October 28, 2013
Alrighty Family!
Are you ready for another update from good old Cudahy?? Either way,
here it comes.... First lets just take a minute and realize that Sister Pillar
will hit her six-month mark in two weeks. That's crazy. I'm not sure where the
time has gone. But there it is. Crazy, huh?
Okay so lets rewind back to two weeks ago. I forgot something
important! So about two weeks ago, Sister Walker and I tried our new finding
strategy. We have a few high schools in our area, so we are trying to use this
to our advantage. We decided to do something fun and creative and something
I've wanted to do for months. I told my idea to Sister Walker who conveniently
had the materials and we went to work. We took her box of sidewalk chalk and
drew the Plan of Salvation on the sidewalk about a block down the street. As
kids were walking home from class, I shouted at them my very sly and very
cunning technique, "DO YOU HAVE INTERNET?" (Okay probably not the
most cunning technique, but it made the people stop) and then I gave them a mormon.org card. For anyone who has not been on the
website, check it out! It’s amazing. My personal favorite is Lindsey, but all
of them are super good. Well anyways it was super fun and we talked to a ton of
people. So it was definitely worth it. I took pictures and those will be coming
to you shortly!
Now this week... we have been working a lot with the less active.
Love them! And guess what... R. came to church again!!! Happiest moment ever.
She's a sweet heart. And you can tell just loves her kids. We also went and met
with the C. family. Hermano C. comes to church every Sunday, but his wife
hasn't been in years. So we stopped by and discovered that Hermana C. is an
extremely talented seamstress. So is her daughter. We had a really powerful
lesson about the Restoration and invited them to read the Book of Mormon every
day and come to church. Hna C. didn't come to church, but the perfect thing is
we have it again next week so we'll just invite her again :) Hna C.s daughter,
who is also less active, is going to teach us how to knit when we go over for
dinner on Friday. I'm excited, but not quite sure how this will go over.
Knitting has never been a forte of mine, but maybe with the blessings of being
a missionary, I'll be able to master it this time.
We had Mormon Helping Hands on Saturday and spent a good portion of
the day deep cleaning the chapel. It was tons of fun. Afterwards, the
missionaries planned a ward FHE that we are in charge of. It’s going to be
epic!!!! We are doing a real-life iron rod scenario. I'll definitely take
pictures.
Other than that, life is going great. You asked me a question about being in after dark. Unfortunately its
not a rule that we have to been in by dark. I hate it. I absolutely hate the
dark and it gets so dark here so fast. After date light savings its going to be
dark at like 5:30/6pm. I've made a big effort to always make sure we have set
appointments we have to go too after dark, but that's not always possible. So
keep praying for me and my safety. We are protected but extra prayers never
hurt. And I'm a bit nervous that they'll take away our car next transfer.
There's a rumor that President wants the whole mission to be a "no car"
mission, so only bikes and public transportation. I'm working on humbling
myself and thinking this is a good idea.
Here's a quote from C.S. Lewis (who paraphrased a metaphor by
George McDonald) that I've really taken to heart lately, "Imagine yourself
as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you
can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping
the leaks in the roof and so on: you knew that those jobs needed doing and so
you are not surprised. But presently he starts knocking the house about in a
way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make sense. What on earth is He
up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the
one you thought of-- throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor
there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were going to be
made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace."
I hope that impacts you like it did me. Sometimes life hurts, but
its makes us into that celestial being we are destined to be. The Church is
true. Christ lives and loves each and every one of us.
Love you all!! Keep the faith!!!
Hermana Mik Pillar
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