Hello! It sounds like it has been a week. You have so many things to do every week, I can't believe it. I'm afraid in the day I return to the land of Utah I won't be able to keep up with everything you are doing. I'll just have to go along for the ride.
I'm so glad the sister formerly known as Sister Low contacted with you! I have to say... I'm excited to see her again as well. She was probably shocked that I extended. I remember telling her that I was just ready to go home then, and she made me promise to not come home early. When I see her I will probably just say, 'I did it!' That is the kind of interesting thing about my situation- a lot of sisters in my generation seem to leave more companions in the field and then have to wait for them. But for me most of my companions are already home waiting for me :) So that is a nice thought at least. I do have like a mega long list of Elders you need to find and invite to come to my homecoming- I have some of their contact details and I don't have some of them. Some of them that are in my group and know that I'm extending have already promised that they will come. I've convinced most of the EMM that Logan is the place to be :) Trying to get them all to come to Utah State.
This week has been so tiring. In fact, that is why I am emailing so late. I haven't been feeling very good today, and spent most of the day lying in bed. Finally we contacted a member who is letting us email from their home, and then I might be going home and going to bed again. Sadly. I hate wasting any time whatsoever. But the thing is, if I don't rest when it is still okay I will get sicker later. Which is rubbish! Blarg! I hate being sick so much. My spirit wants to beat my body into submission. Most of the time it works.
The first lesson with the Chinese girls went really well. They were very excited and one of them really wants to be Christian, and the other has no idea what Christian is, but really wants to learn from us. They both prayed the first time without like any pressure, which was great. They both said, 'Dear Heavenly Father... Are you there?....' I love how Heavenly Father answers Chinese people, it is all very real world and really practical. They were a bit more wishy washy the second time, but it was because they were worried about their coursework. Chinese people they think they are so studious. They are... but not nearly as much as they think ;)
We had a miracle just this morning! I still have the same phone that I had in Preston, because we closed that area and opened the new one here. I got a text this morning at like 2:00 from a former investigator that Sister Embley and I first taught when we got to Preston. His name is Allwell. He said that he has been thinking about it a lot, and praying about the Mormon religion and wanted to meet with us and learn the doctrine and be baptised as the earliest possible convenience! He wanted to meet with us tonight! Well I got right on it and Elder Herrin has already contacted him, and they should be teaching him tonight! Also I talked to Sister Embley during the week and my investigator, William, from Liverpool should be getting baptised on 9 February. Such a blessing :)
We have been working hard and seeing a lot of new investigators. People have been letting us teach them on the spot, which is very lovely in a whitewashing situation- otherwise you wouldn't really teach at all during the first few weeks. But we have been blessed and have been meeting all kinds of wonderful people, and many of them seem prepared to receive the gospel. Hopefully they will progress.
We placed a Book of Mormon with a Jehovah's Witness who was out on the ministry. That was pretty exciting- we are seeing him on Wednesday.
Crewe is a lovely area. One awkward experience at a member's home happened, though. We were asking about how they met, and they were telling us how they met. The wife was saying how she felt because he had been married before when they little girl was like, 'Dad.... you've been married before!? I asked you and you told me you hadn't!' 'I said I wasn't going to answer that question...' 'You were married before!!??.... Did you love her???' Uh. They had decided they weren't going to tell there children until they were older... and when did it slip? When the sister missionaries were there. Awkward. Love it.
I love you. Miracles are upon us. Hope you have a wonderful week.
Loves,
Sister Hull
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