Buenos días mi familia y queridos amigos. Your dearest Sister missionary was sick this week and got her companion who has two weeks left in the mission sick as well. But, life must go on and we have to wear a mask anyways... so buckle up for some pretty funny stories. According to Google the number one reason you don't recover from a cold is because you pretend you aren't sick. Well, Google has officially roasted me so, let us talk about the week!
Monday: Honestly Sunday was the worst day of my cold, but, the show must go on and I sang in the primary program anyway. However, as Google mentioned this is a no no. We had a fabulous dinner with two non members planned so there was no way I was canceling that, so I did as anyone would, wore a mask, over dosed on hand sanitizer and hoped for the best. Sherri and Justin are our members neighbors and they have been friends forever. The Hansen's have been working on them for quite some time and they are finally ready to hear the gospel! They practically jumped out of their seats when we gave them Books of Mormon and it was a super spirit filled lesson. I know it was a spiritual experience for them and it definitely filled my bucket as well. We ended the night with our usual 11 year old lesson and made prayer bracelets together.
Tuesday: We had district council and then headed off to volunteer at the giving machines! We were there for the majority of the day and it was really cool to finally see one in person. All the people who donated thought it was really awesome. It isn't super busy yet because it is still November, but we had a really great time! Plus, it was fun to go back to Summerlin for the day!
Wednesday: Today was the day we finally decided we were both sick and were probably doing more harm going around everywhere, then staying inside. So, that's exactly what we did. We did a ton of contacting, organized our area book and actually got a really cool priesthood blessing that said we would not harm anyone for the temple tomorrow. So, that gave us the comfort that we needed and we were able to have a pretty relaxed day. Sister Hunter and I are definitely getting to know each other pretty well staying inside so much this transfer.
Thursday: 1 year in the mission!! Crazy to think I've been a missionary for a whole year now. We made the mistake of thinking we weren't sick (instead of just not contagious) and had wayyy too much fun today! We went out to olive garden for unlimited soup, salads, and bread sticks, which was so fun and we were stuffed for sure. We also did weekly planning and planned lots of fun things to do for Thanksgiving. We aren't allowed to pop in unannounced anywhere all day, so it's going to be a challenge to fill up every hour with meaningful activities. After planning we headed off to the temple!!!!! Emily and Evie got to go for their first time and can I just say, watching converts or little kids walk into the baptismal font at the temple for the first time, is probably on my top 10 list of all time favorite moments. Emily was so nervous, but the second she stepped into the water the biggest smile came onto her face. I am so proud of the both of them and they have come so far. We also had two men who have only been baptized for three months come with us and do the baptizing, so all in all it was a pretty special experience. By the time we got home we were exhausted!
Friday: Well, last night we tried to start our exchanges and Sister Lafleur and I had a really fun night chatting and getting caught up. At about 8am Sister Hunter calls and says she's too tired to complete the exchange so we had to come back home :( we will have to do another exchange with them next week. We are running out of people to contact by phone....🤣 but we did go get some soup at Panera and wrote our sisters cards so that was a nice excursion. Sometimes being grateful for the little things truly helps us through the bigger things. That's yet another gem I've learned from my mission that I hope I can share with you all as well. This transfer has had a lot of twists and turns, but as Sister Hunter and I have been grateful for the experiences, and the little tender mercies, we have stayed happy and upbeat through it all. That is a huge blessing and I know gratitude can bless your life as well.
Saturday: Today we were both feeling a lot better thank goodness! We had an awesome breakfast with the McKinley family and then went on a blitz exchange with some Sisters down south! One of them has been struggling so we went to try and find some new people to teach. We saw some amazing miracles and it was a good reminder that when we let God guide our day, we are able to see so many miracles. We ended the night dropping cookies off to Sherri and Justin who are super cool and coming to church tomorrow!
Sunday: Sherri and Justin came to church! Let's goooooo. They had a great time and everything went so well. We also had our friends Amanda and Penelope there so overall it was a good day. We had a really awesome miracle and found this cute lady named Shannon and her husband Phillip today. Then we ended the night with our Sunday evening lesson with Claudia, Sarah, and Amanda our favorite trio. All in all a really awesome spirit filled day.
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