First day of School and Fall

Hey Everyone!!

School has officially started back up for the kids here... but not for us missionaries.  It's always a classroom of learning while doing the Lord's Work!!  We had a really cool week, just a bunch of small miracles and new things happened.

Mini Liahona

On Monday, it was Labor Day and after seeing a less active, we went to the Schlehuber annual missionary BBQ and flag football.  I played football in 90 degree weather and almost died, it was so hot!  But, I had fun eating hot dogs and spending time with members, missionaries and some less actives in the Ward.  We then got to go to another member's house and we had a HUGE bonfire.  My companion had never been to one.  We spent time with some of their non-member family and had FHE.  More s'mores there!

Tuesday, we saw little Lexi, and she remembers everything after she got baptized back in July.  We are still working on her and her family.  We had District Meeting and trained on using the scriptures in our lessons.  Then, we started our exchange with the Watertown Sisters.  I spent a large amount of my time with Sister Walker finding  potential investigators.  Also, something really cool happened.  We tracted parts of the town of Great Bend....population 250 :)  We tried to check on a less active and she wan't home.  So, we tried her neighbor.  The first door we knocked on, she invited us in and we taught the first lesson.  We will see if she stays with us, but I had never had that happen so fast!

We then tried the other streets and got attacked by 12 small pit bull puppies... scary moment.  They were cute, but they liked to bite our clothes.  The owner saved us, but then never came back out.  I guess she wasn't interested.  We found some other cool potentials and hopefully some of them will work out over the next week or so!  Everyone was nice and we gave out like 9 pamphlets in a 2 -3 hour period.  Which is a great ratio in a rural military town and everyone seemed to be looking for a church.  I look back and see how scared and awful I was at tracting at first, and something that was once my weakness is one of my greatest strengths now.  I could tract all day if I had too... and I have been practicing on first having a normal conversation with people and then relating it to the gospel.  We then went over to a members to have dinner and taught their friends.  It was a crazy hectic meeting.  But it still worked!  And we also served some members by "heart attacking" some members front doors and leaving "I love you" notes :)

Wednesday was the same thing.  We went finding (AKA tracting).  We weren't as successful, but we did street contact this guy named Bill.  He is a retired Green Barrett with a master's degree in nuclear physics and we were able to teach him on his front porch.  It was a cool lesson, and his interest was somewhat there, but he happily accepted a BOM and said that he'd read it!  So I am happy for that.  He might be moving to AZ.  Lots of members are there!

It rained so we kept busy by calling less active single soldiers on base.  We can never keep up with ward's records because they change every week.  But we found some, and were able to move their records so that made the ward happy.  We went back and had some Stewart's ice cream.  (ie, the nectar of the Gods... I'm pretty sure).  Also Cameron accepted to be baptized !!  Yea!!  and he picked the date of Halloween.. oh well, he is a teenage boy.  But he will get baptized!!  Whoop whoop!

Stewart's Ice Cream - Nectar of the Gods!

Thursday, we taught Sis. Clarke, who is my favorite less active on my mission.  She is progressing so well.  We watched the "Mountain of the Lord" and she loved it!  She also is coming with her whole family this week and bringing a friend!  So cool!  We then taught our the Ivy's and our little Gus remembered the gospel doctrine so well compared to when we were teaching them.  We also had institute!!  Fun Stuff.

Friday, we helped a family move out and taught some more RC/LA families.  Had to fix some bad fellow shipping that had happened in the Ward, but we fixed it Sunday!  We also had pizza with a member family.  Then, we continued to finish up our "wad and call list".  It is still in the works.

Saturday, we weekly planned and the weather went super cold and rainy.  I loved it... the leaves are falling like crazy.  We taught Abby and helped her with her seminary, and her little sister might be interested now in becoming a member.  We then went to the Scott's for dessert.  I ended up watching sheep and goats get their shots and had to help hold the livestock.  I AM NOT A FARM GIRL.  I learned that really quickly.  Animals are not my calling in life.  Ha ha.

Sunday was awesome because it was the Sabbath.  I had to teach gospel principles in 2nd hour and we had a ward pot luck.  We have been saving miles, so we had Facebook lessons until late that night.

This week is full of activities.. Visiting teaching conferences, zone conferences, the dentist, flu shots and service.  Yea, it will be a great week!

The church is true and being a missionary is awesome (especially when you have the right attitude)

Love Sister Kylie Williams