September 9th-17th

Helllloo everybodyyyy! Wats up y'all?

So this week was so busy! And lots of stuff went down in the mission life.

This week are having our P-day on wednesday( today) because we had the

opportunity to have Elder Neilson and his wife, one of the members of

the 70, so we had a meeting with him this week, and president decided

to move our normal P-day to a working day and here I am haha! Next

week we will be back to normal.

Soo lots of cool stuff happened. And lots of pictures to send home

too! Be excited guys!

Monday, September 8th. Last Monday.

P-day! I got my hair cut! And it looks so much better! Also hung out

with the missionaries too so that was fun! Then we did an exchange

with the STL's, sister bugg and Marx, sister bugg was with me in

loomis while sister kimura was in Lincoln with sister Marx.  So we

switched companions and went to dinner, then took the Spanish sisters

to their dinner after ours then drove back to loomis. Sister bugg and

I stopped at Taylor's to get a few things updated in the Areabook, and

we decided to get shakes! It was great! Then the night routine.

Tuesday, September 9th.

It was a day full of miracles...if there was ever a more perfect day

I've had since I came out on my mission...this would beat that day.

Seriously, everything we planned, we were able to do and it was a

treat to work with one if the sisters I came out and be on the same

page. It was so good!!

We had lots of great lessons, taught every second, and contacted a lot

of people. It was so good! We were both able to get some great

revelation too for each of us.

We exchanged back to our assigned companions around 6pm, then talked

about our day. Sister kimura had a great day too with sister Marx...so

that was great!

It was good stuff.

Saw lots of people after exchanges then night time routine.

Wednesday, September 10th

Did a lot of finding, and had a great dinner! Then did some service

and had the elders help us. It was great! Then night routine.

Thursday, September 11th.

We had zone meeting- which was so good! And it was also sister Marxs

birthday! So after the meeting, we all went out to get Chinese, and we

destroyed that place lol we all ordered something different then put

it out on the middle of the table and it was all gone by the time we

left so....it was good stuff.

Contacted a few referrals, then had dinner with the blatters and it

was great! I love everyone here in loomis...such great people, then

more finding then big routine.

Friday, September 12th.

Weekly planning- it was great! Then we had a lesson with two recent

converts, Austin and Gerald, and it was great! Then another lesson

with another RC, Wendy, and it was perfect timing too when we got

there! We were able to share a message with her that she needed to

hear. Then finding, contacting people, then dinner, then planning and

night routine.

Saturday, September 13th.

We had a lot of good things happen!

We had a great lesson with Ashley and Brandon, and we were able to

teach their entire family about the importance of having God in their

life. Have y'all seen the the "The Hope of Gods light" Mormon message

yet??? If not, WATCH IT. it will change your lives forever....it's SO

GOOD. And we have seen so much success from using that with anyone we

see.

Then we had lunch, did more finding, and then had a lesson with charla

another investigator...that went well too! Then dinner and FHE with

the Barry's. Such a good visit!

Sunday, September 14th.

Meetings and church was great! AND we had some cool people come to

church too....

Anyone ever heard of Studio C at all? Well....Jason, Matt, and another

crew member just HAPPENED to be in our ward for their church time.

Turns out one of them is related to a member here in the ward. So I

took a picture with them of course! Haha they were really cool though

and so nice! And we heard that the fireside they were at went well too

so that's a plus! So attached are those pictures.

Then after church, we went by to see a LA girl, names Vanessa, and

ended up teaching her the restoration and she agreed to take the

lessons again! RIGHHT AFTER we got onto the street, we see the car for

one of our GOLDEN investigators, Ria( who we have been trying to

contact for weeks) just outside of a members house so we went and saw

her! We were able to see what's going on with her situation. She was

homeless and now she is going on a program where it's helping her

build her life back up pretty much. So that's good. BUT apart of that

program means going for 6 months at their church and very little to no

contact with anyone not on her "safe list" so this is super strict.

She is still wanting to be baptized though! And she's being a

missionary so that was cool to hear!  Got all of the info we needed,

so we could talk to president. Then went to dinner, then went back to

see Ria, and she had asked for blessing so we got some people and they

came and we all had such an spiritual experience. It was such a neat

experience.

That took up most of the night, so after our visit with her we came

back and called in numbers and routine for Sunday.

Monday, September 15th.

Full work day! So we did a lot of finding, and teaching, and then night routine.

And prepared for the meetings tomorrow.

Tuesday, September 16th.

We had a meeting with sister neilson, and it was so great ! Got some

great insight from her on what to look for in a spouse...you

know...all that great stuff for sisters to know:) so that was

informative haha it was good though! Then spent the day with the spirt

and listening to elder neilson, president and sister Marshton speak

too. It was great!

After the meeting, we all said hi and took pictures so attached are

some pictures from the meeting then some of us went to get a snack

before dinner around 4ishpm so we were in that meeting all day pretty

much but it was so great! Lots of good notes. It was a "revelatory

experience" and I got to see some friends too!

Then dinner, then more finding, then night routine.

He talked a lot about us, as the missionaries, and how we are to

"connect them to heaven" because that allows the spirit to come and do

it's work. I love that!

Wednesday, September 17th.

It was our P-day. We did the usual stuff in the morning, then all went

hiking around as a zone 1-3pm at a local place so it was great! Then

went to the church and chilled out until we all left to get ready for

dinner.

Sister kimura and I also went to and learned how to make pillowcases

for an hour this morning to help out with a service project in our

ward.

Then dinner with the powers, and visited a family in the ward to

practice teach and get to know them. It was so great. I have fallen in

love with this ward, and the wonderful people.

So lots of stuff happened. And many miracles happened. I love y'all.

Keep going on. Keep moving forward with faith. Keep believing that

miracles happen- they are all around us...all we have to do is keep an

eye out for them.

Have a great week!

Until next week,

Sister Matchett