So
this week was full of knocking doors and trying to find people to
teach! We had a cool experience on Tuesday while we were knocking. We
were about to leave the building we were knocking but we saw another
door with a religious bumper sticker on it so we decided to knock there
too. The people we met are this super sweet family from India. The dad
came to the door and told us that he is a pastor and thought it was so
great that we were sharing a message of Jesus Christ so he invited us to
come in! We sat in the living room with him, his wife, and two
daughters and shared a little about the Book of Mormon and ended up
giving them a copy. They loved our message and were so thankful that we
knocked their door. They are so kind! The mom brought out some grape
juice and almonds for us and the daughters even played the keyboard and
sang us a song they learned at church! After they sang Hermana Gonzalez
mentioned that I can play the piano too so the dad wouldn't let us leave
until I played and sang a song for them. It was a pretty awkward but
cool experience. I played the keyboard while Hermana Gonzalez and I sang
Nearer My God To Thee.
There's
a less active family we visit every Tuesday and I absolutely love them!
Hermana y Hermano Santos are the best! We went to see them and we
couldn't stay for long because we had another appointment and they had a
bunch of family over but Hermana Santos had two little Christmas gifts
for us it was so nice of her!
On
New Year's Eve we had district meeting then we went over to the mission
office to turn in Yareli's baptismal record and we visited with the
senior missionaries for a few minutes while we were there. They're so
great! One of the missionaries posted a picture of our awesome senior
missionaries with just a portion of all the Christmas packages. It's
great I'll send it in my pictures email. We spent the rest of New Year's
Eve knocking doors and trying to find people and even though it was way
cold we had a good time.
On
New Year's Day we had lunch with the Trentini family! They're the ones
from Brazil I love them! Sometimes while we're talking with them they'll
just start talking in Portuguese and it gets really confusing because I
feel like they just kind of expect us to know what they're saying. It's
pretty funny. I'm pretty sure we'll visit with them again this week and
I'm way excited to be in their home again!
Remember
a couple months back when I shared that experience about the kid
Hermana Michael and I met on the street? Where we drove past him and
felt we needed to turn around and talk to him and ended up giving him a
Book Of Mormon? Well we hadn't seen him in a while so we just decided to
stop by his house and his parents let us in! They are the sweetest
people! We got to catch up with Luis and talk a little more about the
Book Of Mormon and what we do as missionaries. He seemed really
interested and said he really wants to start reading the Book Of Mormon
to find out if it's true. Right now seems to be a pretty busy time for
his family but hopefully we'll be able to visit with them again soon!
Our
downstairs neighbor Sister Jensen absolutely loves family history and
when I told her I had a relative from Chicago she thought that was
awesome and looked him up! We found out that he is buried only about 8
miles south of where we live! So for P-day today we went down to the
cemetery and visited the grave of my great great great grandpa, Harry
Forbes! It was so cool! Everything was covered in snow so it took us a
little while to find. Hermana Gonzalez and I split up to find it faster
and I remember being a few headstones down and looking at his grave
thinking, "That one's grandpa Harry." It was such an awesome feeling
when I brushed off the snow and saw his last name, Forbes.
Well
this entire year I will be a missionary! I am most definitely looking
forward to what's in store on my mission. I know that the Lord has
prepared people to learn about His gospel and I will work so hard and do
all I can to bring this happiness and joy into their lives. This church
is true. No matter what trials we all go through in life, the Gospel of
Jesus Christ can help. It is the source of true joy and I want more
than anything to share it with everyone here on my mission. Our Savior
lives and loves us and because of His atoning sacrifice we are able to
overcome all things and one day return to live with Him and our Father
in Heaven again. I love this gospel and I love you all! I'm so excited
for this year! 2015 as a missionary.
Keep smiling,
Hermana Knowles
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| Hermana Trujillo just finished her mission! She's so great! And I decided to wear contacts for the first time on the mish haha. It was super weird. |
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