Things are not always perfect when you are on a mission.

Time to post more about Sister Ahern

February 6, 2012 letter - Things are not always perfect when you are on a mission.

So, for the crazy day.  About a month ago we had one day where Heavenly Father was definitely giving us comic relief.  In the span of 24 hours: first, the son of one of our investigators was visiting his mom and he started off on his beliefs (about half of it was great; the other half was so far out in left field that it was out of the park) and would NOT let us get a word in.  Hna. Webb finally butted in and said, "I'd like to say something and do NOT interrupt me."  It was great.  2.  We went over to an apartment complex to look for one of  the less-active members on our ward list who didn't have a phone number listed.  The lady at the address we had said she moved about a  year ago, but that her daughter, Crystal, worked in the housing office of the complex.  We went over there and asked if Crystal was there, and the answer we were given to every question was, That's  confidential."  Hna. Webb even asked, "Is it confidential to ASK if she works here?"  "That's confidential."  The lady we were talking to was SO ticked at us.  I kind of wanted to cry by the time we left.  At the same time, though, being the daughter of Amy Ahern, I definitely had a very mean thought.  What I wanted to say (but did not) was, "Who took a stick and jammed it up your butt?"  3.  Unfortunately, I no longer remember what number 3 was.  Oops.  I do remember though that it was so awful it made us laught.  4.  We went by a man who we found on one of our potential investigator sheets.  He said he was busy then.  We asked if there was a better time.  He told us, "Manana.  A  las 8." (tomorrow at 8).  We already had an appointment scheduled for that time (sorry, but 24 hours notice is not enough time to get your pick of just whenever), and we told him that, but asked if there was another day or time we could come by.  His response?  "You don't have time for me; I don't have time for you."  Who knew so many crazy things could happen in one day?

The baptisms were awesome.  We're still teaching Juan the new member lessons and he still comes to church every Sunday (I don't think he's missed a single Sunday since he started coming the week before Christmas).  Although his dad still doesn't really want to do anything or believe what we're saying, he does stay for Sacrament Meeting every week (he gives Juan a ride to church).  Unfortunately, that means that Juan doesn't usually get to go to Primary : (

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