Ashley's Onzie

Okay... my hands are like purple right now. I am freezing. They blast the AC here in the computer room. It probably doesn't help that my hair is wet. Ummm... sitting next to me there is a crazy dude on speaker phone talking to customer service. He is super loud and very very frustrated. I have a habit of typing the things that I am listening to so if i start typing expletives you will know why. HA. Ummm this week was a good week! I am trying to think of things that are exciting this week. Lets see what I can come up with... this week was kinda boring besides Ashleys baptism!

ASHLEY

So this week we got a phone call from Ashley saying that she was in the hospital. We were super sketched out because she said that her amniotic fluid was leaking. She was worried that she was going to deliver early. But we had a much of other missionaries and members praying for her and she was released from the hospital later that day! Thank goodness she was okay. We went over to give her her onzie and she was SO funny about it. We put it in a wedding dress bag to make it more fancy. I took a picture of Sister M revealing it to her. It was hilarious to see her reaction. I mean those onzies are so unflattering on a normal person let alone a pregnant woman! She was hilarious trying it on. 

We were so excited about her getting baptized. We had a good turn out! We had a really powerful prayer with her right before she wa about to be baptized. And the spirit was so strong! At the beginning of the baptism I was tempted to stand up there and tell everyone that she had been in the hospital and that was why she had all these horribly bruises all up and down her arms from the needles and IV's that had been pushed into her. She kinda looked like she got in a fight with a drug dealer haha. She made a few jokes about it. It was cool to think of her physical body being imperfect but as soon as she came up from the water she was as perfect and innocent as her baby inside her. In my talk at her baptism I said that it was neat that she can now celebrate two birthdays. September 21st will always be a special day for her!  It was a cool way to think about baptism. 

CONTROL FREAK

Remember Sister M's prayer about Devon after we rescued her dog? "We not only save dogs, but we also save souls..." Ring any bells? Well we finally were able to teach Devon the first lesson! It went really well and she came to church this week. I have learned that I am a TOTAL control freak. I never thought that I was but the only time this happens to me is when I #1 do my laundry. #2 have investigators at church. I will go into #1 in more detail later on. But #2... man... it was clear as day to me yesterday. Devon came to church, we sat down next to a member who we had decided would be a good fellowshipper. WELL... no one talked to her. There were babies crying, kids screaming and playing with trucks, people coughing, babies crawling up onto the stand... oh mercy.  It was so loud that I could barely hear. I knew that Devon was having a hard time listening. I looked over at her and her eyes were squinted and she looked like she was in pain. (Not the ideal facial expression you'd like your golden investigator to have...) Plus she has hearing loss from the military so I am pretty sure that she hardly got two words out the meeting and it was SUCH a good meeting. I was just praying the entire time that the kids would be quiet, that the spirit would work inside Devon and that I would be able to CHILL. I had the biggest headache after sacrament meeting. Sister M (who had been sitting with Ashley) looked at me and was like, "What is wrong?" I was so frustrated that I couldn't even answer. 

Devon left early and I just sat there and thought and prayed about WHY I was so frustrated. I decided that it was because I didn't have enough faith in the spirit. If Devon needed it to be dead quiet during a certain talk, god would make it that way. If Devon was ready to hear and feel the spirit that strongly, the god would have let it. I just have to keep telling myself that everything happens for a reason. And man, it is frustrating as a missionary. I talked to Ashley after and she said that she would love to come to a lesson with us and help Devon. Ashley told us that she remembers feeling that way. I remember Ashleys first sunday there was a little boy with Turrets and I remember thinking how awful of a meeting that was. BUT Ashley came back the next week, and back the next week and now shes baptized! I mean.. i just have to have faith that the lord knows what he is doing. That is just one lesson I have learned from my mission so far. But man.. let me just tell you... All you members out there. If you see a missionary with someone that you dont know PLEASE go introduce yourself to the person PLEASE. You will be the missionaries favorite people. I promise.

THE ONLY WAY TO HELP PEOPLE FIND THIS GOSPEL IS THROUGH MEMBERS. YA'LL ARE THE KEY. DO IT. 

RANDOMS

We did some yard work for service this week for the Fry's and I have never sweat so much in my entire life. I kidd you not I had sweat dripping off my nose and I couldn't see. It was terrible. Elder Gutierezz was like, "DANG King, you hot or something?!" I sweat so so much. Sister M like sweats a few drops but I am dripping.

-I taught Elder Guti what TMI (too much information) meant. He died laughing. Oh his little Chilean accent is adorable. I just love him. We also tried to teach him what sarcasm is. He says that has been such a strange thing to adapt to since english is his second language. He said sarcasm is so foreign to him. How do people in other places not use Sarcasm!? Like thats my main go to for laughs!

- Sister M is SO grumpy at night and in the morning. Like its baaad. We just don't talk for like the first and last hour of the day. Sister Newhouse and Sister Folsom were both like that too! Do I like have a special gift of waking up on the right side of the bed every morning? I guess so! 

-We had an awesome lesson with Jamencia at the temple grounds this week! It was really cool. Her Grandma is a member and she has been taking the lessons from us. She is 15 and has been going to seminary every morning! She has such a sweet spirit!  She already considers herself Mormon. We sat outside and taught her the plan of salvation. There was a full moon and the spirit was super strong. I just love the temple. We are so blessed to have one here in Houston! Speaking of Temples! We are going with Ashley on Thursday to do baptisms! I am so excited!

K I can't feel my hands... I am signing off. They are literally purple. Texans just love their AC.

ps. There was a cold front that came into Houston the other night. When I think of cold front I think of like 50 degrees. Nope. It was 85 and goodness it was lovely to get a break from the heat.

church is true.

xoxoxox 

-sister king 

POURING RAIN. #hurricaneseason

 Ashleys epic onzie revealing (also Ashley has 9 cats. And they are all SO fat. Fat= well fed. Soooo.... We are tempted to see if she will take Yosh in. #deadserious)

Just a few of our favorite elders in action 

Ashley's Onzie.