Howdy from Woodville, TX where it's starting to get HOT! I know it's really just the beginning of the heat and humidity we're in for, but we're starting to feel it. The mosquitoes are multiplying too. Should be fun!
Monday we had a normal p-day of getting stuff done. We had dinner w/ the L*s that evening- delicious spaghetti, green beans, and Mandy's famous chocolate chip cookies for dessert. We also visited Sis. S* that evening. We had a good visit w/ her and her husband who is not a member and read from the Book of Mormon w/ them.
Tuesday we went to Heritage Village to give service as usual. We ate lunch up there at the Pickett House and then met up w/ Sis. D*. She took us back out to the S*s so we could help them move rabbit cages. It was hot, sweaty, dirty work, but it was fun and now we're pretty much rabbit cage professionals. That evening we had dinner w/ the G*s who fed us yummy taco salad. We had a great little lesson w/ them and rode down to the highschool w/ Sis. G* to attend Allie's band concert. We ended up sitting w/ our investigator Leigh A*, whose son JJ was also performing. It was a fun concert and a great opportunity mingle w/ the community.
Wednesday we came to the library for our weekly hour on mormon.org... though my hour was spent straightening out school stuff w/ my mom online. She's so great! We went down to Sis. B*'s house after that and helped paint cabinets and put up her ceiling. It was fun to do so much hands-on service this week. That afternoon we visited the S*s and the M*s up in Crosby Hill and had lessons w/ them. We had dinner at Bro. and Sis. Milton and Betty Odom that evening- her famous taco salad w/ all the trimmings. We enjoyed some delicious peach cobbler for dessert and watched lots of cool videos on mormon.org w/ them. They loved it and so did we!
Thursday we did weekly planning which took quite a bit of time so we ended up going to Subway and grabbing some lunch and taking it to the park to finish our weekly planning. We found the coolest magical little park. We love it! That afternoon, Sis. Dolores L* picked us up and took us out to Warren for a lesson w/ Danien. When we arrived Sis. Shelli G* told us Danien was still at her dad's which was a bummer, but we still had a really good visit w/ Shellie. I love that family! We stopped by the A*s and had quick visit and lesson w/ them, and they gave us money to go get some dinner at Pizza Hut since they didn't have time to get anything ready that day. They're so sweet. We also stopped by the C*s and talked to Wendy and Brittany. We found out that Bro. C* has been really sick- in and out of the hospital and also that Chelsea has still been reading her Book of Mormon almost every night! We visited and prayed w/ them and told them to call if they needed anyting. We enjoyed a tasty dinner at Pizza Hut, too :)
Friday we had District Meeting out in Jasper. It was a really good meeting and I learned a lot. We all went to Novorosky's for lunch after and I ordered the healthy and delicious turkey burger- good stuff. We spent some time out in Dam B trying to visit people after, and we went tracting for awhile too. Tracting was actually really effective and very interesting. Among some of the people we met were a very kind former member of the RLDS church and a man who kept shooting at snakes in his pond. Our adventures out here are just endless. I love serving out in the country! We also stopped by Frankie and Donna's that evening. Donna's granddaughter was there and so was Sis. D* and it was a great visit and lesson. We went to Walmart that evening to contact people and successfully gave away 13 mormon.org cards to some really cool people.
Saturday we took our new investigator on a church tour. The Spirit was very strong and she understands so much! It was awesome. We drove up to Warren to visit some people, but a warning light came on telling us to check our tires... so we did and found that one was losing air and had a nail in it. We drove back to Woodville to Modica Bros, only to find they had closed an hour earlier. We saw a sign indicating a tire place at Walmart. It was well hidden in the back, but we found it and they helped us. While waiting for our tire to be fixed we wandered around Walmart and suddenly got hugged by a little blonde girl from behind. It was Danien! She was there w/ her brother and her dad and we got to visit w/ him and introduce ourselves. It was such a miracle! We headed back up to Warren that afternoon and did some tracting and some visiting and teaching. It was good. We did some of that in Ivanhoe too, and tried Ivanhoe's one and only restaraunt- Mama's Kitchen. It was quite the experience, but the food was pretty great, authentic Mexican food. Then we got a call from the C*s saying that Bro. C* was back in the hospital and would like us to come visit and arrange for a priesthood blessing. We called Bro. B* and he came over w/ Bro. M* to give him a blessing. We went and visited w/ the C*s for a little while before Bro. B* and Bro. M* came and it was really good. It was just one of those times where we really felt like we were where the Lord wanted us to be.
Sunday was an adventure. It started for me w/ a whisper from the top bunk awakening me from a crazy dream.:
"Sister Pilmer?!"
"Yeah?"
"It's 7:10!"
I had been talented enough to accidentally turn off all our phone alarms the night before. We started w/ a prayer and then zoomed like crazy to head out the door in 30 minutes so we could get to our meeting on time. We were just a few minutes late and a little frazzled, but the Lord helped us. He also helped us give our talks in Sacrament Meeting which ended up being about 20 minutes each. President L* had 3 recent converts speak (Allie, G.G., and Bro. H*) who all did a wonderful job, but only took a few minutes each. That left us to take the rest of the time which we had anticipated, but not had much time to prepare for. The Holy Ghost helped us and it turned out well. That afternoon we visited Sis. W* and old Bro. D* at the nursing home. We haven't been able to see Sis. M* there for a few weeks because she has been in the hospital and is not doing well. We went up to Odomville for dinner w/ the L*s who fed us spaghetti and veggies and jello. We watched "The Testaments" w/ them after dinner and they loved it. We also stopped by Milton and Betty O*'s and had a great visit w/ them too.
It's been a pretty great week, and this week is going to be fabulous too! I love being a missionary!!! I love y'all to pieces!!!
*~Sister Pilmer~*
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