I hope all you father's had a very happy and special Father's Day! I know I have been so blessed with a wonderful father in my life :) Love you Daddy!
It has been a fun and eventful week. Last P-day, I went to downtown Boise with the 4 other sisters in my zone. We started off at a fun small Argentinian empanada restaurant called Tango's. It's a favorite missionary spot and has great food (at a great price...love "missionary discounts"!). Afterwards, we went to Powell's, yes, it's the same one as the one in Los Gatos. Our Ward Mission Leader has some friends that own it and I was so excited to hear they had one hear. None of the other sisters had ever heard of it so it was fun to take them to this fun "candy land". We all got little mint boxes with the Idaho license plate logo and our names. A little memoir ;) And we finished off at a sunglass shop called Proof, with sunglasses and other accessories made out of wood. It's fun to just browse and get out of Meridian haha. It has been pretty hot, but thankfully these last few days have been in the high 60's and low 70's and even some rain. I'm not ready for the 100 degree whether yet (it's coming either way)!
We got to work with our investigators and less-active members a lot this week. Minda is still progressing greatly and is so excited to be baptized (we're still working on a date with her). Billie is also still progressing, slowly but surely. She is loving all the lessons we continue to teach her and really enjoyed our Stake Conference this weekend, as did Minda. We just keep praying for them and know that everything will happen in the right time.
We had an interesting experience this week. Sister Worden and I were trying to figure out how we could do better at finding people to teach. We decided on Thursday to go do some more tracting (door-to-door knocking). Although it hasn't been successful here in the past, we just thought it's something! We decided to tract this one street and although no one was interested, Sister Worden pointed out that our prayer had still been answered that every door would open. Our last house was where it got interesting. We knocked and two little boys came to the door, as did their teacup terrier. He was very friendly greeting us, but then decided to dart! The boys started to follow him, but he soon ran farther and farther, heading towards one of the busy boulevards. We started to chase after this dog as well, especially as it ran into the street and cars were swerving around it. Finally, with some help, we were able to catch the dog and I carried it back to their home. The mom had come out by this point and looked somewhat relieved, but still worried. She expressed that she had thought her boys had been kidnapped. I've never had anyone accuse me of that before on my mission! Haha. It was awkward, but memorable. Unfortunately the mother was not interested in listening to our message. But at least their door was opened to us!
As I mentioned, we had Stake Conference this weekend. It still blows my mind how many members are here as they had to use all 3 buildings in the stake to fit all the members (back home, we all fit fine in our stake center haha). It was a great conference filled with conversion stories, discussion about the importance of families and of making an effort to go to the temple. Today, my district actually gets to go to the temple again (haven't been since February), so I feel pretty blessed right now. It is amazing that being on a mission, these conferences to me help me think more about those I'm working with. Although I still get some out of it for myself, I can't help but think of others and what they are needing right now. I love this time to not worry about myself, but to help others! We were able to hear from the Stake Presidency, the temple president, President Winder (my mission president and his wife, and Elder Erikson of the 70. These are magnificent men and women and were definitely inspired in their words. One of our young women, Riley, also spoke and shared of her conversion story when she was baptized in February. They had all the young women that had worked with her stand up with her as well and it was great to see that love and support.
I continue to be amazed by the strength of others around me and the tender mercies that I see every day. You really have to pay attention to notice them, but I think you'd be surprised on how much we are blessed every single day. Life is hard and it's truly only going to get harder. We're going to have to stand up more for what we believe. We're going to have to trust in the Lord, our prophet and other Church leaders and know that they are hear to guide us and bless us. We're going to have to doubt our doubts and let faith overcome fear. We're going to have to be on our knees more in prayer. And we're going to have to stand on higher places to be a light to those around us. I am so grateful to be reminded that I am never alone. There are so many out there doing the same thing. We are a family and we can be united when we have the same goal in mind. Never lose track of that!
I love you all!
Sister Wightman
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