"Happy and Blessed are those that Keep the Commandments"

'Ello poppet! Howdy!

It has rained for the last few days. And it feels like it's rained forever! Haha but it's okay. It's super green and beautiful I love it! I'm going to miss all the greenery. VA is truly so beautiful. Also, I took a nap today... and I feel like a MILLION bucks! Wow it felt so good! It was much needed. 😴

We had double exchanges this week! Wow it was a miraculous one! One with sister Goudy, who is a super hard worker and I love her to pieces. We go home together! And the other with sister Morin, who is from Canada and is so hilarious. She is so charitable too, I learned so much from her. When we were planning that morning she was like, "I told Sis Madduma (her companion) you're my girl crush." HAHAH it was funny. Haven't gotten that one yet! I truly just love these sisters here. I love all the missionaries here! I feel very blessed to serve with such fine people.

We had a pretty great week overall, I feel like there's not much to say! I can't remember everything that's happened. But we had an awesome dinner with our investigator Mark! Mark is an older fella. He invited us over for hamburgers and hot dogs and a lesson. It was so great. Mark is so funny. He is the one we met when we met the Ukrainian mechanic. He came out from around the backyard and started talking to us about Lindsey Sterling! Dinner was super good, and when we got there he had snacks set out and a candle lit table. Haha it was so kind. Caleigh came with us. P.S. Caleigh says she is going to come visit you sometime. Maybe she was joking but don't be surprised if she shows up! Side note- for the fist time ever on my mission, we made no bake cookies. And yeah WOW those are my weakness. Let's just say, I ate way too many. Oops.

We started working with another woman named Ebony. The members are so kind and take her to dialysis like three times a week. Ebony has a sincere desire to learn. She loves the church and people. She expressed at our last lesson, "Yeah I'd love to get baptized. I wouldlove to be a member of the church." UH.. OKAY! It was such a miracle. One thing that I really love about missions is everyday is a new and different adventure. Everyday, I meet and talk with so many different people who have come from different walks of life and from ALL OVER THE WORLD! Some have great faith in God and Jesus Christ and others don't believe in anything. Everyday, I learn something new. Sometimes it's about the gospel and sometimes it's about myself. I am forever grateful for the adventures I have been blessed to live out here in Virginia. I am humbled and so grateful to be the Lord's missionary.

Sometimes it's so hard but that's what makes it all so amazing. 😌 I know that Jesus is the Christ and He lives. He restored His gospel onto the earth through a prophet he called, Joseph Smith. I know the Book of Mormon is true. It is another testament of Christ. Study the scriptures and pray daily. By doing so, they create an armor around us that protects from the adversary. The gospel is so simple. We have been commanded to do simple things. And when we keep the commandments, we are blessed. Often times WE make it more complicated than it needs to be. Just keep it simple. I know through God and Jesus Christ, all things are possible.

I love you!Xoxox,
Sister Hymas

"...all I got is wine, and beer. ...And water- that I don't drink." -Mark

Have y'all seen the Easter video for this year? It's pretty amazing and the spirit touches my heart every time! Well, we showed that video to a sweet family. Hahaha you know the part at the end where the music is super intense and it's flashing pictures of Christ saying "He is Lord of Lords, King of Kings... He is Jesus Christ..." well one of the little girls, Elajah, was reading out loud what it was saying. When the part came around that says "HE is Jesus Christ" she threw her arms in the arm and repeated "...He is JESUS CHRIST! Amen amen HALLELUJAH AMEN HALLELUJAH LORD JESUS!!" She was like 8. I loved it! So great. I love that video. 

HAPPY EASTER BTW! Oh it was such a beautiful day. We had stake conference and the Hales fam invited us to an on post potluck. We got to talk with the sweetest lady and her husband. Her name is Christine. She shared with us her story of coming to believe in God and Jesus Christ and she made me cry it was so touching. She also told us that one of her Native American friends, who was an atheist, told her about how Jesus Christ came to visit her people a longtime ago.... I was like what?! No way. So we explained 3 Nephi 11 in the Book of Mormon and invited her to read it. It was so cool! I had never heard of any native Americans saying that before. 

Elder Ronald A. Rasband came to town again! He was here for the wedding of President Huntsman's daughter, because they are like super good pals. So on Saturday evening, Elder and Sister Rasband AND THE John Huntsman and his wife, spoke to the D.C. South missionaries. We were instructed to bring investigators, less actives, returning members, and recent converts. That was such a neat experience. My heart was filled that night. I just happened to sit right smack down in the middle of the pew so I was looking dead straight on at Elder Rasband. I felt like there were times he was glaring into my soul. In a good way. Haha but he spoke about the Atonement and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. And lemme tell ya, when he testified of the Savior, the spirit was so so strong. I could not help but cry. It was so incredible. We have been truly blessed to have heard from several apostles speak to us in the last few months. It has been a once in a lifetime opportunity. I'm so grateful for Christ's restored church, the prophet and the apostles He has called on the earth today. I know they are special witnesses of Him. You can just feel it when they walk into the room.

I went on exchanges with Sister Strong this week! She is such a humble hilarious courageous sister. She is so stinking cute too! We had such a blast. We got to go see Jackie! Remember her? We would do service for her often. We helped pick up sticks in her beautiful pride and prejudice yard and then she fed us oranges, crackers and cheese afterwards. Classic. :) 

We met the funniest guy this week. His name is Mark. Mark is an older guy, and lives in the basement of a family's house. We were out talking to the owner and the mechanic (who happened to be from Ukraine #funfact so we had fun talking with him!). Mark then came outside to smoke and we started talking to him. The first thing he said to us was "do y'all know Lindsey Sterling? Yeah I love her she is awesome!" We talked about the Book of Mormon and set up a return appt. we had our second lesson with him yesterday right there on his back porch. He is one who seems like he's not interested but down inside I'm pretty sure he is interested and just not making a big deal out of it. I had invited him to be baptized on June 13th and he looked at me dead in the eye and said "now look...." and started going off on something that I had no idea if it applied to the invitation, so I asked "so will you?" And he looked at me and said "I can't say yes but I won't say no. I have to read and study about it." GO MARK! We just love him he is awesome. He is one of those people that I just click with. Okay and FUNNIEST THING EVER- when he offered us something to drink, he said "I don't got milk, I don't got juice, all I got is wine, and beer. ...And water- that I don't drink." HAHA I died laughing. 

I had interviews with President on Tuesday. I look up to President Huntsman so much. I have so much love and appreciation for both him and his wife. They have helped me incredibly on my mission just by their love and support they have shown me. There are over 170 missionaries in this mission and they truly know and love each missionary. You should've heard John Huntsman talk about him... talk about the sweetest, touching dad-son moment. I'm so blessed to have President Huntsman as my mission president! There was something I learned from President in interviews from preach my gospel that was completely amazing and I loved it. I have no doubt that president receives revelation for each missionary right in that moment he speaks with them. I felt like what he shared with me was exactly what I needed to hear. It said something along the lines of "Heavenly Father knows our weaknesses and is patient with us.... He blesses us as we strive to keep His commandments." I loved that so much. One, I know we are given weaknesses so we may be humble. Heavenly Father is patient with us and our weaknesses! So why can't I be? I have learned and continue to learn to be patient with others and their weaknesses, but often times I forget to be patient with myself and my own weaknesses. Be kind to yourself! Two, God blesses us as we STRIVE to keep His commandments. Not WHEN or IF but when we STRIVE to keep them. He blesses us for our efforts of trying our best. We aren't going to be perfect; but as we strive to do the best we can to follow Him, we are incredibly blessed. I know these things to be true.

Also, 2 Nephi 25:13, I loved that scripture. Perfect for Easter. Elder Rasband shared that one and testified boldly of it.

I love y'all! SO MUCH.

Xoxox,

Sister Hymas

God is SO Good- All the Time.

HOLA! Come esta?!

One, my Spanglish is pretty good. Not gonna lie. Haha Two, I went on a such a fun exchange with Hermana Fifita this week! We served at the community center, ran into some interesting people, had a run in with the cops (it was a member and he rolled down hiswindow and said hi to us. I thought we were in trouble- but no worries! Haha) and also made an ice cream cake and decorated for sister Millward's birthday during our dinner hour! We surprised her when she got home that night. 

Hermana Fifita is such a hard worker. She is humble and kind. She teaches simply but powerfully. She knows her purpose and is eager to fulfill it. She said some of the sweetestthings to me too. My heart was so touched! At one moment she told me, "Sister, you don't waste the Lord's time." And another moment, "Sister, the way you look at people... you look at them with your heart." She was making me want to cry. These sisters have truly helpedme throughout my mission. I have learned so much from them! Many of the things they say and do for me are answers to my prayers. Love them all so stinkin much.

Also- I got complimented on my eyes and eyelashes like so many times this week! It was crazy! People are so sweet. That's random fact of the week #1. Random fact #2, my Ghanaian name is Akosiua, or Akos, because I was born on Sunday! So cool, huh? I'm pretty much from Ghana. Haha jk, but I wish I could go there one day. #mydream. Also wesaw a bike on fire in front of the 7-11 yesterday. Ya don't see that everyday.

We had MLC this week and that was a hoot! Literally it rained cats and dogs that day. When we were headed home, it was like the ocean was being dumped on us. Literally. We witnessed tall trees falling over onto the highways and into telephone lines. It was intense!

ALSO, not even kidding, more than once, like a ton of times, people hinted at me that I should be a dental hygienist. Well, for those who don't know this, I have actually thought about being a dental hygienist the last month or so... within the last week I had missionaries, my companion, and random people on the street bring up dental hygiene or that I look like one, or I have "dental hygiene eyes" hahaha (sis Millward). SO I may have to look into that!

Huge miracle of my week- Saturday morning I had prayed in my personal prayers specifically that God would lead us to someone who was prepared to receive the gospel and accept a date to be baptized. Well, specific prayers bring specific answers! We saw an older man come out of an apt and walk past some cars and head to the back of the apt building. We hollered at him a few times. "Hello!..... hey!! How are you?!.." no response. We run after him and "HEYYY!" Finally he turns around. He's a humble, kind guy wearing work boots, camo jacket and a hat. He had heard of the Mormons before, he said his sister is one! Hesaid its made her happy. He hasn't always been religious but at this time in his life, he is searching for something. We testified that the gospel of Jesus Christ is what he is looking for and that it offers peace and stability in these crazy times. We introduced the Book ofMormon to him and he said he had read part of it before but it was hard to understand because of a learning disability he has. We told him we could come help him read and understand and that HELPING people is our purpose! We introduced the first vision to him and explained what the priesthood was. He accepted the baptismal invite we gave himand then I felt prompted to invite him to prepare to be baptized on May 20th.... and he gladly accepted. He said, "May 20th...? hmm... yeah... I could commit to that." Tears filled my eyes as he accepted the invitation. It was so cool to see the spirit working on his heart. He was a complete miracle. I walked away from that experience with a stronger testimony that God truly does know each of us. I know He knows me. I know He heard those prayers I offered that morning and He led us right to Woodrow! What an incredible miracle. I remember walking away just in awe of how truly incredible God is. His hand is so evident in our lives!

Folks, God is so good - all the time.

Trust Him. He knows what's best.

Xoxox,Sister Hymas :)

The Sisters Get Serenaded by a Drunk Fella

Hello! :)

NEWS: I got my first two mosquito bites of the season this week. 2 out of One million. Haha I got eaten alive last year so I am just preparing myself for super itchy legs. 

Our investigator

General conference was SO AMAZING I loved it so much!! I had prepared a few questions, one of them being how to better recognize the Spirit. and Elder Rasband just nailed it! I received so many answers by listening to his talk. I was writing so fast I couldn't get it all down haha my hand was cramping super bad . Anyway I am looking forward to reading his talk again! What were your favorite talks? 

We had zone conference this week and Sister Millward and I trained on... baptismal calendars! WOOO! Haha we were struggling to come up with how to go about training on it and such... but President said it was really great and he loved it! So that was totally Heavenly Father! Thank goodness for the Spirit. Zone conference is always such a blast. I love being able to hear from President and Sister Huntsman, APs, zone leaders and such. As part of the conference, we all sang As Sisters in Zion and the Armies of Helaman EFY medley and wow. The Spirit hit me like a brick wall. My heart was overwhelmed with the spirit and I just wanted to cry! It was so powerful sitting in that room with all those missionaries. I am so grateful to serve and be the Lord's missionary. These past 12 months are so special. I just feel like I have gown so much and I couldn't be more grateful. 

1 year gourmet outmeal

It just happened to be my ONE YEAR on Thursday too! Same day as zone conference. Sis Millward is the cutest. I got up and went to get in the shower. I had forgotten my towel so I went back out like 2 min later, and there sis Millward was, hanging up streamers! She flipped around and yelled HAPPY ONE YEAR!! Hahah oops I ruined her surprise so I ran back to the bathroom. Then once i was done i came out again and she yelled happy one year haha. She is the cutest. I love her! She is so charitable and patient. She is a hard worker. She is hilarious. I am learning so much from her!! She also made me super good gourmet oatmeal with cinnamon and fruit in it. I was quite spoiled!! This past year has been an incredible journey and its flying by! Crazy! I just want to work hard and live in the moment. The time we have to serve is so short. I want to cherish every moment.

The work is going well! We got invited to one of our investigator's baby naming party. She is from Ghana and they throw these huge parties. We stopped by for a few minutes and wow! It was quite the party! There was some nice african jams going, there were a million Ghanians smushed into a small apt, a ton of african food and lots of lovin people. I love people from Africa. They are so full of love. They were making us some food but we had to go so we are going back on Tuesday to have a lesson and maybe eat some food. That's what l love about this particular area is all the diversity and different foods you get to eat! It's awesome!

Last night, we were in a sketchier part of town. I had a prompting to run after this guy and his daughter to talk to them. I hollered, "Hey! Do you know anyone else that we could share this message with?" They completely ignore us. As we were turning around, this guy was like "we do!" We turn around and there were these two guys smoking and drinking on their patio. Immediately I got the EH feelin. Haha they asked if we had any pamphlets so we went to go talk to them. They turned out to be super funny. hahah One of them was pretty drunk, and I had asked him a question. Apparently it sounded like i was yellin at him, (i may have said it a little sternly so i prayed for charity in that moment but...) towards the end of our conversation I was bearing my testimony of the gospel, and he thought i looked teary or something because he told me not to cry, and then out of nowhere he started singing to us some christian song! hahahah I was laughing so hard and a little taken back about what all just happened. It was quite the experience I must say! I sure do love meeting people each day. It makes the work so fun. :) We are all SO different, but no matter how different we may be, the Gospel of Jesus Christ is for everyone. I love it.

I love this work, I know its true. I know Thomas S Monson is God's prophet on the earth today and i am so grateful we had the chance to hear him speak yesterday. I know God loves us and we are His children. I am amazed each day as I recognize His hand in my life and the lives of others. He has one grand, perfect plan for us all. He knows what's best for us. I know Jesus Christ is His Son. I know through Jesus Christ's Atonement, we can repent, change and become the people God knows we can become.

SO much love from VA
xoxoxo
Sister Hymas

This place just feels like home. :)

Man I love Ft Belvoir. I've missed this place!! Its been a grand reunion. Today, we went to Ross and tried on African dresses. Never would I find African dresses in any Ross except here haha ya don't find that in Utah! We also went to Aldi... man I missed that place too! Cheap yet super good groceries. Makes my bank account happy! ;) 

Transfers was bittersweet. I will miss Dulles and all the amazing people I met there. They will forever be my YSA buds. But it has been one HOOT back in the Fort! Reuniting with so many members and even investigators has been a huge tender mercy. I feel like I'm back home. Im so grateful to be here! Sister Millward is AWESOME! I served with her in my last zone, and now we are companions! She is so charitable and loving. She made me a delish breakfast my first morning here! She so kindly rubs out the huge knots in my back. She is hilarious and we are constantly laughing. She is such a great friend. She is from Meridian Idaho! She goes home in 2 transfers with Sister Hyer.

I have forgotten how amazing the people are here and how much diversity there is! I have missed that! A few days ago we met a guy named Craig. Craig was super cool. He was a drug dealer and went to prison for 22 years, then found Christ and turned his life around. I am constantly humbled by the people we meet each day. They come from all walks of life, yet God loves us all the same. I'm so grateful to be reminded of that daily.

The women's general broadcast was so good! We took our investigator Janice. Sister Liechty (wow I MISSED HER!) took us to the broadcast at the stake center! Janice is awesome and hilarious. At the end of the broadcast, CHANTE came up to me! Chante was someone me and Sis Lang taught. She isn't baptized (yet) but hopefully soon she will be :) She is going through some things but I have full hope and confidence that she will choose to be baptized soon. It was so good to see her! I just wanted to cry.

WOW, I went to the "Enduring to the End" meeting this week. It's the meeting you go to when you have less than 6 months left. Crazy. Basically the hope is that it pumps you up for the rest of your mission, and makes you want to finish strong. Well at least I felt that way! I want to give my all each day. I know time flies and time is short and I don't want to look back with any regrets. I've set a goal to try to center my thoughts on Christ and His work and not get distracted with things going on after the mission and such. 

I know that this is God's work. I know He lives. I know Jesus is His Son and loves us infinitely. I know we are God's children. He knows us. As we live the gospel, repent, and strive to follow the Savior, we become more like Him. We change. We are able to see others how God sees them. That is something I cherish and love so much about my mission; its truly allowed me to do that. Its such a beautiful thing.

It has been so cool to be back in this area. I have often reflected on how much progress I've made as an individual as I have gone throughout my mission. Sometimes I can't tell if I have changed at all. But being in this area, where I first started almost a year ago, has helped me see how much I truly have grown. It has been quite the blessing and an answer to a question that I never even prayed about. I am just so grateful to be the Lord's missionary. This work is true. I love it so much.

Happy General Conference weekend! 

LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH! :)

xoxoxo,
Sister Hymas

Transfers: Y'all Aren't Gonna Believe This...! 😱

Wow. It's been a roller coaster of a week!! But I'm alive and well :) and loving every moment of this mission. I'm so grateful to be a missionary. Seriously, so grateful.

Funniest story ever: we pulled into the church parking lot one day, and was there for a few minutes when all of a sudden, a fellow pulled up with his dad and got out of the car. He started taking pictures of the chapel. We were like: "uhh... what's going on?" Ya don't see that every day. So we got out and started talking to him! "Hi!! We are the missionaries!!" He said "you are the missionries? Is this your chapel? I love it! It's magnificent!!" Raj lives across the street from the chapel and just thought it was so amazing! We kept talking and turns out he came back from Salt Lake City a few weeks ago and when we told him we were from there... oh my lands it was so great he was like "YOU ARE FROM THERE?! Ohh I LOVE Salt Lake City! I love it! What a place- whatta place!" Hahaha and then his dad came out of the car and started talking to us and as we were talking Raj went back and started taking pictures of the church. His dad was like "he's very good at photography." Next thing I know, Raj is snapping pictures of ME and Sister Moore and then just ME and I was like uhh what's going on and THEN he started snap chat videoing us hahah I just waved it washilarious and I had no idea what was happening. Meeting Raj was quite the hoot. He was quite the character! Plus, he agreed to a church tour AND the missionaries made it onto snapchat! Way to use social media right?! ;)

Miracle story! I don't remember if I wrote home about this but... when I was in Bristow, Sister Bennett and I street contacted a lady named Darlene, who turned out to be a less active member whose records hadn't been moved into the ward yet! We also met her non member husband, LG, who was so kind and awesome. We tried to work with Darlene but they were really busy. Well, a few weeks ago, I found out that her husband LG, was getting baptized!! I reared up so hard core. My heart was just so happy and I was so grateful for the opportunity I had to meet them! There were times in Bristow where I felt like I didn't do much to contribute; I didn't see many fruits of our labors. BUT DON'T LET THAT FOOL YOU. That's Satan. Sometimes, we don't see the fruits of our labors till we pass on from this life. It was quite the tender mercy to have heard about that. God does use us as instruments in His hands to do His work- even if we don't realize it in the moment. Happy to say that LG got baptized on Saturday. (At least that I know of)

We got to visit Nina this week!! :) Nina is the woman me and sister Moore found the fist day we were together. She is a miracle! She is still working towards baptism in April. We got to meet her two new babies! They are adorable and it took every ounce of energy in me notto grab them and hold them. The struggle is real. Haha. I love Nina SO MUCH. I love these people I meet on my mission! They are amazing and I am in awe by each of them.

So here's some news... we found out about transfers on Saturday night. Sister Moore and I didn't think anything of it because I hadn't felt nervous or any feelings like I was leaving or anything. Well... we were in the church bathroom when transfer doctrine came out. And I didn't see my picture under DULLES YSA next to Sister Moore. I quickly scrolled down scanning the pictures till I found mine... I let out a scream (oops) in the church bathroom when I found my picture and name under the ward: FORT BELVOIR. SAY WHATTT!!! I'm going back to the Fort! Where I was trained! Except Fort Belvoir is back to a sister trained leader area so I will still be STL! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I am PUMPED!! I literally arrived there last year in April. Almost a year ago!! I'M GOING BACK. I was so in shock and still am! I have loved serving in the Dulles YSA Ward. I love all these people so so much. They have taught me loads of things that I couldn't be more grateful for. I have grown much serving here and I am humbled by the opportunity I had to meet such Christlike individuals who have taught me what it means to be charitable and loving. I love these people. They will forever be my buds. I've loved serving with sis Moore. She is a sweetheart. She is so awesome and a rockstar and I'm so grateful she's here, God has worked miracles through her here already and I'm looking forward to seeing what else happens. :) 

Now going back to the Fort will be quite the adventure and I will let ya know how it goes next Monday! :) my comp is Sister Millward! She rocks I love her. Yesterday was bittersweet saying bye to everyone. Tears came to my eyes and sadness in my heart. Kennedy was not very happy but that's okay because I will see her in Utah when she serves on temple square. She doesn't have her call yet but I'm pretty sure she's going there, I can feel it! Haha yesterday was also the NARMF! And Johnny, recent convert in the ward, spoke at it. He rocked it. Go Johnny. He's been a hoot to teach and be around. A big group from the ward came out to support! I love all these members so much.

Carlos took us to lunch today at tropical smoothie for one last hoorah. Carlos is doing well!!. He is studying, praying, teaching and preaching. I'm so grateful for the chance I had to see him grow and progress from not believing in Joseph Smith to gaining a testimony of him and being baptized, to receiving the priesthood and going to the temple, to passing the sacrament and getting a calling... it makes me so grateful and happy for him. :') it makes me proud. Gotta love Carlos. He rocks. I'm so grateful for his humble example and love for God and Jesus Christ. It has truly strengthened me. 

We got to go out with Holly to Panera today for a treat!! She will get to meet with the sisters soon too! :) What a miracle! What a miracle she is too. Holly literally is so prepared. She is counting down the days and months till July 22nd. She is an angel and has such passion for the gospel. I want to be BFFs with her forever she rocks! I'm looking forward to coming back for her baptism :) 

I love this gospel. I've learned especially this week what it means to truly have love and charity for someone. I know God desires us to love one another. He commands us to love one another. I know by praying for charity and love, and for the strength to act on that, that we will be able to lift and strengthen each other. We all need a little love in our lives. We all need God's love. So share that love with each other. :)

I love you all so much. Thank you millions for your constant prayers and support. I truly do feel it everyday. HERE I COME FORT B!

Xoxox,Sister Hymas :)

You are a Child of God. :)

Hey y'all!! :)

Last p day we went to Hamcats area and had a picnic adventure! They live on a farm so we pet the horses too. :)  it would be fun to live on a farm for a week and see what it's like. That night we street contacted this guy named Rock. And he invited us into his girlfriend's apartment immediately and we had a restoration lesson! It was amazing! He was so sincere and open minded. His girlfriend wasn't really about it but she was kind. He accepted the invite to be baptized if he felt it was true. It was so cool. Such a miracle! And at the end he offered to pray. So there we were. All sitting around his table holding hands. And one of the lines he said just really touched my heart. He said, "...please bless them throughout the rest of their lives until the day You call them home Father." I was really touched. We passed him to another set of sisters (life of a YSA missionary haha) but it was quite the blessing to meet him!

Natasha

Holly is doing good, but we have to take a break teaching her because her mom wanted her too. She is still so strong and just tells us "we just have to keep on praying and everything will be okay." AWWW MY HEART. I LOVE HER!! We had exchanges with the Leesburg sistas on Tuesday!! I was with Sister Trembath. She rocks. One, she sings like an angel and I made her sing for me a lot. Two, she is the happiest missionary you will ever meet and I am so grateful for her example. We had a blast! We went and visited Natasha, the woman from Croatia. LOVE HER. She is an angel. The Leesburg sisters will be teaching her. That night, we had to pick up dinner. It was breakfast from the Brassaninins! Oh yeah. We didn't have the keys to the other so we went to the church and used the syrup in the fridge. Haha see pic. 

Church Pancakes

We had zone Training and it was all about believing! Because all things are possible to those that believe :) "Believe in God, believe that He is and created all things...". "Be not afraid, only believe" Mark 5:36. The zone leaders sang an African rap it was cool. Coolerthan our training haha. That night we met this guy named Jared. Jared was quite the character. He's a salesman. We talked about the Book of Mormon and repentance. At the end he told us that we did a really great job at "selling" the product and so he would read it. Wow I had never gotten that compliment before so that was cool! Haha then Sunday night was when we were supposed to meet with him again. So we drove all the way out to his house. Kennedy came too. She had gotten there before us and the house looked pretty dark with only a few lights on. It was a HUGE beautiful house too! She called us and was like "guys this is kinda creepy are you almost here?!" When we got there both me and sis Moore felt kind of weird and nervous. We got out of the car and knocked on the door. No one answered. We hesitated to ring the door bell but then did anyway. No one answered... and usually I'm all about knocking 3 times until we leave but we just felt weird so we ran outta there! Who knows what would've happened, all I know is that I am SO GRATEFUL for the gift of the Holy Ghost and for Him warning us.

We had interviews this week! I love president. He is amazing. We had a good chat and he told me I might stay another transfer... but shh who knows it's not set in stone. Ya never know with President! ;) I always leave talking to President feeling so much better about myself, the work, life in general! Haha. He just makes ya happy. I am grateful to serve under his direction. We tracted into a lady named Michelle. She was A MIRACLE!! She had driven by the church multiple times and had just started thinking bout the need to get out more, then we knocked on her door. She kept telling us "this is good. This was supposed to happen... this was supposed to happen!" I was amazed. I sure know it was supposed tohappen! She is amazing!! We are having church tour with her soon. God truly does lead you to the prepared individuals. He shows me again and again that this is His work. Not mine. And He does things in His own timing.

Waffle Balls

I discovered a new treat to make this week! Hahah. You take a cake pop maker (because who doesn't have one of those?! Haha WE DO! The things you find in missionary apartments.) and make pancake mix.... and BOOM VOILA. I called them waffle balls. They were super good. See pic. We had a double blitz on Saturday!! We were in hamcat and me and sister Woolston discovered a house that looked like it was from pride and prejudice. SO COOL. Of course I had to pose in front of it. Also, me and sis Jackman blitzed in the nighttime and froze but kind people let us in for a few min here and there to offer water. This one man, Subhan, from Pakistan I think? He was so sweet and talked with us about prayer. He wanted to feed us food too he was so kind. I love people.

Last night we met a guy who had just walked out onto his porch. His name is Wilson. He was about to start smoking I guess, when we walked up. Later on he told us that he has been praying to God to quit smoking but he hasn't been able to! And then we walked up to him! I said "well I don't think it was a coincidence!" And he said "maybe not!" Haha he was a hoot. I offered to throw away his cigar and he said he would throw it away haha. We left him with a few pamphlets including the word of wisdom. There He goes again, God leading us to those that need Him. So amazed.


Carlos had a gem of a quote this week!! He said in our lesson "when you don't read the scriptures, you feel like a part of the world. When you do read them, you feel like a child of God." AMEN CARLOS AMEN. So remember that. Read the scripture daily. It will remind you of who you really are, A child of God. :)

Well I love you all so much. I can't even tell ya enough. Thank you for your constant prayers and love and encouragement. My heart is filled every time I read your letters, emails. I feel your prayers. Have a blessed and beautiful week! VA is about to get hit with a bad snow storm so I guess spring wasn't here permanently. :/ NEVERTHELESS THE GOSPEL IS TRUE AND I LOVE YOU!

Love,XoxoxoSister Hymas :)