Week 70 #exchanges​#iloveasia​ns#campusl​ife

Tuesday and Wednesday I was out of the area on exchanges which was crazy. However, Sister McMillan and I had a really cool experience in Avon. We had gone to a neighborhood that was hit by the tornado last week and tried some potentials and no one was there. We were in a no soliciting neighborhood so supposedly we weren't allowed to tract. We found a little pathway that led to a park so I told Sister McMillan that we could try to it. We started down it and no one was out. I began to second think my decision. Soon we came across a pavilion and there was a guy sitting at a picnic table. We approached him and introduced who we were. He didn't seem all that interested especially when he told us he attends a church but doesn't claim it. However, as we got talking more he shared with us that he used to meet with a senior couple missionary in North Carolina and had attended church. I finally got the guts to ask him why he stopped. He told us the only reason was because he moved here to Indiana and lost contact with the church. At that very moment I asked him if we could teach him the Restoration. We taught the whole thing and he was telling us that everything made sense. We set up a return appointment for the sisters to go see him on Friday. And texted the sisters Friday night to see how it went. They said that there was some miscommunication because he told them he was unable to meet because he had an interview but they still showed up anyways. He told them that he believed the Book of Mormon to be true and they committed him to be baptized on August 2nd!!! I couldn't believe it!!! Avon has really struggled with baptisms, meaning they haven't had any since sisters got put in two years ago. I very, very excited for the sisters.

Wednesday I was in the Indy 3rd ward with Sister Richardson. In the afternoon we had planned to see about a billion less actives and we weren't able to visit with any of them. We still had about 20 minutes before our dinner appointment so we decided to just knock a few houses in the neighborhood that we were in. The last door that we knocked on a  woman answered up. She wasn't too interested, but Sister Richardson and I were persistent. She still didn't invite us back, but there is nothing more powerful than bearing your testimony to someone and wanting them to listen. 

Friday we taught Megan and Kiki together for the last time. Gosh I just can't get enough of these girls. Megan has already been contacted by the missionaries in Pennsylvania though and she'll be meeting with them tomorrow. Then we met with Kiki after church yesterday. Before we had a dessert social and I was talking with her and one of our members. Previously her baptism date was August 30th. Then somehow it got brought up that I would be leaving the 26th. She told me that she would need to get baptized before I left. Then when we had her lesson with her she said that she wanted to move her date up so that both Sister Gil and I could be there. We didn't have the heart to tell her about transfers though. She and Megan are both one of the many miracles that Sister Gil and I have seen in this area. She knows way more doctrine than either of us thought. I think we asked her what forgiveness was and the rattled off some definition that was literally perfect. Sister Gil and I just stare at each other in awe during her lessons. 

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Those were definitely the highlights from this week. We have our last exchange of the transfers starting tonight. I'm finally staying on campus for once! This week will be really great. I'm sad Sister Gil and I will be getting split up soon, and I'm VERY anxious about this next transfer:(