3Aug09

Windsor “Locks Your Heart.

Lame, I know, but I am running out of ways to make fun of the name. Anyone else read
the talk called "Lock Your Heart" by Pres. Kimball? It's a good one. I read it for
the first time this week. You know what else is good? The Nashville tribute to Joseph Smith. We just got the CD and I'm obsessed with it. (Well, as obsessed as you can be with any music while you're on your mission, which isn't much.) Any country fans out there should check it out.

Not much new to report. Still working on building up a Windsor Locks teaching pool.
It's going slowly. We had some really great new investigators who have all started
ignoring us. Sad! Time to find more new ones. There are people here, it's just a matter of finding them.

It seemed to be the week for referrals. People just started giving us referrals out of the blue. It was great. Let's get the trend to continue, folks! We're really working on strengthening our relationship with the ward.

Our one progressing investigator agreed to be baptized by her next birthday, which is in November. Woo-hoo! We'll take that for now.

Yesterday we knocked on some doors on the way home from church. We hadn't broken our
fast yet and were both trying very hard not to be hungry/ornery, but almost no one was home. At one of the houses the cat was hanging out on the porch (Connecticut is obsessed with animals) and meowing at us while we rang the doorbell and waited. Sister Darrington said something to the effect of, "I'm starving." Right on cue the cat moved to its dish (on the side of the porch) and started crunching on kitty treats. Way to rub it in!

God definitely takes care of us out here. Yesterday in Gospel Principles we had a great discussion on women and the priesthood, trying to address some concerns that a recently reactivated sister had. I was really impressed with the brethren involved in the discussion. One of them, who is in the Young Men's presidency, told the sister that they are always trying to impress upon the young men the responsibility that they carry with their priesthood. They want them to understand that the priesthood is a responsibility to serve and be worthy and Christlike, and that it's not about a power trip or "exercising unrighteous dominion." I think it helped her feel a lot better about what her sons are being taught in church. They addressed her concerns very humbly and respectfully. It was very clear that they take their priesthood callings seriously, especially the responsibility to be worthy. I love this ward!!!! The way the discussion turned out couldn't have been more ideal.

Can you believe it's August already? Hope you are all well (staying relatively cool), and thanks for your support.

Love,
Sister Monson