This week was really really good! The weather has officially turned. It has been super cold and rainy all week. Things are going great with the people we are teaching are doing well.
Joy is doing fantastic. She is super stressed out but she realizes that when we come over she feels less stressed and is happier. We identified that as the spirit and she just laughed and said "duh! I know!". She is fantastic:)
Christine is doing amazing as well. We had a super spiritual lesson with her this week's. She asked us how long we had been out and she was amazed at how long we had been out. She started crying and said that she was so sad that we hadn't seen our families for that long. So, she sent a picture and text to our moms:) it was a very spiritual experience and she now knows a part of the feelings we feel. It was amazing. Shout out to my mom who bore testimony to her through text. It made her cry.
Ryan is doing great, we are setting a bap date with her this week. We read with her over skype and she really enjoys the scriptures. She is going to the Elder Holland conference tomorrow for the youth and she is actually looking forward to it.
Honestly all went well. I am so thankful to be here on a mission. It is blessing me so much. Thank you to all who have supported me along the way. I sure do love y'all.
Have a great week. Be safe. Remember who you are:)
Love y'all.
Sister Gray
Last week's email:)
As my mother would say....Holy crap Batman! Conference was so great! I absolutely love conference but watching conference as a missionary is like 8000 times better. We watched the Saturday session of conference at the stake center. Not a lot of people were there so it was basically just us and the Elders in our district. We all just sat around and ate jelly beans and oranges. We were so amazed by the announcements that were made. All of the missionaries are pretty excited about the 2 hour block. We are always trying to get people to come to church but they are always intimidated by 3 hours of church. We think it will help with attendance.
Is anyone else pumped for the 12 NEW TEMPLES??? I started crying as soon as he announced them. I know this is what God wants. As a missionary we don't have the opportunity to attend the temple as frequently as we would like but... most of y'all do. Please take President Nelsons challenge and attend the temple frequently. It will bless your life dramatically. I love that he pointed out that attending the temple will not only bless your life but those on the other side of the veil. Be a missionary. Help others come closer to Christ. There is no reason to why those living within 30 minutes of a temple do not attend the temple regularly. Always and forever put God first. Get past your fear of going. Stop procrastinating. Just go.
We watched the Sunday sessions with Ryan. We talked with her about prophets afterwards and hope they bless our lives with their knowledge. She is progressing well and her testimony is growing. She will have an opportunity to attend a youth devotional on the 16th where Elder Holland will be speaking. We are so excited for her.
Not only is Elder Holland speaking to the youth but he will be speaking to all of the missionaries as well. We will get to meet him and shake his hand that same morning. It will be all of the missionaries in the Fort Worth Mission as well as the Dallas mission. It shall be interesting, there is a rival between the two Dallas missions. They are simply jealous of the true Dallas mission which is Fort Worth 👊.
We went on exchange this past week and I got to spend the day with my favorite human ever. Sister Keller came to be with me. The dream team was back together once again. We had so much fun and we didn't fall asleep until 5 a.m.... let's just say it was a really long day that day. Yet, we had fun and we accomplished a lot.
We are working with a lady named Alma (it's predestined). She is married to a member who hasn't attended in a while. She invited us over and we helped her through some of her trials. She made a comment about how peaceful she feels at church. It made me ponder about how I feel at church. Since we are over 2 wards we usually start our Sunday morning at 8 in meetings and attend church all day until we leave for dinner at 5. Sometimes it is very draining and we start to lose focus during hour 4. It made me want to focus more on the reason to why I am here. Why I am on a mission but also to why I am at church. I'm not coming for the people or the social interaction but I'm coming for Christ and to come closer to Him. I invite all of you to ponder your church attitude and culture and change the things that could be improved upon. It's life changing:)
Well my loves. There is still a lot to do this P-day. I hope y'all have a great week and that you remember the things we have learned this past week. I sure do love and appreciate all of y'all.
Be safe, remember who you are:)
Love y'all!
Sister Gray
Pictures
Dream team
Dream team part 2 cause Naea is my other half haha
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| Dream Team... Sister Gray and Sister Keller |
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| Dream Team 2...Sister Gray and Sister Naea |
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| Big Eyes - Big Hair |
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