First Full Week In DC

 Hello everyone! 

I have officially been in DC for over a week. The work here is much different from the sites but good in it's own way.

-We had a district council breakfast and we talked alot about baptism as it is the first covenant we make with God to gain eternal salvation. So our challenge this week was to invite at least one person to be baptized everyday. This seemed a bit scary at first but God provides and helps us fulfill his will. That day we got a Facebook referral from a lady interested in baptism! So we called her and she said she was interested and so we set up a time to meet with her. So we met with her the next day and it was such a spirit led conversation and we put her on date to be baptized. Now the hard thing I've learned about missionary work is that you can't control your friends decisions or force them to do anything. We planned on this friend coming to a baptism Saturday and church but a few texts, calls, and knocks at the door later we found out from a member in our ward that was going to give her a ride that she couldn't come and she was unable to come to church. So lots of prayers that she can feel the Lord's guidance.

-Another miracle is the other day we were having some not so successful visits and we're about to drive out of the parking lot and Sister Esplin sees this guy walking and decides to "drive chase him" and we had a good, long conversation with him and gave him a Book of Mormon.

-Something I've learned while out here is that I wish I knew Spanish and my Duolingo isn't cutting it out. We were knocking an apartment complex and this cute old Latino lady answers and she just talked to us for like 45 minutes all in Spanish, I was clueless but she was happy. Something cool is that some of the Spanish elders are actually teaching her and put her on date for baptism that evening! Another moment when I wish I knew Spanish was when we were knocking a neighborhood with not many interested people and we were about to leave but I felt like we needed to talk to this guy trimming his bushes. We go up to him and all he speaks is Spanish. Luckily Sister Esplin knew enough to invite him to the Spanish ward and he seemed interested.

-Another way the Lord provided was that in another area a new member told the sisters there about a lady he cares for at a nursing home and that he wanted the missionaries there (us) to visit her. So we did and found out she was a member, and sisters used to visit her but at some point during transfers her information wasn't passed to the next sisters. So I'm so excited to visit her every week! She has such a strong spirit!

-Though our friends we hoped for didn't come to church this week a new person did!

-For pday we played kickball with our president and his fam and our zone. It was lots of fun!

A few fun moments:

-Stealing the elders Maryland crab magnet off their car (we gave it back) 

-Making our district leader a cake for his birthday 

Spiritual thought:

The Lord works in mighty ways! In every "disappointing" moment the Lord provides light and miracles. All we need to do is to be like Nephi when getting the plates and exercise faith.

Love you all!

-Sis Kapp

Sunday personal study

Cake part 1

Cake part 2

P-day