We have been crazy people this last week inviting to the Musical Fireside.
Not too crazy, we are missionaries after all, but we have tried our very best to invite... anyone and everyone.
We had 15 member lessons this week (which doesn't sound like a ton, but in a Branch where we can count on one hand how many active member families there are, that is impressive) and with each of them we challenged/invited them to bring people to the fireside. We had flyers printed out at Staples and have been handing them to our Branch members with enthusiasm. It's wonderful when we talk to a family about inviting and each kid thinks of how many people they want to invite, "5!" "I want to invite my entire class, so 25!" "I want 10 flyers!" They are so cute and they love the gospel. The families out here are amazing, and we sit (and giggle) through quite a few prayers that include, "please bless that Ava won't open her eyes during the prayer." Kids are so cute, and they love the missionaries.
We are treating this challenge from President Hutchins of getting 75 LA's and non-members there as if it's entirely up to our Branch. I'm sure that our Branch has at least invited 75 people to the Concert, so the rest is up to the Lord!
My regret in all of this is that I didn't invited the Staples worker who printed out all our flyers. See? I am a crazy person.
The Lord has helped us so much since we ran out of money providing/making Mother's Day presents for the Relief Society! 1st the Elders felt like they needed to ask us if we needed some food, and gave us a giant box of stuff at District Meeting, 2nd the members have been having us take home left overs and feeding us lunch (weird!), 3rd the member that took us to temple bought us lunch and dinner. Miracles I tell you. We are still on the, we're-really-poor diet, but we are so happy that we have been eating really well!
We have quite a few potential investigators that we are so excited about! We feel like we are setting up this area for a ton of work in the future, it's just really hard to get the ball rolling! We hope that the area really picks up after the fireside.
Memorial Day was amazing because we went to the temple. It takes us 2 hours to drive there, and 2 hours to drive home. We went with a member which was a huge blessing because we didn't have to use our miles, and we had such a great day. I love the temple and it's always a place to feel peace and the love of Heavenly Father. I can't wait to go more often when I am home from my mission. The Boston temple is such a beautiful place. A member told us about how when she was married, her whole family couldn't be there, but that she had them all attend their temple at the same time she was getting married. I thought that was a beautiful way to unite a family on such a special day. :)
I love you all!
Sister Hannah Rose Preszler
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