Sister Robins, Robins, Robins
And her friend, friend, friend( awkwardly dancing around pointing at myself with so much excitement I could explode!)
(FYI this is going to be a long one! But soooooo worth the read!)
That's right ladies and gentlemen! I am back with Sister Robins! I got transferred last week to a place called Lexington and am in the Lake Murray ward. When President called to tell me I would be leaving my beloved Simpsonville and Sister Ogden I was so sad, but I could not help but to dance around and sing this in my head knowing I was coming back to a companion I admire and look up to so much! It is going to be a party! When I got dropped off at transfers we locked eyes and then came running towards each other and embraced in a big hug. Sister Innes came and took pictures of us and said, "It's like you two are excited or something." It was a great moment.
It has already been a party! The ward here is great! We were over with this one family who has the cutest kids ever! One of their boys names is Harrison. He was a hoot! He wanted us to jump on the tramp with him so he went and got basketball shorts from his dads closet and gave them to us. Then after we got done with that we went inside to do our lesson and he had my name tag on and said, "Let me go put on my skirt!" He quickly ran upstairs to his sister's closet to go grab a skirt and match us for the lesson. He was cracking us up all evening! I have made a new best friend here in Lake Murray.
The last evening in Simpsonville I had I got to spend at a baptism. One of the greatest human beings I have ever met in my life enter into the waters of baptism Wednesday night and covenanted with God to live a new life. Marlon is by far my favorite human! Rewind back about four months...Sister Tucker(love you!) and I went to go meet Marlon. He was a former investigator and had been dropped due to not agreeing with the word of wisdom. When we went and saw him it was a Thursday afternoon around 3pm and him and his friends were drunk on his front porch. He sure enough told us about why he stopped meeting with the missionaries. So we said, "Well have you ever prayed about the word of wisdom and asked God if it is true??" He said no and so we invited him to spend the next week daily praying to know. We said we would come back and check what happened. We walked away from that thinking there is no way he is going to do that and this is going nowhere. Well a week late we stopped by to keep our word and when we got there he had actually spent the time praying about it! He said he hadn't gotten answer, but he actually did it so we started to teach him. A couple weeks later he was trying to quit smoking so we taught him about priesthood blessings and how that could help. He got one and ever since then he hasn't smoked and that made him realize that the word of wisdom is true and made him get his answer that this is Christ Church. He said one night laying in bed after praying to know, he just got this overwhelming feeling come to his chest and he just knew that this is true. So it took a few ups and downs and curve balls Satan threw at us but we got him to baptism! It was the most sweetest moment of my mission so far. After he was baptized we gave him a gift. He laughingly said no one ever gets me gifts and when he opened it up and pulled out the tie that we had signed on the back, he began to cry and said. "no one has ever gotten me a gift, no one has ever treated me like this." We all were crying and it was the most tender moment ever. As we said our goodbyes Marlon told me he would never forget me and I told him the same back. I have grown to love that man so much and I am so blessed for the Lord allowing me to be apart of his conversion process. I am grateful for the Atonement of Jesus Christ that allows us to find peace and a fresh start in our life no matter what our past looks like. May we all find ways to come closer to the Savior this week and become better. That is what it is all about!
Love,
Sister Rice
-Marlon's baptism
-last picture with Sister Ogden
- Reuniting with Sister Robins
-Yes! We drive a mini van!
-My new best friend Harrison
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