December 14, 2015

Hey y'all!!!

11 MORE DAYS UNTIL WE GET TO TALK TO EACH OTHER!!!!!

This week has been so great :):) We had really great things happen but
not a lot of work done. We were SUPER busy though!!

On Monday I dyed my hair :) I love it so much! It makes me look
different. Imagine that! haha ;) Monday night we had dinner with one
of our less-actives. IT WAS SO GOOD!!!! I am going to tell you about
it because it was a very good meal. We had steak and baked potatoes.
That is one of my favorite meals. And they were Idaho potatoes! The
biggest potatoes I have seen thus far on my mission!! Haha Their family is super cute! They inspire us, they built their home and they

were telling us about how much money they saved by doing most to all
of it on their own. They inspired us to build our own homes!! I don't
know if it really will happen but I want to build my own home. Their
home is 5400sq. foot and they have only spent $120,000(well not only
but a lot cheaper than it would be buying it outright). It is a
BEAUTIFUL home!!! They are still working on it but it was so pretty!!
I loved it :):):) The wife is the member(less-active) and her husband
is a non-member. Her testimony is so strong. She has NO doubt
whatsoever that the church is true. Both Sister Bills and I were going
to ask why she isn't coming to church but the spirit told us clearly
that she is going to be ok and she will come back soon. Her name is
Karla, her husbands name is Dale and they have 2 cute little kids.
Will (I would say he is about 2 years old) and Mia is 11 months. :)

On Wednesday we had our Zone Conference. IT WAS SOOOO GOOD!!!! :) It
was so amazing and I will never ever ever forget the spirit and the
feeling of joy and happiness I felt. It was our Christmas conference
and it was truly amazing. We talked a lot of how important it is to
give of yourself. I reflect on my life, especially my mission and see
if I was focused on myself or others more. And that is something I
need to work on. I have been praying and asking what I lack the most
(this last general conference) and this zone conference was an answer
to my prayers. I need to be more humble and focused wayyyy more on
other than on  myself. I have been studying a little bit about Jesus
Christ and what I can do everyday to become more like Him. I know that
we can't be perfect but I do know that if we are trying our best to be
more like the Savior that we will receive guidance and the strength to
continue. It was truly inspired!! There was some great musical
numbers. Sister Bills sang and it was so amazing!!! I accompanied her
and we have been practicing for 2 weeks and she was really nervous to
hit the high note at the end but she did it and it sounded AMAZING!!!
:):) After zone conference we went out zone caroling and that was a
lot of fun :):)

So do you remember Walter, the guy we met when we were moving into our apartment and he came to church? Well he is not coming to church any more and isn't interested in coming to church. He still wants us to come over but he is super creepy! He wants Sister Bills to marry him.... It is just a really creep but SUPER funny situation!!!! :)

Well I don't have a lot of time today because we are going into Pittsburgh for p-day today :) I love you all sooo much!! Have a great week :)

Love Sister Kierra Wadsworth

December 7, 2015

Hello!!!

Well this week went well!!! Monday night we went on exchanges with our STL's. I went to Franklin with Sister Busath who we came out together but she was in the Mexico MTC. Sister Bills stayed in Butler :) On exchanges we helped some members pack. They are an older couple so we did a lot of packing for them :) Then we decided to walk to our next appointment after that and we got a little lost and we had to walk up a HUGE hill!! We called the member that was coming to the lesson and she came and picked us up :) It was to get that exercise though :) We had a good lesson with one of their investigators, her name is Jodi. After her lesson we went and saw the Stewart family. They are so cute!! Two of the girls just got baptized but they are less-active :( It was really funny, at the end they said that I really needed to be transferred there!! hahaha I love that family so much!! They have such a good knowledge about the gospel they just need to go to church!!

So we moved this week on Friday and we went over to take some stuff to our new apartment and we were trying to park on main street and I was driving and I ended up backing up into someone... It wasn't a lot of damage and no one got hurt thankfully!! But I got in an accident on my mission! WOW!! It was very shocking and I cried... The people I hit were SUPER nice so that made a huge difference :) What a mission story right? haha :) The excuse is that the back of the car was full of stuff and I couldn't see but it is just an excuse and doesn't mean anything :) But our new apartment is so nice!! We are so grateful that we were able to find it and it is the best location!! Right on main street :)

Saturday morning we were moving a couple of things and this guy named Walter stopped to talk to us and he wanted to come to church. So we got him a ride and he came to church yesterday!!! It was awesome but a little weird that it happened. It usually doesn't happen like that in PA. We are sure how with it he is but it was awesome that he came to church and he enjoyed it. He wants to take the lessons too :) It was really aweomse, we didn't really know what to think because we were a little taken back or just in shock that he really came!! Hopefully we will see him this week :)

We were going to do a service project on Saturday but we weren't able to find the place. We were in our service clothes, jeans, and Sister Bills had to go to the bathroom and forgot that she had the phone in her back pocket and so our phone ended up in the toilet and we had this bright idea to stick in Rice A Roni and needless to say, our phone is broken!! And it is weird not having a phone.. It was really funny though :) Just some fun memories happening for us this week!! :):) 

Last night we watched the Christmas Devotional and wow that was good!!! The music was so beautiful and the spirit that was there was just amazing. I love hearing about our Savior Jesus Christ!! I am so grateful for the opportunity I have to serve during Christmas. I was a little homesick this week just thinking about not being home and just being selfish really and I talked to my dad about it and I loved his response, he said "You only get one of Christ's birthday as one of his full time servants." It is so true and I was just thinking about me and what I was going to do for myself but that just helped me realize that I need to stop thinking about what I am going to do for myself and think about what I am going to do for the Savior because we have everything because of Him!! It is just so easy to get caught up in the worldly Christmas and forget what it truly is about. I encourage all to focus on the Savior because He is the true meaning of Christmas!! 

So this coming week we are having zone conference and I am accompanying Sister Bills for a musical number :) They also asked me to play piano for the opening and closing songs. I have been practicing them and I sure hope it goes well because it doesn't sound very good.. I sure wish I practiced piano A LOT more!! :) Then I wouldn't be having this problem.. haha It just goes to show that my parents were right :) hahaha!!

Well I hope you all have a great week :):) I love you to the moon and back!! 

Love always,

Sister Kierra Wadsworth

November 30, 2015

Hey family and friends :)

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Well this week was pretty good!! We found an apartment!! It is sooo nice, it is newly remodeled and is right on main street!! It is like the exact middle location of our area. It is just such a blessing that we found it :) We are really excited!! Second move on the mission :)

So some great things happened this week!!! We have two investigators progressing towards baptism!!! First is Bill, he is going to be baptized on December 12!!!! He is so amazing. He loves the gospel so much and has such a strong testimony of it already!! He is working really hard to get to overcome his addictions and he is doing really good!! :) I am so very grateful that I have the opportunity to work with Bill, he is truly an amazing person and is soo close to God!! I am super excited for him to baptized!! He has such a strong desire to follow Jesus Christ. Our investigator Perry is also going to be baptized!! I have only met him once but he has a strong desire to be be baptized as well!! He is super funny :) We aren't for sure when he is going to be baptized because he wanted to pick a date but we know that he is getting baptized :) We are super excited!!!

So we had a great thanksgiving!! We started off by going to the Turkey Bowl. We thought there were going to be other girls there but nope, we showed up and we were the only girls there and it was the first time the missionaries even went :) It was SUPER fun!!!! Sister Bills even made a touchdown!! It was awesome :) Then we went and filled out some paperwork at our new apartment to send into our mission office to have them sign the lease :) So it is official!! YAYYY! We then went to the church and Sister Bills called home for a little bit. She got to call home because she is leaving five days after Christmas so our mission president gave her permission to do it early :) That was a little weird.. haha :) We went to the Jones family for thanksgiving. They are a really fun dinner and they fed us really well!!! We were there for awhile. Sister Bills called her family for a little while there too because she didn't get very much time at the church. It was a great day!! :) I am so grateful that I am able to be a missionary serving the Lord at this time. It has been the best experience for me and I have grown so much!! It hasn't been easy but has been so worth it. Especially during the hard times when I wanted to give up and go home but Jesus Christ helped me to get through those hard times and I wouldn't have the knowledge of the Atonement if I would have given up. I thank Heavenly Father everyday for the opportunity that I have to serve!! It is so amazing!! :)

This Sunday our gospel principles teacher texted us in the morning asking us if we would teach and so we said yes of course!! And we got into class and Sister Bills conducted and then said that I was teaching it and turned the time over to me. So I got to teach gospel principles this week!! haha It was fun! Thank goodness for the spirit right? :) I didn't know Sister Bills was going to do that and I only skimmed over the lesson.. Haha but I am a missionary so I am pretty use to teaching on the spot :) haha

On Saturday we went and saw one of our less-active couples and she taught us how to crochet!!! It was a ton of fun :) I never thought I would learn how to do that on my mission!! It was pretty sweet :) I now know how to crochet!!! The mission teaches you all sorts of life skills!! :) It's pretty awesome!! haha

So I am super excited for Christmas!!! There is a new Christmas initiative that started yesterday and I am so excited to share it with literally EVERYONE!!! It is the best tool for missionaries to talk to people anywhere, and any time :) You should all go and watch it and share it with everyone around you as well!!! You can go on mormon.org/asaviorisborn and watch it there!!!! It is AMAZING!!! SHARE IT WITH EVERYONE!!!!

Well I love you all to the moon and back!!! I hope y'all have a great week and keep on keeping on!! :) LOVE YOU!!!! <3

Love, Sister Kierra Wadsworth