Hola,
For Halloween, Hermana Sedgwick and I had the idea to
dress up like each other. So we wore each other's clothes, shoes, watches, name
tags, backpacks, glasses, and did our hair like the other one usually does.
(she wore my clip) With our costumes, it was a given that we had to act like
each other all day (when appropriate), so we said each other's one liners and
responded to the other missionaries like we were each other. It was super fun.
On Friday, our Spanish branch combined with an English ward for a Halloween party. Myrna came with her mom and 3 year old daughter. Also, a family we're teaching-- Jaime and Maira + 3 kids came and had a good time. We also had a lot of less active church members there. There was dinner, games, trunk or treating, cotton candy, popcorn, and lots of fun. It was good for our investigators to be able to meet members and make friends.
I'm finally allowed to use Facebook for online proselyting, so I'll be posting periodically gospel related messages. I can message people in our area and teach them between visits. I can only respond to people who live in my area, so if you send me a Facebook message, don't expect me to respond. TheTempe
This week was awesome! I hit my 2 month mark of being inArizona
Love,
Hermana Gubler
Saturday was such an awesome day. On Saturday morning, we
had a lesson with one of our new investigators named Susi. She was a referral
from a member of the branch [small congregation] and
has attended Sacrament Meeting 4 times with her, but we recently got in contact
with her and just started teaching her this week. On Tuesday, we invited her to
pray morning and night. She said she's been doing that and that it has made a
huge difference. She said she feels closer to God and that she has more peace
in her life and is able to sleep better. We had an awesome lesson on the
Restoration. After teaching about Prophets, she said she felt like crying. At
the end of the lesson, we asked her if she would be baptized on December 5th and she said
yes!
After the lesson, someone being taught by other missionaries in our zone got baptized and the Elders asked Hermana Sedgwick and I to play the piano and conduct the music. It was a really nice baptism.
After the baptism, our whole zone went to Sonic for lunch since they were offering $0.50 corn dogs for Halloween.
Our mission president didn't want us out doing missionary work on Halloween night, so he approved our whole mission to go to theMesa Temple Chandler zone who were at
the same session as us, then drove back to Casa Grande.
On Thursday, we went on exchanges. Hermana Mellor came into my area and Hermana Sedgwick went into their area with Hermana Allred. Hermana Mellor and I had a set lesson for 9:00 am on Thursday morning (a lot earlier than usual lessons. We're usually studying in the apartment until at least 11:00). So we went to the lesson, but the lady wasn't there. As missionaries, we always have backups, so we tried an investigator named Myrna, who we haven't been able to contact in a month. She was home and we had an awesome lesson with her where we taught the first half of the Plan of Salvation, our purpose on the Earth, and the Atonement. Hermana Mellor asked her how she would feel to be able to start over, completely free of sin, guilt, and shame. Myrna said she would want that more than anything. I asked her if she would follow the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized and she said yes! We put her on date for Nov 28.
We now have 3 people with baptismal dates and about 4 more who are getting really close. Our other person on date is named Jose Luis. Hermana Sedgwick and Mellor put him on date last week on exchanges.
On Wednesday, we had zone conference combine with Maricopa Zone, so we drove there for that. We were there from around 8 until 2 with 40 minutes of driving time on both ends. The relief society in Maricopa made us a nice lunch with bread bowls and soup, salad, and ice cream cake. Almost all of the sisters from Casa Grande and Maricopa purposefully matched with their companions.
After the lesson, someone being taught by other missionaries in our zone got baptized and the Elders asked Hermana Sedgwick and I to play the piano and conduct the music. It was a really nice baptism.
After the baptism, our whole zone went to Sonic for lunch since they were offering $0.50 corn dogs for Halloween.
Our mission president didn't want us out doing missionary work on Halloween night, so he approved our whole mission to go to the
On Thursday, we went on exchanges. Hermana Mellor came into my area and Hermana Sedgwick went into their area with Hermana Allred. Hermana Mellor and I had a set lesson for 9:00 am on Thursday morning (a lot earlier than usual lessons. We're usually studying in the apartment until at least 11:00). So we went to the lesson, but the lady wasn't there. As missionaries, we always have backups, so we tried an investigator named Myrna, who we haven't been able to contact in a month. She was home and we had an awesome lesson with her where we taught the first half of the Plan of Salvation, our purpose on the Earth, and the Atonement. Hermana Mellor asked her how she would feel to be able to start over, completely free of sin, guilt, and shame. Myrna said she would want that more than anything. I asked her if she would follow the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized and she said yes! We put her on date for Nov 28.
We now have 3 people with baptismal dates and about 4 more who are getting really close. Our other person on date is named Jose Luis. Hermana Sedgwick and Mellor put him on date last week on exchanges.
On Wednesday, we had zone conference combine with Maricopa Zone, so we drove there for that. We were there from around 8 until 2 with 40 minutes of driving time on both ends. The relief society in Maricopa made us a nice lunch with bread bowls and soup, salad, and ice cream cake. Almost all of the sisters from Casa Grande and Maricopa purposefully matched with their companions.
On Friday, our Spanish branch combined with an English ward for a Halloween party. Myrna came with her mom and 3 year old daughter. Also, a family we're teaching-- Jaime and Maira + 3 kids came and had a good time. We also had a lot of less active church members there. There was dinner, games, trunk or treating, cotton candy, popcorn, and lots of fun. It was good for our investigators to be able to meet members and make friends.
I'm finally allowed to use Facebook for online proselyting, so I'll be posting periodically gospel related messages. I can message people in our area and teach them between visits. I can only respond to people who live in my area, so if you send me a Facebook message, don't expect me to respond. The
This week was awesome! I hit my 2 month mark of being in
Love,
Hermana Gubler
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