Monday, March 18, 2013
Hi y'all!
We just got back from the mountains for P-day and it was LOVELY! I'll talk
more about that in next week's letter though because I need to cover last
week's P-day in this one.
I was a lucky duck this week to get emails from my two favorite Germans.
Shout out to Elder Borcherding and Elder Stapleton! I'd just like to say that
it is true friendship that after nearly two years, they are still reading my
letters. Bless their hearts and all GetSomes everywhere!
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| Team 1 searching out a clue |
Ok, from the beginning last P-day we had the whole zone out to the house
to have a scriptures scavenger/Easter egg hunt, throw tomahawks, play
volleyball, and have an impromptu water balloon fight. It was a blast and it
was wonderful to have some down time. P-days are awesome because we get to go a
little crazy and bond as missionaries and then I am always so ready and able to
get back to work! As part of our scavenger hunt, we had a scripture about a
goat and then we duct taped the next Easter egg with the next clue inside to
one of Sister Doolittle's goats horns. Right before the missionaries were about to
find that clue, Sister Doolittle came running to tell us that the goats had gotten
out and were close to the road. I ran off to help her and so did all the other
missionaries. I have never seen a group of the Lord's servants herding goats
before, and it was a sight to see! We chased them away from the road, through
the pasture, over the creek, and rounded them up back into the paddock. Then
the missionaries had to chase down their goat and get their egg. It was so
funny! Also, I discovered I am a decent tomahawk thrower. I stuck 2 out of 3 my
first time. Add it to my list of talents ;)
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| Hiding place on the Water Wheel! |
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| Clever hiding place |
Sister Doolittle's goats come in handy in missionary work too. We were teaching
a less active part member family and I got to teach about God's love for each
one of us. Christ is often referred to as the Good Shepherd. His sheep know His
voice and He knows them. When Sister Doolittle walks out to the field, she calls
"Come on, boys!" and the goats come right away. She knows each of
them and they know her. I told this family about how I love to watch Sister Doolittle each morning with the goats because it reminds me of the Savior. He is
ALWAYS calling to us by name and saying, "Come follow me." The only
hold up in becoming one fold is us. We're the ones who refuse to put our trust
in His hands, hands that were pierced for us, that have our names written upon
them in the scars that remain on His perfect body as a testimony of His love.
On Tuesday, we had a miracle. I can't remember if I told this story
last week or not, but here is a recap. Basically, one Brother told us last
Sunday that he felt prompted to test his faith. "Come to my house Tuesday at 7pm and I will have someone there for you
to teach." Tuesday he called us and let us know that he had invited his
neighbor from across the street to come over and guess where the Brother's son
would be going on his mission. He told us to come over and guess too and then
he would ask us to give a lesson. So, we showed up at 7 not knowing exactly
what we were getting into, but excited to actually teach a sit down lesson (in
reality, we teach people not lessons so we were excited to sit down and teach a
real life person who had nowhere to run because they were at a friends house
haha) The neighbor showed up and he brought his two teenage sons with him! We
started talking to him and then the Brother said, "Sisters, how about you
give us a little taste of what my son will be doing for the next 2 years?"
So, we taught them the Restoration and it was AWESOME!!!!! The Spirit was so
strong and they were giving full attention to everything we were saying. You
could tell the spirit was teaching them. There are a thousand things we could
have done better, but the most important thing was that the Spirit was there.
We'll see what happens with them, but it was a miracle no matter the outcome.
On Wednesday we delivered our reminders for the Open House. Our reminders were 6 balloons with scriptures inside that they were
supposed to pop each day. The minivan was full of missionaries and balloons. It
was awesome. Then we went to Girls Camp Kickoff and they had us talk to the
girls. The theme for their camp is Dr. Seuss' "Oh the Places You'll
Go" So we talked about how one of the places you can go is on a mission
and how we got to where we were. It was great to be there with all the Young
Women.
Last night, we got a call from our investigator Daphne about 9pm that she
thought she needed to go to the ER because she was having some really bad back
pain and couldn't really walk. She doesn't have ANYONE but us and doesn't
really trust anyone but us either. So we called President and got permission
for Sister Loli to go with Sister Doolittle and take her to the ER. On the way, they
stopped at the church and miraculously the Stake President who is the one who
referred her to us was still there and gave her a blessing. If they hadn't
gotten to the church at EXACTLY that time, President would have still been in a
meeting or would have left for home. She felt immediately better and had a
wonderful experience. She is doing ok now and hopefully will continue to progress.
We want to take her to the temple for a temple tour this weekend (where they
walk around the outside of the temple and talk all about what happens inside).
I'm gonna send some pictures now, but know that I have a testimony of this
gospel, that this is Christ's restored church on the earth today. Miracles are
everywhere. God knows and loves us. Stay strong and carry on!
Love,
Sister Burchett
Sister Burchett
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| Studying out in the Sunshine So bright we need shades! |
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