Week 51

Geez guys! I leave and all sorts of exciting stuff happens!!! :) hahah I guess that happens when you leave for 18 months and you've been gone for a year! Sorry for the serious delay...We of course had the holiday and then yesterday we were at Zone conference all day! :) haha so today we are e-mailing! :) But at least you get an e-mail :) To tell you honestly there's not a ton of stuff going on in my life :) I am making way good friends and I love the people here :) I am still loving Olympia! We actually have a way big area...the biggest one I've had so far. And it's awesome :) we still get to see the water! We can drive out to this place where they dock all the boats and its right by the capital! SO beautiful! The ward is seriously so great! I love them! we get fed every night except Monday, because we eat during our p-day time :) But it's awesome! I think it's the smallest ward I've been in...I feel like it anyways from church...It feels small to me. So obviously there's a lot of work to be done in this area! since it's quite large and the ward is small! :) Speaking of the work I love our investigators right now! It's pretty cool getting doubled in. I didn't have a moment to "adjust" I just had to jump right in and hot the ground running! :) But since we came here we have found some Amazing investigators!  We have Somon and her daughter Isziah. Somon is married and has 3 girls! Isziah (9), Amiah (6) and Janiah (3)! :) haha they're way cute! And we also found them knocking not too long ago! (obviously...since I've only been here for like 2 weeks haha) And they're so awesome! :) I LOVE LOVE LOVE them! Isziah had already taken the lessons in North Carolina with her Grandma. So somon's mom is a member! And Isziah wanted to be baptized, but Somon didn't know about the church and so she didn't let her. But now they are both on date for the8th of March!!!! :) AHHHH!!!! We have also taught them the restoration and plan of salvation and they have loved it! they couldn't come to church because Somon had to go on base (she's in the military) But they are coming this week! :) So exciting! We are also going to teach them tomorrow! And I am so pumped!!! :) haha I love these people so much! And then we have Gary! :) Gary was found by Sister Hardy (who was also trained by Sister Hall :) ) about 3 transfers ago! So he's been to church like 15 times and he loves it! I know he does! But Gary is a stubborn 60 year old! Whom I love dearly with all my heart!!! :) haha he was the first person we met in Olympia and he told us the first night to push him. Well I told him that was a bad idea to tell me that because I am pushy! :) haha I was trained by Sister Hall! Of course I am :) Anyways we had a lesson with him on Saturday and it was SO good! I flat out told him he needed to stop procrastinating the day of his repentance. :) He says he doesn't believe in Joseph Smith, but I don't believe that's his real concern :) Haha but he is praying about being baptized on March 15th! WHICH IS HUGE!!! :) I am so excited! :) He is totally going to get baptized :) haha He says that I scare him :P Haha! I just love him so much! And I'm bold and upfront with him :) And he knows that he knows it's true :) That's why I scare him :) haha  But seriously I love these people so much! :) Those are the main people we are working with right now! :) On Wednesday we had district meeting which was way good. Elder Genereux who is my zone leader and good friend is going to make me sing a solo next week at district meeting. Yuck :) haha People like to make me do things out of my comfort zone :) And we are also teaching a less active named Axle. he was baptized when he was 8 but his family stopped going and he went down some wrong paths but now he's coming back and he's way awesome! :) Thursday was the one and only park day! We spent a lot of the day with the 98 year old recent convert named June! She's adorable! :) Valentines was pretty uneventful, people didn't really like us that day...but the handy's a family in our ward had us over for dinner and it was WAY nice! They gave us lots of treats :) Saturday was one of the greatest days of my life!!! :) I found out on Thursday from Sister Chipman that Daja and Nicole were going to get baptized in Saturday!!! dhasjkdgdhfk;sdyhafuieyahrjkeawhfueiwlafudsalhfjdkslah8u!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is my excited gibberish! :) haha I was STOKED! So we drove to Tacoma in the morning and we got there and Daja just ran and jumped into my arms! Cutest thing ever! And Nicole was so excited! the Service was way nice When Daja got baptized, she was just giggling and giggling! It was so cute! :) I can't even express how much joy I felt at that baptism! I love them more than words can express and I got to see mah friends! :) :) I love them so much as well! haha Especially Juan, Jon and Kyle! :) My heart was a puddle times 12!!! :) I just can't even express how great it is to be a missionary! It really is the greatest thing of my entire life! :) I have seen so many people enter into the waters of baptism in the past year and It is absolutely amazing. I have come so close to heaven. By seeing these people's first glimpse of heaven's light! I am over joyed when I think about the past year and how much I have grown and changed and become. It has been one of the greatest journeys of my entire life. I honestly wouldn't trade it for anything in this world. I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY!!! I am so grateful for this opportunity. It has been such a blessing. I cannot even put it into words. But I can't even accept the fact that I've been a missionary for a year! It's insane! :) I miss you all so much and I am so grateful for y'all! I love you more than you could ever know :) This may or may not be a lame e-mail but I'm out of time and I will e-mail you again in 5 days!!! haha But I just wanted to check in and tell you I love you and Miss you and am doing SO good! :) I would not choose to be anywhere else :) I know the church is true! It is displayed to me on a daily basis. And I love it with all my heart. I just want to give my all the next 6 months and come home EXHAUSTED! So that's my goal! :) haha Anyways! I love you tons and tons! :)

Love always

Sister Wilkins :) 

Happy Valentines!

Daja and Nicole's baptism! :)

Daja and Nicole's baptism :)