Today was transfers and Bryn is staying in Sumner. Sister Hollingsworth got transferred but she is staying close - they think her new area is still in the same district. Bryn's is excited about her new companion, Sister Pope!! Here is her e-mail and some awesome pictures!!
Wow! I thought week 12 would never
come. Here are some great...maybe not so great things that happened this week!
Brother Whitman went to the Seattle
temple and walked the grounds with his wife and another couple in the ward.
Isaac fasted this Sunday to know if
God was real
Sam our former investigator - we
found out his brother and sister-in-law were in town and were in a car accident
and she was killed. It was so sad. He had been on our mind over the past 2
weeks and that is why. We were going to do last minute service for a lady in
his apartment complex (that we weren't too excited about) and when we
pulled up Sam and his kids were outside. We talked to them and we could tell
the death was really hard on them. They were happy to see us though. After we
left them with a prayer the lady texted us and said she didn't need our help
anymore. We knew that Heavenly Father made it possible for us to see Sam
because that is where we needed to be.
On Sunday I bore my testimony in
sacrament meeting. After two kids came up to me and showed me the list of the 5
points to a testimony. We had a member inspire with them and I brought the
testimony glove. The mom said while I was bearing my testimony she told them to
listen to see if I got all the 5 points...luckily I did. It was so sweet to
know that they were paying attention. Plus we told them if they remembered we
would bring them a treat.
Later on Sunday we were contacting
and met an interesting couple. We were talking to this lady and she was very
contentious and kind of went off saying that we are a cult and all this
stuff... Then her boyfriend spoke up and also kind of went off. He was not
contentious but was very blunt. He talked about how we don't need religion and
that we only needed grace and to hope to live in heaven. I will never forget
when he looked dead into my eyes and told me to "FORGET MY RELIGION!"
He said that about 10 times. My spirit was a little crushed because earlier
that day I bore my testimony and now I am listening to this man telling me to
forget my religion. Oh, how sad I felt for him. He is missing out on so much. I
told him I will never forget my religion. Right when we were just about to walk
away the girlfriend went inside and came back out with a big poster that has
all the different religions and what they believe. She started going into the
trinity and I was so done with them. We told them what we believe and left. The
rest of the night I was so bothered by that contact.
Yesterday was a lot better. We
went to see a less-active family but when we got there it didn't feel right. We
prayed and received the prompting to go visit a referral we received from the
Eatonville sisters. They lived about a minute away from the less-active family.
When we got there Mary, the mom of the family told us all the struggles that
they have been going through and how she usually isn't into religion but that she is
open to hearing our message. She has 3 daughters and they are interested in
mutual. We set up a return appointment. That was another experience we had this
week that when we follow the promptings of the spirit Heavenly Father blesses
us.
Thank you for sending the money
Sister Hollingsworth and I had a farewell dinner at the Buttered Biscuit - DELICIOUS!
I have loved being companions with Sister Hollingsworth. We took a lot of
pictures this week with members so she could say goodbye to them. So get ready
for picture overload.
Love you,
Sister Wynder
Some families in the ward -
Bryn and Sister Hollingsworth were helping the Whitman's (in the picture just above in front of the Seattle Temple) pack for their move and found fanny packs - the best part was they got to keep them!! Bryn was so excited!!
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