That's right people, 2 months ago today Alannah was pushing
me out of her car at the Missionary Training Center and she threw my bags out
behind me and zoomed off. Rude, right? Ok maybe that's not exactly what
happened....but that's what it felt like! And since then, I have been on the
weirdest adventure of my life! And I have loved every second
Last Tuesday morning we got up at 4:45 in order to make it
to our Transfer Meeting on time. Every 6 weeks we have transfers, and
missionaries get moved around to different areas. Sister O and I weren't
transferred, but we are still expected to go to the meeting. It's always really
nice - the Mission President and his wife speak and all the missionaries who
are going home bear their testimonies, and they announce where everyone will be
transferred to. If you're going out to the Western Slope, you have to get up
right then and get on the transfer train and leave. One of our favorite Sisters
got sent out West and we had to say the fastest goodbye and it was so sad!!! L
Wednesday we had to get up at 4:45 AGAIN so that we could
get to the temple. I love the Denver temple!!! It's beautiful. We walked around
the grounds and enjoyed the sunrise before we went in. It was lovely. That night we had our Ward Coordination meeting which is
with the Ward Mission Leader and his wife and the Elders that are also serving
in our Ward. The Elders are in a trio, and two of them are new. One of the old
ones was a Zone Leader, but he got moved up to an AP (Assistant to the
President) and the other got transferred to a different area. We got a new Zone
Leader, and another new missionary, and they seem great!
After the meeting Sister O and I went to see a less-active
family - a father and his 12 year old daughter. We had the BEST lesson with
them. It was probably the best lesson I've had on my mission. We read from Alma
32 and talked all about faith and what it means to plant the seed of faith in
our hearts. You should all read that chapter! It's one of my favorite chapters
in the Book of Mormon. (Read it here: https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/32)
Thursday we had our District Meeting in the morning (it was
a week of meetings, apparently!) and got to meet our new District. Most of the
missionaries in our District got transferred out, and we got a brand new
greenie missionary as well, so I'm no longer the newbie! Hooray!
We also got to teach a great lesson to an investigator that
we met a few weeks ago. We haven't managed to get in to her since we first met
her, but we felt like we should stop by and she was home and invited us in. We
taught her the first lesson, which is about the Restoration of the Gospel of
Jesus Christ, and it went so well. It's amazing to see how the Lord has
prepared people before they ever even meet us! She kept saying that she loved
the things we were teaching, or always thought they should be that way, and it
was really amazing. At the end we kneeled and she said the prayer and it was
really powerful. I love being a missionary because moments like that are
priceless.
On Friday we saw S! She is the most hilarious woman I have
ever met, and she is on date to be baptized on June 22nd! Lately we have been
meeting her at the Taste of Denmark bakery to teach her, because it's easier
than meeting her at her house. And it's the best bakery in the world, so....I'm
certainly not going to pass up an opportunity to eat there! We had a great
lesson with her all about baptism and the Holy Ghost and we were able to
address some of her concerns. She gave up coffee that day, and as long as she
doesn't have coffee or go back to her e-cigarette, she will be on track to be
baptized on the 22nd!!!! I'm SO excited for her. She is so ready, and I know
she wants it, and I really think this is her time.
We also tracted (knocked doors) for a couple hours and got
to teach quite a few people! On our way back to the car we were walking by this
house and these people were hosing down a freezer in their garage. We stopped
and asked if we could help and they said no, but then the husband came down the
driveway and talked to us for like 45 minutes! He was really nice and has had
quite an interesting life, and he agreed to let us come teach him more about
the church! That's always exciting. Apparently they were hosing out the freezer
because some hoarder had been living with them and she filled up the freezer with
hundreds of pounds of food and they didn't know, and the freezer got unplugged
and everything got moldy. As we were talking to him we kept getting whiffs of
the nasty moldy food smell...it was gnarly.
On Saturday we got to see my favorite family!!!! They are
the part-member family we see every Sunday night for a couple hours, but we got
to go over on Saturday morning to do service. We cleared out their garden and
pulled so many weeds and cut tons of trees and branches. It was a ton of fun! I
love gardening now - my mind kind of goes blank and I don't have to think about
anything except the task at hand. It's very relaxing.
Sunday we got S to drive us to church! And church was great,
as usual. We even talked about baptism during our Sunday School class, which
was perfect for her. I don't think I can express to you how much I love this
woman, or how hilarious she is. She has some pretty colorful language, which is
always a riot at church. Everyone thinks she's so funny. And she likes to
pretend like she's this tough lady, but she's such a sweetheart :P She would
kill me if she knew I said that though! She always says "I'm gonna kick yo
butt" hahaha she is the best.
Sunday night we got to see that part-member family again,
and we had a great dinner with them and we just had a blast together. We
watched the Mormon Message called "Will of God" or something like
that. It's about a gardener trimming his currant bush back, and how sometimes
God trims us back to help us grow into who He wants us to be. You should all
watch it - it's one of the best Mormon Messages I've seen, and you can watch it
here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr8xvw0cgw0&feature=kp
J
Today we have had quite a nice p-day. We went to the World
Market and got a bunch of Australian stuff! Apparently "Tim Tams" are
a huge thing in Australia (according to Sister O) and we found some! Except
they're called Arnott's. But they're delicious! And we did "Tim Tam
Slams" which is where you get hot chocolate and take a bite out of
opposite corners of a Tim Tam and then suck up the Hot Chocolate through the
Tim Tam like a straw, and then eat it....it's hard to explain. But it's
delicious! I also got a Mars bar, and a couple other Aussie goodies. Yum J
I love you all dearly! And I love the gospel! I finished
reading the Book of Mormon this week and I can testify that it is the most true
book on earth, and it will help you come closer to Christ if you read it. I
love it! And I love my Savior!
It's true!
I hope you all have the best week! Look for missionary
opportunities! And remember, people don't care how much you know until they
know how much you care. True principle J
Love you all!
Sister Koenig
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