Hello and happy Christmas in July! This week has been pretty good. Sorry there haven't been any photos the last few weeks, all of the warnets we've gone to can't do usb and we struggle. So this week was PLD again. It's a zone meeting with the mission president. I got to meet President Rowley for the first time! He's really cool and so is his wife. We talked a lot about having enough faith to find people. We need to believe in ourselves and also believe that there's someone out there that wants to hear our message. It was good.
We also have been blessed with a bunch of amazing investigators. Go figure with finding ya? They're all families, like a couple and a mom and son, and a family family. They all want to hear the gospel, and are all progressing really well. I'm so thankful for the opportunity to share my testimony with these people, I've seen how it strengthens their family and brings light in their lives. It's the coolest thing ever. Okay, my time's up! Happy Pioneer Day! Sister Stringham
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Hello everyone! This week has been pretty good. We went on splits with members for the first time in my mission! We went contacting but we couldn't find anyone to teach, but that's all right, they were still happy to help out. We're really trying to work with the members. We know if we work with the members they will gain our trust, be excited to do missionary work, and work ourselves will increase so much. We're really excited to work with the members. It's just... we don't have any investigators teach that they could fellowship. So that's our focus this week, finding people that want to hear our message! We have PLD this week so it'll be a little hard to find lots of time, but it'll be awesome! We're so excited for this week!
Something touched my heart yesterday at church. So the past little while I've been a little down because none of our investigators or less active members have been coming to church. But yesterday a less-active couple came in during the middle of sacrament and snuck onto one of the benches. We were super excited. And one sacrament meeting was over, we learned that the whole ward was too! Many of the members came up to them and shook their hands and hugged them and visited with them. It was the coolest thing ever. I could see the love the ward had for these two struggling members. I'm so glad people cared enough to talk to them and welcome them back to church. It made my day :) I've also been hearing many of the terrible things happening in the world lately. The world right now is pretty messed up and there's so much darkness and suffering. I've been thinking a lot about this lately, and I've decided that even though there is a lot of contention and hurt and suffering in the world right now, we can still make a difference. We can still be a light in the darkness. We can still make a difference, even when what lays ahead of us is so big. I know when each of us do the little things, we can brighten up the world, little by little. A smile, a compliment, a genuine act of kindness, can bring even the darkest days into the sunlight. Go out and make a difference! Sister Stringham This week has definitely been an interesting one. We started this week out by being on lockdown on Tuesday. There was a man who had the intent to blow up a police station at a stadium near our house. The police made it so he couldn't get into the police station but the guy himself blew up. Nobody else was killed. But, we have to be very careful when something like that happens. There are a lot of fanatics in Solo and can overreact sometimes. So to play it safe President Rowley made all of the missionaries in Solo stay inside for the day. So, we sat, and slept, and ate, and did nothing for a whole day. It was a long day, but we are all ok. No need to worry :)
On Wednesday and Thrusday, there was a holiday named Lebaran. It's kind of like Thanksgiving but for Muslims. Most other Indonesians have adopted the holiday too. So everyone goes back to their hometown and celebrates time with their family. It's right after Ramadan, the fasting month. It was weird, nobody was outside! Solo was almost like a ghost town. That also meant none of the people we wanted to visit were home either. But that's ok. One of the people we tried invited us in to see how Lebaran is in Indonesia. We got free food two days in a row! We also went to Mageleng for a zone meeting. We left at 6 AM and didn't get home until 1 AM because the traffic was so heavy because of Lebaran. It was really fun because we went through Jogja to get home. That made me happy :) Anyways, this week has been really good. We've been working so hard this week, it's crazy. Next week I get to meet my new mission president at PLD. It'll be great! l know Heavenly Father lives and is always there for us. He loves us and know each of us personally, I know He is always willing to care for us and bless us. No matter what happens He will give us strength and peace of mind. This I know. We can come closer to Him by doing the basics: keeping His commandments, reading the scriptures, praying everyday, loving and serving others, and staying positive. As we reach out to Him, He will reach out to us. Sampai minggu depan! Sister Stringham Just to let you know in the warnet (internet cafe) I'm in, there is a goat just chillin' around somewhere, but I can't see it so I'm kind of freaking out, but no biggie, hehe.
This week has been pretty ordinary. We worked hard to find new people to teach but still haven't been able to find anyone very solid. Our most potential investigator cancelled on us but never told us about it so we rode our bikes so far all the way to her house only to find out she wasn't in town. But that's o.k! Because we still love her and will come to her as long as she wants to meet. That's an ordinary thing that happens here so I'm used to it. I know that even though we don't get a lot of baptisms or investigators, the Lord is still blessing us and loves us even if we don't haveas much success as other missions. What's important is that I keep moving forward and work hard. That's all that is required. For P Day today America Edition we got a massage in the mall. It was pretty good. We also bought batik fabric for a meeting that will be at the end of July. Yay! One more dress! Nothing much else happened this week. I hope you all have a wonderful 4th of July! Sister Stringham |
AuthorHOLLEY STRINGHAM: Salt Lake City, born and raised; returned missionary from the Indonesia Jakarta Mission.; a simple folk aimed on changing the world Archives
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