Okay I am going to start off with a warning that I
just had lazer gum removal surgery...so this email might struggle. No
worries mom! I've just had problems my whole mission with the one side
of my mouth where the wisdom tooth was really impacted, and I finally
got it taken care of! I now have to go back to the wisdom teeth diet for
a few days..gross. I hate not being able to eat normal people food! But
I am so grateful I was able to do it here. Doctor Dunn in Santa Barbara
did it - so kind of them! They have a son on a misson as well and were
so nice to us. He was also really impressed with my oral hygiene and
told me that the elders would all be jealous. hahaha I was flattered.
So
we saw a huge miracle this last week! We had recived a referral from a
member at the beginning of the transfer, and every time we went we could
never find her! But she lives in an apartment complex that is FULL of
people and so every time we went we met lots of new people. One lady we
met set up a return appointment with us, but we couldn't remember
exactly what door she lived it. When the one we thought was her's didn't
answer, we decided to try the other. Well, it wasn't her's., but the
family that answered literally opened the door, told us to come sit
down, asked if we wanted a water or a soda, and then poured their hearts
out to us about their desire to repent and have unity and love and God
in their family. The parents were both in tears and just hugging
eachother as the dad told us how he wanted to change and knew that God
had placed us in his path. He had prayed the night before for help. They
didn't end up being there for the return appointment that we set
because they were sick or something, but then they called us later
apologizing and begging us to come back. I have never met such a
prepared family in my mission. Pray for the Orozco family! (Not to be
confused with our other incredible investigator Rosario Orozco - pray
for him too though!)
Hermana Hurley is doing
wonderful. I love her so much. I was reflecting last night on all of the
incredible things that I have learned from being her companion. I
really feel like she has helped prepare me to make the most out of the
rest of my mission. I have learned so much from her example! Plus she
cracks me up like crazy. hahah such a weirdo.
I
have learned during my studies this week that patience is required with
our faith in order to lead to hope. Often times we might have faith,
but then if things don't turn out the way we thought, we lose hope, and
also lose faith, because we aren't patient! But Heavenly Father has a
plan for us! If he has given us a prompting - we need to follow it and
then be patient to understand why! But he loves us so much. Patience is
such a needed attribute in order to have hope.
I love you all! Have a wonderful week!
<3 Hermana Trystan Ricks
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