SISTER MELISSA RICHARDSON
OCTOBER 21, 2014
The highlight of the week was definitely Montee's baptism! I'm so blessed to have been here for the whole teaching process and then for the baptism as well. It was a beautiful program. Our Ward mission leader, Brother Taylor, baptized her. The whole bishopric was there along with several other families from the Ward there supporting her as well. She had brought her daughters and her sister to church that day and then they were there at the baptism that evening as well. All 3 of them had a great experience and we will hopefully start teaching them soon! I told Montee before she stepped into the font to just take a moment after she came out of the water to savor the feeling and make a memory out of it. Apparently the spirit did its job as she savored. She was crying when she came out and I gave her a huge hug and just held her for a minute as she cried. It was a beautiful moment that makes those hard times worth it. She said she just felt so incredible and light. The night before her baptism she texted and said she felt like she was "roller skates moving on a cloud." :) this Ward has been so great at helping her feel loved and accepted into the Ward. We know we've done our job right as missionaries when they are closer to the Ward members than to us.
Some other happy news is that Crystals baptism will be this Saturday and her new husband Rob will baptize her! Can't wait! Then we'll have two confirmations on Sunday.
On Tueaday, we had a record 7 appointments scheduled! And only 3 ended up canceling! That is a miracle in itself.
We had dinner with the Luna's and their neighbors were over for dinner. It worked out so well that we were teaching the restoration that night. Their neighbors seem interested in learning more!
We had a great relief society activity on Thursday. It was about conference and what we learned. We had 3 investigators there. One of them was our classy investigator Tamiko. She is so friendly and nice that everyone just fell in love with her like Sister Hall and I have. She is planning on coming to church next week.
I've enjoyed re watching conference talks from this most recent conference this week! I always learn something new and different.
I also love, like Hyrum talked about, how we can always progress and get better. I know I'll never be the perfect missionary because I am still continually working on getting better at things, and that's how it should be!
These subdivisions we are in most of the time are getting way into Halloween. Maybe it's because they have the money to buy decorations. But so many houses have turned their front lawns into graveyards with zombies and skeletons and other frightening things. It's kind of disgusting in my opinion. Hopefully Christmas decorations will be a bit more uplifting.
I'm sending some pictures of the baptism, a picture of our schedule this week so you can see the busy-ness of a missionary every day. And then I'm sending a story that sister hall wrote of an experience we had a few weeks ago. She is a good storyteller.
Love you all!
Sister Richardson
Montee's friend that is a member and is also from Liberia, her daughter Jonjeh, Montee, her sister, and her other daughter Monjeh.
Biking Adventures: Summer Rays and Sprinkler Days
Once upon a time there were 2 sister missionaries riding their bikes on the sidewalk to avoid being hit by cars. They were approaching an intersection and so began to slow to stop. A car was also approaching the intersection driving perpendicular to the sisters. The car decided not to stop to let them go and so they decided they would stop rather then get ran over. Also on this corner was a house and where the sisters stopped the sprinklers were going. The sisters had planned it just right so they could get across without the sprinkler getting them however when he car didn't stop and when the sister in the front stopped the sister in the back followed suite and by so doing was left directly in the sprinklers line of fire (ironic. Water and fire :) She looked at the sprinkler coming closer and she looked ahead but the sister in front being oblivious too what was going on behind her was not hasty enough and then splash! the sister got sprayed by the water and she put her hand down as a poor defense to try to stop some of the flow of the water but she was too far away from the source and a little squeak leaked from her mouth. They first sister began moving forward but it was to late. The sister was now drenched on one side and not only that but she had an audience! Across the street and man and his wife exclaimed "oh, it got her" so the sister made the choice to just keep riding and act like nothing happened. Haha yep that's me. Totally got blasted by a sprinkler which soaked the right side of my body but no worries it was 90 degrees that day so it dried up in a hour or 2! Haha. I love being a missionary! -Sister Hall
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