1000 mosquitoes

Hey, Heyyy, heyyyy! 

So this week was good we have had lots of sun and good weather. I am loving it, but it's supposed to cool way down by the end of the week. It's making me nervous just thinking about it. 

We got to meet with an investigator this week a couple times! I haven't got to teach her yet so it was so good to finally. She is a sweetheart for sure. She is nineteen and is going through some crazy stuff in her life at the moment, but is still wanting to get closer to God. I love it! She is on date to be baptized the end of this month and if things keep going the way they are we may be able to move it up!

When we started on of the lessons we asked her how the word of wisdom was going and she was like, "oh, I am not doing good with that. It's hard! I like my coffee and so when all my friends go out I have to get water!" I really think we can all relate to times where we had to stand stead fast for something we believed. But the more we do the stronger we get. I was thinking about a brick wall and applying it to saying no, or standing up for what's right, the first couple layers of brick you lay down are always going to be a little difficult, but every time you stand up for something you put another brick down. Soon it will be so nature and your wall will be strong. 

It's really awesome to see the change in these people that keep the commandments. They see it too! Haha not at the beginning always, but later on.  

Oh my goodness!!! Okay so there is a lady we just started teaching, she is a referral from some other missionaries. We when we went over to meet her we knocked in on a bible study.....with Jehovah Witnesses!! She invited us in, and me and my companion were a little hesitant, but we accepted and was hoping for an opportunity to get to know this referral and maybe even the witnesses. Well the bible study didn't really carry on where they were I could tell because the main teacher started pullin out all her pamphlets and I think honestly start teaching us the first discussion! (Haha it was about prayer.) we sat through it. 

Dixie the referral start to ask us about the Book of Mormon and the restoration pamphlet the other sister gave her right in the middle of the lesson. Oh snap!!!! So we taught them the restoration! It wasn't easy the first thing I said brought up some disagreement, and we were just praying that there wouldn't be any contention. They obviously wanted to argue, or something. But we really tried our hardest to not, (it was hard). But it was cool! The moment we started to teach the first vision and about Joseph smith, the room was quiet and the spirit arrived testifying of the truth. It was powerful. I know that the spirit testified to them. 

So it was pretty awesome, I finally got to meet some JW's! (And taught them).

So we went to teach Oliver....he is special, he is a member referral and we have tried to teach him, but he is one of those individuals who really are probably looking at what people say about Mormons instead of reading the Book of Mormon. We took a member with us and since his house was a wreck he wanted to sit out side.... Welllllll.... There was 1000 Mosquitos flying around!!!! It looks like a have chicken pox, but no, no it's just bugs, lots of mosquito bites. But it's fine. I am loving it. I have never had so many in my life, it's really something to be proud of. 

Anyways we were trying to teach Oliver while I was trying to hold in my anxiety because of all the mosquitoes and Oliver was just talking about all the anti myths I have heard. It's almost like, I have heard it all and I think they must be reading a script... So that didn't go wonderful. We left without teaching the wonderful plan of salvation and mostly because the spirit wasn't able to teach it. Gotttta love it! 

I really love this gospel, like I just can't explain e love I have, but I guess that's really why I came out her. I can't explain my love, so I want to share my love with something that's given me, really, my life. I love my Savior, I know he live, I know god called Joseph Smith to bring this gospel back in it fullness. This is Christ's church. And wow, what a blessing it is! 

I have been reading in 3 Nephi this past week, and every. Single. Time. I am just loving it because the love Jesus has for these people is so pure, it shows through these words.  I know he is he same yesterday to day and forever and that same love he has for these people as they learn the gospel from him is the same love we can feel when we come unto him. 

I love you guys, I hope you have a really very good week! Y'all deserve it!!! :) 

Keep on keeping on

Love, your Sister! 

Sister. Tincher