Sister Kierra Wadsworth's Mission Blog: August 24, 2015

Hey family and friends!!!

This week has been another fun and busy week!!!

Monday we went to the church after emailing and we exploded a watermelon :) It was a lot of fun!!! We had a mini watermelon fight and were throwing bits of watermelon at each other! Then we played some volleyball!! That night we had a lesson with Darla and she REALLY opened up to us. She is doing so good :):) She said she probably won't be able to meet with us during the months of September through December and she made us promise that we will come back in January because she likes learning from us!! We had a great discussion with her.

Tuesday, we went and did service at Ephrata Manor, it was great :) It is a nursing home(don't know if I have mentioned that before) but it is kinda turning my gears a little bit.. I am thinking of working as a CNA when I get home because I love doing it :):) And working with the residents just reminds of how much I love doing that kind of work!! After service we went out and walked around for a bit and tried some of our potentials, they either weren't home or they had moved.

Wednesday, we had district meeting. It was great as always :) Afterwards, we played ultimate spoons... haha it was soo fun :):) Afterwards we tried some more potentials!! We have a lot potentials that we are going through and trying :) We usually are walking and so it takes a lot of time. I love walking so much, it is a great way to share the gospel because when you are in a car no one really knows who you are and we can't talk to them so walking is much more effective in that sense :)

Thursday, I am pretty sure that I got good poisoning from a breakfast that we ate at a members and so we kinda just took it slow but I am lots better now :) It was just a one day thing!!! We went and saw Ethan, he is sooo excited for his baptism this Saturday!!! He is so prepared :) We had dinner at the Nielsens. Sister Nielsens parents live in Willow Bend right around the corner from nana!! Small world :) They are super fun and remind me so much of our family :) They LOVE to tease!! Haha

Friday, we did weekly planning and for lunch we went to Green Dragon!! I love that place :):) We had a lesson with one of our less-actives and she literally talked for TWO AND A HALF HOURS!!!! Pennsylvanians really know how to talk!! HAHA :) But she needed it and she might have some service opportunities to do service for her this week!!

Saturday, we had correlation with Brother Eberly, he is so great!!! After that we went out walking again. We tried A LOT of potentials and walked around most of the day!!!! No one we talked to was interested but HEY we are still going to work hard :):) That night we did some more service for a couple in our ward who just bought a house that needs some fixing up. We painted :)

Sunday, we had a great day!!! We had a lesson with Ethan and then he had is baptism interview and passed!! He is for sure getting baptized this Saturday at 2:00!!!!!! :):) SO EXCITED!!!!! He truly has progressed so much since I met him and the bishop said that he has changed a bunch as well. He use to not interact with anyone during church and now he makes the effort to go and talk with people and he is learning so much and it shows:) I love seeing the change in people, it truly is an amazing blessing to be able to be here at this time and help people grow closer to Christ. There is truly no greater calling than being a missionary!!! For ward council we had a training on the keeping the Sabbath day holy and it was great!!! :) We came home and then did our studies :):) My studies have been going really great!! We are truly so blessed to have the resources we do, I am so grateful that I have an iPad and am able to use the gospel library app, it truly is amazing :):) It just amazes me of how much trust our Father in Heaven has for me right now to be in this time where we use iPads as missionaries and just all the things that we are doing!! Its awesome!!!!

Last night we had a sleepover with the Sisters from our district :) It was a lot of fun!!! We are probably going to do that more often.

In my studies this morning I was reading in the new issue of the Ensign. I was reading the message from President Eyring titled "Families and Prayer." What really stood out to me was this: "You may not raise a great servant of God, but you can by your prayers and your example of faithfulness help the Lord Jesus Christ raise up good and beloved disciples." I loved it! We can help those who aren't making the right choices in our families by praying for them!! I invite you to pray for those who are struggling BY NAME and what they need SPECIFICALLY!!! I have grown such a great testimony of prayer and by praying for people by name. As a missionary I pray everyday for those who we work with and I have seen many blessings come because of it!! The power of prayer is real!!! Pray as a family EVERYDAY(no matter what!) and individually, I promise that as you do that you will see the blessings that come from it. Hearts will soften and people will come closer to Christ from it :):)

I love you to the moon, sun, heaven and back :) -- That's A LOT of love!!! hahahaha

LOVE YOU!!

Love Sister Kierra Wadsworth