Hello,
I can not believe that it is already my P-day again. I will try to write you as much as I can, buttoday I am a little shorter on time. We decided to go play some sports which was a lot of fun. This week is very similar to last week. A lot of the work we do is working with the less actives and part member families. This week I taught my first lesson to a non-member, it was shaking at parts, but overall it went really well. Greg is a referral we got from the bishop, he is a Greek orthodox, but he sought us out because he wanted to learn about our religion. He is a life coach and has had a difficult passed. But he is seriously awesome, he is in his late 50s and we plan on seeing him again this week to teach him the plan of salvation which will be very good with him! The sad part though is that we found out that he does not live in our area, so we are going to have to pass him off to another set of missionaries. There are some potential investigators as well. There is one man in one of our wards that is like Brother Brown, he is an active nonmember and helps out in the scouts program. His wife is not active, but his younger son is. At first the ward mission leader told us to hold off on him because they did not want to scare him off, but the old bishop and the relief society president told us to go for it so we did. We are going to meet with him this week. There is also an older gentleman in our other ward who has taken the discussions and knows it is true but does not want to pay tithing. He is away till wed. but we hope to see him this Saturday. He have received a few more referrals which we hope to contact this week. Things are really going well, and the families in these wards are really awesome. Yesterday was our first Sunday we had where we had to go to both ward councils. It was heck it yesterday with ward council at 930 and 130 and church from 10 to 1 and 1 to 4. Sister Dickey had to speak in the first ward and sister Thompson and I had to bear our testimonies/introduce ourselves in the other ward. It was really good. Things have been going really well and I am loving working in this companionship each and everyday. We all get a long so well. The only difficult things at times is Sister Thompson is a quieter and shy. So we will plan lessons on who will speak on what and then when sister Dicker or I turn to her for her part she won't say anything. She is just looking at the investigator avoiding our eye contact. It is funny sometimes, but I have learned quickly to jump in and help her out. I will transition for her from one section of the lesson to another by talking/asking questions and then she will jump in a talk for a little bit. I have become more and more confident and have been able to help sister dickey out when we are talking to people we are meeting for the first time. Time just seems to be going by so quickly. I feel like I have already been out for a while(in a good way), but I know there is still so much more that I need to learn. Although we have a car, since we live in one of our wards we try top walk around in that one wards area. We are still meeting up with lots of former investigators, but most of them are not interested anymore. We really do not track as much, which is nice because that is not very successful. We will start doing splits this week, so we will see how that is going as well. Things are really starting to come along I feel like. This week they taught us a new style of teaching, kind of, that they want us to start using. We have pamphlets and that want us to start using those. It is pretty much having us ask the investigators a lot more questions and having it become a lot more interactive. The first time we did this it did not go so well, but the second time we felt like it went really well. Another thing that our mission is pushing for is to teach the first lesson in a half hour or less. We haven't been able to do that yet, it usually is about 35 minutes long. I feel like there is still so much to tell you, but I do not know what all to write. A little note for mom and dad, I have actually been eating really healthy here. There first two nights we had salad, which I did it and i did fine ;) Last week I also had Salmon, two nights in a row. hahaha my companions were laughing at me because after the first night of salmon I told them how I don't mind fish, but it would be my last choice out of the meet categories and then when we went to dinner the next night the family said we were having salmon. Overall it was good, but don't be expecting me to each fish all the time when I get home. The family I am living with is amazing! I will give you the address that I will be at, but just to let you know the next transfer is September 10th so I don't know if I will be there after that. We go running every morning with their dog which is super nice. Speaking of transfers, we found out that we are only getting 8 girls this time, they split up the other girls to go to the other missions because I guess last transfer the other missions only got 1 sister while we got 11. Well I still have to write my mission president and need to get food. We are in a hurry because we actually set up an appointment tonight to meet one of the former investigators who the ward really wants us to work with which is going to cut into our p-day time which I am fine with. I love you all and I hope that you are all doing well. I can't wait to hear all about Park City and whatever new adventures there are. Give a hug and a kiss to Mason, Ava, Chase, Celeste, Danielle, and Gunnison!!! I hope all is well. Feed the missionaries in your area and help them out. The Lord's work is going to be moving forward wither we help out or not. Just remember that Joseph Smith was only a young boy and he was bold about sharing about the gospel. I just know that I rather be out working along side the lord in the vineyards when he comes and not just waiting on the sidelines(Jacob 5-read it). A little side note, really sad, we met with one of the R.S. President and she told us how there are members in Boise/ our ward that have fallen away and join this group called "mutual" and it is where they all get together and drink and mock the church. And how they are recruiting the weak links in the ward. This really breaks my heart that not only have these people rejected their testimonies, but they are mocking Christ and I know that they will be judged harsher. We received some names which we are going to contact and try to help them. I pray for them to soften their hearts. Anyways I love you all, keep praying and reading the scriptures. Read 2 Nephi, its really good and talks a lot about our day. Hopefully there will be more to tell next week.
Love Sister Metcalf
P.S. How much time do you get to e-mail Megan, we have two but we usually only e-mail for like over an hour.
here is my address I forgot to add it
1388 W. Crestwood DrMeridian, ID83642
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