Howdy from Woodville, TX where I'm delighted to be serving for the next 6 weeks! Transfers were yesterday, and Sis. Lundgren was transferred to Kingwood to serve in the 2nd Ward in a trio w/ Sis. Singleton and Sis. Brooks. My new companion is Sis. (Courtney) Bouwhuis from Holladay, UT. She's been out here in TX for about 6 months now. Before coming on her mission she was attending UVU studying secondary education. After the mission she intends to complete that degree and get a masters so she can be a principal. She is fabulous and I'm delighted to be serving w/ her! I'm going to miss Sis. Lundgren very much, but I know she's going to thoroughly enjoy her new companions and new area.
Last Monday we had a really fun p-day. We went up to Jasper for a district p-day. We went and hiked down a creek (ankle-deep) and played in some mud and collected petrified wood. (this activity was approved by our leadership) The creek is out in the woods on the property of one of the church members in Jasper. We also had took a picnic lunch out there purchased from Novrozsky's. It's a burger/sandwich/yuminess place found only w/in the boundaries of our mission. We ordered different burgers and shared- hickory burger, hickory chicken burger, fried egg burger, and last but not least peanut butter bacon burger. The food was fun and delicious and we had so much fun playing in the woods! That night Bro. and Sis. T* and C* L* had us over for dinner and fed us Texas Hash. We went over to visit the C* family after that and had a great visit and lesson w/ them about the steps of the Gospel.
Tuesday we went to Heritage Village to give service which was sweeping out a lot of the buildings. Then we enjoyed lunch at the Pickett House before heading up to the nursing home of our weekly visit. We went tracting and tried to visit several people that afternoon. In the evening we enjoyed dinner w/ Bro and Sis. E* W* and L* O*. They fed us pork chops w/ lots of delicious sides followed by brownies for dessert. We also took a walk w/ Sis. O* down to "Grampy" K* O*'s home to bring him some food and visit. Then we went back to their home and had a great lesson about the blessings of listening to the prophet and such. After that we went to visit Bro. and Sis. M* and B* O* and had a great visit w/ them.
Wednesday we got up bright and early and went to the Houston Temple for an endowment session!!! I love it so much there :) We rode down w/ the M* family and attended the session w/ C* M* who just received her endowments last Friday in preparation to leave on her mission. We love Carrie so much, and it was such a great experience to share that w/ her. We went to Pancho's Mexican buffet on the way home which is a rather magically delicious Mexican restaurant. That evening we went to the M* home for dinner which included yummy homemade granola bars. It was a really uplifting effective dinner appt. After dinner we stopped by "Papa" and Sis. S*s home and had a great little lesson w/ them.
Thursday we did weekly planning in the morning, and then went to visit several people. We got in contact w/ a less-active member that afternoon who told us that she wants to start coming back to church and that 9 yr. old daughter wants us to teach her the lessons and be baptized. We're pretty excited for them :) We had dinner w/ the G* family that night and they fed us some great stir fry w/ banana pudding for dessert.
Friday we had adventures w/ our car not working, so C* had to come rescue us and take us to our appt. at the church at 9 a.m.. We were a little late, but it worked out. We had district meeting after that, and then went to lunch at Elijah's Cafe. The elders then helped us evaluate and test out our car issues (while on the phone w/ our vehicle coordinator). We already needed to an oil change that day, so we took it in and also had them do some diagnostic testing. Our car is drivable, but still having some issues. Elder Tolman (vehicle coordinator) is helping us get it figured out. That afternoon we spent some time at F* and D*'s and then came to the library to spend some time on mormon.org. We went tracting out by a lake in Colmesneil and got eaten alive by mosquitoes. The S*s fed us smoked ribs for dinner and we had a really good visit w/ Sis. S*.
Saturday morning we did some service cleaning at Heritage Village. We then headed down by the county courthouse for the Western Weekend portion of the Tyler County Dogwood Festival. We watched an awesome horse parade, had delicious BBQ sandwiches and were able to contact and talk w/ lots of people in the community. It was GREAT :) That evening we had dinner w/ Bro and Sis M* and B* O* who fed us awesome taco salad (after we petted and visited E* and M* O*'s horses). We headed to the L* home after that to join the Young Women in our branch in watching the general Young Women broadcast. It was so very wonderful. We got the call that night notifying us that Sis. Lundgren would be transferred Monday.
Sunday we had a branch council meeting before church. Church was super great, particularly because C* and her family spoke in Sacrament Mtg. She leaves for Utah on Thursday and goes into the Missionary Training Center on April 6th. We had a branch pot luck dinner following our meetings and it was lots of fun and lots of good food. It was a good opportunity for Sis. Lundgren to give hugs and visit before leaving too. We spent some time in the afternoon allowing her to pack, and we visited lots of investigators and such so she could say goodbye. Sis. S* O* fed us homemade shrimp etouffe for dinner. It was an EXCELLENT week!!!
I love you all! Write lots :)
*~Sister Pilmer~*
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