So this past week in Melbourne has
been just great. In fact it has been so great that it is making me so very sad
for transfers which are next week. If I
could have one wish it would be that I would get to stay here in Melbourne with
Sister Tau for just one more transfer. I
do not believe that that will happen, but I can dream right? Plus you just never know.
So some of the things that happened
this week are that 1) Roshanda and her children came to church this Sunday and
I almost cried because I was so happy. It
seems that every Saturday something happens that makes it so that she can't
come to church on Sunday, and this Saturday was no different. We called her on Saturday night to make sure
that she would still be able to come and she said that she had gotten into an
altercation with the husband of a nineteen year old girl who was living with
Roshanda, and because he was then taken
to jail and all of this drama was happening, she was unable to take her kids
clothes to the laundry and get it washed in time for church. Sister Tau and I
were so frustrated because something literally happens every week. So we were
trying to think of a solution and then we came up with the idea to go over to
her house at 6:30 in the morning before church and get their clothes and wash
them at our place and then bring them back, and that's what we did, and it
worked! Albeit, with 4 small children
and her being a single mother, she was 2 hours late, she made it and it was
wonderful, and she plans on making it every week from now on. Praise!
The other thing that happened was
that Jackie had a baptismal date for next Saturday, and she was just so excited
for it, but the deal was that she had to come to church for all three hours this
Sunday and she couldn't relapse back into her drug habits. Well, Sunday at
church she informed us that she was leaving early because she was tired and
when we asked her why she was tired she informed us that "the devil had
gotten a hold of her the night before and she had stayed up doing drugs”. I
wasn't too surprised, but it was really sad. We haven't told her yet that we'll
have to cancel her baptism, because I think that she still thinks she's getting
baptized, but I know it's going to break her heart. These things just take time
and prayer and commitment and I don't know if Jackie is ready for all of that
yet, but the encouraging thing is that she is a lot closer and stronger than
when I met her 6 months ago and I know that she will continue to improve, it
just takes time. It's all about using
the strengthening and enabling power of the atonement.
Lastly, we have a woman in the ward
who we visit and she is just awesome. She
served a mission in Colombia 26 years ago and is still doing missionary work
today. One such example is that she is allowing
her nephew to live with her and has been slowly but surely sharing the gospel
with him. He has always been kind and polite to us, but he has never expressed
an interest in taking the discussions. Well about 2 weeks ago she texted us
informing us that he wanted to take the discussions and had been reading from
the Book of Mormon. Well, we met with him on Saturday and taught him the
restoration and he accepted the invitation to be baptized. His sister joined
the church about 5 years ago, and he said one of the biggest reasons he knows
that this church is true is because of the change he's seen in her. He’s
excited to learn more and I know that this will be such a blessing in his life.
Member missionary work! Yay!
Anyways, all is well in Melbourne
and I love this place with all of my heart and will be sad to leave whenever
that may be. I love you all and I can't wait to see your smiling faces again
here soon. Have a great week!
-Love, Sister Williams
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