naik, turun, naik, turun‏

well, it's been a week of wild rides, but since last week, we've found 5 new investigators, and THAT'S HUGE here! i'm a lot happier with appointments, so i've been a lot happier this last week. and the best part is, the people who we've taught really act like they wanna read the BofM, so hopefully they do so they can decide for themselves if this church is true or not.

one of the coolest people we met is sis siman's best friend from high school...who just happens to be living a few blocks from us. small world, eh? she called the other day while we were doing our weekly planning, and apparently she'd gone to the church looking for siman,b ut met a member who told her she'd hafta call us to find her...so she did, and we met with her that night. lol....sis siman must be REALLY different from before, cuz Hana was basically freaked out a lot by her...she kept asking what happened, what changed, and siman just kept saying, "i gained a testimony of this gospel, and now i have my priorities in the right place." it was a good discussion, hana was really interested and had tons of questions, so we should be meeting again this week to keep answering and helping her understand. she's dating a muslim guy, and she even wants him to come meet with us, so he can understand christianity better. so hopefully that happens.

saturday was president marchant's going away party for the indonesians, and it was AWESOME. they had a program with different pictures and talents. us missionaries did a fun little dance that elder silalahi learned in Medan that's from Hawaii...short and sweet, with tons of laughs. i liked it. there were a lot of RMs, so it was fun to see and catch up with them. after, sis marchant didn't wanna leave...pres marchant literally was pulling her away by the arm, and she was still trying to talk as she got pulled away. funny. oh, there's also a new mission couple here, the Grover's, from kennewick WA....carter, what stake are you in? you're IN kennewick, right? i told them you were, but i didn't know what ward. they're cool tho...they'll be in solo, so hopefully i'll get to know them better eventually.

Meity and Sally are sisters that we met with sunday, and they were funny...we walked in, and the first thing sally said to us is, "i like sharing about our beliefs, but the moment you start talking about things that can't be backed up by the Bible, we're done." needless to say, we weren't kicked out, they actually LOVED everything we said, and hopefully we can get them to church soon.

we're starting to teach raz about the temple, and after we'd explained about eternal marriage, she sat back for a minute, and then said, "if this is for eternity, i have to be REALLY careful with who i pick!" haha...we all laughed. she's funny. hopefully she'll be going to australia soon (she's gotta get her visa first), and then she can go walk around the grounds and feel the spirit that's there for herself. and hopefully take her boyfriend too...and help him feel what she feels about the gospel.

so funny story on sunday...we were in gospel principles class, and all of a sudden we hear this huge bang and then shattering... when we walked out, we found out what happened. the wind was really strong, and it blew the back door closed... which shut so hard that the glass from the door fell out of the door, and shattered on the ground. who knew wind was so strong?

yesterday was another day in "Little Batak" as i like to call it (it's FAR from tebet, where we live!). Atika was a great appointment, and she bought us some medan food...that was REALLY GOOD, but apparently is far better in medan. i gave her a pic that i took of the SL temple, and she just STARED at it, talking about how even just looking at it, you could feel something different. she's so cool.we met her husband, and he seems like a good guy...hopefully we can help him support atika so she can come to church after she has the baby.

the simanjuntak appointment was good, except that the dad wasn't feeling good, so he left. but the mom was still good, and wants to read the BofM herself to see if it's really true or not. she then took us to our next appointment, where the husband is a leader in the church thats near this area...but he was cool, and the mom was totally into everything, talking about how everything just made so much sense. so we gave them each their own BofM, and hopefully they'll read this week and want to keep learning next week.

anywho...it's been a busy week, and i like it like that. hopefully we keep finding people who really wanna know for themselves, and are willing to try something new. it's always a whirlwind of emotions at our house, so hopefully this week is a bit calmer, and all goes well. i still can't believe how much i'm learning out here...i dunno if i'll ever get married, i hafta find someone who is SUPER laid back and understanding with me. sometimes, me and siman are a little bit too hard headed with each other, and each have our own opinions and won't back down from them. but that's where we're learning together, and i know she's helping me become a better missionary..hopefully i'm helping her as well.

and that's all folks! have another great week, i love you all!

~Sister Sara