2 Funerals, 1 Baptism, and 4 Languages
Hey everyone!
Wow this week went by fast but was packed full!
We played life size Clue with the YSA ward at FHE last week :) that was fun and good to see Brittany finding her place in the ward! Anddddd, then she got BAPTIZED on Saturday!! :) it was awesome! Her family came from California to be here for it and support her :) She asked me to give a talk and do a musical number so that was fun haha. She is so awesome and already such a good missionary! She brought her roommate to church and now we will start teaching her this week :)
Tuesday we went on exchanges, which I was not looking forward to but ended up being so great! I got to be with Sister Duncan, who trained my first companion named sister hall haha not the current one. Anyway, shes awesome and used to serve in this area so she helped me out a lot!
I sang "His Tears Were Mine" in Agua Fria ward and the ward members were so kind and all came up to me after sacrament meeting. I love singing in wards because it helps me connect with the members and the spirit does all the teaching through the music :)
We had dinner at one of the Bishop's houses and he and his wife let us pick some fruit from their trees! We got lemons, grapefruit, oranges, and tangelos (which are my new favorite). Ive decided I don't like grapefruit, but they smell super good.
We accidentally walked into 2 funerals at the church this week haha.. we just stopped at the church to have lunch, we saw people in the gym but just thought they were having a party, and we walked into the relief society room, and there was a casket on the table we usually eat on! Haha that was a shock.. that was an interesting day for sure hah..
We had a cool experience this week where we had taught this man, Cayetano, a couple times, but realized he'd progress better in a Spanish ward. We hand a hand off lesson with the spanish speaking elders. It was awesome to hear them teach and testify in Spanish and be able to testify of what they said but in English. Very spiritual lesson, and now Cayetano has a date set as a goal for his baptism! Being a missionary is super cool.
I don't remember if I mentioned it last week, but we now have 4 languages in my mission: English, Spanish, French, and ASL! We have been asking around to try to find deaf people for the ASL missionaries to teach, and we have had some success! One of the ASL missionaries is deaf, and a convert of 2 years, from Norway! So cool. He actually taught sign language to the missionaries who taught him about the gospel, So they could teach him. Since we get transferred so frequently, he taught over 100 missionaries so they could teach him and translate for him at church! Now he is here serving in our mission and it is so cool!
Its awesome to see how the Gospel can bless peoples lives no matter what language they speak. AND, even cooler is seeing how the Spirit can touch our lives whether it is through English, Spanish, sign language, or music! So cool. I love how perfect the gospel of Jesus Christ is. Anyone, of any background, can feel the power of the holy ghost in their life if they seek Him.
I love being a part of God's work in building up His kingdom on the earth!
Love and pray for you all!
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Wow this week went by fast but was packed full!
We played life size Clue with the YSA ward at FHE last week :) that was fun and good to see Brittany finding her place in the ward! Anddddd, then she got BAPTIZED on Saturday!! :) it was awesome! Her family came from California to be here for it and support her :) She asked me to give a talk and do a musical number so that was fun haha. She is so awesome and already such a good missionary! She brought her roommate to church and now we will start teaching her this week :)
Tuesday we went on exchanges, which I was not looking forward to but ended up being so great! I got to be with Sister Duncan, who trained my first companion named sister hall haha not the current one. Anyway, shes awesome and used to serve in this area so she helped me out a lot!
I sang "His Tears Were Mine" in Agua Fria ward and the ward members were so kind and all came up to me after sacrament meeting. I love singing in wards because it helps me connect with the members and the spirit does all the teaching through the music :)
We had dinner at one of the Bishop's houses and he and his wife let us pick some fruit from their trees! We got lemons, grapefruit, oranges, and tangelos (which are my new favorite). Ive decided I don't like grapefruit, but they smell super good.
We accidentally walked into 2 funerals at the church this week haha.. we just stopped at the church to have lunch, we saw people in the gym but just thought they were having a party, and we walked into the relief society room, and there was a casket on the table we usually eat on! Haha that was a shock.. that was an interesting day for sure hah..
We had a cool experience this week where we had taught this man, Cayetano, a couple times, but realized he'd progress better in a Spanish ward. We hand a hand off lesson with the spanish speaking elders. It was awesome to hear them teach and testify in Spanish and be able to testify of what they said but in English. Very spiritual lesson, and now Cayetano has a date set as a goal for his baptism! Being a missionary is super cool.
I don't remember if I mentioned it last week, but we now have 4 languages in my mission: English, Spanish, French, and ASL! We have been asking around to try to find deaf people for the ASL missionaries to teach, and we have had some success! One of the ASL missionaries is deaf, and a convert of 2 years, from Norway! So cool. He actually taught sign language to the missionaries who taught him about the gospel, So they could teach him. Since we get transferred so frequently, he taught over 100 missionaries so they could teach him and translate for him at church! Now he is here serving in our mission and it is so cool!
Its awesome to see how the Gospel can bless peoples lives no matter what language they speak. AND, even cooler is seeing how the Spirit can touch our lives whether it is through English, Spanish, sign language, or music! So cool. I love how perfect the gospel of Jesus Christ is. Anyone, of any background, can feel the power of the holy ghost in their life if they seek Him.
I love being a part of God's work in building up His kingdom on the earth!
Love and pray for you all!
Sister Garrick
Brittany's baptism with both Sister Hall's!!
There are shopping carts everywhere down here, so we took a picture with one haha
fruit from Bishop Hinton's fruit trees!
8 Don's dog, Sassy
YSA FHE with Brittany
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