The Morrill of the Story

 Kittens!  Yum!  We got to tour the Texas Ranger's stadium :) Offering my best managerial skills? This week was crazy! But full of miracles. We finally met with Lucy! After like a week and a half of silence. It was crazy. Apparently she's having a really hard time right now. Her life just kind of blew up and then apparently she felt guilty because she'd "been bad" and was too ashamed to talk to us. We told her she never needs to be ashamed to see us because we'd never judge her and we shared John 8 with her where it talks about the woman taken in adultery. She seems to be doing a little better now. We're going to try to see her again tonight and then also tomorrow . Bobby and Mary are doing well. Mary is down to half a pack of cigarettes and is continuing to wean herself off. It's amazing how determined she is! We had a really good lesson with the both of them at one of our recent converts houses. They weren...

   Only in Texas??       Storm Approaching       Transfer news is that Sister Lewis and I are both staying here in Arlington. We're really excited to have another transfer together. So Monday night we met with a new investigator named Chandler and his wife Monica. They're expecting a baby on September 1st . They're really great. Chandler has like a ton of questions though. It can be hard to get through all the material, especially cause they're very deep thinking complicated questions. He's a really cool guy though and he came to church this week and loved it. The elders in the 3rd ward were teaching him but then he moved into our area so we took over the teaching. We're going to see them again tonight . Tuesday we did some yard work at Bobby's and then later in the evening went on an exchange with the Relief Society president here. She's a real neat lady and we were able to meet with a less active member w...

  This week was a roller coaster. Tuesday we had some awesome success. We had two surprise lessons with a member present so we were happy about that. We were also able to finally get in contact with a man who we had received as a referral quite a while ago. He and his family are having some rough times, their little daughter has some serious health issues and we're hoping to see him and his family again sometime this week. Friday was a day full of miracles! So after dinner we weren't too sure where to go cause we had a couple of options. We decided to go see Lucy. So when we get there we knock on her door and she isn't home. So we get in the car and are just about to pull away when she shows up with her carpool from work! Then we proceed to have an awesome lesson with her. She told us that she gave a Book of Mormon out to someone at work! AND that she has quit smoking (or is at least smoking a lot less and weaning herself off of tobacco) AND that she...

I'm not going to lie. Last week and parts of this week were hard for me. So sorry for the short update last week. Tuesday was a good day. Sister Lewis and I were able to teach our first three lessons of the day in a lot more balance than we have before. It's always hard when getting a new companion to figure out how best you work together in lessons. I was actually able to feel the spirit influencing the words that I was saying, and it was an amazing thing to experience. My mind was clear and I could feel the power of the words that were given to me by the spirit. I'm so grateful that I was able to be an instrument in the Lord's hand like that. We were able to teach Kent who was having a really hard time. She was also able to make it to church! It was really cool. We were also able to get her a priesthood blessing because she's had some deaths in the family lately and has been feeling a little depressed. We also met with Bobby this week and taught ...

Another zone conference  Cute Sisters! So nice of that Elder to help the one behind him with his nose. I wonder if Superman is near by?   This week we met with our new investigator "Kent" who is an awesome referral from a member in another ward in the stake. Kent is awesome, she is so open and willing to learn about the gospel. She's got kind of a rough background for someone who is so young, but we can just tell that she is thirsty for the gospel. We were also able to meet with Lucy and she seems to be doing better. She's still having a bit of a hard time, but it looks like things are slowly starting to come together for her. We're going to see her again on Thursday so hopefully we'll be able to get an even better understanding of where she's at and how we can help her. On Thursday and Friday we went on exchanges with our Sister Training Leaders. I stayed in our area with Sister Call and Sister Lewis went to the fifth...

 Potential Investigator?  Just seein who's on the other side of the wall....   How did this happen?  I mean, of all the people to find this truck, it would have to be Lindsey..LOL.        This week went by fast but slow at the same time. How is that possible? We still haven't heard from Lucy, but we're planning to stop by soon and see how she is doing. We've met a lot of new people this week, unfortunately none of them are too interested in the gospel at this time, but that's okay because we're just planting seeds. I know that the Lord is preparing people in this area to receive His gospel. We just need to have the faith and the patience to find them. I think this week has taught me a lot about patience, both with myself and with others. Sister Lewis has been an amazing help to me. I don't know what I'd do without her. We were able to meet with a lot of awesome members this week. We met with one family last night ...

Yep, this is her new companion, Sister Lewis  P-Day last Monday   This week was kind of stressful, but really really good! My new companion, Sister Lewis, is so awesome! I am learning a lot from her. It's been hard having to be the one who knows the area though, we've only gotten lost a few times ;D. Sister Lewis has been a great help though. We met with Lucy this week and set a baptismal date for the 16th of August ! It was so great, when we suggested the date to her and she said yes I felt the spirit so strongly. I know that this day is going to be a good one for her. Unfortunately she wasn't able to come to church because she had some sort of family emergency. We haven't been able to talk much with her since she told us, so we're going to try to see her as soon as possible to get an update and to see if we can help. We've also been able to meet a lot of new people and gained 3 new investigators this week! We're going to see th...