Hello family!!!
This week was so
awesome!!! I honestly don't remember much about the beginning of this week but
I remember the weekend! haha :) so here's the scoop...Tuesday I got to go on an
exchange with Sister Brady again on Tuesday! It was a lot of fun! I love that
girl! She's pretty hilarious and we just have fun! A lot of the time I want to
do more for the sisters than I feel like I do, but I do my best and that's all
I can do! :) haha all is well though! I learned a lot from Sister Brady, she
likes to have missionary fun! And I’m a pretty chill and laid back person but I
also like to have fun! haha but I have been trying to be more enthusiastic when
I talk to people and I realized (because sister Brady told me) that I don't
have to be enthusiastic to have passion for what I am talking about because
believe me, I’ve got passion :D She also sees a lot of good in people, she is
so nice, and always makes you feel like you're a million bucks! If we could all
be like that this world would be a much better place!!! haha but we had a lot
of fun! :)
I made lots of videos
but I can't send it back to you yet :D I am not done! haha but you are going to
love them :) anyways, the exchange was awesome! We saw Felisha and Andre! Andre
prayed and we put Felisha on date for the 9th!!!! But she fell off date because
they didn't come to church yesterday...but she will get baptized! Now she can
just get baptized on Packard's birthday!!! :) (The 16th) I am determined to
have someone get baptized on the 16th so I can see Packard on her birthday: D
haha
We also got to do Yoga
with the 8-11 year old girls in my ward! Those girls are so adorable! :) I love
that age of girls :) Wednesday we had district meeting :) those are always fun!
Except they make Sister Packard and I do a training every time! haha :) but I
like it so it's all good...this week we got to train on how to qualify for the
companionship of the Holy Ghost I loved this talk about Revelation
Salvation cannot come
without revelation, and it pretty much all comes down to, in my opinion,
obedience. There's a reason why it's the first law in heaven :) With obedience
to the laws and principles of the gospel, all other problems go away! :) But if
we were 100% obedient we would all be translated...so good thing we don't have
to be perfect! :) haha anyways if we are obedient we will qualify for the
companionship of the Holy Ghost! :) And well we all need that in our
lives...Makes life a lot easier!
On
Thursday we had weekly planning!!! :) I love weekly planning especially
with Sister Packard because she always gives me good things to work on :) And
it's awesome! I love having someone who can tell you what you can improve on
with love! haha because a lot of the time it's something that I know I could
work on but I just don't see it. So it's great! This week I am working on
believing in myself :) haha all of you know I was a little shy girl, and
struggled with confidence. I've come a Looooonnnnng way with that, but it's
something that I definitely could still improve on :) I'm not the most
confident straw in the bunch but I’d say I’m a pretty strong straw ;) haha so
she's been helping me with that and it has been working well! I think the
points when I struggle the most is when we got finding.... :) I still get a
little afraid on doorsteps sometimes! :) haha but I still talk and it all goes
well :) We got to take a break in the middle of planning and go to the Correy's
in our ward, it was really cool. Sister Correy is writing books and she writes
songs, she's very musical! And sister Packard and I love that stuff too! So it
was fun to get to sit down with her :)
Just FYI I decided I’m
taking piano lessons again when I get home :) haha I want to be able to play
it!!! I know mom, dad, you're saying right now "I told you so" but
hey...sometimes these things happen... :D Sister Correy gave us a copy of a
song she wrote that we may or may not sing at transfer meeting...PS I’m
probably singing a duet with sister Packard at transfer meeting....which would
be extremely terrifying...but you know...I might as well just confront all my
fears on my mission :) so anyways that was Thursday.
FRIDAY WAS THE
GREATEST DAY EVER!!! :) haha first of all we are starting up firesides again!!!
Yay! :) So Sister Packard and I got to drive up to Olympia with Sister Davis
and Allred in our zone, for a practice! And we got to see all our friends!!! :)
Sister hall, Beans, Sister Thompson!!! :) It was lots of fun! :) I got out of
my comfort zone and sang a lot haha it's the funniest thing! I sing soprano and
pretty much always have, but I’ve always loved alto, so since I began my
mission I’ve sang a lot of alto, but this fireside I am singing a lot of
soprano! And president comes up to me and says "you are such a beautiful
alto! And I just can't imagine you being a better soprano than you are an alto,
that's awesome!!!" haha that man cracks me up! I just love him with all my
heart :) Anyways so I am singing in a group that sings "be still my
soul" it's a really pretty version of it. :) So I am excited! Every time I
sing that song I think of Grandpa Lowder. It's sweet :) that's why I’m late
e-mailing today because we had another practice for the groups and then
President took all of us out to menchies! They are so sweet!
Anyways, after the practice
we drove home and we got a call from the Sunset Elders in our zone telling us
about a referral! They received it from the office but they sent it to the
wrong missionaries, they were supposed to send it to us! :) So this guy’s name
is Michael Brandon, he is going through a divorce and he is non-denominational,
so his Mormon friend says "hey you really need to talk to the
missionaries, they can help you!" so Michael is like alright! So he goes on
Mormon.org and requests missionaries to come to his house!!! Pretty sweet eh!? So
the Elders had a baptism that night so they invited him to it and then they
called us and told us that he was coming and we had an appointment with him
afterwards. So we were like SWEET! so we go tracting early and about 45 minutes
into knocking we run into this guy named Travis, so we talk to him and he seems
interested so we invite him to come to the baptism and he's like ya sure I’ll
come just give me some time to get ready. So we go back and he's all ready and
dressed up! :) So he follows us to the church and we're like freaking out
having a party in the car because this is actually happening! :) haha so we get
to the church and take him on a little tour and then we meet Michael Brandon! He
came!!! It was sweet! So we go to the baptism and it was very appropriate.
Michael is a precious man and he starts to cry. Travis is just very into
it and love the hymns and its great! The baptism gets over and we're like hey let’s
just teach Michael and Travis a lesson together and so we do! We taught them
the restoration and now they're on date for the 16th!!! :) (See someone's going
to be baptized that day :) ) Yaaaayyy!!! :) So Friday was awesome! :)
haha
then Saturday we
get up and we go to the highland hills sisters apartment (sister esplin and
sister graves) for a surprise study (that's another perk of being an STL)
and it was fun! :) We talked a lot about meekness and being chastened by the
Lord :) haha :) it was a really good and uplifting study. Afterwards Packard
and I were just pooped! I was in pain cuz my dumb side has been hurting
and Packard was tired but we were still working really hard. Then around 4 we
get a call from Sister Pryor and found out that Sister Packard’s Grandma passed
away :( It was so sad! But I have to tell you, I am extremely impressed with
Sister Packard, she is such an example to me. That day she had Charity and
practiced the character of Christ. All I could do was give her a big hug and
let her cry it out. She cried for maybe 5 minutes and then wanted to go to our
lesson so we drove and listened to a beautiful version of "god be with you
til we meet again" which made me cry! haha but when we got to our lesson
she stopped crying and instantly served the rest of the day. I was amazed by
the amount of strength she had and the way she turned outward when it would be
so easy to turn inward.
We did stop by sister
pryors and she gave us cinnamon rolls and some oil for my side. I have been
craving cinnamon rolls since the beginning of my mission and nobody makes them
right!!! :) They always put raisins or nuts in them and these ones were the
best they just had cream cheese frosting. haha But I can't even express how
much I learn from Sister Packard like every day. She is one of the most Christ
like people I know. And it makes me want to be better. Service really is the
substance to our souls. It will always help us if, in our times of sorrow we
turn outward and serve others. ALWAYS! :)
This is a good talk
about that :) haha I can't even express the amount of joy I get from being on a
mission! It’s irreplaceable. And I just love it so much! The
friendships and the knowledge that I have gained will stay with
me for eternity. And I’m just extremely grateful. There's so much happiness
that comes from being a missionary! :) There's only like 2 weeks left of this
transfer though :( which I am extremely sad about. I don't want to not have
sister Packard as my companion! I could literally be her companion forever. We
never fight, we just love and work hard and it's great! :) But, there's no
growth in the comfort zone right? haha so I’m thinking that next transfer is
going to be another growing transfer... :) Right now President has all the
strong and obedient missionaries together and its sister Hall's prediction that
next transfer he's going to put them with the ones who are struggling. :) Which
will be great! But it's going to be a growing experience :) haha So we'll see
:) I have absolutely no predictions, except for I think I’m staying in Chambers
Creek. It’s either that or we get doubled out and both leave which I don't
think will happen. But who knows? Only God! haha :)
So yesterday was also
a great day! I love Sundays! We had 7 investigators at church!!! 7!!! That’s
the most we've had my whole entire mission!!! :) haha it's awesome!! :) Michael
and Travis were there, and George (Alice stayed home sick) Then this guy Luis
that we've kind of been teaching, the poor guy cried through all of sacrament
because his wife just got back from Afghanistan and she is not talking to him
and wants her "space"...poor guy is so sad :( I was proud of him for
staying. Then Kaale was there as always. Then Myk was there as always! :) And
Nicole and Aaron came!!! :) We've been trying to get them to church for 3 weeks
and they were finally able to come! :) yay! :) haha but anyways that's about it
for this week....I love being a missionary and that's all! :) Oh! Also! Sister
dean! (beans) Is finally in Argentina!!! We got to go and say goodbye to her
last night at the office and it was a sweet moment! :) I am going to miss that
girl dearly, but she's where she needs to be! :) Anyways, keep the Packard’s in
your prayers :) the funeral is on Wednesday so maybe send a fb message to them
:) They are a great family! Anyways I love you all dearly and hope you have an
amazing week! :)
Love always
Sister Wilkins :)
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