Have a Blessed Day!

July 21, 2008

So yesterday we have decided to forget investigators and just focus on reactivating the less-actives in the ward. :) Not really, but man, we are having really bad luck (or seeing the reality of the adversary, really) with our strong baptismal dates. This was brought on by Heather telling us yesterday that she couldn't go to church, she couldn't be taught this week, and she just isn't ready to get baptized this next weekend (in a nutshell). She is extremely bi-polar, and she has been out of her meds for like 5 or so days now, so we're hoping that she is able to get back on her meds today or very soon, and that everything will straighten out and she will see the error of her ways. But the good news with her is that she is totally done smoking and drinking. She says she's not really even tempted to smoke anymore! Yay!
Other good news includes how we had 2 less-actives come to church yesterday, who hadn't been to church in about 20 and almost 50 years!!! We have been working with and visiting/teaching these two (totally separate, unrelated), Pat Clegg and Terry McGibbon, since I got here, and the sisters before me had been already. (Pat Clegg is a 60 year old retired school teacher who is divorced, has no kids, and lives on land that she just loves to keep up. She is very youthful and you'd never guess she was 60, she's so great. Terry is a 44 yr old guy who is as sweet as a little boy and just loves the sisters. He and his wife, Wendy--totally uninterested in religion, but really nice and loves us anyway--are so much fun and so nice to us. They took us out to lunch last monday.) So for between 4 and 8 months, the missionaries have been trying to re-activate these people, and they both finally came to church yesterday!!! It was practically the happiest day of my life when we saw them both there on the back pew in the chapel. We had no investigators at church, but Terry and Pat both came!! Hence why we've decided to forget investigators and just focus on the less-actives. :) The joy that comes from someone coming back to church is practically more than when an investigator comes. Ah, it is amazing. The main reason (or one of the reasons maybe) that they both came is that my comp is going home next week, so we've been using that to our advantage with people, specifically these 2, to get them to come before she leaves. It's been a great excuse. :) But they both had such great experiences at church, and Terry even stayed through sunday school. We just love them.
Anyway, my time is up, sorry!
I love you all,
love, Sister Gurr
ps--peter (Gurr), thank you so much for the email and advice. I'm printing it and going to study it. We're planning on writing letters here soon to the Campbells, so I'll definitely incorporate what you suggested and taught me in there. Thank you! I can tell you WERE a great missionary (not that I ever doubted)! I love you!