June 25, 2013

hey y'all! this week has been great! I got sick thursday and the next few days my companions were sick so we stayed inside a lot... BUT!  it was still a great week! Let me tell ya all about it!

So Mike is progressing really well! each time we go to see him im amazed and the progress he is making! and its frustrating because he cant see it! He says even though he is reading and praying regularly now that nothing is changing and me and my companions are like Mike come on! we can see the change in you why cant you see it yourself! and he was like really? huh... yeah I dont see it. Oh sometimes I just wanna shake people till they understand this is the true church! Agency is so frustrating sometimes! but its a good thing... Anyway we are praying and praying that it clicks in his head soon.

The next exciting thing happened on sunday! So Dusty has this Ex-wife that wont let his kids come to church so we have been praying that her heart will soften and she finally agree'd to let 2 of them come! we were so excited! Then when he walked into church he had all 4 of his kids! I was so full of happiness I may or may not have shed a tear or two I cannot be certain... I was just sitting there thinking ya know this is why Im a missionary is to help families come to the gospel together! It was so awesome! His kids loved church and were begging him to come back next week so hopefully their mom lets them.

Also Sunday night was that broadcast that was so epically awesome! They anounced that missionaires are changing the wars of finding people by using computers more but mostly members! I really am so excited to get home to do member missionary work! It really is crazy how many people are being prepared that are around us! This is a great time for missionary work for everyone! Im sad that y'all dont get to do it 24/7!

The gospels true y'all and its the greatest thing on the planet! This week I really have turned a lot to the scriptures and its amazing the comfort and joy that comes from reading even if it is just a little bit it makes the day so much better! So go read! okay love ya bye!

June 17, 2013

Hey! so transfer calls were this weekend and nothing is changing. There are trios everywhere in the mission I think only 1 companion ship of sister in the mission isn't a trio. Theres so many missionaries coming in its crazy!

This week has been great work wise. We have been super luck and found a family and another lady to teach this week and both seem really solid. When we first started talking to the family the mom was saying how any prophet on the earth today would be a false prophet and alll that good stuff. But after asking some inspired questions and with a lot of help from the spirit at the end of the lesson she was completly accepting prophets and the need we have for them on the earth today. Im always amazed at how the spirit can change someone so quickly and open them up to hearing this wonderful message.

The lady we met Carol is like the 5th Carol we met in one week so when we plan we have carol, Carol# 2, the other carol, and carol from the park. So this is Carol the first! and she is awesome! She welcomed us right into her house again and we got to talking. We taught a little bit of the restorationa and my companion was holding a book of mormon and Carol said "well is that for me to read or are you just gonna hog it?" oh it was great! she took it and as we were fixin to leave she told us she was excited to see us again and to read the book. It was just a great day in that way.

Funny thing that happened this week. I had a mental breakdown and as I was complaining to my companions some how I went from not being a good teacher, to not being able to have diet coke, to not getting married and finally ended with not having enough blankets on my bed. all during this whole rant I was laughing cause I knew how stupid I sounded so it was actually one of the funniest nights I've had in a while! haha

Hope all is going well! y'all are awesome! hope you had a great fathers day! im so gratefull for my dad he's the best! I got to give a talk on sunday about fathers and It just reminded me how awesome mine is and how glad i am to have him in my life! LOVE Y'all!

 

Pictures! 

us in the baptisimal font

me and sis. Carr being sad no one would talk to us. 

me  trying to stab sis. Thomson with the keys.

and the scenery

June 10, 2013

This week has been crazy! I dont even know where to begin.... Well lets start with the baptisms! so we had planned on Dusty and Ariel getting baptized on saturday and we were super exctied! Then Dusty informed us on thursday that he got a new job and training was all day saturday so he couldn't do it then but wanted to know if he could get baptized on Friday. So we had to plan a whole new baptism in less than 24 hrs not to mention we were on exchanges so every 2 hours we were switching companions. It was the craziest day of my life im convinced! But in the end He made is and got baptized and confirmed on Friday. You could tell how much the gospel has helped him. After his confirmation he just kept holding his heart and looking at me and I asked what was wrong cause I mean it looked like this kid was about to have a heart attack! and he just said it feels so good. It was so awesome! Then Ariel got baptized on saturday. she is the cuttest sweetest thing in the world so quite but then when she does talk your blown away because of what she knows and her testimony. I have grown to love both of them so much!

So like I say we did exchanges with our sister training leader Sis. Davis . So while I was with her we went to try a Less Active. We pulled up and there were the cuttest little puppies running around! so while we are saying the prayer we hear a big thud on the car... yup the dogs were attacking the car! but they were little puppies they could cause toomuch trouble right? WRONG! So they were good we got out of the car went to the door no one answered the trouble came when we tried to leave. As we were getting in the car one of the puppies went under the car. So I was standing outside trying to get it out from under the car so we didn't kill it and to my surprise the dog jumps into the car! then the other one comes! So for the next 20 minutes me and Sis. Davis were fighting with these puppies to get out of the car. It was epic, It was fun, It was terrifying. 

We are also super excited because a investigator we were giong to drop showed up at the baptism and at church this week! and he has changed so much and actually is making steps to show his commitment! It amazing how God blesses us with people to teach as long as we are doing everything he asks us too. Oh I love the mission so much! I cant imagine my life with out it! 

 

PICTURES!  

1. puppy attacks!

2. DUSTY!

3. ARIEL!

4. my companions just love me!

5. clouds!

June 3, 2013

Like I say its another great week here in the good old Brownwood! First let me tell you how awesome the spirit is! So we were contacting people at the local park and we were walking about and off in the distance I see this lady laying down ready and im like ohs he looks peaceful lets not disturb her well the spirit did not like that! Instantly in my head it was like nope Sis Rose you should better go talk to her... now... and so we did. make the awkward walk across a long stretch of grass B lining it towards her. She's looking at us we're looking at her ya know missionary life is just a bunch of spiritually awkward moments. So we start talking to her and turns out she's legit! She used to have a mormon friend growing up and always wondered about it. We talked for about 30 minutes about our beliefs and she was super interested so we are excited about her!

Later in the week we were at another park contacting and we say this guy with the 2 most precious puppies in the world! they were bull dog mastiff mixes so naturally I loved them! Then the spirit was like talk to him and im like hi spirit my companion is terrified of dogs and then in my head im like im sure the spirit doesn't really care about that so I go up and start talking and sure enough he was super intrested too! after talking to him about the importance of a prophet for a while we brought up the book of mormon and he got freaked out realy fast and was like wait y'all are mormons? SURE ARE! SO we explained we weren't totally crazy and he said he would learn more but wouldn't take a Book Of Mormon. So that was fun!

Now for  Dusty is the most legit person I have ever met. We have been meeting with him for a few weeks and each time we teach him im amazed at how much he knows and has changed for the better! This week at church He bore his testimony on how important it is to do missionary work to help your friends and talked about how he has been doing it. Then after church he came up and said Hey Sis. Rose I got a question for you  whens the soonest I can get baptized... well this weekend! So he is getting baptized saturday and is super excited!

WE also have Ariel getting baptized this weekend. We have been teaching her and her LA husband they are doing really good and her Husband bore his testimony in church Sunday about how when you trust God he provides for you. This week has been great! and I cant wait to keep working hard this next week!

Have a blessed day y'all!

OH P.S. there weren't too many storms around us this week so im safe for now! :)