Bad news I am leaving decatur!! this week was full of goodbyes and I am gonna miss everyone so much I cannot even describe it!! anyways here is my weekly.
Tuesday
-we got to go to the temple!!! It was so amazing and beautiful and I am so grateful that I got to feel the sweet spirit there <3 Also the flowers are all bloomed and it made me wayyyy happy to see them :)
-I accidentally called my mission president "dude" hahaha oops
-katilyn from the ward drove us to saint louis and se is sooo cool we had such a good time driving there with her and getting to know her better! She is one of the most unique people ever and she is so comfortable with being herseld and i love it so much!! Also she is hilarious and has the best church music so it was a great time
Wednesday
-we had district council over technology and it was good but it made it hard to sing and recite stuff haha it was pretty funny!! And then we had a mission wide training about the law of chasity by President and it was awesome!! I learned so much!!
-we planned out Jerrys Baptism hes getting baptized on Saturday the 25th!! I am going to be gone sadly but it will be such an amazing day for him and we are so happy for him ahhh!
-we taught zach about the Priesthood and temples and he teared up bc the spirit touched his heart and it was really sweet.
-we got to see vet and kamaria!! Vet was super duper tired but still let us in!! She had a crazy week but we were able to teach her about the first part of the plan of salvation. We invited them to baptism and they said they are have already been baptized and so we are going to go over the priesthood again :)
Thursday
-we started out our day by going to the lovely thrift store to volunteer and that was wonderful. I got to see all my favorite people and soaked uo my last few moments there!! I am going to miss serving there so much!! All the volunteers and wormers are so awesome
-i had my last lunch with Brother Novak at Subway and the Subway ladies wanted to get a picture and it turned out wonderful I am going to miss it soooo much!!
-we went and helped sister pace get ready for the rumage swap and got her stuff all ready to donate. Zach came too and helped sister pace !! It was a good time and we also read Enos which is always wonderful:)
-zach officially passed his baptism interview
-we went and visited the stoddards and shared the plan of salvation with them!! I love them sooo much they inspire me :)
-we had a great Book of Mormon study!! We read Enos and the last part of Jacob. I never realizer how sad jacob was at the end there
Friday
-wow this day was soooo warm and muggy and I accidentally wore a sweater. But I am LOVING the warmth sooooo much its amazing to go outside and not need any jacket at all
-we got ready alll day for the baptism!! Still did not finish getting ready and a bunch of the people we had planned participating canceled!! Luckily everything worked out and we found replacements
-we were so amazingly busy this day we had back to back appointments for a long time and THAT WAS A DREAM COME TRUE!!
-we taught eric more about the book of Mormon and how when we have a desire to become better we NEED to act and have real intent and this will help our hearts to truly change.
-we visited with zach and his mom and we taught her the restoration and zach was able to help teach!! We love both of them sooo much!!
-we went to teach Linda and we knocked three times and called her and she didn't pick up!! So we decided we would go talk to her neighbor. While we were talking to her neighbor Linda realized that we were there and came out and let us in!! The chihuahua that almost ATTACKED me last time was BEING SO SWEET THIS DAY. it would come and cuddle up to me or sister greer or linda during the lesson. Btw the dogs named is princess haha it perfectly describes the dog.
-we read with Linda in Alama 34 in the Book of Mormon and talked abou Gods plan for her. I cannot even describe how amazing linda is and how much she comprehends from the Book of Mormon. She has been reading it a lot and it has been helped her feel peace and receive revelation!! She knows the story line super well and says she can understands what it is teaching!! I literally love her so much and she is so prepared and so kind and amazing
-for dinner we ate fruitsnacks and granola bars while watching a sunset in a cornfield and listening to some pretty piano music. We drove around with the windows down to go back to work and its so humid and warm and it was really good because it helped me to feel like myself.
Saturday
-we had the craziest day ever!!!! We left the apartment at 7:30 and we went to go help with the rummage swap at the church it was packed at the beginning and there were so many people looking through all of the stuff!! For reference i never knew what a rummage swap was but basically the church gym turns into a giant free thrift store for anyone to come and get free stuff!! And it lasts like all of Saturday it was awesome!!
-this was also the HOTTEST DAY OF MY LIFE WOW!! it was pretty warm outside and the doors were open all day for the rummage swap and the ac in the church wasn't working so the whole day we were sooo hot haha i loved it so much
-we got invited to go to jans granddaughters graduation party and that was so sweet :) we got to congratulate her granddaughter and meet her friends and it was really cool to meet all of them and explain what we do as missionaries
-the party was at Jans old house out on the farm and it was sooo cute!! AND THERE WERE SO MANY ANIMALS. They had over 300 rabbits and there were so many baby rabbits and we could hold them and cuddle them it was great. There was also three cute dogs and some donkeys. We had so much fun looking at all the animals and jan was so happy to show us
-we went back to the church and helped clean up the rest of the rummage swap and had a great time!! We took down a bunch of boxes and then were putting them in this room and so instead of handing the boxes to me sister greer woukd chuck like ten at me and it was so funny. We also finished getting ready for zachs baptism. Made programs, filled the font, got the rooms ready by putting uo floral arrangements and pictures of Christ.
-THE BEST PART OF THE DAY WAS ZACHS BAPTISM!!! elder robison baptized him and zach is 6 foot 8 and elder robison is like 5 foot 8. And the water in the font was kinda low but it all worked out in the end!! But it was so cute zach was so happy and gave elder robison a bug hug and it touched my heart. Also Zachs mom and Grandparents where able to make it!!
-in the service before the baptism sister tonelli and brother Austin both gave talks and they were so sweet and somehow I got roped into doing a musical number!!! It was terrifying I always get so nervous to do anything in front of lots of people but i played my ukulele and I sang and everyone was literally so nice about it haha sooooo so nice!! Bishop is a musician and he said that it brought tears to his eyes and he said it was truly inspired for me to sing that song!! And he said that it takes a lot for music to make him tear up and that was the sweetest thing ever and also brother smith was so nice about it and everyone was literally SO NICE WOW!!
-We cleaned up from the baptism and had some yummy refreshments and by the end of the day we were soooo tired but in the best way ever because we had an amazing day.
Sunday!!
-this was also a suppper good day!! We got to go to church and see zach receive the gift of the holy ghost!! The spirit was so strong and we were sooo happy for him!! Also during bible study it was great because we sat on the back row with us, sarah bunker (a girl whose about to go on her mission!!), jerry, sister pace, zachs mom, zach, and thomas!! Wowza the best row of people ever I love them all sooooo much!!
-after church we finished getting all the paperwork and everything ready for jerrys jerrys baptism!! We are sssoooo excited for him!!
-we said goodbye to the football guys
-we visited with sister foster and said bye to her :(
-we had a super fun dinner with the Davis family and it was sooooo good and I love all of them soooo much!!! It was so good to see all of then again they all have such wonderful personalities
-we said goodbye to Danny and it was a tragedy I am gonna miss him so much!!!
-also the sunset was GORGEOUS WOWZA Also best news ever is a saw a lightning bug!!! What a tender mercy.
Monday
-today was a day full of goodbyes :(( we said bye to sister bard, sister pace, zach, brother smith, jim, and maryy!! It was so sad to say bye to so many people that I love and care about so much <3 i have been so blessed with my time here in Decatur and I lov eeveryone here sooooo much!! I cannot express how grateful I am
-we had a great lesson with Linda!! She comprehends so much!! We invited her to be baptized on june 29th and she accepted!!! We are so excited for her!!! She is so prepared!!!
Thats my email !! Much love to all of you!! have a good weeKKKKK!!
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