This week has been super fun and busy! One of our investigators Abagale is so excited to be baptized and can't wait. Yesterday we went through some of the baptismal questions with her and she said she didn't have any questions and she agreed with all of them or at least the ones we have taught her so far. Her baptismal date is on the 3 of dec. Her son and daughter also want to be baptized. We are helping her stop smoking, she really wants to stop and we have this amazing program to help her. So we are so excited for her and her kids. She always brings lots of their cousins with them to church and they love it! They bring one of their cousins Malika who is 7 with them every week they even bring her to our lessons. Yesterday when we were at her house for a lesson Malika told us I turn 8 in January and I want to be Baptized. It was so awesome! We were so happy. She has such a sweet spirit and is one of the kids that listens the most to what we have to say. We just have to get her parents permission first so that we can continue to teach her and so that she can get baptized.
So we set up an appointment with a guy a couple weeks ago but he never showed up he looks exactly like Trump it is so funny. So on Tuesday night we were at the bus station and everyone was like Trumps over there you better go get your picture. And it was that guy we were gonna teach. He was dressed up like Donald Trump and I almost thought it was him for a second. We aren't allowed as missionaries to talk about the elections. And everyone wanted to talk to us about them it was crazy! I was shocked that Trump won because everyone in Kzoo said I voted for Hillary. After the elections the elders said they were on the bus and these gangsters were going on about how they hate the electoral college. And how their votes don't even count. They said it was super funny!
We went to the Chicago temple on Saturday and it was so awesome. It is a pretty small temple and looks a lot like a chapel. It is so pretty inside. While we were there a huge stake came and so we were talking to some of them and asked where they were from and they said Green Bay Wisconsin. :) It was so cool. Sister Liesinger spoiled us. She took us to lunch and let us get whatever we want. Then on the way home she took a detour and drove us through downtown Chicago it was cool I love it. I have always wanted to go see Chicago. And then on the way home she stopped and got us Ice cream at Culvers which they messed up on my order so I ended up getting 2 ice cream shakes.
Transfer calls are tomorrow which me and Sister Merriman won’t get transferred because I am still training so we will be together until after the new year. But Elder Johnson is most likely leaving and we are super sad about that. Yesterday we had our call ins so they brought us a take and bake pizza that they had and we ate in and talked about missionary work in our ward. It was good pizza. So this morning they needed to borrow the car for a couple hours so we told them they could come get it at 7 and we would make them breakfast it was so fun. So they stood on our front porch because they aren't allowed in our apartment and we made them breakfast. It was so much fun. :) Our ward boundaries also changed so we are at the very edge of our area so we are trying to find a new apartment to live in. Hopefully one in Portage. Sister Droste is like our Grandma in the ward. And she wants us to live closer to her in Portage so she has been trying to help find us an apartment. Our apartment is super nice we just want one closer to the middle of our area. LOVE and miss you ALL.
Love Sister Gittins
Lake Michigan behind everything!