Week 10: Its covered in CATS! September 7-13, 2021

 

Hi everyone!                                                                                                             September 13, 2021

 

Thanks so much for all who have reached out and emailed me. Pdays are the only days I can respond and usually I have zero time to do that. So I do read all the emails I receive, I just can't respond to like any of them. Haha Love you all  

 

This week was interesting. I'm still suffering through these allergies. I've never had allergy problems before Kingman. Annoying. But I think I've figure out its the cats! We have a trailer park in our area that is covered in cats. And I'm pretty sure I'm major allergic to that place. Buuuut we have a lot of people there so what do you do haha. 

 

We are working with this couple in our ward. She is a member and he is not, but he's interested. When we first got here they did not want the missionaries coming around because of covid. Last week, she broke her ankle and gave us a call asking for us to stop by and bring someone to give her a blessing. No one from the ward could do it so we had the Spanish Elders come and give her a blessing. The dear sister actually knew one of the Elders and she started crying when she saw him! It ended up being a really amazing meeting that turned into a lesson with her husband. This sister was baptized a few years back when Sister missionaries met with her. She told us she loves the Elders but she loves the sisters more haha. It is impossible not to see the hand of the Lord in this. What began as a terrible moment, turned into us being able to meet them and teach them. This week she went to the doctor to see if she needed surgery. She was so nervous before going so she gave us a call asking us to pray with her before going in. We did and she cried and told us how much we mean to her. It was a sweet moment and when I have moments like these it makes me so happy to be a missionary. The experiences I'm having are so wonderful and so different than anything I've experienced. It truly is amazing to be a missionary. 

 

After a month being here, people are still running away from us, shutting doors in our faces, and the only ones that want to talk to us are all the dogs. It can be discouraging at times. We had a person in our area book that had a long history of hanging up on missionaries. And after three hours of street contacting with no luck, I just knew this guy was going to hang up on us. We gave him a call and after introducing ourselves he told us he is interested! Whaaaaaaatttt?!? So we are now teaching him. I definitely learned from this that we should never "give up" on anyone. The ninety-nine are important, but that one that is lost or has gone astray, needs more love and more effort given. We should all be looking for and loving that one. 

 

This week was kind of a rollercoaster. It was amazing, difficult, frustrating, exciting, stressful, and everything in between. I love this scripture from Ether 12:6 "And now, I, Moroni, would speak somewhat concerning these things; I would show unto the world that faith is things which are hoped for and not seen; wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith." This week i gave a talk about faith and missionary work. First off, I hate giving talks. But second, I feel like I really learned a lot. Sometimes we have to go through a rough patch. All of us will experience doubts and struggles. But giving into these doubts and struggles won't make things better. As we trust in Him, things will work out eventually. "Yea, cry unto him for mercy, for he is mighty to save" (Alma 34:18). 

 

I love you all! 

Con amor,

Sister/Hermana Snow