This week was fantastic!!! So many
adventures!! And Sister Hales, just like last week is wonderful!! We work so
well together!! I am just so grateful that we became such fast friends. Being a
missionary when you get to work so closely with someone you love just makes it
that much more rewarding!
This week was kind of crazy!
So Michael is progressing
wonderfully !!! We taught him the Word of Wisdom this week. Actually, he was super
hesitant at first. He didnt feel like he could give up drinking tea. We of course
gave him a pep talk and told him that of course he could. The next day, we
asked how living the word of wisdom had been going and he told us that he just
threw it all away and was done!!! GO MICHAEL!!! And he announced that his
baptism was on the 23rd at 1pm at FHE this week! He already just fits in
perfectly with the branch- we love it!!!!! He has his interview this week-- and
we only have a few more lessons to teach him.. we are getting pumped for his
baptism!! It is really neat to see the change that is happening to him. I feel
so lucky as a missionary to have a front row seat to conversion!!!
Kiki is also doing wonderfully!! She is
so sweet!! And Sister Navarro got to come to a lesson with us this week! We
were so excited. Actually at the beginning of this week, we were in a bit of a
panic. Kiki wasn't returning our texts and when we called her it went straight
to voicemail, she didn't show up to her lesson and usually we can find her in
the library and we couldn't. So we were pretty frustrated and confused about
all of that earlier this week. Well on Friday we got a text from her saying
that someone had stolen her phone charger while she was at the library and that
it took her a few days to get a new one. We were so grateful that she wasn't
dodging us!! I think my favorite thing about teaching Kiki is her love for the
gospel!!! If we rewind to two months ago, she had no idea who God was and she
didn't have a relationship with him. Baptism was never even a thought of hers.
It is amazing to hear her pray because her prayers are so pure. You know that
she knows Heavenly Father is there and that he listens. You can feel her desire
to grow closer to him! She has been experiencing some opposition from her
friends but she said that she doesn't care what they say because she knows that
she is doing the right thing! Boy oh boy I just love her!!!
And on an exciting note, last night I
got to see Muttie and Sue Fleener at the "Why I Believe" fireside. It was sooooo
good to see them again!! They are just as sweet as ever. The first thing that
Muttie did was come up and give me a huge HUG! haha gotta love him. Thank
goodness I have permission from President to hug him!!!
Okay.... so now it is story time. On
Saturday we had the opportunity to go to the state fair and help some members
show their goats..... THAT'S right.. you heard what I said... SHOWED GOATS. So Sister Hales knew this family from one of her last areas and they needed some
help showing their goats. A couple of other missionaries that also served in that
area who are now in Indy also got to go! It was crazy. Never in my life did I
ever think that I would show goats, I mean milking a goat was enough, but
showing goats! So we would take the goat and walk around the ring in front of
the judge and then we would ask to stop and we would have to place the goats
feet (which invovled moving them to the right positions-- so their udders
looked the best). It was crazy fun!!!!! And kind of stinky. I think every goat I showed stopped and peed when we were parading around. Talk about an
adventure!!!! But really :)
At the Fair with Sister Cooley Sister Hunt and Sister Hales
Well I love you all!! I hope you have
an amazing week and thank you for your love and support! I really love it when
I get to hear from you all!!
<3 Sarah
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