Week 31!!!

This last week has been crazy!!!

We are teaching a man named Antonio. He is from Italy and reminds me a Ton of Grandpa Bair. I love him. He has the ugliest rat of a dog named curly that he WORSHIPS and I do not know why... I'll take a pic someday. Patrick is good as ever. We CANNOT wait for him to get baptized. Bishop wants him in people's homes though so we will be pushing the date a bit. Not sure how much! We are also teaching a man named Jerry... we found Jerry in our area book and thought we would give him a call... his info said that they didn't know if it was a boy or a girl but they had taught it like 8 times soooo..... it's totally a guy. He's totally Baptist and likes to bash us but then he wants to read the book of Mormon sooo... we are just going to hang on tight with that one. 

We met the Smoguers and the Browns this last week, they are both families bishop wants us to work with. They both said they would come to church and didn't... agh. We will keep trying. They're all so cute. WE HAD 4 INVESTIGATORS AT CHURCH THIS LAST WEEK. Patrick wants to give everyone a ride to church. Antonio didn't take a smoke break, Terri didn't pass out and Paula softened up a little! GOOD DAY. I'M ONLY A LITTLE STRESSED ALL THE TIME DON'T EVEN WORRY 

We have had some crazy cool experiences with less actives and people with struggling testimonies. We went to dinner with the N* family and they have a 15 year old girl that cheers, is 4'10, wants to be a dentist, and hates drama. #MYHOMEGIRL... anyway, we felt impressed to tell this family how much Heavenly Father loves them but the spirit told us last minute to do otherwise. I directed the whole thing to just her and told her that her Heavenly Father is aware of her and loves her and that if she will turn to him, she will realize he as been there every step of the way. Just inviting her to feel it. I told her how I felt during high school when I was sometimes so tired I didn't want to go to church on Sunday. When I wasn't reading my scriptures... when I was MAYBE praying once a day ish, and that I know how she feels, and how much He is still there.  The whole family got teary and I said I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I'M SAYING THIS, I DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU, but the spirit does... the mom chimed in and said I KNOW EXACTLY WHY. J* had been going through a hard time and doesn't have the best example of brothers.. she was struggling to want to be active, to choose good things, to not be so stressed her brain turns into mush. the mom texted us just the other day and thanked us. She is doing better now and I always run up and give her the hugest hug at church! :) 

Then we found a FAMILY! There is a family in our ward named the Martins. They invited their family friends over again for a dinner and they are now interested in taking lessons and coming to know Christ better. The last lesson we taught, we did an activity where we blind folded the dad and everyone tried to tell him different directions and he was supposed to find the picture of the temple (which was across the yard) then we called the dads phone (representing the still small voice) and told him how to get there. We talked about how we have to tune out the worldly things and follow the spirit to lead and guide us. We'll the M* family LOVED it. They talked about it after we had left when they went home that night... they told Sister Martin that the next time we come over they want to come. So yesterday, we taught everyone the first vision using Jenga and they all (even the parents) got down on their knees when we recited the first vision. The spirit was so strong. I bore my testimony of my experience in the MTC, how I came know it was true, and now they are wanting us to come over and they want to feed us, they want us to teach them, they want a church, they want it all. The dad ran home and printed out his testimony of how he became a believer after being an atheist and feeling  he didn't need God. It happened after his wife almost died, they were in the hospital and no one knew if she would make it, they had 4 kids, her lungs were filling with fluid fast. He went to the chapel of the hospital and hit his knees. He basically tells the "Don't take the girl" story and all of a sudden he felt this huge lift as if someone was picking him up. She made it,  and he has wanted to come closer ever since. Heavenly Father sure does know what he's doing, and he sure does love his children.

I know that my redeemer lives, what COMFORT this sweet sentence gives. 

Love, Sister Bair.

I am so confused!!! ^^^ ;)