Hola Familia!
Tuesday I was able to go on
exchanges English speaking to Conway. (about 1 hour away) I went on exchanges
with Sister Benson. This is so crazy... but we played basketball against each
other. No joke. It was so strange. I don't know what it is, but maybe the Lord
is teaching me to love my rivals. She played for Maple Mountain and Westlake.
She is super sweet, and we had a great time. It was way different teaching in
English as well. (so much easier)
It snowed here in Russellville.
Apparently it rarely snows here, and if it does the town shuts down because
they don't have snow plows to clear the snow. Also here in Russellville they
have ice storms.
Starting about Tuesday we
starting hearing that there was going to be a HUGE storm that weekend. Everyone
was telling us to go to the store, to get food, flashlights, blankets, etc.
They were saying prepare for the worst. They said power could be out for days.
We decided to go to the store to stock up a little and I've never seen a store
so depleted. There was like 5 loafs of bread left, everyone was panicking and
was shuffling through the store trying to get back home before the storm hit. A
lot of our appointments were cancelled because of the storm. Friday we
were not allowed to go outside. We were suppose to study inside all day and
have companionship bonding... After we studied for a while we decided to make
companionship bonding more adventurous and so we went SLEDDING with a family in
the English ward and some of the Elders. There was MAYBE 2 inches on the ground
when we went sledding but it was so fun!
Saturday we were again not
suppose to drive... however, the roads looked fine and we were able to teach
some people and we met a new guy named Cipriano. We met him at a Mexican
store/restaurant. As we were driving over there we said a prayer asking to put
someone in our place or to meet someone at that store who would be ready to
hear the gospel. We were in there for a minute and we started talking to this
one man. We sat down with him and talked to him for about 30 minutes. He is
from Mexico, but lived in California like 17 years ago. As we were talking he
said that 2 Elders had taught him, he had been to church 2-3 times, had read
the Book of Mormon, but was no attending a different church here. (He even said
that he read the Book of Mormon before he read the Bible and that the Book of
Mormon helped him understand the Bible.) However, we invited him to church as
well as this week we are starting an English Class that he said he would come
to. It was a miracle, and such an answer to our prayers. It again was such a great
reminder that NO WORK IS EVER WASTED. (I just hope the Elders that taught him
understand that too!)
Saturday night we got a call that
church was going to be shortened just to sacrament meeting and that it would be
combined with the English ward. The main roads were fine by now, and there was
no storm predicted for the morning, but we went with it. Sunday morning
we got a call that church was cancelled. It is now Monday, school was
cancelled again and snow is still on the ground. Everyone is still hibernated
in their homes. We have the roads to ourselves. Luckily we have had power, and
have been safe.
In my studies I was reading in Alma
and really thinking about these righteous men/prophets and how much they had to
go through as they were missionaries. It then made me think of Joseph Smith and
everything he went though. Ultimately it made me think of our Savior and
everything he went through. It really humbled me and made me think how good I
really do have it. Yeah people reject the message, yes people shut their doors
after 2 words of us talking, but I have been blessed and protected by the
Savoir. I have it so much easier than those men.
That's about it for the week,
Love you all,
Hermana Warner
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