having more hope

This week was crazy! I spent two days in Georgia as I was able to go on some exchanges with the sisters!  Sister Hatch and I fell so behind on everything and have been playing catch up the past few days! We still lack on progressing investigators, however things are looking better than last week!  We've met a few people who are actually putting in a good amount of effort to find out if what we teach is true. Also, I found a live mouse in my shoe the other day.  I went to go to slip on my shoe when I saw a brown, furr ball in my shoe.  Sister Hatch about had a hard attack.  I did learn something meaningful this week though. We were driving home from an appointment of a lady who had dropped us and I look over at Sister Hatch who is crying.  As we talked, I could see how much frustration and discouragement she was facing as she questioned why everyone was dropping us and what we were doing wrong. I kept thinking and praying of what I could do or say and after a few minutes of silence, she looked at me and said, "Sister Thiriot, I know that there is someone out there who will listen to us. I know it."  I just smiled and agreed and we continued on with our day.  I will never forget that! Although I may have not been as discouraged, I admire that she was able to conquer such discouragement simply by having more hope.   I'm so grateful for my companion and the things that she teaches me.