June 9th- 16th

Hello everyone!

How was your week? I hope it was a good one! This week was busy for

sister laws and I, that's for sure.

Monday, typical preparation day. Nothing really new happened. We

officially had the "ok" to move in with the sister who agreed to let

us live there( so blessed! ) so we did that for half of our day and

later in the evening, I packed again for an exchange with one of the

Sister Training Leaders, Sister Allen, who is serving in Chico, and I

left to go there around 8:30pm while sister laws and sister Curtis(

sister Allen's companion) came to paradise for tomorrow while I was on

my way to Chico. Then arrived at their apartments and did the normal

routine.

Tuesday, my day in Chico. It was really hot....like 110 degrees so we

were drinking lots of water to stay hydrated. I got to meet a lot of

the people down there that the sisters are working with! It was way

fun, a lot of the people they have to teach are much younger than some

of ours lol like my age, so it was fun to be around college students

hahaha!

It was a pretty good day! Sister Allen was having to send in her

driving record again( i guess  the mission office lost her papers? Or

something like that...idk) so I was driving their car, and it was

super nice! She just told me where to go and I went! We exchanged back

in paradise, and recapped what our day was like...we both had really

good ones! Some of the investigators we have done so much and are

progressing so well, it was really cool to hear that after witnessing

miracles in the STL's area with their investigators! I love exchanges!

Wednesday,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG D! ( sorry it was a bit late lol but I hope you

know how much I love you and how proud I am of you:) your the best! )

AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BEST LADY AROUND TOWN....MY GRANDMA FORREY!

I love you and hope you had a great day as well!

we had zone conference in Chico! So that was really good, we were

able to get some referrals from some of the other missionaries in

Chico, some insight to help so,e of our current investigators out ,

and to recieve some insight to help us grow as person. It was a really

good meeting!

After that meeting, elder falls( one of the people from the mission

office) called us and asked if we would be back in paradise  by 1pm to

open the door to our new home so they could drop off some beds,

dressers, shelves, etc. then help us move out the rest of our stuff

from the hunts. We said yes, and off we went to paradise. The elders

in paradise also helped. We got a lot done too! It was way nice and we

were officially moved out and all of the furniture was moved too. We

are so lucky to be sisters! That's for sure! We did that for an hour

then went about our day.

The biggest thing was our lesson with jerry and Lisa, they are

progressing so well, and have so many questions! We had another member

there from the bishopric so he was able to answer most of the

questions they had. Brother milberg, invited them to push their date

up to baptism last time we had a lesson...and they were thinking about

it. When we saw them on Wednesday, they told us that that had decided

in July 19th! So we are having some baptisms coming really soon! And

her brother, the one who loves in Texas is way excited for them! He is

flying out to come and baptized them!

After their lesson, we came home and planned. Then bed.

Thursday,

Kinda of a slow day. But we were able to have some lessons with some

of the LA's that we have been teaching for awhile then went by to see

most of the people we have been teaching as well as many members to

follow-up with their fasting for the 40 day fast. So we were talking

with a lot of people. We also went by jerry and Lisa's just to see how

they were doing....and we got there just in time to meet their

daughter, Tawni, and she is way nice! She had questions so we answered

some of them then gave her a BOM....she agreed to meet with us to come

to their lessons so that was cool! So we will see them All on Monday

night! ( tonight)

Then same routine.

Friday, it was planning. So we were inside most of the day. All of our

appointments cancelled, so we did some finding, finished moving in all

of our stuff, and then went to dinner. Sister Wilson asked us what we

were going to do when we got home, I didn't know at all. Sister laws

didn't ethier so now we are both praying to know what we should do.

Crazy to think I have only 9 more months left to figure out my

future....real life is so hard compared to mission life.

Saturday, we did some more finding and it was really hot outside so

since no one had signed up to fast in the 40 day fast, we were

fasting. It was challenging but we made it! Dinner was at the park

with the Holmes, and their neighbors who we have talked to briefly

before, it was fun to get to know them and share a message with them!

So that was the highlight of our day lol,but it was an awesome way to

meet some new people and build trust with them over food.

Sunday, we had church which was amazing! Jerry, Lisa, Michelle, Phil,

and Ashley came, two families! They stayed all three hours and loved

it! Everything was so inspired too! It was such a great day! The talks

were so good!

Then we had dinner with manwills, they have to daughters out in

missions so they are very missionary minded and it was such an

enjoyable meal! After dinner, we were invited by jerry and Lisa to

come over and visit them for the Father's Day party they were having!

So we went, and did that. Got to meet more family members, we saw

Tawni again! And it was way nice! We got some awesome pictures too!

I'll send them to y'all too. They are so much fun! Love them so much!

Monday, today! Typical Monday haha nothing much else has happened.

We're going down to Chico to do some errands then hanging out with the

other missionaries.

After 6pm, we have dinner and a lesson with jerry and Lisa and their

family! So it's going to be a great night!

I hope you all have a great week and that your seeing miracles happen!

I love you so much and pray often for y'all. Have a blessed week!

Until next week,

Sister Matchett :)

Sister Matchett and Sister Laws with Jerry and Lisa ( some people they are teaching).