SNOW DAY!

Snow Angel

I am writing this letter early because on Monday it will be -15 degrees, and with wind chill it will be NEGATIVE FIFTY DEGREES!!! Needless to say, President Clements has commanded that no missionary is to go outside AT ALL on Monday. (I was gonna get my hair cut too :(  ) Oh well. So I won't be e-mailing on Monday :/ Church has been cancelled AGAIN! I have gone three WEEKS without taking the sacrament! This is getting to be as bad as Alaska! Who knew? It is getting in the way with our investigators who we keep inviting to church. Three people have said they'd come to church, but we've had to tell them not to! How messed up is that?! If it keeps us safe- then I guess it's meant to be.
So on Monday I'll be chilling out, maybe serving the investigators we have in our apartment and knocking on doors here. Who knows? I might even be able to paint my nails! Or RELAX! Crazy right?
Not only has the weather been up and down, this week's success has been pretty varying as well. Sister E. has felt pretty under the weather the past few days, and that has dragged us down quite a bit. I have seen really great miracles though! This week I went on an exchange with Sister D. (from Australia mates :) ) in Burnsville and we went tracting for a very long time. That night we taught not one, not two, but THREE restoration lessons back to back to BACK, which means we taught the people about Christ's ministry, Josephs' first vision, the Book of Mormon, invited them to be baptized, AND said a prayer. Two of them were even outside! They were freezing but it still happened! After the first two doors I was feeling pretty accomplished and since it was about time to  "clock out" I figured we should head back to the car. But Sister D. was more inspired than I and she suggested we just go to one more door, keep the momentum going. Low and Behold, another restoration lesson! The next day we had yet another during a long stretch of tracting. It was really an exchange miracle.

Sister E and I in the Snow

We're wondering how long it usually takes the first presidency to get back to you for investigators who want to be baptized. P. is waiting patiently in white, you might say, and we pray every day that the date will come soon. Otherwise R., T. and K. have yet to progress :( They still like meeting with us but I think they're almost afraid to feel the spirit.

Yesterday we met with R. and K. and they were having a BAD day. R. was mad because her neighbors kept her up all night and her step-kids would be coming soon and it was T's birthday and he was having trouble at work etc. It was crazy. And our joint teacher, the amazing Sister K, had her two little boys so it was chaos, but in the midst of such chaos- there came a beautiful opportunity for me to bear my testimony. I was able to tell R. about the hardship I went through when I was being diagnosed with Crohn's and how no matter what, even at 12 years old, I knew Heavenly Father had my back. and eventually he pulled me through! I testified that if she had faith and prayed for help, Heavenly Father could help R. and her family get through ANYTHING! Not sure she believed me, but I KNOW she felt the Spirit- even if she won't admit it.

I've been doing really well. Sister E. is feeling better and we're ready to start fresh!  I'm getting a lot better at helping plan appointments and keeping track of miles and such, and I feel like I know our (amazing) ward pretty well. Sister E. fills in all the gaps. The closer I feel to Heavenly Father, the happier and more content I am :)

I love you all so much!!!! Stay Warm!! (chuckle from my friends in AZ)
Hurrah for Israel!
Love,
Sister Roberts