WEEK 18- I’M A BAKER. STRICTLY A BAKER.

Happy New Year's eve people! We had such a weird week. Lots of ups and downs but we ended on a high so that was awesome. Christmas was so great we spent it with Bishop and his family, the Soto Reys clan of course, and the Steens. They are all so amazing and stuffed us was full of good food. Also taking to my fam bam was the highlight. I was a wreck but so grateful I got to talk to everyone even when we were all spread across the country this year. Bless technology. Early in the week we got this referral we were so pumped about. We met with him. He seemed like he had a pretty rough go at life but said he wanted to go to churcha and get baptized and meet again the next day. So cool! Until the next day when he told us some personal things that we told him not to tell us and he did anyway. Oh my gosh anyway all plans are off and we have dropped him. I tell you what people tell you anything as a missionary. Any.thing. I dont know if its because we just seem super trustworthy or if it's because we have the name Jesus Christ on our nametags but yeah people really lay it all out there even when you wish they wouldn't haha. So we were sad and discouraged because we lost our only person on date for baptism within a day. But you know us we keep on tracting. The next day we were knocking doors and talking with people. No one was interested but I still like talking to everyone. I feel like I'm already way more outgoing than I was when I first got out here. You have to be in order to connect and relate with people. But I have decided that I'm not going to ask people what their religious background is anymore. It sounds like a weird thing to ask but it isn't when you're a missionary. Anyway I'm not asking it or going to try to avoid it because of a few reasons. 1- it's probably not going to be the answer I want (which is "yes I've looked into alot of the lds church doctrine and believe a lot of the same things and would like to be baptized"). The answer is usually Baptist anyway. and 2- it's irrelevant because it gets them stuck on what they have been previously taught and doesnt open their mind up about the things that they still can learn. There is so much to learn. We had a lesson with this lady Dotty this week. We tried to teach her about the Restoration, the Book of Mormon and prophets but boy she was not having it. She just kept saying, in a nice way, she is not going to conform to another religion and she is fine and happy just where she is in her church. Honestly that bugs me so much. Mostly because I dont think Heavenly Father wants us to just settle and be comfortable with what we know. It reminded me of the term Neal A Maxwell uses, divine discontent. If we are on a constant spiritual progression we wont ever be happy with where we are. We will, in a healthy and not discouraging or obsessive way, always be striving to grow more, to learn more, to be more. That kind of perspective is what is going to lead us to the person God wants us to become. Not only this life but even Eternity and heaven will be filled with continual knowledge and progression. Dont settle for what you think you know now. Look beyond. Search for more truth. Ask questions and grow and strengthen your testimony. God does not intend for us to be stagnant. Ever. Be more, study more and pray more. As you do this the holy ghost will accompany you and give you confirmations on eternal truths and knowledge given to you by your heavenly father. Okay one more thing. We had a major miracle the other day whith Khloie and her sisters Liberty and Ayesha. Her sisters kind of just jumped in on the lessons. They are 16, 14 and 11. Anyway yesterday we taught them about the gospel of Jesus Christ. And theh had so many questions and comments the lesson lasted for two hours. We taught them all about the steps they need to take in this life to stay on the covenant path and eventually live with God and their eternal families forever. They all want to be baptized. It was so cool to see their excitement about the thought of making promises with God and having all their sins washed clean. We set some goals for how to accomplish this but hopefully they are strong this next month as they prepare to be baptized. Pray hard for them because alot of the times right when we are about to do something awesome and take a big step closer to God, Satan will sweep in and make life incredibly hard. He's the worst. I'm so excited for them though! God is good. And this could really change their lives. Oh shoot hold up. Funny story. Some less active members gave us some deer meat to cook right and she said it was good with teriyaki so I tried my best to whip together a teriyaki stir fri with deer meat. Sounded easy enough. Guys it was the worst ever. I literally puked. But to top it off sister peacock, poor sweet sister peacock, ate all of it. I told her she didn't have to because it was garbage but that didn't stop her. Poor girl. Ehhhh anyway I'll stick to my baking skills and I'll stay away from cooking anything other than ramen for a while. Remever to let divine discontent inspire you this new year and dont let yourself settle spiritually. Thank you so much for all the presents, Christmas and birthday, and for the Christmas cards, letters, emails, and love. I don't deserve yall. Kloveyoubye, Sister Fisher