Week 70

This was a very strange week. I'm going to write it out by day to organize my thoughts. I think every week my thoughts get a little more jumbled while trying to write emails.

On Tuesday I went with Sister Ho Chee to go to the Show Low Zone Training meeting. Then that night we had a meeting and a lesson at the same time so I was in a trio with the sister we live with to go to the meeting while my companion went to the lesson with a member. 

On Wednesday we had our Zone Training meeting (Snowflake Zone). After that we had a really good lesson with a member here about Sacrificing for God to receive the blessings we need. We had dinner with our ward mission leader that night and his family is so funny. I was laughing the entire dinner. Right after the dinner, Sister Cahoon and Sister Johannessen went out with members and Sister Ho Chee and I drove to Eager again. It’s a little over an hour drive and I had to drive there and back in one night. A lot of driving, but it’s fun to have some one-on-one time to talk with different sisters. Sister Israelsen came with me to my area to go on an exchange. 

Bathroom selfie, so I had to make a face

So all day Thursday I was with Sister Isralesen and it was the longest day ever. It’s a good thing I really really love Sister Israelsen, because so many lessons fell through or just didn't go how we wanted. We drove out to the farthest part of our area. Members told us not to go out there when it was raining, but we had a set appointment and that was why we got the truck so we just went for it. The mud was so bad that we were hydroplaning for about 10 minutes of the ride down this dirt road. It was kind of fun actually but I screamed a lot. That’s where the weird pictures are from. I actually have more pictures from that exchange, but they are all on Sister Israelsen’s iPad so I will have to send them when I get them from her. At the end of the day I was so tired and an investigator told us she wasn’t ready to progress so I just started crying. In her house. I just love her so much and I see what the gospel could do for her and her family and I just couldn't hold it in anymore. So yeah, that was interesting. Poor Sister Israelsen. We had a few more lessons that were just a little weird, but they were ok. It was really nice to be with Sister Israelsen though. We flew to Arizona together. She is English speaking so we won’t get to go home together, but we have seen each other throughout our missions so we have always been friends. Then when we finally got home we found out that our roommate has lice. I just wanted to cry. So we had to go to the store to get stuff and wash everything. I was so tired I about crashed without any bedding on my bed. But we made it through! Pray that none of us get lice!

Friday was a lot more normal. We had some really good lessons with two of my favorite families. 

Found this on my really strange exchange. Not
sure what this is. Not sure I want to know.

Saturday we spent the morning plucking turkeys for a family in our area. So the turkeys started out alive and we got to see the whole process. Let’s just say that I’m a city person through and through. So after that, I took the longest shower of my mission and I still smelt like turkey grossness. We had a cool experience on Saturday when we really felt like we needed to go see an active member and share a message with her. We very rarely go and share non-missionary related messages with active members. But it turns out that she got diagnosed with Cancer and is going into surgery this week. It was sweet to see that God was looking out for her and loves her enough to send people when she needed comfort. That is the best part about serving a mission. Getting to be someone that god uses to bless the lives of others. 

On Sunday we helped teach a lesson in relief society about member missionary work. It went pretty well. We shared about how ‘you never know who is interested’ (Acts 16:25-33) and how ‘success is in the invitation’ (Alma 8:10-18). Sunday night we went to a meeting where they announced the new stake being created. It so cool to see so much growth in this area, but it is probably going to mean some changes in where the missionaries are located in the next transfer. 

Today was just a normal P-day but for some reason it has gone by super quickly. We are going to watch the restoration video with an investigator, which I am pretty excited about. 

And that’s about it. We have interviews with President Robinson this Saturday, which I am SO excited for. 

I love you all - have a great week!

Sister Doxey