Monday,
Sister Parker took us shopping to find Sister Smedley a better pair of
shoes. We had a lot of fun shopping with Sister Parker! We even went to
Hobby Lobby...my FAVORITE!! For dinner, we ate with Sister Diaz and our
investigator Vanessa came too!! Vanessa and Sister Diaz really seemed to
connect! Their sons also became good friends. We taught Vanessa the
Word of Wisdom and she is committed to quitting Coffee!! Her baptismal
date has been pushed back because she is so busy!!
Tuesday,
we went with Sister Parker to go to some appointments and sadly, all of
them weren't home. It was a little frustrating. For dinner, Sister
Reeves, a member we had never met before, took us out to eat at a really
good Mexican Restaurant. For the rest of the evening, we went tracting.
Wednesday,
we had Southern Zone Conference!! So, all of the areas in the southern
half of our mission came together. President James gave us some really
great instructions on how to work with members! He also showed us the
statistics of baptisms for our mission and the statistics for the
missions in Utah. In our mission when we find our own investigators, we
have 1 baptism for every 36 investigators, in Utah it is 1 baptism for
every 9 investigators!! Why is that?? Well, it is because there are so
many members!! Most converts convert because of Mormons they knew! In
our mission, if we receive investigators or referrals from members, we
average 1 baptism for every 7 investigators! Member missionary work is
VERY important! After the conference, we all went to the Airlie Gardens
in Wilmington. It was beautiful!! Don't worry, I do have pictures!!
Thursday,
we did our weekly planning and then went out and did some tracting. We
found one new investigator! We will start teaching her this week! We
also met with Patrick tonight.
He told us that he prayed about The Book of Mormon and he believes it!
It was a very exciting night! Now we just need to get that man to
church!!
Friday,
we went with Sister Parker and helped a family in the ward move. That
night we had dinner with the Johnson's and met with Makayla's family! It
has been an amazing experience to watch Krisi come back to church and
to bring her children with her. She is a great mom and an amazing
example to her family!! I love working with them!
Saturday,
we went over to Falon's and she taught us how to make cheesecake!! It
was so much fun and very delicious!! For the rest of the night, we went
out and did some tracting. We talked to this one guy for almost an hour
but he would not schedule an appointment. He did say to come back
though.
Sunday
was a great day!! We haven't had a Ward Mission Leader for almost the
entire time that I have been here in Jacksonville and they finally
called one today!! Our Ward Mission Leader is now Brother Johnson!! We
are pretty excited about that! After church, we had lunch with the
Johnson's and went over the ward roster with Brother Johnson. We also
met with Michelle and Jeremy today. They are hoping to move back home to
Utah this week which was really sad! I have loved working with them!
For dinner we went to the Lee's. We celebrated Alyssa's birthday by
having ribs for dinner and cheesecake for dessert!! We taught Alyssa
about the Plan of Salvation tonight and she loved it!! I can't believe she is getting baptized in three weeks!!
This
week was great!! I am so grateful for the opportunity I have to be
serving my Heavenly Father! I am also so grateful for the trust He has
in me to allow me to teach and work with those that I am working with! I
love being on my mission! I can't believe how fast time is going by!!
I love and miss you all so much!! Thank you for everything!
Love,
Sister Paynter
President and Sister James
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