It's P-day, P-day gotta get down on P-day
Sorry this email is everywhere. We had to split it into two different email times and so my brain is kinda everywhere! Bear with me!
Exchanges
I was so excited I got to go back to Magnolia for exchanges! And what are the chances that we had dinner with like my favorite member family there! They are just the cutest little family. The Giffords. I should have gotten a picture with them, I don't know what i was thinking. Apparently I wasn't! They are the best. They were so excited when I walked through the door.
I love being a Sister Training Leader it is really cool. There are a lot of Sisters that are struggling and it is really interesting because there have been very few exchanges that I go on where a Sister hasn't opened up to me and said, "Okay, I am really struggling with____ can you help me?" Or "Do you have any advice about ____ my companion just doesn't get it!" Often times I just open my mouth and give advice, I know that the Lord is working through me to help lift and encourage these Sisters! Missions are hard! And that is okay to admit sometimes!
Elders are from Mars, Sisters are from Venus PART II
I am pretty sure I have used this title before when I wrote about the whole incident after we swapped apartments with the Elders... Bad news bears. Don't remember? Look it up haha.
Anyway, if you dont remember... http://puttingmyheartintexas.
After zone meeting on friday we had a meeting with all the leaders in the zone. I am the only Sister Training leader in the Zone and so we all went around and the Zone leaders were like, "Okay, lets just go around the District Leaders and tell us if anyone in your district is struggling or anything, how is it all going?" One by one the 5 district leaders went around the room and every single one of them shrugged their shoulders and said, "Yeah everything is going great! No problems!" next Elder, "Ditto, the district is doing well!" next Elder, "Awesome, nothing I can think of..." etc.... etc...The zone leader says, "Alright! Awesome, well I am glad that everything is doing well, is there anything else that we need to go over?"
And I am just sitting there and a smile comes onto my face... I am thinking, "I know that there is a Sister in every single one of these districts that is struggling and you mean to tell me that not ONE Elder is struggling....?" So... I raise my hand and say, "So... I have a question, and I think that this is just because I am the Sister Training Leader... but... When y'all go on exchanges, NONE of the Elders open up to you or ask for advice?...because there have been very few exchanges where I am not up late with a sister crying with them and flipping open the scriptures or preach my gospel because they are struggling with something... so... I am just assuming from the last few minutes that that doesn't happen with y'all on exchanges?"
The Elders all look around at each other, furrow their brows in thought and then and shake their heads, "No, we all just suck it up I guess. We are guys. We don't open up to each other." I was just blown away.... I thought it was so interesting. I mean I know that the male species is not generally very open with emotions and when problems arise they just rub some dirt in it and tough it out. But missions are hard! Man, I am just glad that I am a Sister sometimes. I told them, "Y'all don't have to be tough all the time! It's okay to not be okay sometimes! Stop being such men! haha" We all laughed and then told the District leaders to come talk to me if they had any questions about the Sisters in their districts. It was just such an interesting conversation and I have been thinking about it a ton lately! Men verses women. I sure am glad that I am a woman!
(Sidenote: Sister Shell says that all the time. It is okay to not be okay! Most of the time she says that while we are lamoni-ing on the floor)"
PHONE CALLS UP THE WAZOOO
Friday after Zone Meeting we were supposed to go volunteer, but Sister Shell and I were feeling very overwhelmed. We made a list of why, and then did things to prevent us from getting even more overwhelmed. Hence, we called about 40 people to tell them about the "Why I Believe" fireside because somehow NO ONE in our ward seems to know about it, despite us announcing it in sacrament, it being posted on the Ward Facebook page and it having its own event page on facebook! So we were telling everyone about it on the phone, and committing them to inviting their friends. So far we have called over 70 people we are just going down the contacts in our phone and calling everyone. If they don't answer then we leave a very long voicemail about all the info. I no joke was losing my voice by the end of the night, that is how many people we called. We hope it works! We are excited! I will attach a picture of the flier for the fireside it will be really good!
Then Kevin took us to a burger place in the woodlands mall called "The Counter." It was possibly the fanciest, yummiest burger place ever! It was so good.
We volunteered at the temple on Saturday and mannn we are SORE! We were shoveling dirt and moving sod around. It was hard work! Man! Then.. in Sister Shell's words, "We continued in calling everyone and their mom, and their mom's dog's cousin's sister's fiance's owner's brother's niece" about the fireside haha she makes me laugh so much. probably the funniest companion I have had yet! We also got in touch with all the Bishops in the stake, the stake publicity people, each ward mission leader, and each ward bulletin coordinator about the fireside. We felt pretty productive so hopefully we will have a good turn out for the fireside! We are excited!
STRESS REVELATION
Then, we went to part of PEC and we talked a lot about the fireside and how we can pull that off, and afterwards we were in the bathroom taking a breather because these meetings are always a bit overwhelming... and Sister Shell clued me in on something super interesting that she realized...Here it is: as our stress level rises (
FUNNY QUOTES
I always make fun of sister shells HP obsession.... I was making fun of her while we were driving and this happened...
"Just so you know... I have a Harry Potter Hogwarts Lego Castle back home...."
- "Ha! Is it YOURS?"
Dead serious she replies, "YES. I got it for Christmas. When I was 18."
I DIED. We CRACKED up.
Here is another...
We were driving past a Popeye's Chicken and on the marquee it said, "Help Needed"... Sister Shell said, "HEY! Popeye's says 'help needed!' So... we should probably go teach them the Plan of Salvation." She says these things in a dead serious face and then I just bust up and she finally cracks a smile. She is just a riot.
We have started a quote wall. It is awesome.
SPIRITUAL THOUGHT
We had our Zone meeting about how to teach the law of chastity. It was really good! Strange topic... but it was so cool. I did a big part of the teaching and I loved it! It was really cool. One of the other Sister Training Leaders had a really cool comment about the law of chastity and the amazing power that our heavenly father has to create. She said, "It is interesting that this war of chastity and virtue is evident on the internet. the two most common searches are pornography and family history. good verses bad and it all revolves around creation and the power that God gives us." I thought that was a very scary, but interesting thought. Satan is trying so hard to destroy families, and it is by taking away virtue that he is succeeding. It was really a neat discussion that we had.
Also... this week while studying for a lesson we were teaching Erick about repentance, I found my new favorite scripture... Ephesians 5:8- There are too many good ones to name.
Anyway, love y'all!
xoxox
church is true!
-Sister King
Back in Magnolia! The log cabin got a bunk bed make over! :)
CALLING THE WHOLE STATE OF TEXAS!
Catching Chickens in Magnolia
My favorite Chilean Elder. So sad to see him going home.
Angelica drew us as characters! Ignore the fact that my head is HUGE. She is so sweet. It is hanging on our wall in the apartment! :)
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