August 16, 2011

Hi Family!

So transfer calls came on Saturday night, which is horrible by the way because you agonize all day over it. But Sister Duncan and I are staying together in Endicott! Yay! We are finally getting this area going and I really love serving the people here. We had an exciting week full of rain storms and walking. Funny how a few weeks ago it was hot and humid and now it wont stop raining, I thought Utah had weird weather. But we walked a TON this week- we got pedometers to track and I am pleased to announce that we have reached Pioneer status with 58 miles this week. Poor sister Duncan is getting shin splints. But when you cover 4 "villages" (yes they are villages here and not towns) we have a lot of miles to cover.

Awesome story: So we were on the bus coming home from a day in Johnson City and some guys looked at us and asked us a question about Adam and Eve. So we started talking (loudly mind you so everyone could hear, they can't leave so why not?!) and soon the ENTIRE bus was talking about God and religion. Awesome. Some arguments broke out but we got 3 potential investigators from it, hopefully they turn into something. It was great, I felt like I was at Temple Square again. Oh and we went tracting and got some people that said we could come back! And that was in the rich part of town too.

As for our investigators we have a baptismal date set for Johnny. He is 11 and in a part member family- he is our hardest investigator, zero attention span. And we soft committed another investigator Lauren for baptism as well, she is going to pray about it but it is "something that she is definitely considering". Yay! The work is moving forward. When I got here we had 2 investigators and they were not progressing. We are feeling like we are doing something in this area.

Mostly we have had a lot of success with less actives. I never realized how important that work is, when I got here I was slightly murmuring that it was the members job and not to waste our time with it. But we have seen many miracles come from doors that members couldn't get in. It is because we look good... that must be it ;) Anyway there is my update from rainy upstate New York! Miss you all!