Can you hear me?

Monday: This day was awesome, after our prep day we went out to knock for a little bit. We drove past a street and sister Larsen felt impressed to go back. We parked our car and said a prayer that we would be led to who we needed to talk to on this street. When we opened our eyes after the prayer this garage opened and Matthew pulled up in his truck. He was headed inside and I jumped out of the car and caught him before he got inside. I asked him how he was doing and he said honestly not great. He is going through a divorce and was having a really hard day. He asked how we knew that he needed someone to talk to. We were able to tell him that God led us there and we had a really good conversation about God’s plan and Jesus Christ and His atonement. We gave him a Book of Mormon and he said we could come by anytime! 

Tuesday: This day was super busy but also awesome! We had 3 lessons and some meetings. But we met with Jonathan to start the day. He had his baptismal interview which was great and he has the strongest desire to get baptized. After that we had a lesson with José. We went over the restoration, he is also so excited to get baptized, he started inviting everyone he knows and talks to haha! And then we went back over to Matthews house and had a lesson with him. He said that he felt better after we left the other day. He had a lot of questions for us and we had a really great lesson about God's Plan and the Plan of Salvation. We were really able to teach to his needs in that lesson and he said to come by anytime again!

Wednesday: This day was a super sad day! Jonathan texted and let us know that he relapsed on smoking meaning that he couldn’t be baptized on Saturday. As sad as I was I know that this was a million times harder for Jonathan because he just has the biggest testimony and desire to be baptized. I also had my first baby bash with someone and he pretty much was telling us what we believed and he was super wrong which was frustrating and he wouldn’t let us explain what we actually believe anyway that made me super grumpy. But we had dinner with the Theobalds and they always make my day better. They are so sweet and fun to be around. After dinner I was still bummed about Jonathan and I felt a little guilty for feeling sad because ultimately this baptism isn’t for me it’s for him. It started raining and there was the most beautiful sunset on our drive home and it felt like a gift from God. In that moment, I also knew that God was grieving with us and Jonathan, and I knew that it was all going to be okay and it's apart of God's plan.

Thursday: This day was good! We got to go to our district council meeting, plan our day in the warm sun, read with Darrell, and had a good lesson with Hayley and Kyle.

Friday: Best day! We had exchanges with the Sister Training Leaders (STLs). We went to their area in Manhattan. I was with sister Pratt, and Sister Larsen was with sister Ehat. We started the day off strong by forgetting our service clothes. Whoops! Anyway we were like 1hr away from our apartment so we went to walmart to get some clothes and we took 1 car. Basically the other sisters had a lesson so they left us at Walmart and ended up having a 2 ½ hour lesson. So we were stuck at Walmart for 2 ½ hours without a car. We ended up just walking around and contacting people in Walmart which was pretty fun. After that we did service which was painting garden boxes! And then after that me and sister Pratt got stuck in the apartment because sister Larsen and Ehat dropped us off and forgot to give us the keys to the car and didn’t see any of our calls. We ended up having a really good phone call lesson. I still had a great day and I learned to make the most out of any situation! 

Saturday-Sunday: Not much happened these days but Sunday is always good because of church and the sacrament. We also had a lot of people who let us share a message with them which was awesome!

Fun/Funny moments: 

♡ Exchanges are pretty much a fun sleep over! 

♡ me and sister Pratt found cute Jesus books about Easter 

♡ there was a guy who was doing some yard work and we were talking to him/got to know him a little, I asked him if we could share a message he said “no”. I asked “why not”, he didn't answer and started to yard work again. I asked again “is there a reason why not?” Still no answer. So I asked “Kevin can you hear me?” LOL he chuckled and said yes. We left him alone after that but me and sister Larsen were laughing about that for a while. 

♡ We went out knocking in the freezing rain.

♡ we got matching silly T Shirts with the STLs for service.

♡We made chocolate covered strawberries.

GOD IS GOOD!