Dear Family and Friends,
Well, last week when I wrote an email I was companions with Sister Odonchimeg. We went to the Bayanzorkh building after email where she basically begged the AP's to let her go home that night. They called us back a few hours later and asked us to meet them at the Bayanzorkh at 6:30. Sister Odonchimeg was ecstatic, I was slightly nervous. Elder Tulga asked me who my new companion was going to be, "I don't know. The first mini missionary on the list that was available at 6:30." (Hence my nervousness...) Well that night we arrived at the Bayanzorkh, but my new mini missionary did not. As a result there was anger, begging, and even a few tears. I like to think the AP's felt kind of bad for me as I hauled my upset companion into the elevator, but who knows.
The next morning we went to the Bayanzorkh again where I got a new companion. Basically Sister Odonchimeg wanted to leave, so they found someone to fill in for a few days until another mini missionary could be found. My companion was Sister Enkhchimeg, a RM. She served her mission in the Oakland California mission and got home three months ago. Not many (if any) missionaries have the opportunity to be companions with a RM, so that's pretty cool. I loved teaching lessons with her, and she helped me answer a lot of my Mongolian questions. I learned a lot from her in just two short days.
Two days later we went back to the Bayanzurkh to pick up my current companion, Sister Toya. She is a mini missionary from Erdenet. She is working on finishing her mission application and hopes to leave with the next group. She is very cute, and I'm enjoying being her companion. Sometimes I forget that she doesn't know most things about missionary work. The first day she asked me, "Is there a set time we have to go to bed." Oh ya, let's talk about that. We're learning together.
This Friday the Sukhbaatar Elders had a baptism. (It was basically the Sister Magleby show--I played the piano, I gave a talk, I even made the cake). We were eating treats afterwards and introducing ourselves. It was my turn, and I just started talking. I don't know what I was thinking, but I ended up saying, "Hello. My name is Sister Magleby. I am an investigator." Everyone got a good laugh out of that. I corrected my mistake and made sure everyone knew I am actually a missionary. As crazy as our life sometimes is, I love being a missionary. Sukhbaatar is a really great area, and we have some really wonderful investigators.
This week we started teaching Bodomhand, an investigator. I would guess she is in her mid-50s. In the past she has gone to other churches, and she has a lot of gospel knowledge. We met with her this week and taught the restoration. She was so excited about what we taught. She came to church yesterday and we met with her again. She told us that a few years ago she actually came to our church, but never met with the missionaries. She liked it, but wasn't that interested. Fast forward a few years, she came to sacrament meeting by herself last week (which is how we met her). Yesterday she told us that she knows she needs to learn about the church now. We planned her baptism date and she is very excited to be meeting with us.
Then we have the two teenagers, Gantoya and Ganbayar. Their mom was one of the first members of the church in Mongolia, but is now inactive. They were meeting with missionaries a few months ago, so we found their house and met with them. They are 12 and 13 years old, and both of them have finished the Book of Mormon and have started again. Wow, that never happens here! They were pretty hilarious and asked a lot of questions because they genuinely wanted to learn. "I understand that prophets pass God's words to us, but how do they talk to God?" That was a fun lesson. They are really good investigators, but need to come to church.
Well, so many wonderful things happened this week. I hope that you all had a wonderful week as well.
Love, Sister Magleby
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