December 1st- 8th

Monday, December 1st.

Can you believe it's already December??? I CANT! Time has gone by so

fast. It's been 15 months yall. And transfers are coming up soon. Woah

now.

Anyways, we are going to be shopping, cleaning, emailing, playing

sports, and chillin for a little bit before we go back to work tonight

after P-day.

Sister pickup and I are excited for today. And we are excited to be

ballin too! Haha.

We had dinner with the stakers and her daughter was there...such a

great family! We had a fun time over there at dinner.

Then went over to Ashly and Brandon's for a lesson...and we read out

of the Book of Mormon. It was one of the best lessons we have had in

awhile. They both were ready to go, and seemed to understand the focus

on the introduction. We invited them to read Moroni 10:3-5, then pray

on their knees to ask if the BOM was true. They said they would. It

was cool seeing the spirit work through us. We stopped by another

family after that and visited them for a little bit.

Asked Amy, an RM, if she could come out with us. Luckily she said yes! Yay!

Then home, and planning for tomorrow.

It was a great day!

Tuesday, December 2nd.

Had DM in the morning, and it was a great meeting- I always serve

around great elders. I just love our district!

Had lunch after. Then went and tried to contact people( referrals,

LA's, PMF, etc)...we did this till dinner.

Dinner was at the macintoshes home, and it was so good. We had soup,

and it was raining outside most of the day...so it was nice to just

have soup, bread, and crackers. Lovely family! Then went to the church

for the BOM class, and no one showed this week...so we left to go

visit a few people and dropped off some things we put together for

them. And I sang ( sister pickup chickened out- wimp) a really messed

up version of "joy to the world" ...where I forgot the words for some

parts haha! The people were laughing with us haha thankfully we knew

them so it wasn't weird for them to have some girls ( or a girl) sing

songs badly at their door step.

Then home, and nightly planning.

Wednesday, December 3rd.

Went and did some finding in the morning, then lunch, and helped out

sister thomson with some service at her house while we were there. It

was raining today for most of it so we were both soaked when we did go

outside.

Went with Amy ( the RM) and her sister, rachel, around the

neighborhood, and contacted a referral that she gave us! Saw pat, and

it was great! It was still raining while we went to see these people

so all four of us were just walking in the rain for an hour, it was

great!

We had some really cute notes for the people we teach and we left them

at their homes since most of them weren't home. Amy and rachel left

cuz it was pouring out rain...and then we went back to the

house....cuz it was raining hard. So we did missionary work inside!

Via FB, and phone calls/ texts.

Then dinner with sister fregnal, it was great!

Then went to see some more people, most of them didn't answer their

door since it was raining lol go figure. We stopped by sister Linda

swell and she let us in, we talked to her about our dinner with

purpose. And she gave us hot chocolate, dried our wet jackets, and we

had a great 30 minute visit about the gospel. Then home. And nightly

planning.

And we survived the rain haha which is good cuz we recieved a lot.

Thursday, December 4th.

Spent most of the day doing service at sister stakers house, it was

nice to hang out with her and do some service that she needed done. We

had lunch at her house too, and got to see Christian, one of the new

guys who has been helping out with the property and talk to him for a

little bit. So we did some finding too!

then came home, and changed. Did some more finding, had dinner by ourselves.

Then went to see the johnsons, and it was a great visit! Shared the

Chirstmas video with them.

Then home, planning, and got ready for bed. Sister pickup and I were tired.

It was a great day!

Friday, December 5th.

Had weekly planning today, sister pickup and I wanted to make it a

little bit more fun so we got some food, and chocolate, and sparkling

cider....and planned. SO LEGIT. And we got pictures too! Haha of

course we got pictures!

Which also went really well btw! It was a great morning! Then went to

sister Larsons house, and met her for gerald and austins lesson and it

turned out so good- the spirit was so strong there. Everyone was

touched, and we felt very happy after we left it.

After visiting with them, we headed over to see the Greers then go see

wendy! And we had another great lesson with her!

Then over to dinner with whitney, her family, and brother limary

joined us too( him and brother mariner had to work on their new

house).

Had a great visit with whitney, then went over to see her neighbor Vanessa!

We were over there for an hour...so that's cool! Turns out she is a

member, just hasn't been at church for awhile...and was wanting to get

back into that habit...and then we showed up! Funny how that works.

She has 4 children. None of them have ever gone to church and have no

idea on who God is...and she has been trying to help them

understand...so we are excited to be teaching over there! She said we

could come by and practice teaching! And is excited. Whitney, is also

excited too! So that was a miracle! Then saw the la Plantes, and got

to share a quick thought with them and rip off a note with them. Then

another miracle happened- as we were driving home to plan, we were

texting brandon...and he said that his prayers are getting more

clarity to them!

He kept his commitment( which he has never done before btw) so he's

really starting to feel the spirit as well as ashley too! I just love

that family so much! We have seen more miracles happen and more doors

open to people we have trying to reach ...and our prayers as a

companionship have gotten more sincere and specific...and we are

seeing success! The work of salvation is so great to be apart of. I

love being a missionary.

And when we came home, there was a sweet note with some sweet treats

and a cute train for Christmas. A perfect ending for the day, someone

just gave it to us...and it was nice! Such a tender mercy of the lord!

Then home, planing for tomorrow. Then bed.

Saturday, December 6th.

Had service from 7am- noon at an elementary school for a Christmas

social with the community...so it was pretty sweet! We got there, and

sister pickup and I were at the craft area...and there was a lady

there( the mother in law of one of the members in charge of the event)

who was hard of hearing....and signed in order to communicate.

So me and her signed( I did my signing the best of my ability anyways

haha it's been awhile) and talked for quite a bit for the entire

thing...we had a really great conversation about the gospel too. It's

cool to see how your specific talents can be used in situations you

don't expect to be used! Just goes to show- always be prepared and

willing to listen to the spirit. And have a prayer in your heart

always...I was prayin hard to remember how to communicate with her-

prayer was answered.

After that, we went home and changed. Then met up with the loomis

missionaries and some of the lincoln sisters to practice for caroling

at the nursing home at Charlie's- it went really good too!

We weren't the most in tune haha but they appreciated the visit! Great service!

Then had a snack before the Ward Christmas party, and that was great!

Sean came! And we actually got to talk to most of the Ward ....we know

the people in the Ward...finally! And it was perfect, just hanging out

with friends and family.

Then home for dinner, and tried to go contact people. Then prep for Sunday.

And it's fast Sunday! I'm excited to fast.

We were on our feet all day, and we were tired. But so worth it- so

many miracles happened.

Sunday, December 7th.

Had meetings all morning, and all of them went great! I was excited to fast.

Went to see ashley and Brandon today, and it was a great visit with

both of them- they are praying every night, and have been feeling the

spirit..and are Excerising their faith more. So good! We saw so many

miracles happen!

Had church! It was great! Then dinner with the snow family. I just

love their family.

She is going through chemotherapy right now, and has the biggest

heart. Such a great visit! Then went to visit people, and then came

home to get ready for Monday!

Monday, December 8th.

P-day. Doing the usual, then going to play sports and hang out with

other missionaries.

Last week before we get transfer calls- I hope I'm staying. I love it here.

Have a great week yall! I love yall! And will see you soon!

And enjoy the pictures!

Until next week,

Sister Matchett

Fancy food (grape/apple cider and crackers) during weekly planning

The beautiful California sky

At the ward Christmas party :)