Hi
there!!!! Oh my gosh. I am ONE. HAPPY. MISSIONARY.
I am
now in the Medicine Lake Ward (Plymouth) with the lovely Sister Szabo!
Mom, I LOVE her. I am so so so incredibly blessed to be companions with
her. She's blessing me so much already, and it has only been 4 days. Within FOUR days,
Sister Szabo and I taught NINE Restoration lessons in 3 days. That's
insane! If you don't quite know what I mean by that, it means, finding
people on the street, stopping them, getting to know them, telling them
we are missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints, talking about how when Christ was on the earth He established
His church and gave His apostles authority, going into people rejecting
Jesus Christ/Disciples & power taken from the
earth, then going
into the Restoration, telling Joseph Smith's story, reciting the First
Vision, inviting that random person on the street to be baptized, then
saying a closing prayer. It's pretty intense. It was really scary at
first, but Sister Szabo and I are a power house and busting these
puppies out:) Sister Mansfield and our Zone Leaders found out and were
SOOO proud of us!
First day there, we had
dinner at the Ojo's house. Mom. Sister Ojo was YOU. A black YOU. She was
hilarious, amazing cook, cute decorated house, went on a mish, and
doesn't take crap from anyone. It was a blessing to be there:)
On Saturday, we went to a baptism for a teenager named Aminata, we
were asked to teach the Restoration while she was getting dressed back
into her church clothing. That went well, the Spirit was very strong. I
met a lot of the ward members after that, (and btw I have only heard the
BEST of things about the Medicine Lake ward) they were all SO nice...
Everyone was so happy to have me there, and I felt at home immediately.
TIt's so great! We were invited that night to
Bishop Henstrom's house for a 'get to know the new ward members BBQ' and
Mom. You would have DIED. Their house was beautifulllll. It's honestly
something you'd see on Country Living magazine.. antique deck/little
area that had furniture with hanging lights, and their backyard was
MASSIVE, with huge beautiful willow trees, a lovely garden, and a super
pretty lake in the back. I loved it. Anyway,
we were there to 'mingle' with the new wardies. We met
some really great people, and there was some really great food.
Sunday was looonnnggg...
We were at the church from 8-3 with meetings n'stuff. We were sitting in
Sacrament meeting singing the Sacrament hymn, and after the hymn ended,
Brother Ojo got up and said in his lovely African accent "We ah oot uff
breed, soo, we will haff Seester Beeson come an sheh her testeemony"
(we are outta bread, Sister B will share her testimony) Didn't see that
one coming! Went up, introduced myself, bore my testimony on Missionary
Work, The Atonement of Jesus Christ, Joseph Smith, and the Book of
Mormon. It was a really nice opportunity. And after Sacrament meeting,
people just swarmed up to us and were introducing themselves. Those
Minnesotians! They're just the cutest.
That night we were
invited to the Camps for dinner. The Camps are a LEGEND. They're an
older couple and are just 100% missionary minded. I LOVE them. The
people at dinner were supposed to be the Camps (obv) the Spitzenburgers
(another awesome missionary minded couple) us, and the Asamoahs (member
husband, non member wife) We had a lovely Gospel Discussion.
After that, we visiting
good ol' Brother Larry. He read SO much!!! He read all of the Introduction, all
of the Testimonies, 1 Ne 1-7, and the whole Book of Moroni! Whaaaaat?
What a stud. He took about 30 min to tell us what he learned, and we are
just so proud of him. He's great.
And yes, the Johnson's.
That was why I was upset to get transferred. BUT. If we
have an investigator to come with us (which we do as of now) then we can
go! I'm so excited. It's this Thursday at 7! You guys should come ;)
Sister Mansfield asked us to teach the Restoration at that baptism too.
So that'll be fun!
I have a great district!
They're super cool. I feel
like I'm gonna be here--Med Lake for a while :) I'd be fine with that!
Sorry,
I feel like this email is super scattered and unorganized. But just
know that I am oh-so-happy, a wonderful companion, I live in a
tidy member home, I get to drive, I have a nice bunk bed, and the best
ward in Minnesota. I love this Gospel! Being a missionary is great. :)
Love you all, thanks for your prayers!
Have a lovely week and keep safe and cool!
xoxo Sister Beeson
