Dear Family,
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| We held signs for the Del Oro (high school) band parade competition thingy. |
First of all... thank you SOOOO much again for the shirts! They have been so great to have!!! I also got the CD from Michelle Dustman and Jenny Nielson. It was really good!!!! You have NO idea how fun it is to get new music. I live for it. Well this week was pretty hard. I was sick with some kind of stomach thing that eventually Sister Adamson got too. She refused to let me do the things I wanted to and so we had one day where we were not nearly as productive as we had hoped. Buuuuuuut... can I just say one thing. I dislike tracting with a passion. Okay... I just had to say it. Does it mean I don't do it? No. But it is not my favorite way to do missionary work. I love to do service and to work for referrals from the ward. We go to festivals in town and even just go to the grocery store sometimes to contact people. There is something about knocking on someone’s door that just...rubs them the wrong way. I can't blame them! All too often we are busy. We keep to ourselves. People think, when they see the nametag at the door that we are not people. All they see is a product pushing something at their door. So bottom line. It’s hard for me. But whom the Lord loveth he correcteth right?
Well. He does. And he did. We were out contacting a referral we had been given by a member of our ward. She has a neighbor whose husband was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. She has a big yard and we were just going over to offer help with the yard work. We didn't have anything planned right afterwards and so we decided to tract the next couple houses around the area. I did NOT want to do it. I hung my head down thinking...."I just can't take one more slammed door today." I suggested to Sister Adamson that maybe we could just go accidentally tract into all the member’s homes instead. This way we would be received with friendly hellos, warm welcomes and exclamations about how cute my outfit is or something.... She didn't quite go for it. Haha. So we went on. We went to a couple houses and then I suggested that we could go work on some paperwork really quick! Sweet Sister Adamson is so patient with me. But she disagreed. She said... let’s do ONE more house. And we did. And that, my dearest most marvelous family, is where we met him! He is a retired biology teacher who rolls around in an old ford with a shiny paint and purple dice on the mirror. (If I was cool like that I would tell you what kind of car it is and what kind of engine it has in it because he showed us... but I'm not cool. I don't remember) Anyways. He is a biologist. So he is one SMMMMMMART dude. But he is also a Christian. When asked why. He said... I don't quite know. Biology explains so many things. But it doesn't quite explain the lessons I wanted to teach my children like..."Why do we treat each other with respect." "Why do we deal honestly with one another and never seek to bring each other down?" We had a long conversation with him. I gotta tell ya. This is the ONLY time I have ever tracted into someone and actually got to speak WORDS with them. Haha. Even in Loomis. (The nicest place in the world!) Well it got to the end of our conversation. I handed him a card with our phone number on it and was about to speak when he said, "You know... I've talked to a lot of these religious folk that come around...but I have never shared the things that I shared with you today. I can't quite figure out why I did that...." I told him, I said. "We must be worth your time then eh? Do you mind if we come back to meet with you." He had a curious look on his face almost like he didn't believe his answer as he said yes. We will be going by this Tuesday to meet with him.
I learned my lesson this week. I never want to...."push" my beliefs on someone. But I DO want to help those that are looking. This man felt something as we talked that day. What if I hadn't done one more house? I think that has a lot to do with our everyday lives. What if we hadn't talked to just one more person that day? What if. I never want to ask myself that. I want to do all that I am asked. I want to smile and wave and be crazy Sister Ash Mitch and never have those days where I don't do enough.
I miss you guys like crazy! I love you tons. I got a letter from Alicia this week. OH MY LADY GAGA does she have some EXPLAINING to do! Haha. I love you all and will write you back soon leesh. Sounds like the Hogwarts party was a blast. Tell Miranda to keep you in line. I can't believe she is home now! Say hi to all my loves! The Schicks, the Shielas, the Jacobsons, Jack and Jude and all the lovely people I am so lucky to call mine. Haha. Have a great week!!!!!
Love,
Sista Ash Mitch
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