Week 16 - The PUGHUAHUA

Hello! How is everyone doing this week? Things up here in lovely Richland are going great. The work here is BOMB. Which is so fitting because the high school mascot here is the Richland Bomber. ha. ha. ha. :D

Sister Hansen and I had a great week searching for incredible people to share the Gospel with and WE FOUND SOME! Wow. 

Each day this week we were able to find someone new to teach because we were bold and able to talk with everyone we met! What a blessing it was to see the light of Christ in each person we were able to talk to. 

We had a really neat experience with a new family we are teaching this week! We were walking home and we talked to this guy sitting in front of his house. As we talked, we found out that he was not interested in learning more but he knew that his Uncle's family had been meeting with missionaries for a while. When we came back to follow up with that family we were warmly greeted and invited in. It turns out they had been meeting with missionaries for a very long time, read the Book of Mormon, attend church, and already know that this is Christs complete gospel!!!!! It was such a miracle! We are so excited to get to know their family and continuing to teach them. 

ALSO...

We were on our way to try by a potential investigator on Wednesday night and we saw a lady on her porch watching her little girl run around outside. We stopped and said hello and the little girl ran up to us and hugged on to our legs and wouldn't let us go. AH It was the sweetest thing! definitely a tender mercy. The mom thought it was so funny and we ended up having a discussion with her about the Book of Mormon. You could see the light in her eyes as we explained what it was about and how it would bless her family. She got very excited and invited us to come back but before we left she showed us her little rat dog thing. I guess its called a pughuahua which is a pug chihuahua mix. on top of that it was the runt of the litter so it is extra tiny and weird looking. The little daughter named it little rat and after I stopped dying of laughter I took a picture.

This morning I was able to study patience which is the ability to do God's will and accept this timing. Calmly and hopefully. I don't know why I never really realized that before...could've saved me a LOT of trouble haha but hey. That's life. Anyway as I was studying in Mosiah 24 I realized something amazing. If we rely on the Lord in all things he will visit us in our afflictions and if we are patient with them he will make our burdens light and bless us for our faith and hope. We will then be delivered form bondage, whatever that may be. WOW. 

I know that through the grace and mercy of our Savior Jesus Christ we can be healed and rescued. Sharing this with others has changed everything and is teaching me more and more about the attributes of our Savior. Especially patience.

I love you all dearly and hope you have the best week!

Love, 

Sister Madeline Whetten

Pictures:

THE PUGHUAHUA

Me and the wonderful Sister Hansen locked outside of the apartment :)