10/23/2017

Hey Everyone! 

This week has been pretty great. The highlight of the week was clearly getting to go on a tour through the Cedar City Temple. It was astounding! It was so beautiful and wow. I can’t wait to go through again (which is all honesty might be when it is dedicated) but wow, guys. It is a work of art.  

We also started working the temple open house last Saturday. That night they also did a special open house for investigators which was so fun. I got to see People from Kanab which made my life. Let me tell you, it was hard not to break the don’t get to excited when you see people you know rule. 

But this week should be good! We are at the temple from about 9-8 every day this week so not much is going on. 

We weren’t able to meet with either Jessica or Corey this week. All of our schedules kept getting in the way but hopefully next Sunday we can meet with them because that is really our only day off. Speaking of which, we might email on Sunday so if you get an email from me then, don’t freak out. We aren’t sure how this is all working yet but Sunday is pretty much our P-day now, expect for shopping. We are also teaching on Sunday so I don’t know how it will all work but it will. 

I am so grateful for the temple. It truly does provide ways that we can be closer together as a family and to God. 

I love you all! Thanks for all you do!

-Sister Waite 

10/16/2017

Hey everyone! 

Wow, I feel like so much has happened this week! We had a meeting in St. George that finally explained a little bit more about what is going on with the Temple Open House. This is going to be a slightly crazy 4 weeks!  Starting this Saturday we will be at the temple till about 9 at night each day except Sunday and Mondays. Sunday’s we get off to work in our area, which I am super excited about and then Mondays are a half day at the temple. Thus, we get P-day from 6-9 at night so don’t worry if you don’t hear from me  until then next week. :) 

We also had zone Conference this week. They gave us more instruction about Facebook and all that lovely stuff and also released what is basically a new chapter of Preach My Gospel. It basically replaces chapter 8 of it but it is really good. We are excited to get to use it!

We had an AWESOME experience last night. We have been going through the part-Member family list for the last month or so and there was this family on the list that we were super confused about. The list said that they lived in an apartment that was clearly college housing but we thought, why not? If they are still there then we contacted them, if they are YSA and interested we will pass them on.  So we proceeded to try and knock their door but never caught them at home, until last night. She opened the door and it was clear that she was YSA but she invited us in and after talking to her for minute we learned that she had gone to church for the first time that morning, and that she wanted to know a little bit more about Jesus Christ. She had taken the lessons before but she said that she wasn’t as open then but she wants to know more now! So we gave her information to the Elders and she promised us that she would listen to what they had to say. 

Another fun thing that happened to us this week was seeing Rula. She is the sweetest woman. But we were talking with her about the Restoration a little bit more this week. And she told us about how she believes one of the big differences between us and her own religion is that we believe the Bible. She told us about how her family doesn’t believe in the Bible at all because of all the changes that have been made to it. Aren’t we glad that we have the Bible? Aren’t we glad that we have those records of those people and of Christ himself? Yes, parts of it aren’t fully correct but the Bible is still the word of God and I am very grateful for it and for important lessons that we can read and learn from there. The Bible and the Book of Mormon work together hand in hand. 

Thanks for all you do! 

I love you all! 

-Sister Waite 

10/9/2017

Hello Everyone! 

This week was incredible! We found a lot of people to teach this week. Some of them are more ready than others but that is alright. :) 

However, we did have a lesson with Corey Hill that was like it was right out of a movie. We went over to teach him and after we had said the prayer and such and just turned to us and said “I know you probably have something prepared, but I was wondering if we could talk about baptism.” So we talked about baptism and he wanted to know what he needed to do to get baptized and if he could do it around his sons birthday (which scared us because what is if his birthday was in March, but no, turns out it in the middle of November). And then he kept his commitment to come to church this Sunday even though there was a family event going on. He has been prepared by the Lord over years worth of missionaries. I just wish the missionaries who had taught him before could know. I think it will be a wonderful thing up in Heaven to get to see the people we meet in our lives and how their lives turned out.  

We also had the chance to meet with Jessica again this week. She is such a sweet woman who really does want to know more. She just wants her family to be together forever and that is such a sweet thing to want. Temples are where it is at! Speaking of temples we are finally going to be receive some training for it this Saturday, for real this time. 

Besides that our week has been pretty normal. I may or may not have already introduced myself as Sister White twice. My mouth speaks faster than my brain sometimes... a lot of times. But it was been really great. 

Thanks for all you do!

I love you all!

-Sister Waite 

10/4/2017

Hey Everyone!

This week has been crazy! Lots of changes have been made. First off, they just changed our transfer day to p-day so that was crazy. Thus the emailing on Wednesday. And then we learned that we also just became a Facebook mission, all the missions across the USA became Facebook missions. So if you see me on Facebook, that is why. I still don’t know how I feel about that but the Lord is hastening his work!

 But wow. This week was so good. To start off, I have a new companion! Her name is Sister White (yes, people are going to be very confused, it will be awesome) and she is from Texas, the Dallas Fort-worth area. I served around her in Kanab, so this will be a fun transfer. 

Also this past week we had exchanges. I stayed here with Sister Williams and we saw so many miracles. To start off, we went by to see a man that Sister Lapine and I had talked to a while back. He was interested in reading the Book of Mormon and maybe even in baptism  but he had no interested whatsoever in setting up a return appointment. But this time when we came back we learned that he has actually been asked to help with parking for the temple open  house . We talked to him for a little bit and he mentioned something along the lines of ‘I am so involved I might as well just get baptized”. Well, we jumped on that and we talked for a few minutes about that. And then HE asked us when we would be able to come back and then HE asked is if we could say a prayer with him before we left. It was so cool! God does work in preparing people, and we don’t always get to see that change but it for sure there!

We were also able to watch General Conference which was so good! It was amazing to get to hear from our leaders and even though President Monson wasn’t there, you can still see his influence and his power as God’s ordained prophet here on the face of the earth. His challenge is just as real today as it was 6 months again and I think it is interesting that the apostles brought that up. They applied his advice and we need too as well, because it is how we can come closer to God. 

Thanks for everything!

I love you all! 

-Sister Waite