Tuesday, October 1, 2013

transfers and trainer

Homies,
this week we met with a man named stephen. We were going through some of the previously taught people a while back. We prayed to the Lord that we would find someone to teach from the phone calls that we would make that evening. Our first phone call was to Stephen! We met with him and he told us how he has recently had to rely on God due to surgeries and what not and has been wanting to increase his faith more. He is also a descendant of Joseph Smith! He showed us a book that he had from his ancestors who helped build the St george temple. A few days later we say the Gowans (less active family) and they pulled out this same exact book and were tellin us about their ancestors! Our less active and investigator are related! weird...they live 10 mins away from each other and never would have even known. We're excited to teach him!
So now for the big news...transfers!! Moves calls were last night. Alright every body make your guesses!! but really, guess. keep guessing....what is going to happen...??? oh my goodness the suspense just keeps building and what if i leave you hanging and never even tell you, that would be so mean of me!! Alright alright here it is: Sister Hymas will be leaving the land of Milton Keynes and entering Kingsland which is way up North. She will be with a sister who was in the MTC with her! as for me, president called and gave me my new assignment. I will be staying in the land of Milton Keynes for my 3rd transfer in a row! Aaand I will be TRAINING!!!! Whaa?!?! I'm going to be a trainer? I will be training a brand new missionary! I feel very blessed that the Lord and President Jordan trust me with this calling. I also feel very inadequate but Im trying to brush that off since I know those thoughts are not from the Lord. I'm happy that the Lord trusts me with one of his children; the future of this mission. Any tips?
Harry is great. He is still scheduled for baptism on October 19th as long as he keeps his commitments. 2 great things from him: i think i already told you this but he said how before meeting with us he used to hate some people but now he just loves them and doesnt hate anyone! Also, yesterday in our lesson he told us how he was on mormon.org and he tried out the chat thingy they have. He was chatting with them and he was really excited when  he was telling us about it cuz he asked the person if he could share about God and the gospel and the church after he was baptised and the chatter person told him he could and he was happy cuz he wants to share it with other people! for lack of a better word, presious!
On another note, this week the missionaries in our district were asked to sing at an 8 yr olds baptism. Well, there are 6 missionaries in our district. One of them got really sick (there is something nasty going around everybody has it) so that companionship couldn't make it. And the other elders got a last minute dinner appointment with a family from the ward so of course they took that and bailed leaving only Sister Hymas and I!! We ended up singing at the mike in the chapel in front of like 50 people for this baptism. Yikes. we had like a day heads up to practice. It went really well though! we sang "i hope they call me on a mission". It was fun!
On a second another note, our ward had an activity this week! you have to understand, this is huge on the account of we never have activites. twice a year maybe. The missionaries were the ones who instituted this activity and the RS president put it together (she is so great. Sister White for president!). It was a cultural food night where every one brought food from their cultures and and was way fun! Only problem was, sister H and I had like 2 months to figure out a dish and of course we waited til the day of. We stressed about it we had nothing! Plus, it doesnt help that we are poor as dirt (how can dirt be poor? that doesnt even make sense) and couldnt afford anything! we ended up buying brownies cuz apparently they are american (who new?). It was a stinkin from the box foods where all you have to do is add like water, egg, and oil and guess what?? we FAILED. we did not have a proper pan so we put half the batter in a bread pan and the outside cooked but inside was gooey. then we decided to put the rest of the batter on a cookie sheet and they got burnt and would not even come off of the pan and they were so hard! I attached a piture so that you could see. Well, in the end it actually turned out great cuz, being the geniouses we are, decided to take the batch from the bread pan and scoop it all out then roll it in to balls then stick it back in the oven then melt a chocolate bar and put that on top. That is pure magic right there. They ended up great and all got eaten! i've attached a picture of that as well.
On a third another note, a girl from our ward, Briony Web was so stinkin nice to us! She knew sister H was sick at the beginning of the week and dropped off a present for us! i know people say this and might not mean it, but it was probably on top 5 list of nicest things any one has done for me. I attached a picture.
im so excited for general conference! yippy! we are so blessed to have a prophet that leads and guides the church today. Im very greatful that I did not live in a time of apostasy.
Dad- a man in my ward keeps asking me and i feel really bad that i dont have an answer for him. Are we related to a David Curtis? He is from the first wife of Brigham Young. The man in my ward was baptised by him 50 yrs ago. David just left on a mission with his wife. This is about all the info i have but maybe you can do some research with that? Also, i would LOVE more research from our ancestors from England! that would be really great!
Mom-sounds like you had a busy but fun week!
josh-paha your letter made me laugh a lot it was so funny to me. Our district does moves predictions with each transfer! last transfer i got every missionary right!
kirsten-how is interior designing and the blog?
zane- thanks for the update on the jazz. Hope school is going well.
Jake- good good.
Gil-have you decided what you want to do with your life yet? I think i know if you dont already. Youre going to be a personal trainer, i can totally see it. p.s. your quotes from sjs quote book are hilarious.
sarah-i got your letter this week! i will write you back today. are you still putting my emails up on the blog? Also, could  you tell brian lingham that our sport night had 22 people at it last week! he will understand. he is the founder of sport night and its only ever had like 7 people there. its growing!
Pokie-i got your letter this week also! and will write you back hopefully soon. Keep being awesome.
jett-can you draw me another picture sometime soon please? thanks.
jane- im sorry your brother is mean to you sometimes. He is just in that phase so dont take it personally.
bandit-there are a LOT of dogs here in England. Dont worry, none of them are as cute as you.
romie- oh wait...awkward.
pictures:
 me planking outside our flat in the morning right before running. it was really foggy that day and i wanted a picture
 the present
 brownies... the end result!
 brownies...i think
  me being betty crocker with our brownies

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