SISTER MELISSA RICHARDSON
MARCH 17, 2014
True business is an asl phrase that means truly or really or surely :)
It has been a really good week this past week! Probably one of the
best since I've been in st. Augustine.
Frank is still progressing. We taught him about tithing and latter-day
prophets this week.
We had an FHE with our recent converts and another family in the ward.
Afterwards, we played this game called Pee Pidey Poe. You think at
first that it's going to be this big complex game, but the whole point
of the game is to trick the other person to sit down in the chair
where a wet sponge has sneakily been placed. I saw it just in time but
poor Sister Waldron didn't and got a nice wet spot on the back of her
skirt.
We did a lot of service this week! Helped two more people move...one
moving out and one moving in.
An exciting part of the week was teaching our new investigator
Victoria! She is deaf and is friends with one of the youth that goes
to the deaf school as well. We taught her the first lesson about the
restoration and she loved it! She committed to be baptized if she
received an answer to her prayers. We were so proud of ourselves after
teaching that lesson successfully :)
We also had interviews with our mission president this week. They are
always great, he is just an unconditionally loving person. I also
talked to the medical senior couple about my tiredness/sleepiness and
they gave me some suggestions to work with it, including not feeling
guilty about taking power naps sometimes.
One of our deaf recent converts is straying from the church right
now...so pray for Kevin! That he will want to come back to church and
feel the spirit!
Sunday was a great day! We had 8 reactivations! So less actives that
have Coe back to church 2 times in a row. Also, the Hancock family
(deaf) blessed their little adopted Chinese girl named Nauvoo. It was
adorable. It was her "birthday" this past Sunday. She was found
wandering the streets in china two years ago, and they figured she was
about three years old, so they picked that day she was found as her
birthday. Nauvoo is just such a sweet miracle child. She always loves
trying to get my attention to talk to me. And she is smart!
I have had some more interpreting practice this week with interpreting
for the deaf members at church...they are very patient, but hopefully
I'll keep improving! It is MUCH easier to sign what someone is saying
rather than saying what someone is signing. I accidentally started
talking about all the loud thunder in a thunderstorm we had with a
deaf member....then realized my mess up and felt bad...it was a good
laughing moment :) Also, this 12 year old deaf boy at church always
thinks that I am deaf and not hearing....I'll take that as a
compliment even if it is from a 12 year old. He was chastising me for
not watching and paying attention during the prayer...but he forgets I
can hear it. I guess his mom is always getting on him to look and
focus on the prayer.
There is a great article in this months ensign about maintains an
eternal perspective! President eyring says that the key to that is
always having the Holy Ghost with you! I hope we can all evaluate our
lives and figure out what we can do to have the Holy Ghost more
constantly with us. It makes life so much better! Love you all!
Sister Richardson
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