Helllllooo everyone!! This week was kinda long but it was also really good! We found some sweet friends...and then they block us but yk it happens buuut we gave one of our friends a blessing and we has some other awesome stuff so let's get to it!
December 31st: Today was epic!! We had district council and interviews! So district council was awesome cause we talked about our mission statement and why we repeat it and the importance of being faithful, having more charity, patience and humility. I'm still trying to work on those traits and be more like Jesus! Then we did rps in the gym! After that we had our interviews and we were also able to play games in the gym so it was super fun! And I'm actually getting decently good at basketball! After that we went knocking for 30 or so minutes and found no onnneeee!! But it's ayeee okay cause then we had 2 phone call lessons and they went well! Tywanda and Maytoi! We scheduled to give Maytoi a blessing tomorrow!
January 1st: My BLACK OUT YEAR BEGINS!! We started off the day knocking and I love knocking, it's probably my favorite way to find even though it's the most inefficient cause most people either say no orrrr say no nicely. But anyways I just like it cause it makes me laugh for some reason. And the lord still magnified our efforts and we made 4 friends today!! ( none of them by door knockin) oh boy I was so slap happy today and I think it's cause I prayed to be happy and it worked and it just feels really good to try my best to help people! Even though some people turn us away I know I'm here for a reason! We also had zone counsel council today and the focus was on not comparing!! Which I loved cause as a missionary that is so hard! Elder Widdison said comparing missionarys is like comparing a screw driver to a wrench, they are both equally important tools but just used in different ways and I thought that was awesome!
January 2nd: Today was good! Sister Simpson and I taught Heather the restoration while Sister Fellars had her team STL call! After the lesson we had a church tour with Marwan ( this cool friend we made at walmart..he was a worker!!) Then we had a lesson with this sweet women named Janelle! We talked about spiritual CPR! Church, pray, read!
January 3rd: Today was not the best day ever but it came and went... I drew like an insane person on the white board cause drawing makes me less stressed and so that helped! Then we met this cool dude named Norman and he was really sweet and brightened my day a lot! We talked to him about the importance of the BOM and how it can bring us closer to Jesus Christ! Then Brother Spence called and I was absolutely exhausted so I fell asleep in the backseat of the car while the other we two talked to him..embarrassingg!! But worth it cause I was so tired! Anyways the best part of the day was going to Maytois house and giving getting her a blessing with the Hunters (Bishop and Bishops son) the blessing was so spiritual and special Maytoi is a very shy person but after the blessing she said "that was very powerful" and I wish the day ended there but it didn't. Unfortunately that night a man got really mad at us for inviting his daughter to church and was really rude..but we didn't let it ruin our night! We blasted church music and felt better!
January 4th: We had service at the Bread of Life Outreach place and we just took out the trash and cleaned the food pantry up a bit! We had a lesson with Kate and Farrah about fasting and fast offerings! It was a really good lesson and then we talked a bit about Harry Potter and Kate said I look like a slitherin which I took as a compliment! Then we raced out and had a lesson with Patrice and tried to get her to come to church and read the scriptuers but she was very convinced praying is all you need to do...so we will work on her! She is a super good prayer though!Then we had a lesson with Bob and Joanne about the Plan of Salvation! Then we played Volley ball that night with the ward and had a lesson with Dan about service!
January 5th: Bless the Sabbath day! Yay! Church is my favorite! All the Karpinskis bore their testimony and it was really powerful! We made a friend named Dottie and she was really sweet! She felt the spirit during our lesson! And then we had dinner at the Hunters! And a great lesson with Cody about Church, Prayer, Read!
Spiritual thought: I feel like what I taught most this week is that God loves effort! Just one percent better each day! We are not expected to be perfect! We fall down and get up everyday but as long as we keep on trying that's what matters!!
haha okay love yall!! -sista Hodges
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