Hey Family, June 16, 2014
Sounds like you've had a fun week, especially as
you've been in DC, mom and dad, so that is pretty great! :) Glad this
week was good! Our week was kinda crazy,
but fun!
Tuesday started early with a district temple trip,
and then district meeting, then choir and choir photos (we are making/recording
a CD this week, so that should be fun!) Lets see, then we were late to
dinner cause of choir, and I think we just went contacting after that, I really
can't remember.
Wednesday we did something called 24’s. So
half our mission met for what was like a mini transfer meeting. We
already knew who was staying and who was going. I stayed in my area, and
Sis Chua went to another area. Basically what 24’s are is a big exchange
with a ton of people going on exchanges, so that was really fun! I was
with Sister Flora and Sister Lin. Sister Lin is the other Chinese sister and
she and Sister Chua will be companions for most of their missions in the Yale
Ward! :) So that is cool! And it was fun to get to know both of
them! There were many tender mercies that we saw that day (like people
being home that normally weren't), so that was great! We also had dinner at
this restaurant called Boiling Point, where it is all soup, and the soup cooks
as you eat it. Super different, and I have NO clue what I ate...I love Chinese
food, always full of surprises, but that was fun!!
Thursday we all met back up and had a mini
testimony meeting of the miracles we had all seen on our exchanges, so that was
great! And then it was just nice to be back in our normal
companionships. That afternoon we got to go and do some service for a less
active in our ward, and help her organize her house! So that was fun, and really made us think in
a way that we aren't really used to as missionaries! But that was
fun! Thursday night we also got blessings from our Bishop in the Oak
Creek Ward! And that was great!
And really uplifting! One thing that really stuck out to me in my
blessing was this, "Let the Lord do the heavy lifting, put one foot in
front of the other and open your mouth." And as I do that then we
will find those that are prepared to hear the gospel! :) So that was a
great blessing! And we were both very, very pumped about life and what we
can do in this area!
Friday was weekly planning, and we planned for this
week, and that was great, we also taught Sister Pan, she is doing well! So that is great! She hasn't been to
church yet, but we are working on that one! Friday night we also stopped
by a former investigator and he was really happy to see us, telling us that he
had been thinking about us that morning, wondering when we would come back to
see him again. Miracle!!! :) He also set up his own return appointment,
so that is great! We'll get to see him this Thursday, so that is
marvelous!! :) Also, this is just one way that God really is aware
of each of us. We were about to go visit a less active, and Sister Chua
got really, really bad loud hiccups. And they were making both of us
laugh! Finally we calmed down enough to pray, and then as I was praying,
she hiccupped again, making me laugh, but I kept trying to pray, and prayed
that her hiccups would stop. When we were done praying, we looked at each
other, and her hiccups were gone! It was really funny, but also just
shows that God is aware of EVERYTHING that we go through. Now, I know
that sometimes I get frustrated with answers or solutions not coming as quickly
as that, but answers do come, because God is our Father and He wants us to have
the answers and the things that we ask for, as it is in line with His will for
us. But anyway, God does answer our prayers!!!
So Saturday, I woke up with a massive headache, and
not feeling too great. I tried hard in personal study to read from the
Book of Mormon and study for our day.
But I just couldn't handle it, so I told Sister Chua, “I'm gonna go
sleep.” She said “ok,” and then I ended up sleeping for 2 hours. And
then eating some food, and sleeping a little bit more. By this time I
discovered that Sister Chua also did not feel well at all. But we had a
lesson with Sister Pan, so we went to that, but we both felt so
terrible, and I was just praying the whole time that God would help
us. And He did. Then we had a District Blitz, all of our district
went to an area, and went to a few different areas to contact to help
find new investigators!!! Sister Chua and I ended up teaching the restoration
to a group of about 7 people, but they were at the park as a youth activity for
their church, but it was still really cool to see. After that we went
home and slept some more.
Yesterday was Father’s Day, and that was great.
But we both still felt so miserable. We went to Oak Creek sacrament, and
after one of the elders was like, "you sisters look like you are gonna die." Well we felt that way too. But we were
determined to go to Yale's sacrament meeting too, so we headed over there,
where the elders in that ward told us the same thing, and asked if we wanted
blessings. We agreed. And both of our blessings were so similar (at
least, that is what Sister Chua said, I couldn't understand hers cause they
said it in Chinese). But basically, it said, “God knows that you are
being diligent, and that you are working hard, but today He needs you to rest.”
And I was like, “umm no, I have 7 weeks left, I can rest in 7 weeks,” but God
had some other plans for us. So we went home and spent the day
inside. So that was fun. haha.
But I did go through my stuff and de-junk a bit, so that was nice!
haha. Also, Lynda was supposed to get baptized yesterday, but she got
sick, not really sure what happened, I just know she had to go to the ER
(yikes!) So she's in our prayers, and her baptism has been postponed. So that was yesterday.
So today, we feel a little better, but we'll just be
taking it easy, and I think I'll go take a nap after we go shopping. So that will be great! :)
So, that’s me!
Looking forward to another great week filled with many miracles, cause
there are so many every single day!!!
I love you all!
Have a good week!!!
Love,
Sister Taylor Burningham
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