Howdy from Woodville where the Christmas season is in full swing! I'm loving it!!
Monday was a pretty normal preparation day. In the evening we had dinner w/ Bro. and Sis. R* and D* L*. Bro. L* is our ward mission leader and he's related to some L* I got to know in Lake Charles, so that's fun. They fed us a healthy balanced meal of roasted pork and stir-fried veggies, sugarfree raspberry jello w/ raspberries for dessert. We watched "Joseph Smith- Prophet of the Restoration" w/ them and it was wonderful.
Tuesday was a very miraculous day. After making visits to some sweet members in the nursing home, we ate lunch at Brookshire Brothers because we'd been given a gift certificate for there. It was pretty yummy and Sis. Mapa and I had a really good chat. We then met up w/ Sis. E* O* who was supposed to come visit investigators S* and J* w/ us. S* and J* cancelled so we went to go try a referral from the Fred elders. His name is J* J* and Sis. Mapa had met him before, but it was kind of weird and we weren't sure if he was really interested or not. Apparently he is, because the Spirit really guided our lesson and we commited him to baptism. E* bore her testimony and it was beautiful and it was just awesome all around. That same day we commited T* M* and his 2 friends T* and D* to baptism. It completely wasn't us- it was all the Holy Ghost. He's so great! all 4 agreed to baptized on Christmas day, but that is subject to change for scheduling purposes. Our branch president and his wife (J* and M* L*) had us over for dinner that night. They fed us a yummy casserole and green beans, w/ fresh baked choc. chip cookies for dessert. We then headed up to Kingwood to spend the night in the Mission Home. It was a fun little roadtrip. The J* sisters slept there too and it was really cool to spend some brief quality time w/ Pres. and Sis. Moldenhauer.
Wednesday we had Sisters' training which was combined w/ Zone Leader Council. It was a really cool training meeting, but of course, really long. They fed us great food and it was fun to spend time w/ the other missionaries. Overall it was very edifying experience. We then headed back to Woodville (from Kingwood) and were really excited to get back to the country. Living out in the sticks feels like home to us these days. We met A* G* and her mother at Elijah's for dinner. A* is an AMAZING investigator who is planning to be baptized. We were a little nervous to meet her mother, but it turned out great and her mom is VERY supportive of her decision.
Thursday we taught J* in the morning, and in the afternoon we went to teach J* J* w/ Bro. and Sis. L*. It went really well and he comitted to living the Word of Wisdom. That night, the G* had us over for dinner. We built a gingerbread house w/ there grandkids and had a lesson and it was all quite awesome.
Friday we had Zone Meeting in Beaumont. I was in the Beaumont chapel for the 1st time since I was 10 yrs. old. They re-upholstered (sp?) the seating since then- fyi. The meeting was great. We all went to lunch at Olive Garden after. I'm still getting to know the missionaries in my zone. It's pretty crazy being the only sisters in the whole zone. On our way back we stopped in Spurger to visit a referral of sorts from the Fred elders. That was effective. That night we went to the Tyler County Christmas at the Courthouse and contacted lots of people. It was pretty awesome and completely led by the Spirit.
Saturday we did some more contacting at the county Christmas party, where I also ate the most delicious BBQ sandwich of my whole life. Bro. and Sis. L* were there and bought them for us. We attended a massive O* family Christmas party too out in Odomville of course. There was lots of food and lots of people. We got to see T* again that afternoon and that went well too :) We finally got to do our weekly planning which went pretty well and didn't take too long- that was good because we had very little time to get it done. We've been so busy! That night we went to a Christmas service at Heritage Village that we'd been invited to. Reverend Brian from the Methodist church gave a sermon and we sang lots and had a good experience. It was very interesting. Afterwards we got to have a good conversation w/ a less active member that works at Heritage Village.
Sunday was amazing!!! J* and A* both came to church and loved it and plan to be there next week. We had a lesson w/ A* after church on the Plan of Salvation at the L*'s home. It was fantastic and her baptism date is currently set for January 2nd. They also fed us spaghetti and cheesy garlic bread and brownies. We had all kinds of adventures in the afternoon, and in the evening we went to the D*'s for some food and to watch the First Presidency Christmas Devotional. It was quite wonderful. Our whole week was! We're exhausted!
Missionary work is the best!!!!
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