"Look at them eyebrows!!"

Hola Amigos!

Our zone as well as Centreville zone had a p day at President's house today! It was super fun. Had some burgers and hot dogs, played volleyball, and had a grand old time. The sisters serving in Clifton ward haven't seen Rach yet! Also Sister Hyer is scoping the church each Sunday and when they're out finding to see if they find any license plates not from VA... haha.

Such a great week! We had a few lessons with our investigator Khor. And both times she made us food. It's like an every time thing. Every time we see her she says "ohh my daughters!!" Haha, she's my Turkish mother.

Denise is doing well! She came to church yesterday and brought her four youngins. She met bishop (p.s. Glad to hear you got the pic from the Iversons! They are such a Stellar family, we love them lots.) and the Dolls. Denise is really sincere in her learning. She even shared an experience she had this week where she was talking to some of her neighbors (who we had also taught before) about the Book of Mormon and testified that the principles found in the Book of Mormon and Bible are the same. GO Denise! Way to testify! Also when we went to go check up on her one day, she opened the door and came out then all of a sudden she said, "(gasp) YOUR EYEBROWS! I see them, they look gooood! Mhmm thas right, Monday was your grooming day! Okay okay, they look gooood!" The best part is we didn't even get our eyebrows done haha. She is so great. 

Sis Gewondjan contacted this Indian lady on her 3rd floor balcony one day and she invited us up. She gave us rose water! I never have had that before! It's water and then rose flavor syrup. It was quite different. We taught the plan of salvation to her and she thought it was very nice. Cool that we got meet her and try rose water. 

Also, we contacted the lady who was like power walking down the street. I said "Hi! Can we walk with you?" She said "oh yeh!" So we started walking with her and taught her about the Restoration along the way. Her name is Cecelia. I gave her the personal nick name of "CC" hah. Well when I asked her if we could walk with her, I was expecting her to walk. Little bit then eventually stop. But NOPE! We just kept on goin! Haha We ended up walking a lot further than I originally had thought. We got some good exercise for sure! We ended up seeing CC later on in the week in a different neighborhood, she was still going hard core except running this time! 

We had the blessing of teaching sharing time in primary yesterday! We talked about missionary work and things we can do to help others not be "lost". We talked about following the prophet and reading the scriptures, praying, temple... etc and even had a little game to go with it! We shared that as we do those things, and share that with others, we can help them not be lost in the world. They will know of God's love for them and they will know the gospel. How incredibly blessed I am to know of the gospel of Jesus Christ. That we have a Father in Heaven who loves us more than we can comprehend, that Jesus Christ gave His life to atone for our sins. That God has a plan and purpose for us here on earth, and He knows our potential. I know by reading the scriptures daily and praying, we can have the Spirit to be with us to give us power to overcome the temptations Satan is throwing at us. I truly never recognized how much power we are given just by doing those simple things. I invite you all to read the scriptures and pray everyday this week, and experience that power which will come into your life. I can promise you that you will be happier. 

God loves you so much - never forget it!

Xoxo,

Sister Hymas