SISTER MELISSA RICHARDSON: SEPT 17, 2014
Well we had a shock yesterday when sister merchant was named to be
transferred to Gainesville! Usually they transfer the missionary
that's been in an area longer but not this time. I'll miss her lots!
My new companions name is Sister Hall. Don't know much about her! But
I think missions teach you to get along with anyone so it will be just
fine. I was thinking I would be transferred so I was sad about all the
things I would miss, but now I get to be here for them!
We set a baptism date with Montee for October 11th! Hooray! So next
transfer we will have at least two baptisms and a wedding, it's going
to be great!
A highlight if the week was stake conference! They were such spirit
filled meetings. I played piano for a musical number with all the full
time missionaries singing an arrangement of we'll bring he world his
truth. And one of the best parts was Kelley (recent convert) sharing
her conversion stor and sharing her testimony as one of the speakers!
It was amazing! I also LOVEd seeing all of the people that I love from
the st. Augustine shores ward. I especially loved seeing the deaf
people and signing with them and catching up on their lives with them.
Setth just entered the MTC this week to serve an ASL mission in
Anaheim, CA. They still don't have a piano player at all in that ward,
so I told them I'd just move back there in a couple years :) I miss
signing!
We had a lot of finding success this week as we've tried to better
teach when we find. It works! I gave a training on that topic this
week so it really helped me learn the importance of it. It's helped a
lot! I also started talking to this random girl from England that was
online and she is a solid new investigator that is excited to learn
more!
We had a great break through lesson with the Luna girls. They have
lots of religious questions and are still trying to decide what they
believe. Instead of answering all their questions this time, we had
them just pick one question, then gave them a Book of Mormon chapter
to read and find the answer in the chapter. One of the girls questions
was why did God have to create mosquitoes and all the other nasty
bugs? We assigned her to find the answer as she reads 2 Nephi 2 :)
It is love bug season. These are a university of Florida experiment
that escaped and replenished like crazy. So they have no natural
predator. So they are everywhere! Everyone's cars have them all over
and they are all over front porches and sidewalks. Pretty gross.
We taught a less active woman this week that is now a Jehovah's
Witness. That was interesting. I've been learning lots about what they
believe. Helps to better understand what we know to be true. Makes me
SO grateful for the restoration and for prophets that allow me to have
a sure knowledge of things!
We went to the family history center with Crystal and her mom! They
loved it! It was to work on theirs and find their ancestors in the
census records. An experience I've never had since most of my family
history has been completed! So fun! I love the tool of family history
in missionary work!
Had a powerful lesson with the Giles neighbor all about the Book of
Mormon. I love that book! And sister Giles!
We had a fun district p day today where we made homemade pizza and
sugar cookies!
Love you all lots! Go read your scriptures :)
Sister Richardson
EMMA HANCOCK
So one of the deaf families here adopted a deaf girl from china several years ago from the Suzhou welfare institute! Is that where Claire was at? Sister Hancock asked if you could give them, the orphanage, these pictures! Emma is the older Chinese girl. Her Chinese name was Su Shen Ye. Her little sister was adopted from china from later on and her name is Nauvoo. All 4 of them are deaf. Pretty cool! Let me know if the orphanage remembers them and what happens! The hancocks would love to know. The first picture is when they got her and the second is when they had Nauvoo sealed to them.
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