November 24, 2014

Dear Family, 

Make sure you tell the missionaries that they better take really
good care of my dog mom and dad. The place I live is somewhat in the
country and it has lots of trees. I haven't seen any farms yet. The
best description for it is a cottage. We do have a car and we use it
everyday. Usually the person that drives is the senior companion. So I
am just going along for the ride. Depending on what we are doing we
will walk.

I got to the mission office like once a week for district meetings
(which are a lot of fun). Sometimes we go to the building that is in
my area. On thanksgiving we have a brunch appointment, lunch
appointment, and two dinner appointments. I feel like I am going to
gain weight this thanksgiving. I don't know what we are doing other
than eating. 

Well the day we were suppose to start the start the stop smoking
program with Sister Dobbs she cancelled on us. Then we went to her
house on Friday and started it with her and her husband. It is obvious
that she is not committed to stopping but she knows that she needs to
stop. All we can do is keep encouraging her and praying for her. Her
husband is getting baptized on Dec. 14th. He had a stroke a while ago
and can't use the right side of his body. We have been praying and
fasting that when he gets baptized there will be a miracle and he will
be able to walk,etc. 

We got a new investigator this week. Her name is Brenda and when we
were teaching her the first lesson you could tell that she was really
interested in what she was hearing. You could also feel the spirit
there to. She has two kinds and we were telling her about the church's
youth program and she really liked the sounds of it. She told us that
she wanted us to come back and teach her more. She also said that she
was going to tell her kids and her husband about the church and that
she was going to get her family to join us on the lesson. Speaking of
lessons... We didn't even have to ask about the next appointment she
set it up herself. 

Today we went to mormon hallow (that's why I took a while to write
you guys). It was pretty interesting. It involved the 3rd presiding
bishop that the church had. I don't remember his full name but I think
it had hunter somewhere in it. I think he helped Joseph Smith out with
some stuff. There was a building that Mormons and Presbyterians used
and Joseph Smith went there to do meeting and stuff. I will have to
send you a picture of it. 

Yesterday the bishopric asked me to share my testimony. So I shared
my testimony and it sounded like a testimony of a champion. One of my
companions gave a talk since she is leaving for home soon and she has
been serving in Valley Forge for like six months. It was a pretty good
talk and I shared my testimony right after her. After church we had a
lesson with another new investigator and we feel like we need to
extend the commitment to be baptized to her. I will be the one who
will be asking her to be baptized. 

We started to teach a less active member. He hasn't been to church
for like 35 years. My companions went and racked up his leaves. They
got him to open up to them and told him that they were getting a
golden (my mission doesn't like using the word greedy so they use
golden) and needed someone to practice on. He even came to sacrament
and listened to my companion speak. Which is really good. 

 Love,
Sister Paige Bluemel