"Hey Blondayyy" and Two Temple Trips!!

Hello hello hello!!! This week was AWESOME. Oh my lanta, we saw millions of miracles!! The Gospel is so true! Oh my goodness, okay here we go...!!

Us with Amber

Monday we went to the temple visitor’s center with our investigator Amber! She gets baptized next Saturday, yay!! The temple is absolutely stunning. My lands! It is gorgeous!! Okay, an embarrassing moment, there’s a 3D model of the temple in the visitor’s center and it’s behind glass. I was looking real close... a little too close because I smacked my head on the glass. It was super embarrassing. And it was loud! The visitor center sister missionaries were teaching Amber when all of a sudden SMACK! HA I was like “oops, the glass is just so clean I couldn’t tell. ha ha ha....” AHH it was pretty funny but super embarrassing. Good times good times.

On Tuesday our car DIED. YEP. haha We had to go run inside real quick so I parked perpendicular on two parking spaces so Sis. Lang wouldn’t have to back me out, and when we came back out.... it wouldn’t start. HAHA Lesson learned there! When you gotta park, park like a normal person. haha Not like me. So, we called the Torgersens. And once again, they had to come rescue us. They seriously have done so much for us! They are like our grandma and grandpa out here in the field. Today at Athina's, Alec was there again and we didn’t really get to teach. A little bit of bashing going on there. When we got in the car we were talking about how we felt and getting shut down and shaken up a lil' bit. We talked about how it hurts to have some one tell you “no, that’s not what you believe” or “no, that’s not true. Mormons don’t believe that...” Or whatever. We were both a little hurt and feeling down. When I was saying the prayer before we got out of the car, a deep feeling of love and gratitude of being the Lord’s missionary entered into my heart. I started bawling. The spirit really taught me during those moments that evening that everything we were feeling Christ knows. Heavenly Father allows us to have these experiences so that we might feel just a sliver of what Christ felt when He was on the earth. Many rejected Him and told Him that He wasn’t the Son of God. So many terrible things happened to Him and yet, he showed deep love and patience for each of them. He forgave them. I’m learning more about Christ and His life as I’m out here. I am so grateful for my Savior. I could not do this without Him.

Wednesday we had zone conference!! SO GOOD AND SO FUN! I love President and Sister Huntsman. They show so much genuine love to each missionary. I love all of the DC South missionaries too. They all rock. I was asked to bear my testimony on being called as a missionary as part of the zone conference training. I shared how it was such a blessing and miracle for me to be out serving, because of previous health issues. (Which it is literally a miracle that I am out here and have not had any problems with my health!! God is blessing me every DAY!!) the Lord provided a way for me to be out here because I had the desire to serve Him. He LOVES us! The Lord’s work is going to go forth with or without us, it is an incredible honor and blessing to be able to participate in His great and marvelous work. It is an amazing thing to be His missionary. I know the Lord loves His missionaries. He protects us. And He most definitely helps us when we are being obedient to what He has asked us to do.

After zone conference, we visited some people, met two new people who we taught right there and they became new investigators. BLESSINGS!! We are so excited to go back and meet with them. We were walking to the Koughs for dinner when we ran into a pastor. He was real nice, he was from Africa. He was kind and respectful. While we were chatting with him, there was a big black guy who was walking along the sidewalk and passed us. When he passed us, I happened to turn and look who it was, and said hi. As he was walking by, he looked me up and down and said with a deep voice that made my heart drop to my gut. “Oh hey miss wonderful.” OH GAG. You nasty maann!! I wanted to barf! Ha Anyway, it wasn’t a happy feeling. And we were in one of those areas we needed to be careful around, so I felt a little on edge the rest of the night. haha The Koughs dinner was awesome! That family feels like my family. I love them. They are a complete blessing in my life. I am so so grateful for them and the love they bless us missionaries with!

Thursday a member, Caleigh, came out with us!! She is 18 and totally rocks we love her! We had a lesson with a girl we had met while going to Alphonso's lesson. He never answered the door, but it’s okay because the Lord needed us to talk to Dorsa! She’s Muslim but wants to learn more about Jesus Christ. We taught the restoration and she accepted to think about baptism and pray about it. We visited a lady named Barbara. She is trying to quit smoking. She can do it through Jesus Christ and His Atonement! Then we Saw Kayla!!! Kayla is one of our investigators we had to take off date because we hadn’t seen her in a month or so. BUT she called us and told us to come over! She is doing so well. And guess what... she set a baptismal date for June 15^th!! She is serious about changing her life. She told us about how she wanted her daughter to have a better life. She wants her to grow up to be like us. I almost started bawling when she said that! She just expressed how grateful she was for us and for God. Love her! We. Are. So. EXCITED!!! She has been through so much and has such great faith.

Us with Comfort

That night we went to the temple with Comfort to do baptisms!! It was so special. Comfort is a recent covert. Fatima, her mother and who is also a recent convert, went with Comfort for the first time too!! It was so special! There was like 7 missionaries there. It was a lot! haha. Such a wonderful day!! We saw so many miracles oh my goodness. Heavenly Father is so good to us. He is so good in general! He loves His children. He loves us.

Friday, you know the usual. Planning all day e’erday. We had a pass off lesson with our investigator Adama. The one who moved. We miss her so much already. Driving home we got hit on by a car of gangsta men. They pulled up at the light next to us and were like, “Heeeyyy blondddayyyy!!!” I was like “uhh roll up the window and lock the doors!” Hahah AH!

Saturday we visited some people, and got hit on by a Mexican guy. “Hey Hunnay you got a nice face.” Ew ew ew. DRIVE AWAY! Then we went to the Elder’s baptism with Amber!! I’m so excited for her baptism! We met an AWESOME referral named Zac. He’s been investigating the church for a little while and knows a lot about the gospel already. We are so looking forward to teaching him! We visited another investigator Jennifer and answered a lot of the questions she had about Joseph Smith and being Mormon. We testified of the joy that the gospel brings into our lives. It was an awesome lesson!

Kayla and Brianna...and Bro. Emmons :)

Then we received news that Kayla was coming to church and was bringing her friend Brianna!! AHH MIRACLES UPON MIRACLES UPON MIRACLESSS! Heavenly Father is totally blessing us so much and is helping us reach our goal of getting our investigators to church. It is so amazing and I am so grateful to be able to experience all these miracles!

Sunday was an AMAZINGGG DAYY!! Diane, Amber, Kayla and her friend Brianna came to church! Miracles!! I am so so grateful they came! Brianna had a great experience and now wants to take the lessons! Say wha!? Ah!! I am so SO EXCITED!! I love those people so much, SO SO much, I just want them to accept the gospel and be baptized, go to the temple, and build their faith in Christ. I love them so much! So grateful to know them!! We got to have dinner with Bishop Blake and his family. Cutest and most kind and genuine people ever. Dinner was so good! She made like little F-zookies like the ones in Logan! SO. GOOD. We went and saw Jignasha tonight and she wants us to come back on Tuesday! We haven’t been able to see her in like ages, so we hope she gets back on date. I want her to be baptized so badly, I feel like she wants it but just doesn’t know it!

All in all, it was another super awesome, blessed week in the mission. I am so grateful to be here, I love it so much. I am eternally grateful to be the Lord’s missionary. Sometimes it is really difficult and you can get down on yourself real easily. BUT why do that?! We aren’t perfect humans and the Lord doesn’t expect us to be perfect! I know that whatever we do in life, if we are doing our best that’s all we can do. I love being a missionary. It’s the greatest thing ever! Remember that God will work miracles in our lives if we are obedient to Him. I know the Gospel is true! I love it so much.

Have a rockin week!! Love you all so so SO much!!

Sister Hymas :)