Monday, November 24th.
P-day!
Doing the normal, shopping, cleaning, and laundry then going to
lincoln to chill with the other missionaries in Lincoln.
It was fun! Sis pickup and I got a lot of our errands done, went
thrift store shopping, and then went to the church and played sports/
hung out with the other missionaries.
Came back to loomis around 5:30pm, then dinner with the Johnson's. It was great!
After the Johnson's, we went over to the barrys and had a great
scripture study with them! Then home for nightly planning.
Tuesday, November 25th.
Had DM in the morning, and it was really good! All of us were able to
feel the spirit and recieve revelation for those we have been blessed
to teach. Elder giesler spoke really well on prayer, I can always
improve on prayer....it's cool to see how the lord works through other
people to help you understand better that thing you need to improve.
It also put into perspective that I only have few more meetings left
like this where we focus entirely on missionary work.
After DM, sister pickup and I changed for service with magaret, she
ate lunch. I was fasting today. Then headed over to magarets for
service then a lesson! It was greattt!
We helped her clean some of her house, then had a lesson on keeping
the sabbath day holy. I love her and David so much! They are so cute
to be around.
After visiting with Margret, we went to do service with the mittens
again so we did more yardwork for them for about 2-3 hours. Then went
home and changed and left for dinner with the pedersens. It was a
great meal and conversation. They are so missionary minded. The Ward
here is great!!0
After dinner, we headed over to the church for the BOM class, and we
read some great stuff in 1st Nephi 13. That book brings you more
knowledge if you just simply read it.
We hope more people come!
Then we went over to the yogurt shop to get some fro yo for $2 and we
ran into a RC, austin. It was great! Then home for planning. Lots of
miracles happened.
The work of God is so good. And I'm surrounded by fantastic missionaries.
Wednesday, November 26th.
Did service at sister stakers from 10:30- 1:30pm, and we saw dacoda
there! Turns out he was there just spending the night with austin haha
so we got to have a lesson with him and see how he was doing so that
was cool.
Came home changed, met up with the ZL's to give them a referral for a
friend of margrets, Dennis. And they were able to see him and he wants
to meet with the elders! It was great! Working together to help hasten
the work. It's great.
Sister pickup and I went to see some of the sisters who haven had
visits for awhile and tried to contact a few referrals....we didn't
get everyone we wanted to see visited but we saw the people we needed
to see.
Dinner was with sister Linda swell, and it was so great! It was a make
shift dinner haha she was busy getting everything ready for
thanksgiving so we made a simple meal. It was perfect. After visiting
with her, we went to see wendy. And had a great lesson with her. Then
tried to see another sister who hasn't had a visit for awhile...we got
there...could tell that no one was home. So we left a note, and as
we're going down the steps ....sister pickup almost face planted the
driveway if it hadn't been for the bush next to the rail...I'll admit,
I was laughing for a little bit at first and so was pickup lol so we
were laughing about that for the rest of the night haha she's fine
btw. Just can't see anything when it's dark...who would of thought.
Crazy, right? Lol
Came home, planned, and got in bed. Today marked the ending of the 40
day fast...results- member trust built, and the excitement for
missionary work has gone up! Success!
Then sister thomson got a phone call from the Gilbert's. Turns out the
hermanas in Citrus Heights... had to come over cuz one of the sisters
got robbed...like everything ( wallet, iPad, money, cards, etc) in her
purse by someone...including their keys to their apartment while at an
activity. So they pretty much have to survive with just the stuff we
have temporally...and we were happy to help! So we have roomies for
tonight and maybe the next night...depending on how fast they can help
sister Hughes and melcor out. Luckily, the Gilbert's had a spare key
for their car in the mission office, so they still had their car and
drove here. President is going to be trying to figure that out soon
probably. It made me realize just how much I have to be grateful for.
Thursday, November 27th.
Woke up, did morning schedule. We all had morning studies, they were
all really great.
The hermanas left to get everything with their apartment figured out.
We went to the church for a service project at the church in the
morning with all of the other elders in loomis. While we were there,
one of the members in loomis first Ward invited us for dinner haha so
we all went to that dinner at 1pm.
We took pictures of course! So lots of pictures today.
Had dinner at the church, then headed over to the astles to see them
and wish them a happy thanksgiving! Visited over there, then headed to
the callaways and it was such a great visit! There was lots of people
there, and we had great conversation with the family and their
friends. President Schmidt was there too! I had no idea that he was
connected to the callaway family...so that was cool! We were there for
a little bit, then went to have dinner with ashley and Brandon! They
invited us to come over and eat...it was a nice meal! Very simple, but
so good. It was fun to get to see them as a family, after dinner we
shared a video with them so it was great! And set up another time to
see them! We are getting so much closer to them, huge miracle. They
are doing so good, I love that family so much.
Then home for nightly planning, and did weekly planning. Then bed schedule.
Great day! Much to be grateful for.
Friday, November 28th.
Went and tried to see some people in the morning.
Had a lesson with Austin and gerald- went really good! Then went over
to Wendy's for a lesson, she was really tired and dosed off in the
lesson ...so we asked if we could come back on Saturday for a lesson.
She needed to rest so we said a prayer with her, then left. Went to
drop off some stuff at a couple of members homes, then dinner to with
the blatters- it was great! Such a lovely family.
Then to visit some other members and shared a message with them all.
Saw whitney and her family! Then went to see her neighbor, Vanessa,
and she let us in to watch a video with her ..and we got to see her
daughter, Ember. Such a beautiful baby! We showed the "He is the gift"
and she even said we can come back!! New investigator. Huge blessing.
Such a great visit! She's a sweet person, with a good heart and likes
us...the lord is preparing those people who want to learn. And we are
lucky enough to do his work. It was a miracle and blessing.
Then night routine. And bed. Sister pickup and I were tired.
Saturday, November 29th.
Went and contacted referrals/ visited LA 's for a little while. So we
were tracting in the rain!
Saw grace! She's lovely. We watched the Christmas video with her, and
she gave us a referral for the hermanas in rocklin. So that was
awesome.
Then went to contact more referrals, got some of the houses confused
haha but still talked with people and invited this couple, Ron and
Haley, to the stake Christmas activity and to watch the video. So that
was cool.
Had dinner with the groth family at Lorenzo's! It was great! They gave
us a referral for someone by sister swell.
Then visited more members and showed them the Christmas video.
Saw charla- great visit! Her friend Andrew was there too, so they were
both able to watch the Christmas video. They both really liked it. We
were even invited for dinner too, that was a plus! Then went by the
Alstons. And that was fun!
Then night routine, and got ready for Sunday.
Sunday, November 30th.
Meetings went great! Sister barry came in brother stoddards place ( he
was out of town) and it was fun! We even took a selfie while waiting
in between meetings haha she thought that was funny. We all were
cracking up.
Went and saw Ann west, and shared the Christmas video with her. Saw
Charlie again, it was a short visit he was tired so we left after 15
minutes. Dropped off a box of clothes, fruit, cards, and other stuff
for ashley...so she could have clothes to wear to church! And I
couldn't fit into them anymore haha so I just washed them and gave
them to her..cuz it seemed the right thing to do. She could really use
them.
Then to the church for another meeting with the Ward missionaries, and
that was great.
Church went great! It wasn't as full- probably with the holidays and
traveling. But there was still a good group of people there.
We had Craig hamaski, an investigator come, so that was cool. Talked
with the members, went to all of our classes...and they were all
great! The members are excited to share the new Christmas video with
their friends and were taking our card for that specific video to pass
out. So it's an amazing Ward, our box of 250 cards to give out is
almost out. We only have 80 left and we started this two days
ago...and we need more cards. Crazy.
After church, we had dinner with the closes..such a great visit!
Then went to see the la Plantes, saw Tony! It was fun to see the
entire family. They were putting up their Christmas tree and about to
eat..so they got their dinner ready...and after they said their
prayer...we talked with them for a little bit and then showed the
Christmas video to them...it was cool to see their excitement to share
it. Tony really loved it. We left them with the commitment to share
with someone before Chirstmas.
Saw the swells, shared the video. Another great visit.
Then normal Sunday night routine. And bed. Another great week.
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.
I'm slowly becoming a Gangsta, and using hashtag in my every day
vocabulary...be prepared friends...I'm not the same person as I was
when I left.
I hope yall have a great week. And that you check out that Chirstmas video!
----->" He is the gift" GO AND WATCH IT.
It's on YouTube, mormon.org, lds.org, it's playing in NYC time square,
and in the gospel library app in yalls phone. POINT is: you can find
it anywhere via Internet, media, and church websites. So watch it. And
share it.
IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE. And you'll love it.
Enough of that sermon. Haha! Have a great week and have faith to see
miracles happen cuz they do.
Until next week,
Sister matchett
P.S- enjoy the pics too!
charla( I) and I's sparkly shoes. love her!
all of the loomis missionaries at dinner. YUM. dinner #1
picture with the astle family.
dinner with Ashley and Brandon:)) dinner #3
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