Where food poisoning is no biggie! 10/14/14

Hello!

This week has been good. It was different and there were some great things that happened. One thing that I realized is that success as a missionary comes in so many different ways. There are so many ways to fulfill our purpose and sometimes I get stuck in this rut of one way to do things. 

Each area and ward are different so it is is interesting to go to a new area and find what works and what doesn't. I think that is probably secretly my least favorite part about transfers, but at the same time I really love the success that comes from it. This week we had awesome experiences contacting people and finding referrals. The ysa in the ward went to Utah for conference and they had some non members that they took with them. They all had really good experiences. We are contacting them this week. I am just excited that the members here are excited about sharing the gospel.

We had a really good lesson with our investigator Koleta. Ok Sister Letoa had a really good lesson with her. I listened as they spoke Samoan, but it was really cool. I could tell that she was understanding what Sis. Letoa was saying and that she liked it. Right now she goes out of town on weekends, so coming to church is the challenge, but she has enjoyed the activities that she has come to. She takes the Book of Mormon to dialysis and reads it all the time, She is so solid.

There was a funeral this week, it was interesting to see how Samoans do funerals. There is a lot of culture and tradition in this ward. One challenge I have with being in this Samoan ward is that whenever we have an event, and there are alot of them, the missionaries are treated like royalty. We get to sit with the Bishop at the head table. We helped set up in between the service and the dinner after, otherwise the members won't let us serve and help, and we feel kind of useless. Such was the case at the funeral. 

The baptism was moved to this Saturday due to the funeral and everything going on in the ward. We are excited for Tianna, today in our lesson she was talking about what she read about the resurrection in Alma 40. She understood it very well, and as we were talking about the priesthood, she knew a lot already. It was awesome to see how she has grown.

I feel like now that we only cover one ward I am really getting to know and remember all of the people that I talk to. Last transfer I couldn't keep it all straight, which was hard for me. I usually remember names faces and stories pretty well. Its coming back this transfer! 

Well I think that is about it for this week.. Sorry its short. there's probably more, but we are out of time. 

Hope you all had a great Columbus day yesterday :D

I love you all!

Sister Kellee Gardner

Ps

Oh yeah, I got food poisoning this week, that was an adventure..haha  no bueno! In case you wanted to know. Im ok now though, no worries.