Sister Van Buskirk: Zander and his wife are home but Chopper left

{Zander is the Adams oldest son and Chopper is their middle son. They have 3 boys, 3 girls. I have met all but 2. Jamie, who is in CA and Jake who is on his mission. Everyone is married except Chopper and Jake because Chopper just got home in august I think.}

A beautiful week in the great state of Pennsylvania! It was sunny and 75 most of the week except for Saturday when we had the Easter egg hunt... it was cold and windy...

Tuesday we got Steven's large print Book of Mormon because he can only see with one eye. We dropped it off later that evening to Maureen because she was outside and later he called us and was just so grateful that we got it for him and dropped it off. We love Steven so much. We also love Maureen but she talks so much that Steven falls asleep.

Wednesday we went to the temple and then had dinner with the Derstines. They are the cutest family and are so in tune with the spirit and just wanting to be disciples of Christ, it's amazing. We taught them the Restoration and invited them to read the Book of Mormon and then we asked if we could come back and they said yes! But not till May 31st... We are patient but it's hard.

Thursday. What even happened Thursday. We did some weekly planning which is not my favorite thing. Then we went and saw Sabrina who I taught a few times with Sister Cragun but then she disappeared but now she's back! That was not the best lesson because she was not feeling well I guess. Sister Crane is not thrilled to go back but she wants to get baptized so...

Friday we helped Mary clean her house and we gave her a Book of Mormon and she was so happy. We shared Mosiah 24 which talks about the Lord lifting burdens (you should all read it. It's great. While you're at it, just read the whole thing) and she loved it and is going to read it again.

Saturday was the branch Easter Egg Hunt. The Glaser's do it every year on their farm in the big hay field. Usually it's just the branch but then some people from the stake heard about it and so Sister Glaser was scared they wouldn't have enough eggs (They planned to do 300) so we hid 1100 eggs... It was way fun though. The Kutztown sisters ended up coming too since a member had invited a potential investigator. Then we went to the Walkers to make crafts for our "other less actives" and ate dinner. They are so funny. They made us Pennsylvania Easter baskets and Sister Walker made cupcakes for us to decorate and take to people.

Sunday was Easter! So we go to church, have sacrament meeting, president Adams is the last speaker, president Adams cancels the rest of church. This is the conversation we had with our RS president getting in the car. Warning: I wasn't trying to be rude. I was just trying to think of what we were going to do for the next 2 hours.

Sister Mientus: Well this is a nice treat!

Me: For you and the other members yeah.

Sister Mientus: What do you mean? What are you guys going to do?

Sister Crane: Go tracting on Easter Sunday.

Sister Mientus: *awkward laugh because she doesn't know what to say*

Oh well it was good actually. It rained a little while we were out but one guy said we could come back next week.

Miracle Story!

There's a less active in our area book who we've never met (okay there are active lot of those) but we have been meaning to call her for months and we keep forgetting. Yesterday we were looking for people we could send a "Happy Easter" text to and found her. Well we decided to call her right away and she answered! We asked if there was anything we could do for her and she said "yeah actually. I've been thinking about coming to church. What times does church start? I think I want to go next week." Sister Crane and I were like what the heck oh my gosh yes church is at 9 and we are back in the old building finally.

We went to the Adams for dinner which is always an adventure. We walked in right as President Adams took off on his motorcycle and Sister Adams was first is hinges her squash pie. I love all of them, they are just crazy. Their son is on his mission in Gilbert and Jess and Chopper both served in Nevada so I'm like yes these people understand that I almost froze to death.

I hope you all had a great Easter Sunday and took the time to remember our Savior. I finished the Book of Mormon yesterday and what an special experience that was. I hope you all have taken the opportunity to read the Book of Mormon and prayed to know if it is true. I know the answer you will get. It's the same one I received. I love you all and have a great week.

Lots of Love!

Sister Van Buskirk

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