week 9

Hello hello hello, after biking up hill both from and to home I am still alive and maybe well. Biking is fun but somehow this week we found a way to bike uphill both ways. Don't tell me it's impossible becuase I did it. Sister Matsushita loves biking up hill so she'll be super far infront of me. I have to sing to myself I can do all things to make it to the top. I also learned that I have to stick my pants into my sock or else the chain will eat it. So sometimes I'll look like a little English boy.

I was able to finish my exchange that started last Saturday. Sister Connors is so effective. We had like 5 lessons and she was able to end them all before 30 min. I was also able to learn how to politely interrupt someone so I could keep leading a discussion. I was also able to go on the marine base and witness a cake cutting ceremony. It was pretty cool.

We had our last lesson with Wesley this week and then we gave him over to the ysa missionaries. Wesley also wants to get baptized so pray for him to stay strong. 

We met with Jerry this week and gave him a book of mormon. He sometimes sees us in the park and will be sad if we start, "bible study" without him. We started giving him specific chapters to read. 

Wednesday sister Matsushita took over the youth activity and had a sushi night. She taught all of us how to make sushi and she taught us about missionary work in Japan. We had a bunch of left over rice so now our fridge is full of rice. I don't eat that much rice!!!! The sushi tho was amazing. 

Last Monday we did zone Olympics and my district got 3rd. It's was really fun. 

I saw a rocket?!? We were visiting a member and picking up a rice cooker from her and I look up and see a rocket I think. I'm not sure. It was pretty cool tho. 

This week I have been studying the priesthood and the restoration of the church. I've learned that the church is only Jesus' church if it has the priesthood to keep access to God and revelation. I know that Jesus gave the priesthood to Joseph Smith to restore his church. I know that the Priesthood is the Power Of God on earth and it works through our faith. Faith is super important. With faith you can move mountains or ride up them on a bike. KEEP BUILDING YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST BY READING YOUR SCRIPTURES AND PRAYI
NG EVERY DAY. God loves you. Jesus loves you. They want to hear you and to help you.

 

 

week 8, My name is now Sarah

Hey hey hey!!! I hope everyone was able to see the Lords hand in their life this week. I definitely have. 

HAPPY FATHERS DAY TO ALL THE AMAZING FATHERS OUT THERE!!! I KNOW THAT MY FATHER IS SUPER COOL AND HE TAUGHT ME THAT MY FATHER IN HEAVEN LOVES ME!!! Heavenly Father also loves you all!!!

We have this friend who meet at the park alot and he says he has a hard time remembering names. And he looks at me and says your a Sarah. So I guess my name is Sarah now. I don't know how it can be hard to forget Wait or not be able to pronounce it but that's ok. I'll be Sarah for our friend. 

God really does protect us missionaries. He keeps us safe. Me and sister Matsushita, we got bike, we were in a neighborhood knocking doors and I told her that I really needed to use the bathroom. We were planning on heading home but then she said let's knock one more door. We did, Noone answers so we started making our way home. I accidentally took a wrong turn and we had to go the slightly longer way. Thank goodness for the wrong turn and one more door. If we went home any sooner we would have been involved in a fatal car accident on out bikes. The intersection that we would have crossed a drunk driver ran through and hit another car. He was running away when we got there and someone was badly hurt. If we were there any earlier we could have also been hurt. I know that God gives us inspiration to keep us safe. Pray for the woman that was hurt in that accident. 

Our friend Wesley just graduated college and he asked us to meet more. He has progressed so much. We know that he knows that God loves him and he has learned that too. He learned to pray and told us that he tries to pray everyday and he knows that God is listening. Wesley is an amazing guy so keep praying for him to know that God loves him!!!

Yesterday we had a lesson and sister Matsushita said let's role-play while we were preparing for the lesson. I complained and said that role plays never go the way that the actual lesson goes. And guess what. The lessons went exactly how the role play went. So imma be saying that more to be Uber prepared. 

I had my first exchange on Saturday. I went over to the stl (sister training leader) Friday night and her comp joined my comp. It was really just a sleepover with my stl. Because on Saturday an emergency came up and I was sent right back to sister Matsushita. I heard that that is not usually how exchanges go. 

This week was a fun week and The Lord was doing so much for us. He keeps us safe. I've learned that following the rules and commandments are for our Saftey and there are many blessing that follow with exact obedience. What is a commandment that you are struggling with that you can try to find the joy in keeping? 

Sorry for the lack of pictures, I'm not very good at taking them. 

love you all and have a blessed week

-sister wait

if you want to send me mail (it would be greatly appreciated) here is my address

4195 Camino Del Rio South, Suite 101

San Diego CA 92108

United States

week 6

I cant believe that I have been a missionary for over a month. this week has felt really slow to me but it was fun. we met with our new friend wesley and as we were telling him that as missionaries we knock on peoples doors he goes "CAN I JOIN? my professor told me that i need to practice sales." like love the spirit but wrong reason. He is super cool and was really excited to read the book of mormon as just reading the title page and the introduction. 

we met with our friend nina who started to meet with the missionaries knowing that she wanted to get baptized. she told us that her BF is a member and that she is not telling him about meeting with us or getting baptized. ( he is on a boat right now.) she want to surprise him. she also said that she has been thinking about meeting the missionaries before meeting him so it is not because of him that she is meeting with us. 

our ward has a lot of military people. many of them don't come to church and don't really want to come. A member who was in the military was telling us that it can be hard to be a member on a boat with thousands of people but 3 members. He was telling us that it can be very lonely. I know that It can be hard to Worship when everyone around you is not. IT is super important that we always remember that GOD AND JESUS LOVE US. they won't forget about us even when we forget about them. 

we knocked on this guys door to ask him if we could take a picture with his car and then we asked him if we could pray for his family and he said yes!!! me and sister matsushita were both shocked. so we said a prayer with him and then got a picture with his car. we are planning on stopping by his house again to see if he would like a lesson. so pray for Paul and that he'll be interested in meeting with us. 

Love you all and have a blessed week!!!