Hello family and friends! So transfers
were on Wednesday. Sister Nelson and I have set a goal to find more
females to teach. All of the people we are teaching right now are
boys. We have been praying to find a girl to teach who is ready to
accept the message of the Restoration. As we have been out actively
looking for girls to approach and talk to we realized... THERE ARE
NONE! There are only boys here! What the heck? (hence the reference
to boys in the subject line of the email) We can't seem to find any
girls anywhere. Sister Nelson and I were out knocking on doors on
Saturday and found an apartment building with only girls in it. We
were so HAPPY! haha! Nothing against boys....I love to teach them
too, but we really want to teach a girl too. We ended up finding one
new investigator in that building. We are going back to see her on
Tuesday.
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| All the Sister Missionaries in OOCM, Sister Record is in the front middle. |
Okay... my 4th of July...I kept
forgetting that it was the 4th of July to be honest. My first thought
all morning was "I can't believe today is transfers", not
"today is the 4th of July!" So we went to transfers, I got
to see all my friends. :) Every single sister in the mission was
there, which is a rare thing. I will be sending a picture of that. It
was a lot of fun. After transfers we went back to Norman and planned
for the day. We had a tough time figuring out what to do. We ended up
going out tracting. A mission goal was to find one new investigator
per companionship on the 4th. The Lord blessed us to find one new
person to teach (who is a boy. Go figure. haha!) After knocking on
doors for a while we went back to have dinner. We were still stuck on
what to do in the evening. Knocking on doors would not be very
effective. Our mission got permission from President Taylor to watch
fireworks if we had a recent convert, less active member or
investigator with us. Sister Nelson and I were able to watch the
fireworks with [Name withheld 1] (a guy we're teaching. He is the
best!), Bryce (a member) and [Name withheld 2], a recent convert. We went to Reeves Park to watch fireworks. It was a lot of fun. :)
It's funny you mentioned Kaelye in your
letter Dad. I have been meaning to tell you about her. She told me
yesterday in church that we are third cousins once removed. I think
it is really ironic that you were randomly talking to her uncle. I
will have to tell her about that when I see her tomorrow. She is
giving Sister Nelson and I haircuts. :) She is leaving for the Provo
MTC in August I believe. She is serving her mission in CA
somewhere.... San Fernando I think.
So many great things have happened this
week! I told you about [Name withheld 1]. He is incredible! He agreed
to prayerfully set his own baptismal date. He is doing great! I love
being in a student ward because I get to teach people who I consider
my friends about the Gospel. Not that I can't do that in a family
ward. I definitely felt friendship with people in my last area it is
just a good experience to teach people my own age.
Anyway, [Name withheld 1] is the
President of the Undergraduate Philosophy Club here at OU. Last
Tuesday he gave me, Sister Christensen, and Sister Nelson shirts from
the club. Then we were officially sworn into the club. It was a bunch
of fun!
Sunday was pretty eventful if I do say
so myself. Oh where to begin... We were in relief society doing a
little missionary moment before relief society. We challenged the
sisters to share the Gospel with a friends. We asked if anybody had
any missionary experiences last week. Nobody raised their hand. Then
two of the girls said they had just had one in the foyer. They told
us about how there was a guy sitting out in the foyer. They had come
in late and started to talk to him. He told them he was just coming
inside to get away from the heat. He has only been in Norman for a
week. As we heard about this guy who is sitting out in the foyer
Sister Nelson and I had a hard time finishing the missionary moment.
We were anxious to go out an talk to him. It made everybody laugh.
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| Sister Lorielle Record and Carl Bowcut |
We went out to talk to him. We learned
his name is [Name withheld 3] and learned that he is looking for a
job and a home. He told us he knew that God had led him here for a
reason. We offered him the Heavenly Gift. As we were praying with
him, I realized that I really can't judge this guy and his motives
just because he is homeless. I also realized that here is this guy
who is going through a rough time in his life and needs the message
of the Gospel. I also felt the spirit remind me that he is my
brother. After that we were able to talk to him a little bit more
about the Gospel and give him a copy of the Book of Mormon. He was
very gracious and kept telling us he would work for us or whoever he
needed to in order to get food and a place to live. I was reminded of
the story of the Prodigal son as we talked with [Name withheld 3].
Our ward mission leader walked out and started talking to him. He
offered to give him dinner and invited him to the Utah Valley
Children's Choir concert at the stake center. Our ward mission leader
offered him a ride and ended up giving him a couple of his shirts he
never wears. [Name withheld 3] ended up coming to the choir concert
and really enjoyed it and even got a little teary eyed. The ward
mission leader was able to set something up through the Bishop to get
[Name withheld 3] a motel room for the night. He told our ward
mission leader that he had started to read the Book of Mormon and as
soon as he was settled in a room for the night we was going to keep
reading it. :)
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| Jodi Wilson and Sister Record |
As Sister Nelson and I were waiting for
[Name withheld 3] and other members of the ward to get to the stake
center I ran into Carl Bowcut! He took a picture of us together and
emailed it to you dad. I figured I would see him there because I knew
he was involved with the choir. Well I was shocked when I saw Jodi
Wilson. I ran up to her and gave her a big hug...and I got a little
teary eyed. She had completely forgotten that I was in Oklahoma. Oh
it was so good to see Jodi! It made my day! I can't even tell you how
happy I was to see Jodi there! She took a picture of us with her
phone and posted it on Facebook. haha! Then I saw her daughter Riley
who was in the choir. That was a lot of fun. :D I got to talk to her
for a few minutes. I felt so much love from the two of them. It was
such a tender mercy from the Lord to run into Jodi and Riley.
Yesterday was a great day!
I love y'all! Thanks for all your
prayers! "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man
availeth much." James 5:16
Have a wonderful week!
Love, Sister Record
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