Mitzi Gates: Sister Mitzi Gates // Week Four

Wow what a week! The days go by so slow but the week went by pretty fast. So after I emailed last week I had my first break down and bawled. I miss home and everyone!! But I am doing a lot better. Still miss you all but wouldn't want to be anywhere else! Well I learned I just need to get lost in the work. It has really helped me this week. Having personal study has been so fun for me. I am learning so much and it's great to talk to Sister Cotton about it and hear her side. But on Tuesday night I went to my first bible study.... oh wow. It's crazy!! The people are very friendly but they tell me all these stories how God had came to them and all this stuff and it seriously wore me out. It was so weird. But it made for a good story! We went with one of our investigators and her family. Eileen Pederson she's this old 72 year old lady who wants to be baptized but her family is holding her back. So we're trying to get on the good side with her family and work our way in. Wednesday we had a Zone Conference in Lebanon. Brother Pino of the 70 came and spoke to us. It's all about members and missionaries!! Everything is centered around it. This work is so real and the members need to realize that they have so much they can do to help with the work! So Thursday we had a ward member and she came with us and all of our plans fell through. Like it was so embarrassing to have her drive us all over and them all fall through. But we know that if we're doing what we should we'll be blessed. So on Friday the same thing happened. We tried the referrals that bishop gave us. And it was at night when we saw a mini van at this less active members house and so we were excited because a family was there! So this old lady opens the door and I just start laughing!! I couldn't stop and get the words out. I was laughing because we had been trying all day and we thought this would be it and it was this old lady. It was so funny and embarrassing! We got to go to the adult session of conference this weekend (stake) and it was so good! guess what is was all about? members and missionaries!! seriously it's a big deal! So get working with the missionaries in any way you can family! Yesterday was also Stake Conference and we brought Dan Erickson out investigator to church and he likes it. We're meeting again on Wednesday. But then we were going around looking at referrals and we went to this active families house and the sister of the wife is not a member and has 4 kids and we invited them to church this Sunday and just little miracles took place yesterday! It was great that we didn't have another off day. Also we almost didn't get to go to conference because their was a tornado warming. But it got really bad last night. and the zone leaders called and said get back to your apartments. So we were heading back and had this idea to go visit an investigator we haven't been able to get with. So we had the excuse to "take shelter" so they let us in. they're so nice and now we're having lunch with them on Friday and sharing the first lesson again. It was great!!

I love this work and i'm so excited to share it with more people! I can feel the prayers working. So thank you! I love you all so much!!!

Love, Sister Gates:)

Jake's Christmas present I sent off today before coming to email!!

So there was a tornado warning and so we had to take shelter, but we decided to go to an investigators home! It was successful because we haven't been able to get with them. We're having lunch with them on Friday and teaching the first lesson and got yogurt covered pretzels out of it! The lord works in funny ways;)