here. Transfers are on Tuesday, excited for a new companion to join me here in Garner!
Thanks for all your love and support!
Sister Judd
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