Last Monday our zone went hiking up in Mount Baldy. Well we drove to trail head, walked for maybe 15 minutes and drove home. There was a sister in the group that was complaining and demanding that we had to be home by 10 so she could get to the rest of her p-day. So by the time we got there and the time we had to drive home, we didn't really hike. It was kind of ridiculous.
As we were up there, a lot of people had been telling us that the trails we had been hiking on were all flooded the night before. We thought, oh cool. what a nice story, but nothing else of it. Monday night we got a text from our zone leaders saying that on Sunday night because of the rain, Mount Baldy had flash floods, and mudslides. A few people were even killed and so all day Tuesday we were going up to help with the clean up.
Long story short, our zone leaders complicated everything with the rides because they are 18 year old boys and dont know how to organize anything!!!! but we got up there. It was crazy. I don't know how we missed it the day before. Sister Manumua and I got assigned to a house where the mud had broken in the back door and was at least 4 feet deep. It was thick, heavy and filled with boulders. It was a lot of work and in the time we were there, we barely made a dent. There is so much to do. All the other missionaries in our zone were assigned to different homes. They had camera crews, newspaper reporters, bulldozers and other heavy equipment trying to help. If you google the local paper here, there might be pictures and a few missionaries quoted in there. I think we are going back up this week to help again. President is switching off each day which missionaries are going up.
Thursday we had exchanges. I stayed in my area with Sister Soleta. She is from the Philippines. We had a fun day. It was good. We had so much set up that we didn't even have time for lunch. That happens quite often in this area.
This last week we had 2 lessons with Monica and her kids. They are all excited to get baptized. We have another lesson with them this week. One of our lessons we taught the plan of salvation. I wasn't sure how much they even understood. They didn't say much during the lesson. Later that day, our zone leaders text us and told us they ran into Isaiah when he was out walking their dog (Imagine that. a 15 year old boy walking the dog) They said that Isaiah had told them we had a lesson earlier with them. He then went through the whole plan of salvation. They said he got it all right. So I guess he did understand it all. Pretty cool.
Saturday night the Sisters in the YSA branch text us and asked if we could find a ride for an investigator they had found who should be in our ward because he is almost 31. We had our RS Pres and her husband pick him up. His name is Manuel. He came to sacrament meeting and loved it. Both speakers did a really good job. We then went with the YSA sisters to his house for a lesson at 4. He read part of the book of mormon since he last lesson. I guess he took the lessons a few years ago and was all ready to get baptized. He then got in trouble with the law and couldn't be baptized. He decided to completely clean up his life and take care of everything before he found the missionaries again. So he is all good now and a few weeks ago, he saw Sisters Crowley and Buck on the street and asked them to teach him the lessons. So we set a date with him for the 6th of September. We are excited. He is too. It is going to be good and he is so ready! He can't wait.
So it was a good week overall. We had fun and even found someone new to teach! YAY! I love this area and I sure don't want to leave in 2 weeks. I hope President lets me stay.
Well thanks for everything. I hope you have a good week.
Love you all
Sister Woodward
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