Melbourne Mission Moments
I can't believe that it's already December!! That is CRAZY! We had
a wonderful week this week!
Monday night a couple in our ward took us out to dinner at a
restaurant called Ambrosia. So yummy! But so expensive. After that we went to
see an investigator. She opened the door and she looked so stinking happy. It
just made my heart so happy. Monday night she wanted to show us her art work
and oh my goodness. She is INCREDIBLE. Seriously, she paints with acrylics and
it is beautiful! I think it made her feel really good that we just sat and
oogled over her work.
Tuesday we had a lesson with our 12-year old investigator. We were able to
teach her the Word of Wisdom. She had already learned about it the week before
in Young Women's so she was happy to commit to living it which was awesome. At
the end of the lesson her mum came in and told us that she and her step dad
don't think that she is ready to get baptized anytime soon because she has not
learned very much yet and they asked us to not bring up baptism anymore. So
basically that stinks. We are still going to teach her, we just can't talk
about baptism until she brings it up.
Wednesday we had exchanges and I was working with Sister F in our
area. We had an awesome day! The morning and early afternoon we were able to do
service for a less-active sister in our ward. Her yard is out of control so we
were pulling weeds. We got one flower bed completely cleared. Let me tell you
though, I was trying so hard not to FREAK OUT because there were so many bugs
and spiders! Yuck. There is still a lot of work to be done for her so 8
missionaries are going to her house tomorrow to finish. I love doing service!
After we left her home, we went to teach a family that Sister S and I met
tracting. It is a mum and dad, their 17 year old daughter and their 7 month old
son. They are Presbyterian and had a lot of interesting questions. The lesson
went pretty well but they are not very open to finding out the truth. But,
we'll see them again this week so hopefully it goes well! The weirdest thing
though, we were just sitting there teaching when the baby just literally
starts screaming super loud. The mom picked him up from the
floor and said, "that means he needs to go toilet." They put their
seven month old baby on the toilet! He is potty trained!!! So weird!! Haha I
was about to crack up laughing. After that we had dinner with a family in our
ward. They are so awesome. They are the ones that own the gym. They have a two
week old baby and she is so adorable! Makes me hate the whole missionaries
can't hold babies rule. Then we were able to go teach the Egyptian family. The
lesson went well and we were able to teach half of the Restoration, more than
we have ever been able to teach before!
Thursday we had our Thanksgiving lunch with the sisters in our
flat! It was a lot of fun! Turkey was too expensive so we had bacon instead.
Then we had mashed potatoes and gravy, cooked carrots, rolls, and pie! It
actually tasted really good! I love Thanksgiving and I'm glad that we were able
to celebrate it here in Australia! Thursday we were able to teach another
investigator again. She kind of was trying to drop us and saying that she
didn't have a lot of time but we were able to sit down and read 2 Nephi 31 with
her. She committed to read and pray about the Book of Mormon and we are going
back this week.
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| Our Australian Thanksgiving |
For half of Saturday we were at the chapel helping with a stake
service project. The stake collected tons of food and clothing to send to a
stake in the Philippines. We were super busy sorting clothes, packing it into
boxes and loading them onto a truck. They had over 40 BIG boxes of stuff to
send. It was so awesome to see. I love doing service. It makes me realize how
blessed I am. And it was also a lot of fun! The huge white shirt that Brother F
sent you a picture of? That is one of the shirts that was in a bag of stuff
someone donated. It was a 6X! I didn't even know that they made clothes that
big! Sister S and I both fit in it with room to spare! Hahaha I don't think
anyone in the Philippines is even close to that size. Maybe a family can share
it? Haha
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| A 6X shirt is pretty BIG! |
During the service project an investigator called us to see if we
could meet with her that afternoon because her schedule had freed up. She
helped us with the service project and then we had a lesson with her after. We
asked her when she would want to get baptized if the marriage thing was not an
issue and she said, "Tomorrow." It was music to my ears. As we
talked, she decided that it was about time to plan a wedding so that she can
get baptized. So now we are not only missionaries but wedding planners also. We
are planning the wedding for January 13th, her birthday! (Crazy that we share a
birthday!)
Yesterday church was absolutely wonderful! We had several
less-active members come which was huge! We also had 4 investigators there! Our
friend that had the brain tumor and her mom came, as well as our artist investigator
and a South African woman who we have been teaching over the past 3 months.
Unfortunately our Egyptian family didn't come. I think they don't feel
comfortable coming because of the language barrier. At their church everyone speaks
Arabic. So we will work on that.
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| At the Investigator Fireside |
Last night I opened the first envelope for my Countdown tree. Oh
my goodness, instant tears. When I saw the note written by Julie on the
ornament, my heart was so beyond full that I couldn't help but cry. Thank you
thank you thank you for sending that! This is the best Christmas present that I
could ever ask for. I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful family!
Phillip- sounds like you are loving the ocean and your area! Keep
working hard! Love you! Have fun at Disneyland.... oh wait. Haha no worries,
we'll go in 2015! :)
Love y'all HEAPS!
Sister Baker xxx
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