Hi everyone!
All of the libraries were closed yesterday so we couldn't write! But here I am today at the library!
I have some very exciting news for y'all: First of all, we have two progressing investigators. They are great! Second, one has a baptismal date! Her name is Marcella and she's SOLID. Cool story about this one:
So the Los Gatos elders have been so good about giving us referrals. They're honestly our favorites. So they referred us to this girl named Marcella and they were really excited about her. So we went over, planning on teaching the first lesson (The Restoration). During the opening prayer, however, I just had the strongest prompting that we needed to teach Plan of Salvation instead. I looked at Sister Ferrin after the prayer and I half-whispered, "We are going to teach Plan of Salvation, okay?" She looked at me funny and then I just went for it. It ended up being a really good lesson and the spirit was so strong! The member that was with us was really good, but his dad was even better. He invited her to be baptized and she said yes! We asked her if she thought all of this was true and she said yes without a doubt. Last night we taught her the restoration and she said that she would pray about the 28th of September for her baptism. We're so excited for her! The Lord truly is hastening His work!
So that's the exciting story of the week. In other news, we made an amazing cultural breakthrough! We were contacting in a park one day and we felt prompted to go talk to this Indian lady who was just walking around. We went up and talked to her and gave her a Book of Mormon in Hindi! She looked genuinely grateful when we told her she could keep it and she thanked us as she walked away. Man, I just love all the diversity here.
This week, we had dinner with the Chinese elders and half of their branch. It was a really cool experience to meet all of the faithful Chinese saints and to see the love they had for the gospel. Although it was sad that we got their hopes up. When they saw us there, they all asked if we were the new Chinese-speaking sisters in the branch. We loved spending time with them, although the food was a bit interesting. It was a pot-luck, so we didn't feel like we had to try everything, luckily. But we decided we should at least try one new thing, so we dished up some curry-ish stuff called fish balls. It was honestly the first time I actually gagged on my mission. But the company was so good, that we didn't mind all that much.
We've been doing splits this week with members of our Relief Society and it's been a really good experience! Even though most of the time, the less-actives we visit don't answer their doors, we still get to know members of the ward better. It's been a great week!!
Last funny story: so the other night, we had a couple of hours of free time, so we decided to get caught up on our street contacting. We went to downtown Campbell and decided we would talk to everyone. We had gotten only about 15 contacts when we ran into this woman named Carolyn. We gave her a card and she seemed interested, but we should've kept walking when she told us to hold on for a second while she bummed a cigarette. After she took care of that, she sat us down at this bench and started telling us this plan she had to start a music camp for "the babies". She wanted a religious atmosphere and she wanted our help. We patiently listened, while she blew smoke in our faces and called us babies. She asked for suggestions of what to call her camp and we threw out a few. When we would say something she liked, she would respond with, "Ooh that's good, baby, write that down!" Haha! She was talking to us for 45 minutes. We literally had to go home after talking with her because it was late and we were scared we would run into her again.
Gotta love good times on the mission. I'm loving it and there will be pictures on the way soon!
I love all of you, and I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!
Love you,
Sister Julie Catherine Harris
p.s. read Mormon 9!
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