Yeah.
REAL LIFE. I literally keep having to check my camera to make sure it actually didn't happen. I had a dream that we were in a Tornado and it was AWESOME and terrifying all at the same time and my first reaction was to film it on my camera (thought of you Presidante!!). But they have the weather watch up for this week its AWESOMEEEEEE.
Yeah it started raining yesterday and i was like whaaa? Tropical rain storm!? It was FREAKY like heaviest rain I have ever experienced in my LIFE and we were driving (well a member was taking us home) but Sis Christenot was trying to capture it on her camera--problem about Kansas weather- you blink and it stops. So she gets her camera out all ready to try and film it, stops like LITERALLY like someone was like "oh crap, jk not rain." then she'd put it away AMAZON TSUNAMI begins, gets camera, stops. DYING in the backseat, it happened like 4 times. Love her.
I hereby start my first segment of my letters entitled "Not Funny's"
Here on the mission people hate you and don't think you are funny unless you joke about something having to do with the JayHawks.
#1: Last week Sis Wilson (Sis Hawkins new comp) like MASTER violinist got out her violin to play for us.
"Any requests?"
"Um, yes. Do you know any Soulja Boy?"
NOT. FUNNY. blank stares.
#2: Last week in Sacrament meeting when I was speaking our investigator Troy came and was asleep the whole time after I spoke. They were really good talks and I wanted him to listen to I decided to take Jeff Crook's advice naturally and intently stare at him pierce his soul with my eyes until his sub-conscious recognized it and woke him up. MAY DAY MAY DAY DID NOT WORK freaking out the children sitting behind him tried to recover and make a face at them, when their Mom decided to see what they were looking at. NOT. FUNNY. on the stand. crap.
#3: Showing up on members doors when we are visiting and saying "Thanks so much for feeding us tonight!"
NOT. FUNNY. they get confused, and panic, and then think we are sending subliminal hints that we need them to sign up on our calendar.
#4: Elders texted us a referral and I quote "Xiao Xiao Zheng, and Zhengxin Wei.."
"Oh good so they speak a lot of English!"........not. funny. don't joke around about referrals this is SERIOUS. They probably won't get baptized now.
MIRACLES: we've been praying we would fine more people (and that Sis C would be more bold) and were supes blessesd this week. Found a guy named Michael- "so question- i was reading in the Bible and Jesus talks of sheep no of this fold, making them one flock, got me thinking, are there others? I heard about the Mormons, and a supreme being appeared to Joseph Smith?" -(in my mind freaking out YES YES YES GOLDEN)------"yeah, one word. Aliens. They're real, I've seen their ship, big as a football field."
"ohk yes yes, aliens, OR an angel?" Sis C decides to join convo at this moment SO. confused.
SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE ME CREATIVE DOOR APPROACHES WE ARE REAAAAAALLY lacking in that area.
Had a member feed us, gave us the left over KFC chicken (INSISTED) so there we are, knockin doors, carrying this ziploc bag of KFC chicken amongst other random things..."so..yeah...want to learn the gospel?" NOT my favorite approach, but we attracted loads of dogs..so....
Remember the huge finding push? WELL invited like millions upon millions of people to CONFERENCE - "we have a Prophet! and He is speaking this weekend!" boom.roasted. SNAG. yeah its at 9 and 1:00!!! oh.........TIME ZONE FAIL it was at 11 and 3. But we got 2 people there. I'll take it.
STORY: sweetest lady Pam Neill. Fed us the amazingly festive St. Patricks Day dinner. Son gave her new DVD player a year ago never used it, taught her how to work her DVD player and I'm like k push play, the traingle. "Wait the traingle means play?? how do you know?" OHHK. Realized she didn't know what all of the symbols were!
(In my mind I'm like WAIT WHAT THE HECK DO YOU LIVE IN AMERICA!?!?!?!?!?)
But then seriosuly this is SO missionary but I thought, WOW isn't that like the gospel in our life? We share it with people and think HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW THIS!? They aren't progressing something must be wrong, realize what we THOUGHT was common knowledge is actually not. They may be stuck on the simple truths of the gospel and is what is stopping them.
We had this crazy emotinal lesson with Clare our Investigator this week. Long story short, we were trying to get her to pray, the Spirit is prompting us both to push her so hard she is telling us she doesn't want us to come back for 2 weeks, but we're still pushing. I found myself kneeling in the middle of her living room and offering a prayer that she would feel our love for her and the Saviors love, could barely make it through the tears were coming so fast! The Spirit was SO strong i could literally FEEL the love the Savior had for her. She is a little bit slow but i think it makes her EXTRA receptive to the spirit because during the prayer she is telling us to STOP sis Murray stop doing that! stop! but I just kept going! WHAT THE it was the craziest situation but one of the msot powerful spiritual experience I have had thus far!
we left kind of rejected next day she calls us- realized it was right and she had been praying all day and knew this is the path she needs to take and she is "in the zone!" Lord knows EACH of us, it is amazing.
OMG CHURCH IS TRUE. I was praying all week for a Conference talk directed to the members about HELPING the missionaries and Elder Nelson NAILED IT (so did Elder Anderson) UM WOW! When he started speaking I'm looking around like OMG AM I CRYING RIGHT NOW I AM SO HAPPY HE WROTE THIS TALK FOR ME. yeah. amaze.
If you missed ANY SECOND of conference get online and watch it, best.yet. (and no, its not just cause I'm on a mission....but maybe a little bit..but not its not.)
LOVE YOU ALL.
A few of my Mish friends out here started this thing called #YOSAMO (You only serve a mission once shout out Brandon and Anne) so I have now contributed:
#YOSAMO BEN LADEN
You only serve a mission once, baptize everyone, naturally. Laugh alot duh. Endure. Nuffsaid. (room for improvement but we'll go with it.)
Love Sister Murray
PS dad Jake Heaps is in my ward. i know celebs.
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