Last Monday when Pday ended we met the Shepherds and went with them to J's and B's because they needed us to translate for them for something. We were just there for a few minutes and then we spent the rest of the night contacting.
Tuesday was zone conference. We were up early and on our way there. We got to ride with the senior couple but they dont really like driving so I got to drive which was fine but it also meant that I didnt get to sleep. But we had a really good zone conference. We talked about finding, using the Book of Mormon and the importance of having people read it from start to finish, and President Grant talked to us about choosing the higher law. A lot of missionaries had asked him questions about what we could and couldnt do so he basically just went through the white handbook with us with all the questions he had been asked and emphasized what it said and that he trusted us to choose to what extent we were going to take it, if we were going to follow the higher law or the lower law. He also talked to us about unity...about having unity in our companionships, our districts, our zones and as a mission. It was a really good zone conference and then we got to catch the bus back to Tuzla.
Wednesday was a really weird day. Nothing seemed to go as planned and even the unplanned things didnt go as planned. It started out with a phone call from President at 634 in the morning checking to see if we made it home safe last night. Definitely was not expecting that and the rest of the day kind of followed. We had set up an appointment with one of the women that we met last week so we went to visit her and she wasnt home. So we checked up on a few other potentials and none of them were home either. We decided we were going to go home and make some phone calls from the area book and after the third call our phone randomly locked up and we couldnt get it to work. So we spent the rest of the night out contacting and tracting.
Thursday morning we went to visit one of the women that we had met tracting a few weeks back. We had tried numerous times before but she wasnt home. Well, she was finally home but was leaving to go somewhere. She let us in and we talked to her for a few minutes until she had to go but she told us she still wants to talk to us so to come back next week. So it wasnt exactly what we were hoping for but at least she knows we havent forgotten about her and we know that she is still interested.
We came home and did weekly planning and then we had English class. Its the first time we have taught English class in almost 3 weeks because we have been gone so much. But it was a good class. After English class we went out contacting for the night.
Friday we started out the day with district meeting at the church. We discussed zone conference and what we learned and how we could apply it here in Tuzla. Our district leader right now is really good and we have really good district meetings which is good! Later that day we did some contacting to the senior couples house because we needed to use their computer for the training program and their computer is the only one we have access to. They live about an hours walk from us so we contacted to their house and then contacted back to the church where we had a lesson with A. She had told us that she wanted to start personal progress with us but she forgot to bring her book and we dont have one so we just talked to her about the young women theme and what it means. It ended up being good. Then we went out tracting and it ended up being a really good night of tracting! The first door we knocked on was a family that let us in. It was a husband and wife and they had a 2 year old son who was adorable. The husband was the one that let us in but in the lesson the wife was more talkative. We taught them a good first lesson but after the wife told us that she wasnt interested in talking to us. She left the room for a minute and the husband started asking us more questions and even said he would read the Book of Mormon and asked when and where church was and said he might come. But then when the wife came back he stopped. I really think if she wouldnt have been there we would have been able to commit him to more things and been able to have a deeper discussion with him. But unfortanately we cant be with males alone. But, it will be ok and we are hoping that he will come to church and then we can have the Elders teach him. I think if we can get him that eventually she will change too. We talked to several other people while tracting too and it was just really good!
Saturday morning we did some contacting in the morning and then went and cleaned the church. Then we spent the next few hours contacting and tracting some more. Saturday night we had a lesson with J that went really well. For awhile now we have been trying to help her to read the Book of Mormon and she kept coming up with excuses. So we told her we were going to read it with her. So we went to her house and read 1 Nephi 1 with her and then discussed it. She then asked us if we could read the next chapter so we read chapter 2 as well and discussed it. She told us she would read chapter 3 before we come next time and then we can read 4 together! Yay!
Sunday we had church and people came to church! We had 11 people at church! 6 missionaries, 3 members, and 2 potential investigators! It was really exciting! Sister Shepherd talked so I got to translate for her and then my companion and I taught Sunday school. Unfortunately everyone left after Sacrament so it was just missionaries for Sunday School but at least we had people come to church! So that is a plus! The lesson that we taught for Sunday School was on the Lords Covenant People so we talked about what covenants are and the blessings of keeping them. It turned into a really good discussion.
After church the rest of our day on Sunday was spent tracting. We talked to some really nice people and an older woman let us in and we had a good discussion with her but she was very hesitant to accept anything that we taught her.
Well...that is how this week went. It has been a good week and we are making a lot of contacts and planting a lot of seeds that will one day grow. One day the people here will have a desire, they will see that something is missing in their lives and have a desire to find out more. Because thats what it starts with, desire. This past week I started the Book of Mormon over again and reading the first few chapters it made me realize how important it is that we first have desire and then we act on that desire. Lehi didnt just recieve the vision that they were to leave Jerusalem, he had a desire to know what to do for him and his family so he prazed and asked and then he acted on the answer he received. Nephi had a desire to know if the things that his father said were true so he too asked and recieved a witness. Just like so many other great prophets in the Book of Mormon as well as other prophets including Joseph Smith who had a desire to know the truth and then he acted on that and prayed, we must too first have a desire and then act on that desire. We have to work and exercise a particle of faith and then we have to act on the answer we recieve.
I love you all and hope that you have a great week!
Volim vas!
Sestra Clark
Shoutouts...
Emails...Lex, Tys, Dad, Mom, Carrie, Jord, Grandpa
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