Things have been going fairly well. Even if they weren't, you'd never be able to tell with how faith-filled and optimistic my companion is. She is such a good example to me.
Ever since Earnado relapsed, it seems we have a lot more time to fill. We had been meeting with him about three times a week to get him ready for his baptism (which would've been this last Saturday). But since we're only able to get in with his wife, who is a returning member, we've only been going over once a week. Apparently he randomly took off to Oklahoma. I guess he's got friends— his "church family"— down there and they asked him to come visit. It's a bit confusing, but it's also quite a few steps better than staying in the dark basement for days on end. We keep praying that it will be a testimony-building experience for him. Still holding out hope!
We're still working toward Sammy's baptism, which is exciting. It's so great to see when people sincerely want this and are building their testimony. Her fiance, Milo, is working toward getting rebaptized and Sammy told us yesterday that she wants to wait to get baptized until Milo can do it. Fortunately, the Lord is super aware of everything and inspired us to teach about tithes & fast offerings before she brought it up. We're going to fast with her and Milo on Tuesday so she can know if she should wait for Milo. We're excited to see what happens!
Another cool thing that happened this week came as a result of a prompting we had a few days ago during our training. One of our bishops gave us a list of families he wanted us to visit, and we decided— since a bunch of our appointments fell through— that we would spend the day contacting those families. One of them was a part-member family, and the wife is SUPER active. She's recovering from foot surgery, so she hasn't been for a few weeks. But when we visited her the first time, she said we could come back on Sunday (yesterday) to catch her husband at home. So after our dinner yesterday, we followed a prompting to go over and talk to them. Much to our surprise, we started teaching the Restoration and invited him to continue meeting with us. I guess this was a pretty big deal, because Sister Miller (the wife) came out the door with us when we left to give us a big hug and thank us. We said, "It's all the Lord! Keep paying your tithing! It's working!" I'm so grateful for the Spirit that guides this work. We would be nothing without it.
Please keep Earnado and Tim in your prayers. We had a lesson with Tim this week and he didn't keep his commitment. We have another appointment with him this week, and we're hoping we don't have to stop meeting with him. Especially after the tearful testimony his wife gave yesterday about how great the Spirit was and that we hadn't given up on Tim yet. Sigh. Pray for us.
Love you all! Thank you for your support!
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"The Gospel's True, Folks!"
Sister Melanie Nielsen
PICTURES!
P-day last week. Here I thought I was taking a sneaky selfie, and my companion one-up'ed me. #duped #foiledagain
It's been getting super hot around here. We're not sure if this was accurate, but that's what the car said yesterday (and we believed it).
Our district sisters at P-day two weeks ago. (Sorry it's so dark. The flash didn't go off.)
This one's from last transfer, but I keep forgetting to include it. #homeawayfromhome #Glenwoodpride
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