ONE MONTH ALREADY?!

Time flies when you are doing the Lord's work. It's Pday again? Already?! I have to bring my journal everytime so that I can remember what happened every week. The days all run together.

Pdays are always wonderful. We have to put in 3 hours of proselyting and 2 towards study and then the rest of the day is ours. We basically just study and then head to the library, do sports at the church with the Elders, and go shopping. Oh, and we go over to the other sister's house to do our laundry since our apartment charges a million dollars per load. Thats always a fun time. I loooooooove Sister Pearson. It's such a blessing that I get to see her so often. Last monday we hung out and got pizza and candy and did laundry and wrote letters and talked about funny things that happened to us last week. So fun.

We also taught Zorina and Christina. We had Zorina read the Intro the the Book of Mormon in Tagolog and it made SUCH a difference. SO powerful. She understood it so much more and the Spirit was able to work in her. (Read the last two paragraphs of the Intro to the Bok of Mormon). She finished reading it and goes, ".....I will ask." MUSIC TO OUR EARS. Yay!

     ***I added the last two paragraphs so you could read what she was refering to********
            (We invite all men everywhere to read the Book of Mormon, to ponder in their hearts the message it contains, and then to ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ if the book is true. Those who pursue this course and ask in faith will gain a testimony of its truth and divinity by the power of the Holy Ghost. (See Moroni 10:3–5.)

 Those who gain this divine witness from the Holy Spirit will also come to know by the same power that Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world, that Joseph Smith is His revelator and prophet in these last days, and that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the Lord’s kingdom once again established on the earth, preparatory to the Second Coming of the Messiah.)  

Tuesdays are also one of my favorite days. District meeting! All of my bestest mission friends get together and learn and discuss our week and how to improve. Its spiritual and awesome and fun. Our district is SUPER musical. We all love to sing. We are doing a musical number at Zone Conference on Wednesday of this week. Its gonna rock the socks off the whole Zone. lol I still struggle with calling Ben "Elder Shurts". It's just not what I think of him as! But I do my best. It's super cool seeing him every week. It's nice to have a familiar face around.

Zorina's daughter Christina went to Activity Days! She had so much fun and fit right in! Such a good sign. We have been trying to get her really excited about the church so that her family can feed of off her excitement. We got to talk to Zorina one-on-one for a change and it was so good. She's basically the perfect mormon, she just doesn't know it yet. She has such faith and a desire to do good. She loves Christ and she knows that it is through him that we can withstand anything. She has had a lot of crazy experiences in her life and she has learned to rely on Him. I love her so much. We have praying that her husband's heart can be softened and that he will let her come to church. I have this image in my mind of all three of them dressed in white and just SO SO SO happy. They are glowing. Rekindled with purpose and direction. Ah! Whatever it takes, I'm going to help the get there. How great is the mercy of God! He loves us so much and see's us how we really are. It's been so amazing to witness a part of that here.

We met a lady who had so much faith. She wasn't interested in our message, but she I felt the Spirit so strong while we were talking to her. Both her husband and her son died within a year of each other and she also had to rely on the Savior to get her through it. I testified that she would see her family again and she said that she hoped so. I'm going to go back and talk to her about eternal families and the plan of salvation, because I know it is something that she is longing to know. It's just finding the right time to go back. Something I need to work on is emphasizing that we aren't trying to CHANGE beliefs, but build on them.

Wednesday was a great day! Probably one of the best so far!

• I got a package from home! YAYAYAYAYAYA! Thank you thank you thank you!
  
   
  
• Tom's 99 cent icecream cones on the hottest/humidest day ever
• Talking to a less active sister en espanol. The spirit was so strong and we were all in tears and gah.
• Family history. Okay, this involves a story. We went to the family history center and looked out our family search accounts. I found some super awesomely possumly stuff. Someone had traced Grandma Haralson's line all the way to the year 44. Yes. Like 0044. Like 10 years after Christ. What?! AND THAT'S NOT ALL. The reason it was possible to go back so far was because it was a direct line of royalty. WHAT? Directly descendant from people like King Henry I of England. And Princess of Aquitaine. And crazy crazy stuff. Look at it. It's amazing. I told Elder Beech because he is from England and now they all call me princess and bow to me. hahahaha. Of course, its all a joke, but it an awesome joke. Thank you Grandma Haralson for giving me the greatest blood ever.
• The tornado sirens went off while we were out. That was fun. So we went home and instead of laying low because of a tornado warning, I spent my night playing with frogs. Toads and tree frogs were EVERYWHERE. I love catching frogs. It was super humid so I was wearing my old lady nightgown and was outside in the thunderstorm catching frogs for hours. Sister Proffit was laughing so hard. She calls me Nature Girl. So fun. I LOVED it. Frogs even got into our house! I had to catch them. hahahaha Sister Proffit and I were getting ready for bed and praying and I look up and theres a frog sitting in the middle of our room. haahaha. Best night of my life.
  

Thursday was uneventful. lol Thursdays are daily planning and it takes forever. But I made cinammon rolls from scratch. Without a recipe. And without measuring spoons. #winning We had dinner with Sister Ash and Sister Roberts. The cutest old ladies EVER. They are mother/daughter and I love them SO MUCH. Sister Ash got baptized when she was 76! She is so faithful and awesome and and cute and old. And. Dinner was good! I was afraid, but those old ladies make good food.

Friday was a roughhhhh day. Sister Proffit and I have been having some learning experiences. But! We had an AWESOME lesson with an investigator named Stephanie! It was so good and spiritual! I felt like I was finally doing it right. Teaching by the Spirit is the best feeling. You KNOW that what you are saying is going to help them. And when you can see it in their faces that they feel it, its the best feeling in the whole world. Stephanie told me that she loves when I talked because I light up and my face glows. BEST COMPLIMENT OF MY WHOLE LIFE! Seriously. I know it's not about me out here, but when she said that I knew that I was doing what God wanted me to and that SHE could see it. I'm excited for her. big things are happeing out here. YAYYAYAYYA. A less active sister gave me a baby ornage tree today! hahaha. She's so funny. She's like "You're from Arizona right? How would you like to have your very own orange tree?" So. Now I have an orange tree named Cheesehead. lol That'll be the most unique souvenir from Wisconsin ever.

Kira got married on Saturday! It was so cute and fun to be a part of. I got to do her hair and had so much fun doing it. I got to feel like my normal self. It was GREAT.

 I am greatful for the knowledge that I have that families can be together forever. I also finished the Book of Mormon on my month mark! Yay! I am so grateful for that book. It has really helped come closer to Christ and to God. It has helped me learn how to be a better missionary. It had taught me about the nature of Christ. It has warned me of the evils of pride. There is a lot I dont understand, but I know that it comes with time. I know That the Lord loves me. Hes spoken to me by name. I know He loves me. I know Christ died for me and that He is the way to eternal life.

Sunday was also a great day!!! ALL OF OUR PEOPLE CAME TO CHURCH! The ward was awesome. Best ward ever. They swooped over William, Zorina, and Christina and took them under their wing. William had told Zorina that this week was her first and last time going to church with us. But apparently he told the ward mission leader that he liked it and that they'll be back! !!!!! GREATEST NEWS EVER! Prayers are answered. We have been praying for his heart to be softened. We have been working of fellowshippers for them and everything worked out beautifully! Life is so good!

God is watching over the people in Wisconsin. And I know He is watching over you too.