WEEK 4 IN COLLEGE STATION

 

Okie dokie,

 

So Sister Flanders and I have been conquering College Station one block at a time. By that I mean we are pros at tracting because that is all we do. While it may seem pretty terrible to be out in 500 degree weather for hours everyday, we have found joy in the journey. The first 2 weeks were pretty rocky, but we have finally started to figure out how to be missionaries in this area, and how to be good companions. Boy am I learning the importance of effective communication, and how to communicate effectively. It's awesome, and about time! Also I'm learning how to become a decision making member of society. Seriously, I feel like the things I'm learning out here will help me out for the rest of my life. It's a pretty bizarre experience serving in a YSA ward. I have to keep reminding myself that while I may be in the ward, I am not of the ward. It's easy to forget though when you're in a college town with a bunch of people your age who you would normally be friends with. And that's the thing, I am making so many friends out here! I love our ward members dearly. We have so many converts and everyone is so eager to help out with the missionary effort. Plus the ward is going to explode in numbers in about 2 weeks here because the school week is starting. I can't wait!

 

So something really cool that happened this past week was that while we out tracting, it was the end of the day and we decided to knock one last apartment complex. The thing about the summer in a college town is that most of the students are gone for the summer so most of the apartments are empty. So it is not uncommon to knock an entire building and have like 4 people answer the door. This time was no different. We knocked door after door and either no one answered, or the people that did answer weren't interested. It was super tempting to just call it a night and start the hour and a half walk home, but we decided to stick it out and knock every door. The very last door we knocked on was opened by this guy named Clay. When we asked if we could share a message he said yes, and after we shared we asked him if would be interested in receiving the missionary discussions and he said yes! Miracle number one. Miracle number 2 was he didn't cancel...haha. So we taught him the restoration yesterday and after we finished (he had zero arguments) I felt prompted to invite him to prepare to be baptized and so I did, and he said yes! It was so awesome! So we are teaching him the plan of salvation on Sunday and bringing him a Book of Mormon today. We forgot to bring one yesterday. We are such dorks sometimes...haha. Anyways, that's all I got for ya. We have another lesson with an investigator tomorrow and I think we are going to invite her to be baptized as well. We'll see how it goes! Have a good week!

 

-Sister Williams