September 27

Howdy everyone!

I'm writing to you on a particularly beautiful day in La Porte, TX! The temperature is incredibly pleasant, the sky is completely clear, and it kind of reminds me of a Utah summer day. Normally if it's not stormy we have lots of giant, fluffy, white clouds, like the kind you'd find painted in a children's book, but today it's just a brilliant, solid blue. I think fall may be my favorite season down here... we'll see :)

Sister Hatch and I have kept plenty busy this week. Unfortunately we have had even more appts. fall through than normal, but we've also seen success and miracles. To update you on D* W*- she has been sick since we last taught her and we have been unable to see her since. This means that she will not be getting baptized on the 30th, but we are prayerful that she is able to feel better and move forward with this soon.

We did have an awesome lesson this week with an really cool girl that we had tracted into last week, L* V*. She's a senior in highschool, so we invited a member of our ward who is also a senior (at a different highschool), S* V8 to come w/ us to the appt. When we got there, her friend K* H* (a junior) also wanted to learn, so we taught them both about the Restoration. The Spirit was so strong, and Sam was a great asset, sharing her own conversion story and sweet testimony. They all hit it off, and we'll be teaching them w/ Sam again this coming week. We're pretty excited about them!

We were able to attend the General Relief Society broadcast this Saturday, and thoroughly enjoyed it. We carpooled with ward members to the Stake Center in Eagle Springs where we enjoyed yummer baked potatoes and BBQ for dinner, followed by the broadcast. We were especially happy that one of our recent converts, Sister C* W*, was able to attend. I got to see several sisters from Baytown again which was delightful. I'm really happy to be serving in the same stake so that we still get to rub shoulders from time to time. We had a pretty intense storm pass over during the broadcast, and therefore missed the middle 2 talks do to satellite difficulties. It was kind of fun to pull out our hymn books and sing together while we waited for the broadcast to come back on. Attending the broadcast always helps me feel close to my mom and sister :)

Being a missionary is still the coolest thing ever. I'm still ridiculously happy, and the church is still true! I love you all so very much!!

*~Sister Pilmer~*