Oh man, I can't believe it's only been one week since I've written an email! SO. MUCH. HAS. HAPPENED.
On
Tuesday Sister Badham and I had a sweet experience when we went to
contact a media referral. Media Referrals get sent to us when someone
requests a missionary visit or Book of Mormon etc. on Mormon.org or at a
Visitor's Center - the only thing is you never know if this person made
the request themselves or if someone they know sent us (either with
good intentions or as a prank.) So it's always a gamble! We stopped by
this referral named Renae last week and saw her just long enough for her
to nervously agree to set up another appointment. Then when we arrived
on Tuesday we walked into her house to find a beautiful feast prepared
for us! She said she wanted to feed us because in the Bible whenever
angels come to visit people, they are always given food and water. Isn't
that so sweet? Renae is waaaaaay chill, she's in her 20's and from
Jamaica and so so SO prepared for the gospel. She just started her own
business and one of her online-coworkers she barely knows is Mormon; her
coworker has posted a few religious things on Facebook (like a picture
in front of the Temple, a Mormon message, etc) and because of those
Renae requested that we come visit her! Moral of the story: you never
know who your Facebook is converting!
And then the rest of the week we had a MINI
MISSIONARY ARMY! Just kidding, we only had 3. But that's a ton
considering I've only had 3 other mini's my whole mission! From Tuesday
to Thursday, Natalie Packard (THE MISSION PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER) and
Micha Richards (her best friend from California) came to be with us.
Sister Badham and I were kind of freaking out when we found out they'd
be coming, since we've both been obsessed with Natalie since we've
started our missions. And oh my goodness they were both incredible!
They're both going to be seniors this next year and it seems like
they've been preaching the gospel since they were born. It was really
cool to see them be guided by the spirits during the lessons. It was
only for a few days, but they were definitely supposed to be here in
Foxboro for that time! It was testament of how involved the Lord is in
this work, because He used them to work miracles while they were here.
They left on Thursday night, and then on Friday
another mini came to spend the weekend with us! Jasmine just barely
turned 16 and has only been a member of the Church for 7 months and is
the only member in her family! I am so crazily impressed with her
testimony and love of the Gospel. She already knows that she definitely
wants to serve a mission of her own in a couple years! It was neat
because even though she just barely learned all of this stuff herself,
her pure and simple testimony was so powerful during our lessons.
On Saturday we were asked by the Stake Primary
President to help at a big stake activity at the Temple. For the past 90
days the Stake has been doing a big family history push in connection
with the youth Trek called "Trek to the Temple". Each member of the
Stake was supposed to research one family name to take to the Temple so
we could create a second Hingham Stake on the other side of the veil.
Our job was to help with the Pioneer Themed primary kid activity at the
chapel next to the temple. Sister Badham and I's assignment? Square
Dancing. We literally square danced with 180 little kids for over 5
hours! It was so fun! And also slightly exhausting. With all the mini's
and the dancing, Sister Badham and I are seriously sleep deprived and a
little bit loopy. Oh well. We'll sleep when we're home next year.
Now go write a religious Facebook post, okay?
xoxo,
Sister Gledhill
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