Howdy from Woodville, TX where I've been partnered w/ a fabulous new companion- Sister Lundgren. I'm VERY excited to serve w/ her. Sis. Mapa and I battled minor colds for the first part of the week followed by her getting the flu, so it's been a rough, but miracle-filled week.
Monday flew by really really fast... kind of like the rest of the week did- only more so. We emailed and grocery shopped and such, and then went to see Dr. Stovall in Beaumont for a follow-up since my hospital stay. There's still not much news, which is alright since I haven't had any more episodes at this point. I'll be following up w/ him and an endocrinologist (sp?) tomorrow. I'll keep y'all posted. We got back from the Dr. in time to be slightly late to our dinner appt. w/ the M* family who fed us some yummy pizza for dinner. C* M* is still awaiting her mission call and we are very excited for her :)
Tuesday we took care of a few additional preparation day items that didn't get done because of the Dr. appt. We did some tracting as well as following up w/ a handful potential investigators that turned out to not be interested. We visited the M* in Colmesneil and shared a message w/ them. The D*s fed us pasta salad and philly steak and cheese pizza for dinner. When our appts. fell through in the evening we went to visit Bro. and Sis. R* and D* L* and share a message w/ them.
Wednesday we visited the nursing home as usual to see Granny and Big Mama. There was lots of good-byes to be said this week as it was Sis. Mapa's last week. Granny was particularly emotional to say good-bye, but she's particularly emotional in general. We read a conference talk w/ them and had a good visit. I love those women ver much. We got to spend our weekly hour on Mormon.org. I haven't heard back from anyone who's created a profile- so y'all should still get on that and surf the website. It's such an amazing tool! After lunch, we ended up spending some time doing some serious cleaning in our apt., once again because the Dr. shortened our time on Monday. We got a lot done and it felt so good to get everything cleaned and organized. It's so much easier to feel the Spirit when things are like that. It made us very happy. We had dinner w/ E* W* and L* O* who fed us fried catfish (fish is growing on my some- I find it completely tolerable when it's fried at least) w/ lots of yummy side dishes. They also invited the A*s over for dinner, and they brought our favorite dessert of theirs- white chocolate cherry/blueberry cheesecake (you can use any fruit and they did half and half that night). Needless to say, we were very full. After dinner and a lesson there we also stopped to see Bro. and Sis. G* and M* M*. We visited, taught a lesson, and sang them some songs. Good times :)
Thursday morning we went to the D*s who made us waffles while we made a strawberry white chocolate cheesecake as a belated birthday gift to Elder Hugentobler. We enjoyed their company and had a great lesson about the blessings of the Word of Wisdom. We went back to our apt. and started weekly planning. Then we got all emotional about the weirdness of planning a week where I would have a new companion and Sis. Mapa would be home. We talked it out and took a break to go eat lunch- Baked Potatoes at "Elijah's". Then we went to the church where we had a spiritual, effective weekly planning session and practiced some music w/ the piano. We tried visiting lots of people who weren't home and then went to the Gibsons for dinner. They fed us chicken spaghetti w/ King Cake for dessert.
Friday we had district mtg. in Jasper. Our district has been the same for 3 months and it was our last one together before transfers, and Sis. Mapa's last ever. It was really good and after we went to the G*s who fed us grilled cheese and chicken noodles soup for lunch. We also enjoyed Elder Hugentobler's belated birthday cheesecake. It was fun to get to know some members up in Jasper. Sis. Mapa was officially very sick by the time we got home and we had to go home so she could rest the remainder of the afternoon. We still made it to our dinner appt. w/ Bro. and Sis. T* and C* L* who fed us beef veggie soup and subway sandwiches. We had a really enjoyable visit w/ them and taught about missionary work.
Saturday morning we got a late start. Sis. Mapa had to sleep extra in the morning, still being sick. We went to the S*s for lunch and they fed us some awesomely delicious ribs. They are such a hoot and we had a great time w/ them and shared a lesson about baptism covenants. We tried a couple of people to find them not home, and then visited Sis. M* B*. We also taught her about baptism covenants- what a sweet, remarkable woman. We went to try a referral and were able to teach her a lesson. She's completely not interested, but the Spirit really helped us to have a really effective visit w/ her and "plant some seeds". We had to come in and rest for an hour after that, before heading to dinner w/ the Bishop family- jumbalaya and great conversation and a great lesson. They also recently aquired 16+ birds so we got to hear lots of chatter from them too! haha- it was great :) We then ran over to D* and R* L* for a visit, lesson, and red velvet cake.
Church was great on Sunday- fast and testimony mtg. since last week was stake conference. Our 14 year old friend, G*, got us both to bear our testimonies at the beginning. I didn't cry- that was an accomplishment. There were lots of good-byes after for Sis. Mapa- this branch loves her and I can't blame them. She had to rest for a couple of hours after church, but then we went tracting... just for two doors because Sis. Mapa was so sick, but she wanted to do it so bad because it was her last chance to do so. We then ran around to a few members sharing lessons and saying goodbyes. The K*s fed us BBQ chicken for dinner.
Transfers were this morning. I miss Sis. Mapa already. She'll be one of my best friends forever. She'll be back in San Jose, CA by tomorrow night. While in Beaumont this morning, we also got permission to watch "The Other Side of Heaven" w/ the missionaries in our zone. That was really fun and inspiring- a good reminder of why I love the subject line of my emails.
I love y'all so much!!! I also love mail. Missionary work is the greatest thing ever!!!!!!!!!
*~Sister Pilmer~*
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