Talofa friends!!
Hope everyone had another great week! Here's some great miracles from mine:
☆ In one day, we found 9 new people to teach, 9!!! For reference, the week before, we had only found 5 people who were willing to learn more about the gospel. And that was for the whole week! So 9 prepared people in ONE DAY was an absolute miracle!
While we were out finding all those people and talking to literally EVERYONE (i also battled a little boy with our car horns lol), we decided to knock on this person's door who had previously met with the missionaries. When the door opened, this nice lady with the CUTEST 3 year old daughter was there. She said she was of a different faith and wasn't interested but we still chatted for a minute. Her daughter was the friendliest little girl and was talking our ear off! It was so fun. She was telling us how we were princesses and how she loved our dresses. Her mom then said, "wow she usually is so shy with strangers! She must sense a good spirit about you." (Well of course, we're literally messengers from God;)
So once we finished talking, the mom said that her husband (who we were originally going to see) and mom would be home later that evening and might be interested in the message. So we set up a time to come back and went on our way.
A few hours later, we pull back up to their apartment and knock on their door. All of a sudden we hear, "they're here! They're here!" After what felt like forever, the grandma finally opens the door and just stands there for a second. We kindly introduce ourselves and then she goes, "I don't ever want you coming over here again! We don't talk to anyone who doesn't believe in the Bible! You believe in a **beep** Bible!!!!" And then slammed the door in our face.
In the words of Sister Thomsen, "tough crowd"
Sister Welch and I turned around and just started giggling. Man, people are crazy! "I didn't even have time to tell her how much I LOVE the Bible!" And then Sister Welch continued saying, "that was a good experience! Let's do it again!" Haha love her and love that we can still have a positive attitude even when crazy ladies reject us. One day her heart will be soft and she'll be ready for the gospel!
☆ ADDY GOT BAPTIZED!!! 8/29/2022
Such a happy time. We love this girl so much!
A little summary of her story:
The first time we met Addy, she had walked up to us at church and said, "I want to start taking the lessons and get baptized!"
She has had a hard life being in the foster care system but recently moved in with her Grandma and her new family that attends church regularly. God's definitely been preparing her and she knew she wanted better for her future. After the first few lessons we had with her, she asked us what the deal with coffee was. We sat down, said a prayer and began teaching the Word of Wisdom. Halfway through the lesson, she took a big sigh, stood up, grabbed her half-drunk Dutch bros coffee, and threw it in the trash! Sister Welch and I just looked at each other shocked. We hadn't even committed her to living the Word of Wisdom yet!
She is so excited to be a missionary one day and has even gotten her friend to start taking the lessons. She is amazing!
This gospel truly blesses and changes people's lives for the better. It's amazing and she's amazing! Her family has also said that they've adopted us as their sisters. They're the best♡
☆ Bear (Jonah) got baptized!!! Not a convert baptism but we worked with this family a lot in the old Hidden Canyon ward (rip)
☆ I CAUGHT A PIGEON HAHA! Thanks to the #gunnellchallenge, I've been trying to catch a pigeon since my 3rd transfer and on Wednesday it finally happened! So funny. Just to add a little *spice* to the work
☆ finished my 5th transfer! It's been a good time and I'm ready to take on another one with Sister Welch!
(Also, if you see the little board down at the right corner, that's our "inspiration of the day". On that day, the scripture was 2 Nephi 9:34 tehehe. Go look it up 
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)☆ just to show, not everything is sunshine and rainbows all the time, and that's okay!
Sister Welch and I got packages from home on Saturday (her mom even sent me one for my birthday!!! The sweetest!) and opening their little notes made us miss them so much! So we sat at our kitchen table crying and laughing that we're crying all through lunch haha. Families are such a blessing and we love ours so much!
Okay! There's a few great points from this missionaries week. Love you all and have a great week!
Tofa Soifua!!
Sister Coon
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