August 28, 2006

Ok, so this week.... lots of interesting things.

First off, Mia- she's been going through a really hard time. 
Everything has become really hectic.  Her in-laws and everyone has gone against
her and making things really hard for her.  Her husband, as a result of
everything ended up in the hospital one night.  But we were there with
her when everything was confusing and read the Book of Mormon with her. 
She knows that her prayers were answered and there were angels there
that night with her and her husband.  Her testimony has grown but her
husband's....  He thinks he did it.  That it was just coincidence.... 
It's really hard on her.  He doesn't want to have anything to do with the
church anymore really.  But she came to church with Lexi- Lexi LOVES
primary!  She's also giving us a ride to our interviews this week in
Slidell.  She's been reading her Book of Mormon.  She was in New Orleans
with Quinn one day and was upset cause she had left her BoM at home.  And
she also wanted a blessing.  We told her if she saw any missionaries
they could give her one.  She was like, "oh if I see one I'm flagging
them down and saying, "I just got baptized.  I need a blessing and I
REALLY need a BoM""  She's really cool!  She came to church and heard just
what she needed to.  She's doing ok.  We plan on going over and seeing
her.  Quinn will let us come by cause he looks at us as if we're her
friends.  Cause we've helped her with so many things, and we are in a
sense friends....  We helped her make concrete the other day- that was
interesting.  We were making a sidewalk to her front door. 

Let's see.... they want to move away from where they're at- it's not a
good situation.  But they don't have any legal rights over their son-
Quinn's grandma holds the rights to him....  She adopted him close to
when he was born and it sounds like it wasn't done right, but I'm not
allowed to get involved.... but it's a really messed up situation.  But
she's pulling through.  She has faith that everything will work out in
the end.

Let's see....  I'm trying to think.....  what else....  oh we met with
the Bishop this week.  He said he thinks he's blessed with the best
missionaries in LA.  That's pretty cool.  There was a lot of confusion
getting Mia baptized and we weren't sure if there was contention there-
but he just doesn't like our Zone Leader- their personalities clash. 
Good times.

Oh funny things....  so we have to be prepared to evacuate....  So we
have to have water in our trunk.  Well there was an unopened bottle that
one day looked really empty.  I was like, "It's dehydrated?!"  I failed
to ask if it had evaporated or had spilt, dehydrated was what came to
mind.....  anyways.

Then we were out contacting in a ghetto last night.... We rolled down
the window and handed a guy on a bike a pass along card.  These guys
came running up yelling what sounded like, "We?"  I was like What?  And
the guy on the bike was like, no they're out talking about Jesus Christ
and one of his friends was like "yeah, they're Mormon"....  then he was
like oh and turned back.... yeah, we figured it out... he wanted
weed....  yeah, no we don't sell that.  We started laughing.

Then we were out teaching on Saturday and we ran into this family and
this one lady was like, Jesus baptized John- I was like, really?  Her
own mom disagreed with her.

And then we taught a ghetto lesson (something with 2 or more principles
a commitment and a prayer) at the door to a preacher- that was my door. 
We got a call back- that was interesting.  Well, I think that's about
it.  Crazy stuff.  Good times.

The most memorable was probably with Mia when everything went crazy. 
She had called us cause she knew we'd be able to help.  I said a prayer
with Lexi and the spirit was there SO STRONG!  It was AWESOME!  So I
think that was my week!

Love yall!!!!

SIster Jamie Lang