Texas

Texas

Monday, March 2, 2015

Ice, Donuts, and Snow =)

Hey y'all!
Josh is doing so well! The other day he gave a a HUGE bag of donuts! It was probably like 15 pounds! Luckily we were able to give it to a less active family with four boys between the ages of 19 and 26 before we ate any. Josh is so funny, he always wants to give us donuts! Whenever we try to schedule a return appointment he makes sure it will be on one of the days that he works at the donut shop in the morning. We taught him the Plan of Salvation and the Gospel of Jesus Christ and he just seems to get it. He understands the gospel so well and it comes so naturally to him. He is always creating his own analogies that make perfect sense about what we are saying. He told us that the pack  of cigarettes that he has right now is his last. He won't buy anymore after he gets through it. He came to church yesterday! He really enjoyed church, but we do have to move back his baptismal date because he hasn't gone enough times to be able to make the date on the 14th. We will set a new goal date with him tomorrow
Sister Terry and I were a funny sight to see in church yesterday because Josh came straight from work so he was wearing jeans covered in paint and a polo shirt and then we had Travis (a less active member) come back to church for the first time wearing jeans and a shirt with bloody nails on it. Sister Terry was sitting with Josh up front and I was sitting with Travis towards the back. I am so glad that they both made the effort and sacrifices required to come to church! and I am so grateful that no one gave them weird looks or judged them based on what they were wearing! =)
Sister Rebecca Jones is doing well with the missionary lessons. She is going through a trying time though and we talked about trusting the Lord's plan for us and His timing in all things. She will be baptized on the 21st.
Unfortunately we had to drop Daniel this week. He hasn't responded to our notes on his door or our texts or calls for two and a half weeks now. =(
We got to be a trio for a day! (it reminded me of the great time I had while in a trio with sister kerr and sister Greenall)
This week we had "district building" so we went on exchanges with the Sister Training leaders and we had to go on exchanges on our exchange night with members because we had two lessons at the same time in The Colony. So we did exchanges while on exchanges! 
Apparently it doesn't usually snow in Texas, it is usually just ice, but it snowed on Friday! It was so beautiful! The snow helped me feel more at home! Even though we were shut inside a few days this week we still had 27 lessons total and 9 of those lessons were with an investigator and a member there to friendship (second highest in the mission!)
I learned that asking for help is a good thing. Sister Terry asked me to do her hair and give her a back massage the other day and I was so glad to be able to serve her and it helped me feel that she trusts me. So never hesitate to ask someone for a favor! It helps the person you are asking feel important and loved =)
Love,
Sister Jones

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