"Yes Ma'am." - John. (Aka the sweetest 80 yr old fella you'll ever meet.)

It's a bit gloomy outside. No more sunshine and warmth. Super sad. Haha anyway...

HELLOO!!! :) Happy Monday! Wow crazy it's Monday already. We had exchanges this week with the Ham/cat sisters!!! It was Sister Woolston's birthday so we decked out the apt and surprised her when we got home at the end of the night. We had ice cream sundaes andcookies. So loaded in sugar it was not okay ahaha. I woke up super tired the next day! I love sister Woolston. She came out with me. She is a ray of sunshine and just so happy! I love her to pieces. We defs went to Carolina Bros too. SOO good. We met the sweetest old man named John! He was just out on the porch enjoying the nice weather. We started talking to him. Turns out he is the most Christlike person and gives rides to people that don't have transportation to different places. We taught part of the Restoration and to everything we said the whole conversation he was so polite and would say, "yes ma'am. Yes ma'am... Yes ma'am.... mm hmm.. Yes ma'am." Wow I love him! He was so cute!

We went on a blitz with the Leesburg sisters this week too! And Sister West and I got caught in a rainstorm!! It was crazy!! And it wasn't just rainy. It was WINDY. and cold. And I forgot my coat and rain jacket so I was just a frozen Sista hymas. Haha. And the wind was blowing our skirts up the wazoo! We were two Sister Marilyn Monroes. That night Sister Moore and I went and knocked on this guy's door. A dude opened up and looked disappointed. We started talking with him and turns out he wasn't really religious and not super interested at all. Like 2 min later a pizza guy walks up behind us and gives the guy a pizza and soda. hahaha Then I realized why he was so disappointed. Because it was the sister missionaries at the door and not the pizza guy. Sorry dude. Haha so funny.

OKAY. We met the sweetest Indian couple! The wife's name was Lizzie, and the husband's name was something super cool but I forgot how to say it. Anyway, he was deaf. Sis Moore knows sign language and she was signing with him back and forth. Lizzie told us she had a stack of Books of Mormon in her apt so she showed us! We ended up staying for a bit and showing a video about Jesus Christ and talked about the temple. They thought it was absolutely beautiful and they want to go visit now. The husband also wanted to take a picture so we spent like 5 min trying to set up a self timer on a camera and get it just right so we could have a picture together on their camera. They were so sweet. Plus they had super strong faith. Lizzie is a survivor of breast cancer and the most positive happy person. I was amazed. Her husband is a stellar artist and paints and draws pictures like Picasso.

Sis Moore and I had quite an interesting experience. It went like this:Knocked on a random door. Older man with a scruffy look opened the door.  
Me- "Hi! We're the sister missionaries!..."
Him- (tone changes) "oh heyy.. you want to come back in like a half hour? I gotta take my dog out... I'm not super into all this but you two are attractive so I'll talk to you." 
Me- "uhh... ha-ha...Okay... here's a pamphlet..." peace out brotha.

Remember Nina? She was the pregnant woman me and sister Moore found the first day we were together!! We had to pass her to the Ashburn elders because she's not YSA BUT GUESS WHAT!! One, she had her twins! Two, she's on date for April 15th!! Wow, when I found out I just cheered up! I love her! She is so prepared and asking and I feel so blessed that God led us to her. I often wonder what happens to all these people that we find and pass. Maybe one day in heaven we will all have one big happy family reunion haha.

We were checking on members that bishop asked us to go see and on the way we met a sister that served in Rach's mission! Sister Clarissa Gregory! It was crazy. The first thing she asked when she opened the door was if I had a relative that served in London England. I was like: UH YES!! It made me super happy to meet someone that knew Rach. :) miss ya Sista.

We met an Arabic woman who, long story short, speaks little English but took a Book of Mormon in Arabic and said we could come back on a Friday. She was really scared to take the Book because she didn't know anything about it and wasn't sure if it was okay to read... she wanted to ask the leader of her Egyptian church to see if it was okay and true... well I had the opportunity to bear my testimony to her that the only way she's going to know if it's true is by reading and praying about it herself. And that goes for all of us. No one can tell us if the Book of Mormon is true or not, unless we ourselves read it. Ponder it. And pray about it. I know the Book of Mormon is true. And it changes lives.

I love you all with my whole heart. And quite frankly, miss you a ton!! Have a stellar week. :)

Love love love,

Sister Hymas

Puppy apparently loved Syd's ear