8-18-14

What happened this week that made to so excited to share it with your Mama that you almost couldn't wait till Monday? Haha nothing too exciting happened but Sister Stewart and I are drained emotionally. We spent 3 hours at a less actives house trying to comfort her (without being counselors) and just keep her company so the elders could show up and give her a blessing. It was crazy! She cried and laughed and then cried some more. then like 2 days later Kelli (the less active in our complex) got mad at us because we were talking with another neighbor who lives above us because she thinks he is a con artist and that he does all these bad things. Then Richard (the neighbor Kelli doesn't like) told Kelli to stop spreading rumors around and she got all defensive. She then came over to our apartment as we were leaving to go to our dinner appointment and she totally cussed us out. It was really scary. So she doesn't really want anything to do with us anymore and Sister Stewart and I don't really know why but we are ok with it because now we can actually get things done in the mornings. Sad that it had to go down the way it did though.

OH we also got a Mormon.org referral this week haha. He requested a Book of Mormon so we went to give it to him. and when we got to his house, he had never heard of Mormon.org and didn't have any friends who were Mormon.... so we talked to him a little bit and we have a return appointment with him and his wife this week on Thursday :} so something good came out of an awkward experience. What is crazy is that we had the right name, right address and right phone #.... God is definitely looking out for us :}

My favorite moment was when.... Sister Stewart and I got to go to the Quail Creek Ward Party this last Saturday :} it wasn't as fun as the Alpine 5th Ward parties but it was still pretty good :}

I felt the spirit so strong when.... We went to an 8 year olds baptism. The spirit is so strong and you realize how happy our Heavenly Father is when we make the right choices to come closer to Him and His Son, Jesus Christ.

Have you met with Lori yet? Sister Stewart actually asked me last Wednesday what we should do and I said "go see Lori" so we did and she was home bus busy so we talked to her a little bit and she asked us to call her next week (so this week now haha) and set up a time to talk with her. She sounded pretty excited and she is definitely NOT 70. I would put her at mid to late 50s at that. Haha

How is scripture reading going with Sophie and Jill?  There is power in the word of God! There is power in the word of God. Absolutely. But Jill has been working double shifts at the hospital so she is never home when we meet with Sophie. But Sophie is doing great. Her testimony is coming back and I am so proud of her. She hasn't been reading every day but she tries to pray every morning and night. Which is really good cuz when I 1st got here, she didn't do either. We are meeting with her tonight and we are watching "a Prophet of the Restoration" with her :} so excited!!

Do you get enough hugs form the sisters in your ward?  And do you say thank you a million times for the dinners you are fed? I definitely don't get enough hugs but I still get some so I am happy with that :} and yes I thank the family a million and one times for feeding us. The members are amazing and love having us over which is good cause we loving going into members’ homes and teaching them a scripture or a principle of the gospel. It is so fun!

When did you feel the Spirit guide you this week? We were guided to go to the referrals house haha :} that was fun

What did you learn from your studies?  And what did you learn from teaching this week? I learned about Abinidi and his sacrifice, his willingness to die for his beliefs. and I thought to myself, would I give up my life for my Heavenly Father, for my religion.... kind of a crazy thought don't ya think haha

I can't believe Trent is home!!! Did you say hi from me? If not that's cool haha

I also can't believe that Maddie Hood is married?! AAAHHH that is crazy!

How is Paige doing? When is her wedding again? Oh that is just so weird to me haha

 Yeah, Sis Stew and I had a goal this week to take at least 3 cute photos a day.... we took those 2 (the only 2) yesterday haha. It hasn't really worked yet... but we are still working on it haha :}