A couple days ago we started noticing that Chuck and Barbara were acting a little different. They were more stand-offish and wouldn't join in our conversations as much, and we didn't know why. They called us a couple days ago and said that they forgot to tell their Social Security that they got married... so they were going to lose their house and pretty much everything in 90 days (which is funny because they were planning on moving somewhere else in October though).
Anyways, they told us that they weren't going to come to church anymore or to the dinners at the Behunin's house. We were surprised and didn't know why losing their house had anything to di with not being around us anymore. So Scott came with us to their house to talk tothenm about everything. When we pulled up in the driveway Barbara was outside, and she ran inside "pretending" like she didn't see us. We knocked on the door because we KNEW they were there... so we KEPT knowcking ha ha.
Eventually Chuck SWINGS open the door and starts YELLING at us. He was saying that it was ALL our fault because we were the ones that helped them get married. We just stayed calm and said quietly, "We just want to help both of you through this." He got even more furious, slammed the door, and called the cops on us haha. We left as soon as he slammed the door. He told the police we were "stalking" him (which is hilarious because that's pretty much what missionaries do all the time to their investigators). We knew that the cops were "looking" for us, so we went to the police department to turn ourselves in haha.
We were kind of scared and nervous, but we knew we had done nothing wrong. We went there and explained everything that had happened. They completely undersetood and told us that Chuck calls ALL the time about the dumbest reasons. So arresting us wasn't even a thought that ran through their heads, which was awesome. How funny would that have been to be arrested while serving a mission?? Missionaries are like the last people who should be arrested hahaha. We felt bad that Chuck and Barb got WAY mad at us, but it's not our fault that THEY didn't notify their Social Security.
We are going to give Barb and Chuck a while to cool off and think about everything. Hopefully they come back to church and realize all that the church has done for them. It's just crazy how things can change SO fast. Just two days before, we were over there having a lesson about going to the temple and having a great time. We've been praying a lot that their hearts will be softened and they'll talk to us again.
It was really hard emotionally to hear/see him yell at us like that. We know we've done the right thing and have helped them get on the path, but staying on the path is their choice. Satan is working hard to keep them from going to the temple.... which is sad. After all of this happened, Sister Stephens reminded me of the scripture D&C 127:4. Even though they're mad us/the church, we don't need to take it out on ourselves. Even if we're persecuted as missionaries sometimes, there WILL be a reward in heaven for what we do. We hope they come back!!!!!!!
Love, Sister Hansen
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