Sister Gray's Mission: Busy Schedule

Hello, hello, Hello!

What a great week! So many marvelous things happened this week. There isn't time to rite! We have had a jam packed day today.
We have spent a good chunk of time this week focusing on finding. You don't have anyone to teach if you don't find them right? We try to accomplish every aspect of missionary work everyday. Seems like that's something your should already be doing but man is it difficult! For example...this is our schedule for tomorrow.

6:30-7:30 exercise
7:30-8 daily planning
8-9 shower, get ready, breakfast
9-10 personal study
10-11 companion study
11-11:30 drive time to Runaway Bay
11:30-12:45 service and Lesson with a less active
12:45-1:15 drive time to Decatur
1:15-1:45 lunch
2-3:15 lesson with Scott
3:15- 5 tract/follow-up with less active members in alvord
5-6 dinner
6:15-7 lesson with ava
7-7:30 mutual with ava
7:30-8 missionary correlation meeting via Skype
8-8:30 Skype call to read book of Mormon
8:30-9 phone call with a bee hive in a less active family to read the book of Mormon
9-9:30 text ward mission leader, update area book (if needed), ward fast reminders and miracle Facebook post
9:30-10:30 journal, pray, retire to bed.

Having a busy schedule is the best thing ever. It prevents missionaries from becoming homesick or unhappy. When you are busy you don't have time to sit around and think about your life problems. It's great! I'm very thankful for the work we have to do and I am very excited to continue to work here in decatur:)

Ok... I know I talked about this last week but being in a technology mission IS AMAZING. oh my goodness. We spend a good portion of our day in lessons via Skype or Facebook messenger. At first it seems a little hard to teach because the person you are teaching isnt physically there but then that moment passes, the spirit comes, and the lesson is amazing. I am so thankful for the tools we have to teach this message! We skyped a lady named Cindy this week and we had the first discussion with her! It went so well, the spirit was definately there. We were able to testify of the truthfulness of the book of Mormon. We plan on seeing her again this week.

We are having great success with s. Runyan reading the book of Mormon. We had the opportunity to give talks in church yesterday. We told sister Runyan that she needed to come because I made a joke in my talk that would only be funny if she was there. She laughed and said she would come. Saturday night rolled around and she said she was still coming, Sunday morning at 7 we called her and she said she was still coming, Sunday at 8 she called us and told us she wasn't coming. 30 minutes later we convinced her to come. We sat up on the stand and were anxiously waiting for her to come. Nothing else really mattered to us as long as she came. And she did!!! We were so excited! We were able to Skype her layer that night to talk about it. She had a good time and she is starting to feel more comfortable every time she comes. We then read the book of Mormon with her. Ever since we started skyping her we have asked her if she would pray at the end of the lesson. Every time she has answered no. Last night when we asked her she immedisstely answered yes. I was so excited my jam literally dropped. She laughed and said the most humble prayer I have ever heard. You could tell that she was trying so hard to have a relationship with her father in heaven. I am so grateful for her. She has truly become a life long friend.

We had a great meeting with Scott this week. We met and taught him the plan of salvation. He was filled with questions and comments. Pur lesson lasted almost an hour and a half due to the questions and the comments he had! He talked more than we did! It was so amazing. At the end of the lesson when we asked him how he felt he felt at peace. We immediately identified the spirit that was testifying to him that what we were telling him was true. At the end of that, we had the strongest impression to invite him to baptism. So...we did. He said yes and he wants to find an answer so he can know for sure this is where he will be. We invited him to be baptized on september 1st. We love working with him and he has such a great desire. Pray all goes well.

Well my friends, I hope y'all have a safe week this week. It actually hasn't been too hot. It's been raining all day today so we have had lots of fun playing in the rain today. I hope y'all enjoy the pictures.

Love y'all.
Sister Gray

PICTURES
Ok... so most of these are from our Skype lessons so sorry if we look funny Skype and messenger don't always take really good pictures so none of us look good haha.

Grace comes home tomorrow but we were able to skype her and see her:)
Lessons with S. Runyan:)
Our lesson with Cindy
All of the clouds look like this. It's so beautiful!
Rain shenanigans from today
Other rain shenanigans from earlier this week.

Love y'all!