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Sounds like you had a really busy week!! I am glad
that you were able to go to the baptism. Since being on my mission I have
discovered a few things. I really like the Gospel Principles class.
It is way better than the Gospel Doctrine class. If we don't have
investigators at church and the teachers aren't there/we don't have a place to
meet (we hold class in the bishop's office, our ward takes up every room in the
building), we go to the Gospel Doctrine class. I highly recommend going
to the Gospel Principles class. It is such a wonderful spirit.
Also, holidays are so awkward!!! In the missionary handbook it says
it is the best time to find people because they are with their families and at
home. Lies!!!!! It is the worst because everyone is with their
families doing family things and then we come along and interrupt things and
make them awkward.
Had three more awkward experiences yesterday. First was dinner. A family we haven't met invited us over for
dinner because they were inviting their non-member Realtor over for Easter
dinner. Sweet! We get there and two more families from the ward we hadn't
met yet came too. Super awkward, especially as neither Sister Davis or I
are particularly social. We try, but its rough sometimes. So we
were there for three hours, feeling awkward and listening to their rich people
problems, it was kind of ridiculous. I was trying not to judge, but it
was kind of funny. We shared the video "Because of Him" after
dinner and the Spirit was so strong!!! Sister Davis and I felt it strong
and I almost cried through the whole thing. Afterward we bore our
testimonies of Christ and His Atonement and it was amazing. We then
managed to slip out of there and they we went out to visit more people.
We tried one family from Brazil because they are pretty fun and we hadn't
seen them for a while. We knock on the door and the husband answers the
door, with no shirt on!!! I am sure our eyes got really big because he
kind of laughed. His wife wasn't available so we left. We got in
the car and kind were like, what?!?! Super awkward.
It was almost 8
by then so we decided to try one of the few families in our ward with older
kids. We get there and walk in just as they are bringing out the Hobbit
birthday cake with happy birthday written in elvish on it. We sing happy
birthday with them and then awkwardly leave because we just crashed the party.
We were done with being awkward by that time so we went home and watched
the "Family Answers" video by the Church made in the 90s. Fun
ending to a not so great week.
Last Monday when we went to the church building to
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| A Smile from poor Sis Davis who had a terrible headache |
play
volleyball with our district, Sister Davis got nailed in the head with a
volleyball that one of the Tongan elders served. She wasn't even playing!
She had a really bad headache all the way up until Saturday. It was kind of
scary. We thought she might of had a concussion, but we're eventually able
to rule it out.
She was kind of scary as she drove though. She
drove well, she just was a little confused as to where she was and where she
was coming from. On Wednesday after I had come back from going on
exchanges she made 5 wrong turns on the way home. She missed one turn and
made a turn when she wasn't supposed to. After telling her she went the
wrong way, she yelled "Tell me before we are supposed to turn!"
To which I had to respond, "We weren't supposed to turn!!!!"
We had to laugh about that, but it was a little scary. I had to tell her
where to go after that. She also told me that she had been lost several times
that day but Sister Thurber hadn't noticed because she didn't know the area.
We weren't able to get out much because her headache was so bad.
She couldn't stand light or noise, and she couldn't focus very well.
We had to be creative with our plans.
Tuesday morning Sister Davis taught an indexing class for
the Relief Society and it went really well. She taught me a little bit so
I was able to help her out. Indexing is fun and easy, highly recommend
doing it if you are bored! It helps so much with family history, making
records searchable. Anyone can do it!
That night we had dinner with
our Elders Quorum president and he said something really nice to us. Said
he was thankful that we were on time, even when dinner wasn't ready quite on
time. Said that the last set of missionaries before us weren't on time very
often, and that we were earning their trust because we always made sure we were
prompt and on time. It was really nice of him.
Tuesday night we
went on exchanges, I going to Nottingham Country with Sister Garlick, and
Sister
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Thurber went back to Katy 4 with Sister Davis. Nottingham Country
is a bike area, so I got to bike!!! I was super excited. By the end of
the day though I realized how out of shape I am!!!! My legs were like
jelly. I thought I was going to fall down the stairs afterward, my legs
felt
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like they were going to give out. The seats weren't very comfortable
either. I miss my bike!! It is much nicer. If I have to leave
Katy, I want my bike and to go to a bike area.
Thursday we had weekly planning. Sister Davis was
still not very well so we did most of it from our room with her laying on
her bed hiding from the light. She was able to help and participate, but
she was kind of out of it. I have started writing down when she takes
medicine, what and how much.
Our district was going to do some service at
a local school carnival, so I arranged for a babysitter for Sister Davis and I
went. It was fun. I manned the ring toss, so even though I can't
throw well at all, I encouraged those little kids. After returning to our
apartment, Sister Davis did not look well at all. She then told me about her
night. I had arranged for
Camille, one of our ward missionaries and a
girl preparing to put her papers in, to watch her. Apparently though,
after about ten minutes Camille had gotten really sick and slept in her parents
room, leaving Sister Davis with her 18 year old brother Sam. Sister Davis
was not happy with me. She felt super awkward.
Friday we had district meeting and it was amazing!!! Elder Thomas had us all prepare a little lesson on the Atonement and how
it has helped us in our lives. It was so great. We were all able to
come closer as a district and feel the Spirit really strongly. It was so
great. I love the Atonement and how much it covers. It covers all
of our sins, sorrows, illnesses, and pain. Christ knows exactly what we are
going through even when no one else does. I am so grateful for the great
gift of the Atonement that Christ has given to us.
I hope you have a blessed week!!!
Sister Hudgens
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