July
24, 2017
Dear Family and
Friends
This week
has been CRAZY!!! First it was super hot like 107 plus humidity so it felt like
we were swimming in a hot tub of stickiness….eww! I mentioned a few weeks ago a
miracle about an investigator named Mark. Well, he is getting baptized this
Saturday!!! He is so amazing and has such a strong testimony of the
church. He has been investigating on and off for about 6yrs and his daughter
was baptized 2yrs ago. We have spent the past 3 weeks going over every other day
teaching him all the lessons over again... He teaches us hahaha!!! We go over
with a new pamphlet and he tells us all he knows about it and testifies of it
and then we discuss questions that he has. He is just so AMAZING.
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| July Zone Conference |
Mark wanted
to be baptized at 11am on the 29th so our ward mission leader went to schedule
the building. Unfortunately, that slot had been taken so we asked Mark again
what time he wanted his baptism. He then said, “Well how about 1pm?” So, we
were like, “Ok” and told our ward mission leader. To our surprise, he texted back and said that
all of the time slots had been taken and that someone had booked the building
from 11am-7pm for ONE baptism! We were so confused! We went back and told Mark
about it and the first thing he said was "sounds like someone is having a
pool party in the font!" Hahaha! We were dying laughing. We had to call
around to figure out why someone had booked the building for 8hrs for a
baptism. We finally figured out that the Maize 2nd sisters and the Zone
leader's ward mission leader didn't know how long it took to fill the font nor
how to book a building. Because of this, they booked the font for the whole day for their baptism at 2pm! After
switching Mark’s baptism to Friday, then Saturday, back to Friday, and then back
to Saturday, we finally got everything settled and his baptism is again back for
this Saturday at 11am. Whew!
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| Sister Magda got to see her former companion, Sister Nail! |
This
week we had an unpleasant surprise but before I say what it is, I need to go
back a few months... like to May. So, when Sister Lee and I moved into our new
apartment (which used to be an elders’ apartment) we had to clean a lot
because... elders are gross. Anyway, it was coming to the close of May and
getting really hot and the mosquitos and all types of gross bugs coming out.
Well, all through May, June and July I kept getting all these itchy bites that
would just drive me CRAZY and they were all over my body. The bites were down
my arms and legs even on my feet and the bottoms of my feet. For a long time,
we couldn't figure out where they were coming from and I just thought they were
chiggers or mosquitoes.
One
day we were at zone conference when our mission nurse told us to beware of the bed
bugs and she showed a picture of bed bug bites and they look EXACTLY LIKE MINE!
I freaked out and as soon as I got home I checked my mattress and let out a
sigh of relief because there was nothing there.... or so I thought. A week went
by and I was still getting eaten up badly and the nurse couldn't figure it out
either because I told I checked for bed bugs. But late one night I was trying
to fall asleep when I felt something crawl across my hand! My eyes shot open
and I immediately slapped it and ran to the bathroom to see what it was.... IT
WAS A BIG BROWN BED BUG!!!!! I called the housing people and told them I
thought I had bed bugs and they told me that they would call our apartment
people and they would send someone over the next day. Well that night I flipped
my mattress over and again there was nothing. I even checked in the creases and
still found nothing. I was so puzzled. That was until the thought came to me to
check under the box spring. So very hesitantly, I pulled my box spring up
and.... my stomach turned because as sure as God made little green apples there
was a mass of nasty blood sucking bed bugs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so appalled
that I yelled and ran out of the room and called the housing people to tell
them that I for sure had bed bugs and couldn't sleep in that room! I was almost
in a panic because it grossed me out so badly. They said that they would bring
air mattresses for us to sleep on until the exterminators came. That whole
night I was fearing that the nasty little bugs would come find me and eat me so
let’s just say that sleep wasn't happening for me that night. The exterminators
came that afternoon and pretty much just held a flash light to my mattress and
said "yep you've got bed bugs alright" I just thought to myself,
"no duh Sherlock what gave that away?" and then they walked out of
the room and said, " we can't treat it today but we will treat it on July
31st. In the meantime, your gonna have to sleep on your bed so they
don't spread to other parts of the apartment." I thought I might pass out!
There was no way that I was going to sleep with those blood suckers!
It
was completely unfair because I was the only one who was being eaten by them Sister
Lee wasn't even touched! She had bugs on her box spring but I guess they were
just chilling and then climbing to my bed to eat me. I was so upset. I called
the mission housing people and they said they would see what they could do. The
next day they called and said that they had a guy in the Glenn Hills ward that
would call our apartments corporate to see if he could do it instead. And he
did!!! So, the next day he came and treated our apartment!!! We were so
relieved!!! Now we are bed bug free!!! What an answer to our prayer. It was kind
of awkward though because we had to pack our car to the max with black trash
bags and go out and work. A lot of people thought we were living out of our car
hahaha!!!!
Transfers
is this week and we just found out what's happening! For my last Transfer I
will be..... wait for it....... drum roll please.... louder drum roll......
Staying in Maize 1st YEAH! Sister Lee is..... drum roll again.... louder......
Going to Kaw Valley Topeka! She is going to love it there!!! My new companion
is Sister Lomu and I don't know anything about her other than she's coming from
Lamar Colorado and that she's been out for about 5 months.
I am so
excited for this new transfer and to continue to be a representative of Jesus
Christ, to teach the gospel that has blessed my life and brought so much
happiness ere is no better calling!
Love,
Sister Magda
