Hello everyone!!!!!
This has to be really short--it's been a crazy P-day, let me tell you. :P
But first of all, we finished the world map! The longest part was outlining everything in black! It took forever and ever and ever. But hey. It's done now, and it looks awesome. :) :) :)
Thursday Sister Cruz and I went back out to Ashford for the monthly fair, if you remember that! Last time the whole zone was there. This time it was Elder Williams, Elder Warren, and us! I was a little skeptical at first, but we set up the Book of Mormon roundtable, stocked ourselves with supplies, and contacted like crazy. We were determined to give out our whole stash of Book of Mormons, and guess what??? We did! I love love love contacting people! I got to talk to a Harvard Professor who had a student leave on a mission, a couple who really wanted to meet with the missionaries, a local radio broadcaster who asked if the Elders could go on his station, and many others. The Lord is so mindful of all his people! We're so blessed. :)
Friday, after a fantastic district meeting, Sister Cruz and I prepped and took off for another road trip. I love road trips! Being busy as a missionary is the best. :) We drove the tree hours to Madison and stayed overnight with the sisters there, because the next day we had to be at the New Haven Stake Center for their Family Fun Day! Oh my goodness. They asked for the whole shebang, so we set up everything we could (dashing through the pouring rain) and were amazed at the event! They had all sorts of stations: Family Home Evening, New Hartford Temple, Activities, etc. And they roasted the biggest hunks of meat I've ever seen on a spit in my LIFE. Seriously. I couldn't believe the kind of food they came up with! Lots of people went through our displays, and we even showed Because of Him in Chinese to this sweet Chinese family that weren't members. :)
When we were taking down the displays, one of the prongs from the lights went up under my nail. Hurt reallybad.
We had to run to Southington to drop off the displays for the next day, then book it and leave for a baptism in Scituate, Rhode Island. I'd never been there before!!!! I was so glad we were invited. 2 of our exits were shut down and there was crazy traffic, and then we realized we didn't have a tool, but somehow the Lord provided and everything worked out just fine. :) :) The baptism was incredible--it was this grown man covered in tattoos who had clearly turned his life completely around. His dad had died just a week before, and instead of making him sink, it catapulted his testimony of the Atonement. We shared our videos and bore our testimony, and he bore a powerful witness of the Savior after his baptism. The best part was that a member's friend was there. She was an incredible, sweet woman on the search for truth and had never stepped foot in a Mormon chapel before. She wants more than anything to learn more.
So after that incredible experience, we drove back to Glastonbury to spend the night. It was Sister Mireles and Sister Lind! They are so sweet, and their apartment is gorgeous. They seriously have a river, a waterfall, and a gazebo out their back door. Sheesh! We crashed there, then woke up early and went to the Southington Chapel. I'd never been there either! And they certainly utilized us, all day long.
So first we trained Ward Council with our brand new, beautiful presentation. That was great! They booked more events with us right there! Then we scrambled to set everything up before sacrament meeting. We finished perfectly 10 minutes before, then we spoke in Sacrament meeting. It was really really neat to give a talk again. I loved it, and we were followed by the homecoming talk of a return missionary. :) After that, we trained the youth with Elders Pay and Wescott. . . and the displays, of course. Missionary work! Youth are hard to teach. . . andlastly, we were there for the linger longer. Food is great, isn't it? :) The best part was the kids. We set up the world map so they could understand what we're doing with the Primary PVC, and the kids ran all over it!!! They loved it, and it was so cute!!!!
We took down and packed up for about an hour and a half. We have a ton of equipment! And then, we drove to Central Falls to pick up a display we left with them for their baptism. They said it was such a hit. :) I was able to swing by Faith's house again, since we were there. I love her. I have so much family out here.
So that was my incredible, crazy, successful week! Thanks for all the support. I've got so much more to do out here!!!!
Love,
Sister Merkley
MBM PVC Missionary
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