Happy
Transfer Week P-Day!
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This
was Saturday night at our T-Text party! Our district and then the Southington
Elders too. Back Row is: Elder Boone, Seaich, Martinez, Elder Pulsipher Front Row: Elder Fowler, Hermosilla, Paulson
and Butters. If you look at Elder Butters face you can see that he is a little
sad that he got transferred :(
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Mom,
I don't tell a lot of these stories because of carpal tunnel. Typing is DEATH!!!
haha-and it sounds like Elder Pulsipher has got me covered on that, so it's all
good :)
While
we have been focusing on helping those not of our faith to join it, Elder
Pulsipher and I have also had the opportunity to work with some of the 7 and
8-year-olds in the ward to prepare them for baptism. Most recently, we helped
D to prepare for baptism. The week before, we saw M and S (they're cousins) get baptized, after lots of work on our part
and their parents' parts. They may not count as baptisms on paper, but they
count inside, you know what I mean? :)
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| Elder Boone, D and Elder Pulsipher |
Working
in Waterbury gives lots of experiences that... well, can only happen in
Waterbury! One of our investigators, "C", is a recovering heroin addict.
Watching him begin to develop a relationship with our Father in Heaven was
incredible! He was going to such great lengths to stay clean and get into a
rehab program and do everything he could do to break the addiction cycle. He
has moved to Bridgeport for his program, and we have sent his contact
information to the Bridgeport missionaries. Hopefully he gets everything done
that he needs to in order to get out of this hole!
Another
sidenote: my Trainer, Elder Kilgore, is now an AP! Shoutout to Daddy! haha
Last
night, Elder Pulsipher and I had an awesome lesson with the Schriver family. We
read 1 Nephi 8 with them and talked about what the symbolism of the dream might
be. Brother Schriver mentioned that he kind of feels like Lehi, calling to his
family to come and "partake of the fruit." (Needless to say, it got a
bit animated... :P) But after the dust had settled, we extended baptismal dates
for January 5, 2014 to Sister Schriver, D, and J. They agreed to pray
to know if it's what God wants them to do. The decision will be tough for them,
but I am confident that they will do what they need to do. The Spirit and the
love of Christ was so strong during the lesson, and I can't wait to hear what
their responses are :)
Have
a great week everybody! Love ya!
-Eldah
Boone
(A PIECE OF
ELDER PULSIPHER’S EMAIL HOME. I GET A
LOT MORE INFORMATION and pictures FROM HIM)
Hellooo
everyone! We survived transfer texts on Saturday, both Elder Boone and I will
be staying in Waterbury together for another 6 weeks. Elder Boone has been in
Waterbury for about 6 months now, so this may be his last transfer here. You
never know though! Our roommate Elder Martinez got transferred after only
being here for 6 weeks. There is a missionary who has only been out for 12
weeks coming to replace him, so now I finally won't be the newest missionary in
the district.
This week was the primary program for our ward, and it was definitely a good one. You can always count on those for some pretty good entertainment. Anyways, we were really excited for it because one of our investigators, "B", has a 5 year old son who has been coming to church with her for the past month. So he has been practicing with the primary each week and their whole family was super stoked for this primary program. We thought it was going to be a great experience for their family and help B continue to grow in desire to be baptized. We were wrong though, it ended up causing some big problems. During the program B had her iPad out and was recording her son singing and all that good stuff, but technically no one is allowed to film or take pictures inside the chapel. So a member of the bishopric went up and asked her to stop recording the program, and I guess she got super offended or something. We had no idea that it had happened, but she called us later Sunday evening and told us the whole story. Then she said that because of that incident she no longer wants to meet with us, no longer wants to be a part of our church and called off her baptism. She was supposed to be getting baptized in a few weeks. We were pretty shocked after that phone call. So this week the bishopric was going to try and do some damage control and see if they could repair the relationship with her and change her mind. Hopefully they can get things straightened out.
This week was the primary program for our ward, and it was definitely a good one. You can always count on those for some pretty good entertainment. Anyways, we were really excited for it because one of our investigators, "B", has a 5 year old son who has been coming to church with her for the past month. So he has been practicing with the primary each week and their whole family was super stoked for this primary program. We thought it was going to be a great experience for their family and help B continue to grow in desire to be baptized. We were wrong though, it ended up causing some big problems. During the program B had her iPad out and was recording her son singing and all that good stuff, but technically no one is allowed to film or take pictures inside the chapel. So a member of the bishopric went up and asked her to stop recording the program, and I guess she got super offended or something. We had no idea that it had happened, but she called us later Sunday evening and told us the whole story. Then she said that because of that incident she no longer wants to meet with us, no longer wants to be a part of our church and called off her baptism. She was supposed to be getting baptized in a few weeks. We were pretty shocked after that phone call. So this week the bishopric was going to try and do some damage control and see if they could repair the relationship with her and change her mind. Hopefully they can get things straightened out.
Elder Pulsipher
(Pictures thanks to Elder Pulsipher as well)
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