Yep! My training wheels of being the passenger is officially off! (You aren't allowed to drive the first 12 weeks of the mission) my first time driving was yesterday! Boy, am I glad to to have the GPS! The roads here are confusing and you HAVE to pay attention! They have weird rules like at certain times of the day can you take the left turn or the straight ahead lane turns into the left turn lane! Haha. I was quite nervous to drive, but it actually felt really good to be behind the wheel again!
My week was good. It had a low point or two, but that's the missionary life! The lowest point was having an investigator tell us he wouldn't be able to be baptized because he is possibly moving in China. Apparently if you are a member of the LDS church, you can't be promoted at work. The hardest part was hearing him pray to God in the closing prayer. He apologized to God that he wouldn't be baptized anytime soon. We had a member, D, from the YSA Ward help us out in the lesson. It was a good lesson, but our investigator wasn't ready to go forward. After everyone left, we took some time to cry and talk it out. Then... D called us up to meet us at Rita's so that he could buy us some Italian ice cream. It was soooo good! I got mango ice cream with vanilla custard.
Another low point actually turned out to be one of the highest point of the week. We had a lesson fall through so, we do what every missionary dreads.... we tracked. (Though, I like tracking, but it is the last thing on my list of ideas what we could be doing) It turned out to be a good thing because we got to talk to a number of people about our church! This is a rare occasion because people hardly ever answer their doors. It was quite refreshing to have such a tender mercy!
On Monday we had a fun little treat... Dad, you would be so jealous! We had aged vinegar mixed with olive oil for our French bread! It was very delicious and sweet!!!
Our meeting with Elder Perkins was really good!!! I was reminded on the importance of asking questions. You can't receive revelation if you don't have a question! The meeting also focused a lot about having the Light of Christ shine through us. This will help others notice our light and want to hear us out why we look so different from other people. We do this by being obedient to the mission rules!
On Sunday, we had a few hearing visitors come to the Deaf Branch. So, Sister Ellsworth and I took turns interpreting for them. That was tough!! Luckily though, ALL of the speakers spoke their talks. So, a lady got on the stand to interpret for the branch. :) After Church we had an awesome 1st lesson with a young man. We have been wanting to contact him for a while and we finally got to teach him!!! There was such a strong spirit that was there! He is willing to have us come back next week for the next lesson!
So... Tomorrow I get my new companion from the MTC! I will be transferring once again up to Rockville. I will be white washing. (meaning my companion and I are both new in that area) So... This week will be interesting and fun! I'm sad to leave all the investigators I have been teaching these last two weeks, but it will all be ok!
Well, I love you all!
Sister Parker
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