Sunday, July 16, 2017

     Another week has flown by. With our new president traveling all over the mission to meet & interview all 190 missionaries;  we have had several late night runs to the airport, like 12:30 am.
The poor mission president & his wife arrive so tired. They have been flying a different place each day for the entire week. This is a really big mission . Many of the areas in the north are too far away to drive .
    We had another meeting with the Bishop. He gave us a new list of less activies to go find. We spent most of the week knocking doors and having very different experiences. It's so much to write , I wish we could just tell you.. Someday. Well,  I'll tell you one. We arrived at one address we were given, it was probably a five million dollar home.  We walked down a long hill , through amazing rose gardens, fountains, and plants of every kind. The front door was open as some people were moving new furniture in. Stan walked in the door. He was ahead of me because with my cane I'm quite slow at walking. Through the front doors was a beautiful park full of lush green plants of every kind. The floor was white marble. It looked & felt like we were outside because the roof was made of glass. The sunshine poured in. We came face to face with a pretty woman about 60. She was kind as we introduced ourselves. Suddenly, a very elderly man came around the corner, walked up to our faces and said :"Get out "! The woman said :" Well, this is awkward ".  The man yelled again. I said "Have a great day". Stan said : "Shall we come back "? The elderly man yelled again and we left.
   We meet another woman who has been a member all of her life. When we invited her to come back to church, she said :" my family is very active , that is good enough ". She has'nt been to church for 35 years.  I was a bit embarrassed because after we rang and while we waited for an answer, I was putting the end of my cane inside some fancy boots on the porch. Well, I was worried I'd trip over them.  So just as she opened the huge door, I had my cane inside a boot where I was just about to toss it. Oops.
     Another house was a maize. A teenage boy answered the door & told us his mom wasn't  home. He told us to go around the back to talk to his Dad. As we came around the corner of the house, a grandma met us. "What do you want "? When we told her she said :" I'm a Lutheran " and walked away. Finally we could see the Dad mowing the lawn. He was very irritated to see us.  After introducing ourselves he angrily said :" I've told you people not to come here ".  He was standing by a beautiful swimming pool so I commented on how nice it was and asked if I could go for a swim. He abruptly said :"No". So then I saw a really neat hammock and ask him if that was the kind that didn't dump you out ? After a few more friendly comments on my part to diffuse the situation, We turned to go , offering him a "Have a great day".
    We have worn our little blue car out. There is something going on that doesn't sound like it's going to get us home. So tomorrow it is going into the shop. We hope it's not too troublesome.  I now have a doctor appointment with an orthopedic specialist when we return home. Hopefully he can fix my knee so I can walk again,
    My friend, Sister Torman and I went to Walmart to buy some things for the office. It's a huge two story building with an escalator for people and another one for shopping carts. I should have taken a picture. So when I was finally able to get on the escalator with people helping me because of my cane, I decided to ride one of those electric carts. I talked my friend into riding one too. I can't tell you how much fun we had. We'd go down separate isles and then meet at the end laughing. I got lost and she found me by listening for the back-up beeps as I was trying to turn around in a very small place. We had a full out race down the main isle which I admit I won. One lady stopped us and said :" You two are having way too much fun." At the end when we parked our carts, my friend, Sister Torman, walked with a limp to the escalator because  she wanted to look like she needed the cart. It was awesome awesomeness.. Sometimes with all the work, we have to find a little fun. Ha !
    Our investigator, Leandra, won't let us come and teach her anymore. It's very sad and we pray for her everyday. We try to lift and lighten everyone we come in contact with. We try to serve with all our might, mind and strength because we have been so blessed in our lives. It's what little we can do to show our love for our Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. We love being missionaries. We love the great journey our mission has been. The gospel of Jesus Christ is true. It is just that, Christ's church on the earth for us. The Atonement has been given for you & me . We must make it an important part of our life each day. We are so blessed. We love you all.

Love, Elder & Sister Fisher

1 comment:

  1. How wonderful for you to reach out to others and be friendly! That is so hard to be turned away.

    I loved the story of the shopping carts! You are hilarious! I'm glad you had a moment of fun.

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