Sadly, this week was a little more boring than usual.
We had exchanges this week again, and I went with Sister Peaua from Tonga to her Spanish area. It was so fun and she wanted to braid my hair so I let her and wow, I cannot pull it off like she can. I love exchanges though, they are so fun
We called a lady to see if she was interested and she said no, and then she kept talking and ended up telling us to stop by her house the next day and she will have a care package for us. It was so cute, she left it on the doorstep and it had gloves, masks, cans of tuna and sardines, instant oatmeal, and other random things. It was so cute. We called her later that day and she told us about cool stuff.
We went to drop off a Book of Mormon to our friend Vivian, and left it on the doorstep, but ended up talking to her two neighbors, Grace and Nece. They told us they want Book of Mormons so we got to have a real life in person interaction with them and give them Book of Mormons! But when we called, Graces daughter was talking really fast and she said they want to talk to us and I said "Okay! When works for you!?" and she hung up. So dang.
We had a lesson with a member referral named Alaina. She is really sweet and has met with missionaries in the past and almost got baptized, but is ready now!
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Saturday was not fun, all of our lessons fell through. Because Dallas is a hotspot currently, and more and more young people are being tested positive, we were encouraged to stay home as much as possible. Well, we had like 4 video lessons and all of them fell through, so we literally just sat around all day and tried to text people, and practiced tracking on the bathroom door. I got bashed a ton that day, there was a post in one of the Christian groups warning the other people that Mormon missionaries are tricking and deceiving people using the Bible and aren't Christian, so of course I had to set them straight, and of course, I got bashed out of my mind and then these ladies were making mean posts and wow, the world is crazy.
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We had another lesson with George, and we invited a member, Jerry. Jerry and George clicked so well, and George told us he likes that Jerry explains things better for him. So, we just said some stuff but Jerry did a lot of the talking and it went so good!! It was hilarious though because George volunteered to say the closing prayer, but Jerry was so confused because he said it in his head, so over zoom we were all silently mouthing explaining that he says it in his head while George was praying. Then, we all had to keep our eyes open because we didn't know when he would end. It was so funny.
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We had our "Good bye Fort Worth" zoom devotional and it was so sad. I'm so sad to be leaving, it's gonna be so weird. This week we are going to be meeting our new mission president, and when we wake up Wednesday we will suddenly be in the Dallas West Mission! Crazy.
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An awkward moment I had today was when a man thought I was Sister Menlove's mom, and I got really sad that I look old enough to have a 20 year old. I think I made him feel bad.
We did an activity with the Lewisville Zone where we offered free prayers and held up signs for people to honk if they love Jesus. It was SO fun! Although one guy videoed us while yelling "SOCIAL DISTANCE!" and an elder had a heart attack and scolded all of us for not wearing our masks even though we were all standing far apart on the side walk. Elders.
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While I was being bashed a lot, I think the thing that stuck out to me the most was the scripture saying "you shall know them by their fruits". And, while people were telling me I'm brain washed, and in a cult and a liar, it stuck out to me all the good our church does. Jerry explained to George that we all want to come closer to God, and our church family helps us do that. We encourage each other to become better people, and we all want to become more like Jesus Christ. Our church focuses on helping other people, in the church or out of it.
Something else that strengthens my testimony is the fact that everyone decides for themselves. In some churches there is an idea of "Blind Faith" and people based their faith on someone else's knowledge, therefore they are putting more trust in that person than in God. We believe that each person must know for themselves, we can't force anyone to come closer to God, and we can't force anyone to gain a testimony of the Book of Mormon. It is each person's journey. There are people out there who choose not to know. They don't care if the Book of Mormon is true or not, so they never bother to read it. Each person is stuck in that middle ground until they decide to move, and I love that. I love that we all get to decide for ourselves and it's each our own testimony. And, when these women sent me anti, told me I was wrong and invited me to stop reading the Book of Mormon for 2-4 weeks to rid myself of the devil, I just knew that they can't take away my testimony, because it's mine. I've grown it, i've experienced it, and unless I let them, they can't break it down. I know what I know and God know's what i know and that's that.
I love you all! Thanks for your support!
-Sister McKee
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