Monday, June 9, 2020
ONE MONTH HERE IN TEMPE! I have loved it here so much. So many miracles here everyday.
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| Hiking in the early hours before the HEAT! |
This morning we decided to go on a hike. It even had a sign posted that warned if you were not an experienced hiker, you shouldn’t hike it. But I did anyway (since my roommates and companion bribed me with ice cream) and I ended up spraining my thumb because I was running and I fell. In spite of hating my life while I was hiking, it was a pretty view!
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| Not for beginners!! |
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| Beautiful Arizona Sunrise--it's nice to go outside before its 110! |
So...remember that one guy Jesse I told you about that was on date and stopped returning our calls? Well, we decided to go put a note on his door to see why he was ignoring us hahaha. Me and Sister Dangerfield got to his house and saw his dad outside. His dad saw us and came running towards us and said, “let me go get Jesse. He is inside!” Next thing you know Jesse is outside and with the quarantine we are to follow, we are not supposed to have face-to-face contacts outside of the church building or a member’s home. So we got pretty nervous. We hand him the note that said, “We are so excited you are getting baptized this Saturday.” Even though we hadn't heard from him in three weeks. To our surprise, he said he still wants to be baptized. He asked lots of questions, like what do you have to wear to a baptism, and where the church was. We told him we’d call him at 6:00 PM the next day and he said he would answer our call...Yeah, we haven’t heard anything from him since then. BUT we are not giving up hope!
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| Always wearing our masks when we go out! |
Do you also remember our friend Jim who I have talked about a couple times? HE’S ON DATE FOR BAPTISM!!! We are so excited that he has been able to form a strong relationship with his Savior, and make this first promise with Him to be baptized. We couldn’t be more proud of him. He still has a few things he’s working on to be ready, and we are praying for him to get there.
One of our lessons this week was with a lady named Moriah. Her daughter was being taught by the missionaries before, but Moriah answered. We started to teach her about how families can be together forever. She didn’t understand this, and said, “No, its ‘til death do you part!” We then explained to her how families can be together forever and God’s plan of happiness for all of us. Having the knowledge that me and family can be together is so comforting to know, that I know what happens after this life, and I am grateful for the restored gospel of Jesus Christ.
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| Hurray for singing hymns! In Portuguese and English! |
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| Bracelet making and embroidering lids help with quarantine! |
We are still only allowed to go out for one hour of service, although the members don’t want us to come do service in the extreme heat. We wish they would have things for us to do, since it gets hard to stay inside 24/7. But we are doing well. We are still doing all our teaching online. We see miracles every day in spite of all these things, because we put our faith in Christ.
I am so grateful for everyone. Remember God is there and if you put your faith in Him, you can get through anything. Let the missionaries serve you! We are here to help in any way we can. It’s nice to get out and serve, being stuck inside all day!! So let the missionaries help--even if its 108!
♡ Sister Guilott
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The promised ice cream!!
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