March 4 - 11
This week was full of everything you can think of when it comes to missionary work! It was the slowest yet fastest week. Every emotion was felt and good times were had!
Monday: Well today we spent dinner with one of our favorite people! That's right, CLAY!!! and boooooy do we have some good stories to share! First a GIANT moth, the size of a humming bird, comes outta no where and Clay's dad proceeds to try and catch it while chasing it around the house. As this is happening Clay tells us a story from last week when they caught one and tied a fishing wire to it and flew it around the living room like a kite!! (We saw videos....I kid you not, it's real 😂) we are all enjoying a nice dinner of meatloaf when you hear "look, dudes. (his dad calls us dudes) if you are ever in survival mode and all you have is a Cheeto and a few matches, light the Cheeto on fire. It will burn 10x longer than the match" shocked by this random comment we say "really?" He then laughs and goes to the kitchen. When he comes out he has a giant cheeto lit on fire..... he looks memorized at the flame and says "I didn't think this would actually work..... I thought it would just blow up the cheeto." Oh and I can't forget our dessert, ice cream sandwiches chopped up into cubes and served on a silver platter!
After dinner we had FHE where we played human battleship.
Tuesday: Wallllllk dayyyyyyyyy!!!! We did lots and lots of walking and lots and lots of talking which led to lots and lots of referrals sent out to the family ward missionaries😄😄 oh!!! And Sister Brockbank hit 6 months today! 🎉.....I literally almost forgot the BEST part of the day.... We had a lesson with our sweet investigator Ande. At the end of our lesson she asked us "Sisters, how soon can I get baptized?" We responded with whenever you feel ready. She whips out her phone to look at a calendar and says. "Can I get baptized on the 24th of March?" Ahhhh that's in like 2 weeks!! Golden I tell ya, golden.
Wednesday: Not gonna lie.....I have no idea what happened today....
Thursday: Oh boy. Today was a day. It started off with some good boothing. Buuuuuut during boothing we had some man come up and yell at us for a solid 20 minutes for being ignorant and stupid. So that put a little damper in our day. Some girl scouts saw what happened and came and gave us free girl scout cookies. 💕 So that turned our day back around!
Friday: Luckily we didn't forget about district meeting today! So that was a miracle in itself. We then went to chic-fil-a with the Hermanas for lunch. After that we did our weekly planning which takes forrrrrevvvvvver on week 6. We then had to go to the mission office and while we were there the assistants showed us the transfer board so we know what's going on with basically everyone in the mission a day before they do. That's the one perk of going home hahaha they let you in on all the little secrets Hahaha. Then dinner with Cody. We then went to one of my recent converts house in Ventura and talked with him for a bit. It was good to see him again. Then sports night! While everyone played basketball we messed around with a very very flat ball haha.
Saturday: Today was the faaaaastest day of the week! We started off by playing one last round of groundsies. Then we helped clean the church and someone bought us bagels.....I love bagels..... Then we went home for studies, ah my favorite part of the day! Basically I wrote my talk that I have to give tomorrow at church. We spent the day soaking in the rain, and visiting referrals. Lastly we boothed at the mall to find allllll those YSAs hiding. It was super successful! We taught a few on the spot restoration lessons right there in the middle of the mall. You could feel the spirit so strong in our little corner. After one of our lessons the kid tells us about all his missionary friends that are coming home within the next few months. He then asked us if we had any more pamphlets that he could read so he can talk to them more in depthly about what they did on their missions. It was a cool night full of miracles. Oh and the zone leaders gave us a referral for someone who wants to go to ysa tomorrow. Good solid day!! Tonight we, or Sister Brockbank...... got transfer calls! It was weird not getting a new companion or area..... sad😣
Sunday: Today was nutttttts. We started out with meetings: ward council and coordination. Then church. I had to give a talk, hopefully it went well haha. I made people laugh so I will count that as a success. During gospel principles we learned about Prophets. Relief society was about the importance on the Book of Mormon while reading the talk "The Book of Mormon: what would life be without it?" By President Nelson. It's a good read!! If you haven't read it I suggest you do!! Then we had a lesson with Ande!!! Man I love her. We taught literally alllllll the commandments in lesson 4..... twas intense but since she's so golden, she soaked it ALL in! We then said goodbye to some of people. 💕
Wow. A year and a half gone in the BLINK of an eye! Its still blows my mind how fast things have flown by. I feel like just yesterday I was learning how to gain enough courage to say "Hi" to people on the streets. Haha now they can't get me to stop trying to talk to them about the gospel. I feel like I have learned so much! I just don't know how to form it all into words but I'll sure try:
• Never get too comfortable. That's when change happens
• Find anyway to testify of the reality of our Savior and his gospel
• Talk to EVERYONE, even if it's a simple hello
• There's no growth in the comfort zone
• Trust God with EVERYTHING, He can see the bigger picture....not you
• Love your companion and those who are PURPOSELY placed in your life at this time. There is no such thing as a coincidence
• Never stop progressing
• God is mindful of EVERY people
• Its okay not to be perfect, perfect people don't need a Savior
• Never get too comfortable. That's when change happens
• Find anyway to testify of the reality of our Savior and his gospel
• Talk to EVERYONE, even if it's a simple hello
• There's no growth in the comfort zone
• Trust God with EVERYTHING, He can see the bigger picture....not you
• Love your companion and those who are PURPOSELY placed in your life at this time. There is no such thing as a coincidence
• Never stop progressing
• God is mindful of EVERY people
• Its okay not to be perfect, perfect people don't need a Savior
I'm so grateful for my mission and for all it has truly taught Me! I know this church is true and that we have a living prophet today to lead and guide us. I know that our Savior lives and loves each and everyone of us. Thank you so much for your sweet prayers and love throughout the past 18 months. I love you all 💕💕
1- packing :/
2/3- soothing!
4- the district
5- just us
6- Ande💕💕💕💕💕
7- sister Henry wanted to take our picture and then used Snapchat to put filters on it 😂
8- saying bye to the Henry family
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