And then there were two May 1, 2017

Well transfers have come and Sister Morales is leaving Sister Fugal

and I to fend or ourselves here in Peoria. Some exciting things have

been happening in the Ward that I think are really going to help us work

better with the members here.

A lot has happened this week with us, but not so much with our

investigators, progression wise. So we might have to give them a break

for awhile

A potential new investigator of ours named Steve Bible Bashed me over

the phone the other day and it was bad.  He said a lot of

not nice or appropriate things as well as all the other things we hear

all the time. But something must have been going on that day because I

was SO MAD hahaha. It's hard not to fight back when people are calling

you a brainwashed idiot who hasn't read a real bible. Ok.. I'm getting

annoyed just typing this. That part wasn't really a big deal.. but

just a lot of other stuff he said on top of that. It was just dumb.

Sometimes when we talk to people it's as if we are to blame for all of

the worlds problems and even problems within religion and things like

that.  But that happened and I just told him to call us when his heart

was ready to listen and he  said fine and hung up.

Other things that happened were that it was Sister Morales Birthday!!!

We made her some cookies. And she got two cakes from members and she

is LEAVING THEM HERE because of transfers. Sister Fugal and I are

going to need to start mixing up our morning workout routine haha.

ANOTHER THING THAT HAPPENED. I almost forgot. The elders had a baptism

this week and a lot of other missionaries came down for it. Including

the Freeport Elders. And Brother Mulnix the Ward mission leader drove

them!!! So I got to see him and it made my day. Someone said a joke

during the baptism and I heard this cackle that I KNEW was familiar

and I looked around and he was there!! It was so fun to see him again.

He cracks me up.

Randy is doing good. Praying on his own. No one knows what

specifically triggered it but it suddenly just clicked in his head.

Patience..

This is a bad and non uplifting email and I am sorry. I'm in the war

chapters in Alma and you know how that goes....

But there was something cool that I realized while reading about the

stripling warriors. In Alma 56:46 it talks about this big war that is

going on and how the stripling warriors had never fought before in

their lives. But they weren't afraid. For TWO reasons. #1 they knew

and had faith that God would deliver them. #2 they were more worried

about their fathers liberty than their own lives.

Basically what I am trying to say is that faith and charity overcome fear.

Very cool

Bye

Sister Madsen

The wifi struggle..
my mission plant is dying in case anyone wanted to know