We almost went 6 weeks in a row with standards of excellence haha. we were 1 new investigator short. But its all good. we had an awesome week, and then we hit a little rough spot on Sunday, but it will be ok.
The big focus this week was Stephanie. She her baptismal date was for next Saturday. we were at her house a bunch , and she seemed pretty excited to get baptized. Then jump to Sunday she had her baptismal interview. The missions first counselor was up here and he did the interview. President juchua said she passed all the question parts, but he said he didn't quite feel the spirit the same way he does with others. He said part of it was that he found out that she has a boyfriend. We knew this but we had thought that when she said he is in California, we thought she meant he left her, but i guess she is expecting him to come back at some point. So now she needs to talk to him and decide that if he really does come back that they are going to get married or not, and if not then she has to leave him behind. President juchau said he didn't feel like she had quite a strong enough testimony to firmly say she wouldn't get back with him if he didn't want to get married, and he said she said she understood, and that she needed to make this decision, and strengthen her testimony in the church first. Form what he said, she seemed to understand and was okay . but then in the few minutes we talked to president juchau, she left and we didnt get to talk to her, and she hasn't answered us. i really hope we don't lose her. President juchau said normally she would have been ok to get baptized, no one has to have a perfect testimony to be baptized, but she has a hard thing ahead of her, and he feels like she needs to be a little stronger to be able to say that if they don't get married , then she will not move back with him.
So that was kinda rough, but I think that it will work out. We just need to talk to her and see how she really feels, and then go from there.
But back to the good stuff. On Thursday i got to go to the temple!! Its been a while since ive been able to go. Its always so cool. Our zone had a baptism per companionship, and the reward is a temple trip and breakfast with president. it was fun. After we had zone conference with him, in the mission home. It was weird being there because minus 1 other quick stop in a while back, i haven't been there since my first day in the mission. haha so that was cool.
So Saturday a lesson canceled on us around three, and so we were trying to figure out what to do. We needed to print some stuff, and we were close to the church. so we went over there for a second. The next thing we know someone is knocking on the door. We open it, and it is the Meza family from my last ward! They were a family I helped reactivate. They said they wanted to come see me so they just jumped in the car and came up here. haha. They didn't have a address or our phone number, so i have no idea how they expected to find me. We are never at the church at 3. normally we would have been in Sedona at least a half hour away from here, and we would have never known they came up here. haha. It was pretty cool how it all worked. We went and ate and talked for a little. They are a crazy family haha but i love them. It was really cool to see them again.
Last Sunday at stake conference, a member from our English ward came up and introduced us to a girl named Denise. They said she was a family friend that has been coming to mutual for a while, and wants to talk to the missionaries! So on Tuesday, we drove down to the area, called Spring Valley, and got to teach Denise. She is an awesome girl. she is 13 but is very smart, and had to grow up very fast. It sounds like shes had a pretty hard life. Her dad left when she was little, and then her mom has had kids with a lot of other men. She is now living with her grandma, who lives up here. We had a really good lesson, and talked a lot about Christ and the atonement. She doesn't really know anything other than she believes in god, and prays to him a lot. she says hes the only reason why she is still here, after all the hard stuff shes gone through. So we are super excited to keep teaching her. The gospel is going to help her so much. i love this gospel.
Well that's it from Cottonwood!
Have a good one!
Elder Miller
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