Ok.... so Ive tried every week to attach pictures and have failed
miserably, hopefully one of these days I will figure it out and be able to send
you lots of pictures. And mom my memory is bad too I use my
planner and make notes on each pday of stuff to send home to you guys. Ok so
everythings not in order because I dont remember what happened on what day but
it all happened I promise. We got to meet a lot of members of the two wards we
are covering. Everyone is so excited that we are here because they haven't seen
sister missionaries in like 15 years. So everyone is giving us lists of people
to go see and offering to go on splits with us to help us cover more ground and
we are getting lots and lots of hugs. My favorite is we went to this one family
and this girl ran up to the door and ran off screaming at the top of her lungs
the missionaries are here the missionaries are here... she absolutely loves us
and its so cute! Then when we were talking she seriously looks into my eyes and
says, "ive never seen girl missionaries before" its like we are disney
princesses in her eyes and we are the most amazing thing she has seen. It was so
sweet! We also had six straight hours of church with no lunch... welcome to
sundays. Because we cover wards we go to one right after another and eat a
granola bar in between to keep us going until dinner... hopefully that keeps
working but it'll make fast sundays really easy. Sunday night we had a meal
appointment and the people were super funny! They made a 'greenie' meal. At
first I didnt know what was happening when i walked in the chicken looked green
and i started of thinking of ways i could politely turn it down so i wouldnt DIE
and then i realized that the mashed potatoes were green too! they are so nice
they make green meals for every new missionary that comes into their areas. It
was one of the nicest gestures.
So we have a senior couple living in our
building for this past week, they are leaving tomorrow which is really sad
because its like having a part of home (grandparents) that come in and check on
us every night. Ive been able
to do splits with them most of the week and of course they reported back to the
mission president that i was excellent and now im in fear that i will be cut
short of my training to train new missionaries because we are getting so many
new sisters. I need all the help i can get so cutting my training would be
AWFUL!!!! We are trying to become missionaries the lord can trust and that has been
a little difficult. We keep messing up and learning new things
Im also pretty sure ive screwed up multiple times this week due to my lack of
focus. and a couple of times I have questioned my being out here but the lord
always kindly reminds me this is where I need to be even tho its been a more
difficult week then normal... Im being exactly obedient and im trying hard to
stay in missionary mode but there was one day where jessalyn snuck in a little
too much and i wasnt given all the information and i think I kind of offended someone. Not so good at all. but luckily the lord helped me fix it the best
i can and now she is willing to at least talk to me and she came to church on
sunday so maybe things will get better.
Sister hutchinson
is AMAZING! I love her and im pretty sure we are going to be friends forever!
She is so funny, ditsy, and sarcastic and together we can sometimes act like
three year olds (when its the apporopriate time to do so) and our 'mom' sister
rush (thats what they call trainers here) pretty much
shakes her head at us and wonders how we can ever be serious haha its wonderful!
But her and sister rush have gone out on their own while I was with the Jacks.
One of their appointments totally got snatched up by two female jehovah
witnesses... haha sister Rush just sayed "those j-dubs just stole our
appointment" soooo funny! I was able to go into this home where this older lady
lived with her husband... it was such a humbling experience to hear her pray at
the end it almost made me cry. She is so beautiful and i think she wants to be
fully committed and because her husband isnt a member she has no support at home. I just
hope she finishes strong.
Sister Hutchinson is so ditsy... her name is Taegan
and i love her. She one day was walking and we were trudging through this snow
pile to save time and she started running because for some strange reason she
was wearing flats. She tripped while running and instead of her feet hitting the
ground again it was her face. IT was SOOOOO funny! she totally did a superman
into the snow and sat there for like two minutes just wallowing in her shame.
Then she was able to get up and laugh about it. Seriously she is wonderful . Together us three are the 'secret weapons' and once
everyone else figures that out we can use our super powers (such as sister
Hutchinsons super man) we will CONQUER the world! or at least the two areas we
are covering.
I also met this woman at church she is new to the area because her
daughter is recovering in the hospital from heart surgery. She is an amazing
woman and I LOVE HER! Her daughter is three months old and she is currently away
from her other kids to take care of her healing daughter. I asked if we could
stop by frequently to make sure she is okay and she said she would love that
then she came up after church gave me a big hug and said thanks i really needed
a friend and so im glad you were here.... mom I was wondering if you could ask
sister Summers if there was anything i could tell this sister to make her feel a
little better since i have no life experiences of my own to fall back on.
Over
all even tho there were a couple really negative things
I LOVE it.. it has been a great week full of personal growth and refinement
followed by a great use of the atonement. Im excited to look for your letters....
hopefully i get them soon I dont know when the next time we see president is but
we will find out soon enough. I love you all and you are constantly in my
prayers and my heart! I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love
Jessalyn
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