Good times!

It's Wednesday

Sounds like a really intense week.  I hope everything works out for Girl's camp.  I went to the mission office this week and filled out all the paperwork that I needed to drive the mission car.  President Pingree just has to OK it.  He has a lot going on though.  Transfers are in 2 weeks and then he is going home July 1st.  I am going to miss him so much!!!!

This week was really, really wet.   A storm came in a dumped rain.  We got a tornado warning and three flash flood warnings.  Never saw the tornado, but we were in the old part of Katy and there was lots of flooding.  We were afraid that we were going to be stuck at the Drexell building (which is where we go to P-day) because of all the flooding.  When we finally had to leave, there was a foot of water in some places. We got out alright, no problems.  Got to see all of the bayous and retention ponds get really full though!!  We were sad though, because it washed our beautiful chalk sign away!!!  A member told us on Sunday that one of their neighbors had come up to them and asked if they had been out vandalizing.  So people actually saw it!!!  Makes me happy.  If we are going to keep it up, we are going to have to take up a chalk donation.

On Tuesday we visited with this graduating senior in our ward.  She told us her faith isn't as strong as she would like it to be and since she is going off to college, so she has asked us to start  visiting with her. We went over on Tuesday, brought her some tacos form a taco truck (because she thinks they not as good as Taco Bell, she is wrong), and taught her the Restoration.  It was a really neat experience..  It is really helping to strengthen her testimony.  She wants to be able to answer questions when people ask her, so we think it will be better if she teaches one of us while the other helps.  We are going to try that this week.

On Wednesday we went to see Grace.  She is so great, but she has gone downhill since we last saw her a week ago.  She blew out her knees so she is in a lot of pain. But she was really feeling the Spirit when 
we taught her the Restoration and I think she really believes that it is true.  She is reading and praying.  She is fantastic.   She is moving to the Czech Republic in two weeks though, so we are working hard to get the information for the branch and missionaries there so they can continue teaching her.

Houston Temple

Thursday we went to the temple. We carpooled with the elders so we wouldn't have to drive.  It was fun, but kind of weird.  I sat in the middle and it was a little odd to be sitting so close to an elder.  Not too weird though, because he looks like   he is 12, and he kind of reminds of Daniel Norman in the way that I just want him to be my little brother.  I don't rub his head though, that would be weird/ creepy.  It was really funny to see the two elders in the front singing to different Disney songs.  They are pretty funny.  It was so nice to go to the  temple.  I haven't been since my first transfer in Katy!!!!  That feels like forever ago!!  I want to make it a goal when I get home to go to the temple often and on a regular basis.  The spirit is so great there and it just makes me feel so happy :)   Our dinner appointment canceled, but that was OK, we had had a late lunch anyway, so I wasn't even hungry.  We were able to meet a family that I haven't met yet.  So it was a good day.

Elder Kuilia photo-bombed our picture

Friday was a kind of fun.  We didn't have very many appointments during the day, but we did at night. We were going to take Camille with us and she found out we didn't have a dinner, so we ate with the Claunch family.  During dinner I found out that they know the Rascons!!!!  Well the parents of the Rascons in our ward. But that was kind of cool.  So after dinner we took Camille with us to teach one of the families in the ward, our usual Friday night appointment, the one with the hilarious kids.  This appointment did not disappoint with laughs.  The kids both had bald eagles and kept telling us bald eagle facts.  The youngest one went on a little lecture to Sister Davis about bald eagles that no one really understood, but at the end he said, "So basically, you don't want to be a bald eagle" and that was all we got out of that.  We taught them a few more of the commandments and one of the kids basically quoted the entire Word of Wisdom from memory.  Crazy, but fun.  We taught a part member family and then went back to the Claunch home to drop off Camille, when her mom said, I am going to McDonalds to get ice cream for everyone, you aren't allowed to leave until I get back.  Since it was about 9:00pm and we have to be home by 9:30pm, she said she would rush.  We said we wouldn't leave and then our watches just flew off our wrists, crazy right?  She did get back with a few minutes to spare.  Reminded me of dad making an ice cream run.

On Saturday we went to the mall to talk to one of our potential investigators that works there.  We found her there and we were able to have a really good conversation with her.  She asked a lot of questions on missionary service and what and why we do it.  it was really neat.  We are really hoping that we can get her to read the Book of Mormon we gave her.  She loves the Bible, studied it in college and she believes all of the same things we do.  There is so much more we can offer her!!  We don't want to take away the truth she loves, just give her more!  After that we went to lunch at Los Cucos with the Lowes, our ward mission leader and his family.  I love that family so much!!  They are leaving this week and won't be back for a while, so they wanted to take us out before transfers.  Good food.  And they were making dinner for us the next day too!  At lunch, Bro Lowe sneezed really hard and lost his voice.  He has done it before and it is pretty funny.  He has to do another big sneeze before it comes back.  

Sunday was great.  I loved all of the testimonies and the Relief Society lesson (Sister Davis says hello and said that I have to tell you right now). We then did some studies, I practiced my flute and we had a lesson with another active family.  It was good and I think that they are really paying attention.  We then had dinner with the Lowes.  It was really fun!!!!  They treat us like one of the family, it is nice to feel part of a family.  Sister Davis wanted to get a picture with them because she is pretty sure that she is being transferred.  When she told them, one of the kids said, "First family, then individuals"  They then began calling dibs on first individual with her. It was pretty funny.  We then went to the Seminary graduation to help one of our members who is in charge of it. It was really good.  I liked the talks.  Almost makes me miss seminary.

Love y'all!!  Have a blessed week!

Sister Hudgens

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