Howdy from Woodville, TX home of the Tyler County Dogwood Festival!
Our week started off great, getting Sis. B* settled and everything. Monday night C* M* came to dinner w/ us at the home of Bro. and Sis. C* and M* B* and family. They fed us yummy breakfast for dinner (including farm fresh eggs). After dinner we enjoyed trying our hand at goat-milking and baby goat bottle feeding. I need some more practice at the milking, but bottle feeding went pretty smoothly. We had so much fun. It was also great to spend some time w/ C* who left for Utah on Thursday, and goes into the MTC this Wednesday. We had a great lesson on hope w/ the B* family, then headed to the D*'s so they could meet Sis. B* and we could have a visit and lesson w/ them.
Our week started off great, getting Sis. B* settled and everything. Monday night C* M* came to dinner w/ us at the home of Bro. and Sis. C* and M* B* and family. They fed us yummy breakfast for dinner (including farm fresh eggs). After dinner we enjoyed trying our hand at goat-milking and baby goat bottle feeding. I need some more practice at the milking, but bottle feeding went pretty smoothly. We had so much fun. It was also great to spend some time w/ C* who left for Utah on Thursday, and goes into the MTC this Wednesday. We had a great lesson on hope w/ the B* family, then headed to the D*'s so they could meet Sis. B* and we could have a visit and lesson w/ them.
Tuesday morning we volunteered over at Heritage Village. This week we weeded some flower beds, and then enjoyed lunch at the Pickett House. We went to visit a potential investagitor we've had a hard time getting a hold of, and we were grateful to find her home. Not only did we have a great lesson w/ her (L* B*) we also taught her friend L* too. It was powerfully spiritual experience. We visited a few more people include the W*s- a part-member family down in Doucette. The M*s had us over for dinner- fried deer meat, purple-hull peas, rolls, pear pie w/ bluebell ice cream for dessert.
Wednesday we made our regular visits at the nursing home and then stopped by the library to spend our weekly hour on mormon.org- a.k.a. the coolest website ever. We had a really awesome lunch at a place called "Behind the Red Door- Tea Room". Sis. Lundgren and I met a woman named B* S* at Walmart a couple weeks ago and helped her out in the photo dept. She thought we were so sweet and fabulous that she wanted to feed us. We ended up having lunch w/ her friend and her pastor- Sister J*. We had a delightful lunch answering lots of questions and eating amazing food in a fun atmosphere. That afternoon we went to a return appt. we set up w/ a man named D* L*. We had an awesome lesson w/ him about the restoration and he agreed to prepare for baptism on the 30th of April. He's really cool- keep him in your prayers :) That night we had dinner w/ M* and B* O* family- salad, chicken spaghetti, and chocolate/strawberry cake for dessert.
Thursday we had a really effective weekly planning session. After finishing that up and eating a quick lunch we went to try some potential investigators and such. We had a lesson that afternoon w/ A* L* (recent convert) about revelation and spiritually preparing for General Conference. We also stopped by the Anders home for a visit and lesson before heading to dinner at the G*. They fed us pasta, chicken, garlic bread, salad, and german chocolate cake.
Friday we had district meeting out in Jasper. Sis. Bouwhuis had a horrible headache by the time we ate lunch and got back to Woodville and I wasn't feeling well myself, so we ended up having to take a good chunk of time to rest. The D*s had us over for burgers that night and we also stopped by Walmart to visit some people we knew would be there.
Saturday we watched the first session of General Conference w/ the M* and B* O* family. I LOVE GENERAL CONFERENCE- IT'S THE BEST!!!!!!!!!! We then went back down to Woodville for the Tyler County Dogwood Festival celebration! There was a sweet parade and lots of booths, and we spent time visiting and contacting people. It's pretty much the most exciting thing that happens in Woodville and we had a great time enjoying it and using it as a missionary tool. We had dinner w/ the M* family out in Crosby Hill. They fed us pork roast... from their own pig, home grown corn and purple hull peas, w/ sweet potato pie for dessert. We then went over to the D*s and watched the second session of conference they recorded. (We were at the Dogwood Festival during that time.)
Sunday we watched the first session of Conference w/ the L* family and A*. We joined them for their weekly "Sunday Spaghetti" before going to an appt. w/ a potential investigator. They ended up not being there, and neither was anyone else we tried. Then we went to watch the second session w/ the K*s who fed us pulled pork sandwiches for dinner afterwards. It was a wonderful week filled w/ lots of little miracles. I so love Woodville, and I love being a missionary, and I love the gospel of Jesus Christ!! I also love all of you!!!!
*~Sister Pilmer~*
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