Sister Gray's Mission: Gluten Free?

Hello again!

Another week is gone. Again I will state how fast this transfer has been. We are more than half way done with this transfer. Let's jump right in!

This past week has been crazy busy. We spent most of our days driving around to less active members homes. We only are able to visit with a few of them due to the amount of time it takes to get anywhere in this area. But, it's a good use of our time during the day. It's exhausting though. The weather in Texas is so irritating sometimes. It I'll be 90 degrees one day and 30 the next. It's annoying. We spent most of Tuesday out in Bowie (pronounced booey). We visited atleast 8 houses and no one was home. Slightly discouraging but that's ok. It just means we have to go back:)

Wednesday we had an a amazing district meeting. We were given a training on Facebook. A lot of missionaries (me included) have had a really hard time finding ways to fulfill missionary work while using Facebook. A lot of the time we simply look at it as a distraction, a waste of time, or a tool that can be used against us by the adversary. As we sat in this meeting an elder made a comment that has stuck with me all week. He said "you wouldn't throw away the Liahona would you? Facebook is given to missionaries as a tool to help further the work. So don't bash it, deny it, or take it for granted.". We are given tools to help others. Social media is a tool that when used correctly can help others. I invite each of you to do one thing this week to do good with social media. Share a scripture, a quote, or even your testimony. I promise you that there is someone reading that needs to hear it.

Thursday we had an amazing lesson with our investigator Donna. She is progressing towards her baptism and is starting to grow her own testimony. She was telling us that she has noticed satan is trying to prevent her from coming to church. She realizes that it must mean something if satan is trying SOOO HARD. I was in a way thankful that the trails have raised for her to see that. She wants to come to church, she wants to partake of the sacrament, she wants to come closer to Christ. Her budding testimony has definitely grown my testimony.

Friday I left Decatur and headed for Weatherford for exchanges. I had the opportunity to go on exchange with Sister Kapp. She is the bomb. I absolutely love her. To start the exchange out, our car didn't start. Our battery had died, and we just sat and laughed. The lady next door said she would jump our car. We spent the next 3 hours at another car shop waiting to see what the problem was. Afterward we went and provided service at a donation center, hit panda for lunch, and went straight to a lesson. Half way through the lesson the investigators phone goes off informing us that we were in a tornado watch. We simply laughed and carried on with the lesson. It was a really really good exchange. I learned a lot from Sister Kapp who will be dying in three weeks and returning to Layton Utah. I'm really sad to see her go.

Saturday was quite the day. We received a visit from the office elders who brought us new beds! Yay! I was so excited. We were able to chat with them for a little while. I served with Elder Mitchell in Lewisville so we had fun telling old stories from that area. Afterwards we left for dinner. We had a good dinner and good conversation. Near the end of the meal she pulls out a box of cupcakes and says "I heard one of you is gluten free, so I bought you a special cupcake." Me and Sister Bowes were sooo confused. We looked at each other and shrugged. Turns out there is a rumor that I am gluten free. Not cool whoever started that. I LOVE bread, cookies, and crackers, too much to be gluten free. So I sat and ate my cupcake wondering how to tell the ward I'm not haha. After dinner we left to an appointment. As soon as we sat down I felt like I had been hit by a truck. I couldn't breathe, talk, move, smile, anything. I just sat there paralyzed. About 10 minutes into the attack I turn to my companion and say "hey we need to go". She shook her head and continued to talk. Another 20 minutes passed and I started to feel a little better. We got into the car after the appointment and I punched sister Bowes and told her what happened. She laughed and apologized. Turns out the cupcake had pumpkin in it and I had an allergic reaction. It was pretty bad. Note to self, allergy to pumpkin has increased since I have been out.

We had a good week here in Decatur. The work is improving slowly but surely. I am grateful for the people I work with and I am thankful for the experiences I have had. I hope y'all have a safe, happy, spring filled week.

Love y'all.
Sister Gray

BLUE BONNETS ARE IN SEASON!!!

Sister Bowes, and Thomson were in my district in the MTC.

Sister Bowes said she was irritated so I told her I could help her feel better. So I sat on her. It worked😂😂