Hey there family,
Well this week was a good one. We are still teaching Awilda and her family. Tonight we are teaching them the law of Chastity it will be interesting with the family the way it is, but for every lesson we can see them changing into better and better people.
The really awesome thing that happened was yesterday. The bishop's wife brought a girl about my age to church with her. She looked a little familiar and a little like a RM. I just assumed that it was a family friend. It was when Sis. Fitzgerald introduced her as a new investigator you could have knocked me over with a feather. She had learned about the church when she was at a boarding school in Virginia from a professor who is a member. They looked up the ward on the church website and she got in touch with the Fitzgerald's. There is a good testimonial to keep the ward web site up to date. The really awesome thing is she is from Newport. Her parents live by the Dover building. She has been so well prepared it is unbelievable. I can't wait to teach her the restored gospel! The Lord does work in unbelievable ways. We had to cross the continent to meet when we use to live 10 minutes from each other.
I did get the box of garments thank you. I almost put my thumb through some bottoms the other day, so now I don't have to worry about wearing them inside out for a day:).
I love you all,
Sister Foy
Monday, January 26, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
Letter from 1.12.09
Hey there-
This week has been great. We have had weather that has made the roads completely ice over, don't worry we were safe inside when it got really bad. The hill that we live on had a little pile up on Tuesday night that made things very interesting. Let's just say we were watching the drama until 11:45pm....
Sundays are just another day of the week, just with more meetings. The white hand book says that it is the best time to go tracting and to find families home. I think that it lies...this past Sunday (yesturday) we got snowed out, so no church for us. It kinda stunk because Awilda and her family was so excited to got to church. But there is always next week.
We are teaching Awilda and her whole family. they are all trying to be baptized on the same day feb. 28th. We pushed it back so that they could come to Church and be really committed. They are loving the Gospel and what it brings to their family. they all have the bom in Spanish and in English so that they can understand it better and learn English better. They are so awesome. There are some trails we can see ahead, but they have the faith to make it through.
Love you all and hope that you are safe and healthy,
Sister Foy
This week has been great. We have had weather that has made the roads completely ice over, don't worry we were safe inside when it got really bad. The hill that we live on had a little pile up on Tuesday night that made things very interesting. Let's just say we were watching the drama until 11:45pm....
Sundays are just another day of the week, just with more meetings. The white hand book says that it is the best time to go tracting and to find families home. I think that it lies...this past Sunday (yesturday) we got snowed out, so no church for us. It kinda stunk because Awilda and her family was so excited to got to church. But there is always next week.
We are teaching Awilda and her whole family. they are all trying to be baptized on the same day feb. 28th. We pushed it back so that they could come to Church and be really committed. They are loving the Gospel and what it brings to their family. they all have the bom in Spanish and in English so that they can understand it better and learn English better. They are so awesome. There are some trails we can see ahead, but they have the faith to make it through.
Love you all and hope that you are safe and healthy,
Sister Foy
Monday, January 5, 2009
Letter from 1.5.09
Hello family,
We have seen the hand of the Lord in the work here in the land Gloucester. So we got our three baptismal commitments this past week and man did we work hard. President was proud of our work and told us to keep up the good work.
The only sour note for this past week is that Bill and the kids "are going to find a church more local." We don't know what happened. We showed up to our appointment and found a note and a bag of all the books that were given to them. Maybe a combination of a lot of small things, but it is now the ward to keep them active. I am not saying that the missionaries don't have any responsibility, but they are the ones that will be here, we leave.
We taught Awilda and her family last night and it was great. The whole family was in on the discussion. We didn't really teach a lesson per-say, but we answered questions that the kids had and i think gained their trust. I can really see why our Heavenly Father councils us to get and education that is not just spiritual. If they would attend school like they would they would not have so much superstition questions, but hey, that's the culture. We also found out that they all don't have the last name. What are we supposed to call them... So we call them the Patriot's or the Patriot family, because that is what street they live on. Very creative I know:). They will take some work to help all to come unto Christ, but it will happen. The oldest daughter has a 4 month old baby and we showed them how the world blocks out the light that we came from the longer that we live with out it. We put a picture of Christ in front of the baby and her eyes got wide and her face lite up. That baby out of that whole family knows what light is, because she is the last one to come from the light of our Heavenly Father. Cool huh!
Oh so I don't think that I told you this last week, but I am severing in an area with a church history spot. Topsfield is the town that Joseph Sr. and his father were born. Sister Richins and I were tracting in a neighborhood and found a little monument in front of this home. It was cool. Well I think that that is it for this week.
Love you,
Sister Foy
We have seen the hand of the Lord in the work here in the land Gloucester. So we got our three baptismal commitments this past week and man did we work hard. President was proud of our work and told us to keep up the good work.
The only sour note for this past week is that Bill and the kids "are going to find a church more local." We don't know what happened. We showed up to our appointment and found a note and a bag of all the books that were given to them. Maybe a combination of a lot of small things, but it is now the ward to keep them active. I am not saying that the missionaries don't have any responsibility, but they are the ones that will be here, we leave.
We taught Awilda and her family last night and it was great. The whole family was in on the discussion. We didn't really teach a lesson per-say, but we answered questions that the kids had and i think gained their trust. I can really see why our Heavenly Father councils us to get and education that is not just spiritual. If they would attend school like they would they would not have so much superstition questions, but hey, that's the culture. We also found out that they all don't have the last name. What are we supposed to call them... So we call them the Patriot's or the Patriot family, because that is what street they live on. Very creative I know:). They will take some work to help all to come unto Christ, but it will happen. The oldest daughter has a 4 month old baby and we showed them how the world blocks out the light that we came from the longer that we live with out it. We put a picture of Christ in front of the baby and her eyes got wide and her face lite up. That baby out of that whole family knows what light is, because she is the last one to come from the light of our Heavenly Father. Cool huh!
Oh so I don't think that I told you this last week, but I am severing in an area with a church history spot. Topsfield is the town that Joseph Sr. and his father were born. Sister Richins and I were tracting in a neighborhood and found a little monument in front of this home. It was cool. Well I think that that is it for this week.
Love you,
Sister Foy
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