It's crazy that another month has passed WAY too fast. February was a good month. Filled with lots of change and growth. All for the better.
To start off I want to share a really cool experience that happened two weeks ago. Friday night we were standing out in the rain knocking on our dinner appointments door. We knocked and waited, knocked and waited. Finally we called. The sister answered said she had forgotten and was in Dallas. She didn't know why she confirmed the appointment the night before because she knew she wasn't going to make it.
We told her it was ok and we went to another families home to find a dinner. We went to the Highfills (our go to stop) and helped her make dinner. In the middle of dinner we received a phone call. It was a less active sister who I had called earlier in the day. We talked for 35 minutes about her life. She confided in me that she was sad and she missed the light of the gospel. Near the end of our phone call we set up an appointment and she told me that she didn't want to call us back but she did it anyway. She also said that the only time she could have talked was between 5 and 6. We are always in dinner from 5 to 6. It was a miracle. The appointment went well and we have a new friend.
Wednesday we were out walking around following up on less active people that Bishop asked us to visit when we felt prompted to go visit a former investigator. She opened the door and welcomes us with bug arms. We were able go visit with her and she said she would like to learn more about our church. It was a good visit. I'm thankful for the spirit in missionary work and the opportunity we have to follow prompting.
Friday and Saturday were spent giving service. We helped a referral move into the area, and we helped prepare for a ward luau party. It was such a fun experience. We started to cut fruit at 1 and didn't finish until 4:30. We cut 6 watermelons, 30 pineapples, 12 mangoes, 6 cartons of strawberries, 10 kiwis, and much more. The next day at1 we started all over again. We made sooo many fruit kabobs! It was crazy! My nails were stained pink from all of the juice. We also made a huge fruit tree with 3 fruit monkeys. They were so cute. I was in charge of making the watermelon tiki men. I had so much fun. The party was a great success and we had lots of investigators come. We had Hulu dancers and yes, we made bishop dance. Overall it was a great night.
Sunday's are always kind of hard as a missionary. You start church at 8 and you finish at 4:30. You are sitting down all day and you have lots of information to take in. Plus you hear the same lessons over and over again. But it's worth it. Sunday night we had dinner with a family with 5 kids. After we ate, a nerd bullet hit me in the back of the head. It was all over after that. I'm talking full blown fern war. The youngest, Carson, who is 5 had a bow and arrow Nerf gun with huge arrows and his favorite thing to do was to hit me. So there was a lot of fun. It made us feel at home and it made us feel like teenagers all over again. It was much needed.
Well my friends. I know it's a short letter but it's 70 degrees outside and I want to take a nap haha.
Have a great week. Remember how much I love and appreciate all of you. I am inspired by the love each of you have for the Lord. I will talk to y'all later!:)
Love,
Sister Gray
Pictures:
The last picture is when Carson hit me in the stomach and ran away as soon as it happened. Little turkey😐💙
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| Let the Nerf war begin |
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| Sister Gray plays to win |
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| Carson shoot and runs! ! ! |
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| Sister Gray and Sister Booth |
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| Ward Luau and all the fruit the Sisters Cut |
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| Ward Luau Party |
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