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