Hello family and friends!
I'm staying in Lebanon! I was pretty positive I was staying because Sister Rawlings still has another transfer of training, but thought I'd let yall know I'll be here for another 6 weeks! They are getting another set of missionaries in the ward now too! Woo! They will be in Watertown area (south part of the Lebanon ward) which is super awesome because we have one of the biggest wards area-wise so it helps us out here in Lebanon. We are over Dixon Springs, Carthage, Hartsville, Pleasant Shade, and a bunch really tiny towns too! So now the Watertown people will be over Alexandria, Gordonsville, and Watertown. That probably means nothing to you, but it's super cool! They are probably trying to start a branch there by the end of it which is awesome. The Lord is hastening the work!
I am going to start with the bad of the week so I can end with the miracles of the week! We haven't been able to see Von, Joanna and Cai for longer than 10 minutes this week which is a huge bummer. They had a date for this weekend, but they aren't keeping their commitments and haven't been to church so that has to be pushed back. David and Rhoads are acting super weird ever since their grandpa died and Rhoads lost his job so I have no idea what is up with them. It was super hard on us, but all is well.
So miracles this week:
1. Jeanne Dunn is just straight up golden. A year ago she really started to accept that God loves her and that she is a daughter of God, and we just conveniently contacted her when she was on her back porch. We also never go that way when we are in that area. Super spirit driven. She loves all that we talk about, but she got really sick on Saturday and wasn't able to come to church Sunday. Hopefully she can still be baptized on February 15th. She is so ready. I don't know if I told you this, but we went over there and she was like "I read on Mormon.org about the commandments yall follow and I was reading about the no coffee and no alchohol and cigarettes and I'm sure a lot of people wouldn't have liked that about yall, but I love that!!" So she's going to stop smoking and stop drinking coffee. YEP. She literally taught herself lesson 4.
2. We were able to teach the Nelsons about the Plan of Salvation and it was so great! Really spiritual and they understood! We left them with the restoration video and they watched it and liked it. We are just trying to help them receive/recognize their answer.
3. Found TONS of less actives in the ward that are so sweet and we love them!! If everyone in the ward did their Home teaching/Visiting teaching it would be a better world :)
4. The Moore's are pretty much active now!! Woo!!
5. The father in the Donnert family, who is not a member, and has received a lot of missionary lessons. He is opening up to us!!
6. The Arbogast's, another part member family, their mom is interested as well!
We found lots of people to teach and many other small and simple miracles! I love the gospel!
I have to go because the librarian is kicking me off.. ha! Love you all so so much!
Sister Boren
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