Missionary work is HARD. I don't think I really understood that until this last week. Everyone kept telling me about how hard it would be and I just didn't get it... but I was proven wrong...
Sister Whipple has had Bronchitis the past 3 weeks. So it's been hard cuz she's really weak, but wants to keep going. Finally we got her some meds so it's been helping a lot. On Wednesday we were having the hardest day. We had a recent convert who just went through the temple tell us she's going back to the cathoic church. Then Dawn (who almost got baptized you know) said that she doesn't want to learn anymore. Then like 4 other investigators just dropped us or we had to drop them. All in one day.... we were biking around not knowing what to do just wanting to cry. There were huge black and grey clouds all around us and we were wondering what we should do so we didn't get caught in the rain. Then we just looked up and saw literally just right above us a clear blue sky. It was the most amazing thing ever. We just wanted to cry haha dramatic I know. But it honestly was that amazing. We made it all the way home (10 miles 1 hour) with clouds all around us and didn't get rainned on! It was seriously a miracle!
That same day we went to knock on an investigators door. He hadn't been answering our texts. Right when we got up to do the door I had this really bad feeling and told Sister Whipple that we should go. I had no idea why, but just had to leave. We had heard about 2 weeks earlier that there had been a murder on that very street. We decided to have someone check the news even though we thought we were being stupid to see who it was that got murdered. The bishops wife looked it up. We found out that it was our investigator who had been killed. His dad shot him and his mom. We were heart broken. I have had deaths of people close to me, but never like that. The hurt was a lot different. We did a lot of praying for him. We were just so glad that we were able to at least teach him twice and that we have other people on the other side of the veil watching over him and his mom :) that's the only thing that gets us through sometimes. We are so glad that we were privelaged to be the missionaries that introduced to gospel to him here so that he will accept it there. We have no doubt about that :)
Friday helped with our deteriorating week. We went to visit a LA in a old folks home. We taught her about hymns then went out and played and sang hymns for her on the piano. She loved it and so did everyone else! We are now going back there every week to play hymns with all the old people :) we've been studying their hymns and some of them are the same so we just play those. On Friday we basically just played Christmas songs haha :) imagine a whole room of old people singing Christmas songs :) it was pretty cute and made our day :)
I tracted for 6 1/2 hours on an exchange. We need members to do missionary work! We found nothing. It was pretty stinky and hard. But it makes me feel like a real missionary :)
Well! Sorry for the dower news! We are having a great week now! I love you all so much! Remember there is good that comes from everything and that Heavenly Father is helping us! :)
Love, Sister Calder
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