Sister Gray's Mission: Transfers, Transfers, Transfers

6 weeks have come and gone!

I can't believe it! We received transfer news this morning. I will be staying here in Decatur. My new companion is Sister Alatini. She is pretty awesome. We had a great week this week! So many amazing opportunities. I have seen a pattern this week that has been great. I will get to that soon:)

This email will be rather short this week because I only have like 30 minutes to write but I will try to be fast in typing! We had some pretty cool miracles happen this week. We had a large amount of time to fill on Tuesday. We felt impressed to go over a list of less actives and pray to see who we should visit. We felt prompted to go and visit a less active couple. As we pulled into their driveway I was feeling a little nervous. I'm not sure why but I was just jittery I guess. We knocked on the door and a man answered. He let us right in. His wife came and joined us and we began talking. We were sharing scripture, talking about God's love when the wife began to cry. She said that a relative had passed away that morning. They both were in tears as they sat together and mourned their relative. We were able to bare testimony of the plan of salvation and provide comfort. As we were leaving the home the wife gave us a hug and she whispered to me "you were sent by god.". It brought tears to my eyes. I am so grateful for the spirit and it's leading power. I'm also grateful for the chance that I have to bring comfort to others as they go through hard times. Im sooooo thankful for the knowledge we have and the chance we have to be with our families for forever. And I am really thankful for my can of mixed nuts that I call family:) they make me so happy and have taught me so much.

We met with Donna and Phillip this week and had a great lesson with them. Donna has been really sick so it was a short lesson but it was powerful. We also met with Grace this week. She has had a cactus growing in her front yard for 10 years that has grown massive and mean. I asked her if she wanted me to remove it. She laughed and said "baby, no one can remove that thing. I've tried for years.". I took that as a challenge. Once again I endured another "slave day". I clipped all of the stems of the cactus and began digging. An hour later I removed half of it. Another hour later the "Texas weed" was retrieved. It was so big that it's remains filled an entire trash can. I felt accomplished and I impressed Grace. Later, when she had family over she was talking to them about the Mormon girls and their hard work. It was fun to help her.

Sunday was probably the best day of the week. We started our day by attending the bishopric meeting to discuss the needs of our investigators, less actives, and people we are concerned with. Afterwards church started. As we walked into the chapel we were surprised by one of our former investigators, Mary, showed up for church. She had been having a hard time and realized that she needs God in her life. She knew exactly where to find him. We sat with her and comforted her as she explained some of the trials she is going through. Afterwards as we were leaving a member came up and said "Hi! My friend wants to see you!". That's always a good sign. That's when we met Ryan. She has been less active for years but she said that she read the entire book of Mormon in 7 weeks. She said that she wants to learn the lessons and also her boyfriend wants to as well. I'm pretty excited for it. We are meeting them for dinner this Wednesday. I think all will go well:)

I am very thankful for the growth that has happened in this area. When I first got here, we had 2 investigators. With only one progressing. Now, we have three investigators who are progressing, 2 returning less active families, and 5 new investigators who are working in progressing. I'm so thankful for Heavenly Father and the support He gives his missionaries. It's hard to be on a mission. It's frustrating, tiring, disappointing at some times, and incredibly hard. But, it's the most amazing, uplifting, hilarious, spiritual, and incredible thing I have ever done. It's also the most rewarding thing I have done.

This week has been great. I'm excited to endure another. To start new on another transfer. I look forward to writing y'all soon. I am thankful for the support you show me. The letters, and emails each week truly help me through the hard times. It's something I look forward to.
Until next week.

Love y'all!
Sister Gray

PICTURES
My best friend Logan
#sharethebook go look is up
Twinning at church
Dinner with the Gobers