October 13th- 20th

Hello! 

It's been a week full of miracles.

I hope yall are doing well! And that yall are having a great week!

Mine was great!

I love being a missionary. Life is so great.....those "tender mercies"

of the lord are real btw...everyday.

On to the email.

Monday, October 13th.

P-day. It was good to see everyone and hang out with sister bramlett

and her family.

Then dinner, then more finding and visiting members. Then night planning.

Tuesday, October 14th.

We had district meeting, and it was great! Sister pickup gave a great

focus on serving others. We had a lesson with Margaret right after and

it went so well. We also did service for her as well since we were

there. Then did more finding, contacted people as we were going to see

those who we had planned to see. Made a bunch of phone calls during

that time too. We heard over to the astles around 4:30pm...a few

minutes early before dinner so we could get to know dacoda, an

investigator that we have been trying to get in contact with for

months. And he was there! Miracle yall! Dinner was great! We were all

laughing so much- and the spirit was so strong. Dacoda was really open

and let us know about his family and how long he had been meeting with

the sisters...good stuff. Had FHE with dacoda and the astles, and we

watched Elder Bednars talk "come and see" from this conference. And it

was so good! We all felt the spirit so much! And had a good lesson

right after watching his talk about recognizing the spirit...and set

up another time to meet with him! It was great! Then headed over to

the BOM class, which was great! Then home and planning!

Wednesday, October 15th.

Did a lot of finding. Most of our set lessons fell through, we

everything we did was all led by the spirit. We tried to contact a lot

of people ...most of them weren't home...so we just left flyers for

events going on as well as our card too. We had dinner on our own, and

just updated the Areabook with people we saw.

After dinner, we were able to see ashley and Brandon and talk to them

for a little bit. N talked to her neighbor and saw some more people.

Then around 9pm came home and started planning.

Thursday, October 16th.

I woke up to begin our day, and sister pickup was sitting at her

desk..I could tell something was up. So I asked- turns out her older

sisters husband passed away from a heart attack while he was sleeping.

He was 39 and  they had two young children

She was having a rough morning. So we talked for a little bit, then

she called president marshton. And got permission to talk to her

family. So most of the morning was spent inside.  We left around

lunch, and she had just finished talking with her sister and she

looked more at peace with everything.

On the car ride in between visiting people....we talked about the

peace that comes from knowing the plan of salvation...and how we are

so blessed to know that everything will be alright. It's just hard to

physically seperated from them. It was a good conversation...and we

were able to share that spirit with those we saw.

Had a lesson with Patsy, and did service for charla. It was a good

day! Then more visits and planning.

Friday, October 17th.

We had president interviews! And they went so well! I love president

so much! He does so much for us young missionaries and takes care of

us well. We learned about how to work with the members more, and how

we could have more productive finding and tracting. It was great! And

I got some insight I needed as well! Sister pickup enjoyed hers too!

Then after interviews, we planned, then lunch.

We had a lesson with gerald and austing at 3pm, and it was great!

Then did more finding. After dinner we went over to brother Gilbert's

house, and they work in the mission office and ...had package for me!

:D yay! I love packages, seriously....THEY ARE THE BEST. MOMS ARE THE

BEST. I love you so much!

So we went by, they let us in...we chatted for abit...and I opened it

there...best stuff ever.

Then went home and planned for Saturday. We also started the 40 day

fast with sister mcready! And now it's begun!! Can't Wait for the

miracles to happen.

Saturday, October 18th.

Did a lot of street contacting...there was a fair going on so we went

by and visited a lot of the people we usually meet with to see how

they were doing then lunch.

Patsy called us, and asked if we could meet her at the family history

fair ...and we said yes! We sure can! So she meet us there after we

ate and babysat her sons dog( I guess she was dog sitting and decided

she wanted to come) while she was being helped by a pro there!

Let me tell yall- having a cute dog with you is a GREAT conversation starter. :)

Haha! It was fun! She left after an hour, then we saw brother

stoddard, the WML, and talked to him a little bit. Then left to go

visit some more people!  And started the mcgigans fast with them too!

Day 2 of 40 day fast. It was great! Then got ready for Sunday.

Sunday, October 19th.

Meetings went great in the morning.

We saw Anne west, wife of a LA we have been trying to come  to visit

more. We had a good conversation with her too about trying out the

church and what it can help us with!

The primary program was great! It was so cute how everything went with

it. And there were lots of people there too!

The simenson/ Carrillo family came( mom, son, and daughter)  and Sean

Barry with his family, as well as others.

We went around to the different classes and talked about the 49 day

fast and people signed up for it! So it's going to be fun! Then after

church, saw some more people.

Dinner was with la Plantes, and it was great! Then started the fast

for the pedersens with them! Then normal Sunday night routine. It was

good!  A week full of miracles.

Pictures are attached from the week too! Hope yall enjoy.

Life is good. I love being a missionary, and being a member of The

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It really is such a

blessing!

I hope yall have a great week! And that you are seeing those miracles everyday!

Today, Monday..October 20th.

Typical P-day. I'm excited to rest and relax a little bit. And email

my family! Will let ya know how the week goes!

Until next week,

Sister Matchett