At the Bangor/Brewer Trunk or Treat
Happy November Friends and Family!
I hope you all had
a happy and safe Halloween! I didn't realize how bummed I was not being able to
go all out for Halloween this year, especially after being at BYU for it last
year (if you ever have the opportunity to experience Halloween on BYU campus,
do it!). But I still had some fun/awesome/miraculous experiences here in Brewer
this week so I wasn't too sad to have missed out on free candy day.
Like I said, this
week was nothing short of miraculous. I don't really talk a lot about the
investigators we work with because I don't feel comfortable sharing their
spiritual experiences for the internet to see, but this week really just blew
my mind. We had two investigators that we picked up within the week that by the
end of the week decided they wanted to be baptized. That was never an
experience I expected to have happen within my missionary career. One of them
was investigating two years ago but stopped because she said she had some
discrepancies between the Bible and Book of Mormon. She originally became
interested in the church by the example of her friend who is an active member
and in her words "you can see Christ in her". Between our visits with
her this week she had studied more of the Book of Mormon and for her lesson we
felt prompted to share "Lord, I Believe" from Elder Holland's April
2013 General Conference address. (You can read, listen to, or watch that address here)
She started crying in the middle of reading the talk because she realized that
faith is really what matters in the sight of the Lord, not exactly what we
mentally know. She mentioned that is what kept her from joining the church two
year ago, she couldn't say she KNEW this church was true.
Coincidentally (but
not really because we know when we let God direct our paths there are no real
coincidences), this transfer I have decided to study faith, (not just because
that is something the zone leaders have challenged us to do) because I noticed
myself going and doing the work without faith. To see this woman realize that
faith, what we believe and then act on, is really what qualifies us in the
sight of God was a blessing and example in my life. I can't wait to help her to
prepare to enter the waters of baptism and receive the gift of the Holy Ghost!
Now I'm going to
ruin your warm fuzzy feelings and talk about my favorite HALLOWEEN (just
kidding Thanksgiving is my favorite but Halloween is a pretty close second, I
mean, besides the birth of our Lord and Savior)!!! The night before Halloween
we had a combined Bangor/Brewer Trunk or Treat that was really fun. It was
kinda like Halloween on BYU campus in the fact that everyone was dressed up
(except my companions). I know the picture has gone around but I was a Fairy
Princess because my awesome mom sent it to me! I actually got multiple
compliments which was pretty fun!
Halloween night we
had to be in by 5 pm because going door to door is awkward when all the kids
are doing the same thing asking for candy. We had so much fun deep cleaning the
apartment which didn't take very long considering Sisters have recently moved
in. But we did have a fun experience changing the blinds for the apartment. We
unnecessarily borrowed some members' power tools because we didn't realize how
painless changing the blinds was supposed to be. Sister Harward and I joked
about how many blondes it would take to change the blinds (because I still
consider myself blonde sometimes) haha.
Overall, this was a
really good week. I really appreciated all the notes and packages from friends
and family this week! And as always I appreciate the support I receive through
your prayers and emails! May we all have a wonderful week going by faith!
Love,
Sister Wright
"Costume I wore all day of Halloween" If you look closely, the missionary in the picture just happens to be wearing the same clothes!
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