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Sounds like a pretty nice week. Speaking of Heidi and
Grace starting school again brings back to my mind the fact that I went into
the MTC the same day they started school last year. So I guess it is
official, this week I have been out a year! It is super crazy to think
like that. It makes me feel old. I am not usually around
missionaries that have been out more than a transfer less than me, so when I do
see those younger missionaries it makes me feel so old! I know you don't
like to hear it, but I don't want to go home! This is the hardest thing I
have ever done in my entire life, but it has been the best thing for me. I love
being a missionary!
This week wasn't too exciting. I feel like I have done a lot
of driving though! I am the designated driver since Sister Wahlen has
seizures. Something I found out once I got here! She never told me
when we were in Parkway. We went on an adventure to find a new map for us
to use since the one we have has torn along the folds and is now in two, almost
three pieces. Whenever we do new things or have no idea what we are
doing, I call it adventuring. Makes things sound a little more fun and
exciting. Since we did a lot of driving this week, we also had to do a
lot of walking, so we spent most of our afternoons walking around the paths
that are everywhere around The Woodlands.
I was able to meet a family that the sisters have been
working with for a while. The mom, Candace, and her children were doing
most of the investigating. Candace is not receiving any support from her
husband, family, and friends, so it has been hard for her and she has decided
to stop learning more. She is still super friendly and loves us, but it
is too hard without any support. She loves the Bible and talks about Christ
and religion all the time. Hopefully we will get to teach her more when the
time is right.
On Wednesday we had a miracle! We were going tracting before
dinner and we decided to knock on a few more doors before we went to another
area. The last door we knock on a man answers and tells us he was actually baptized a member when he was 20 living in California. It was
awesome! We were able to answer a couple of his questions and have a good
discussion with him on the porch for about 40 minutes. We got his contact
info and invited him to church. He didn't come, but we will get him
there! We also went walking along the paths that night (no surprise, we
do that almost every evening) and there were two kids coming by on bike.
Sister Wahlen held out some pass along cards with the Salt Lake temple on
them and they took them as they rode by. We then hear behind us, "I
got a picture! What did you get?" "I don't know, but it
looks cool!" It was so great! We just got to laugh a little bit at
their enthusiasm. Tender mercy of the Lord.
On Friday we had zone meeting and it was awesome!
First they announced a new thing that President Mortensen is trying.
It is called a zone competition. It is basically like the House Cup
tournament in Harry Potter. We get points based on if we turn in our
vehicle reports on time, stay within our miles, obey the rules, have clean
apartments, stuff like that. The zone will be able to see who got how
many points, so they will be able to see who is bringing us down, and help each
other. It is to teach us that what we do effects others or something like
that. So basically, I have in my mind the whole time, 50 points for the
Woodlands sisters for staying within their miles! And the Spring Zone
wins the house cup! Not super missionary minded, but really fun! On
Friday we had dinner with a family that knew Brother Rascon growing up.
That was pretty cool.
Sunday was great! You said you love going to church,
well I am lucky enough to have the opportunity to go to 6 hours of church!!!
I love it! I am just amazed at the spirit I can feel, and even
though some of the same lessons are given, how different they all are.
There was a missionary homecoming in the 1st ward and a farewell in the
2nd ward. The one that came home went 30 minutes over, I have never seen
a bishop have to stop someone before and I thought it would be done a lot sooner.
But it was a good talk. Our investigator came to church in 2nd
ward, Shirley. She is great. She has been investigating for a long
time, but she is finally making progress I think. What was really cool
though was that a family in the ward just came up and invited her over for
dinner, it was great. I just love Sunday!! And I love being a
missionary!
Sister Hudgens
