Monday, July 28, 2014

Week 25 Prior Lake, Minnesota




 
 

Family and Friends!!! 

 

It’s been a great week in the MMM! so many miracles and just awesome people! I love them!!! It’s so crazy how as you are in the service of you God, he opens you heart and you able to just LOVE everyone!!! I just don't want to leave! I'm so grateful that I get to be here for a least 6 more weeks!

 

Monday!!!

So, like I said last Monday, sister Pead and I went and played some mini-golf.  that was fun and relaxing, even though I’m not the best at it! I did get a hole in one and so that was really cool! I was so happy! sister pead rolled her eyes cause she had NO idea how I was able to do that! hahaha!! we did our normal pday stuff after: shop, bake, write letters, and sleep! I have never wanted to sleep this much! Sister Pead and I were talking and we can totally feel the last year catching up to us..but its all good!  We also had some great  lessons that night.  We met with sister W and took a recent convert teaching with us, which was awesome! We talked about how important the Atonement is, I loved hearing sister C (recent convert) testify of the power it has had in her life and what the gospel of Jesus Christ has brought into her home.  It was so awesome! this work is TOO good! 

 

Tuesday!

here is the thing..i don't really remember what happened and I didn't bring my planner to the library..so ya..sorry!!! :) 

 

Wednesday!!!

So, Wednesday we went to visit a returning member sister DC.  She is from Asia somewhere and is so funny! every time we go over there she has to feed us something...don't worry, today it was normal food :) none of that Asian food.  But she was so excited to show us the temple dresses that she had made to go back to the temple the following week.  Man, can that woman sew! there dresses were really pretty.  they were made out of different types of white lace.  After she played dress up, she came out with a huge bag of skirts..she said that she couldn't fit into them any more..and so it was our turn to try on clothes.  needless to say we left with a bag each of skirts.  I wore one to church yesterday and it totally made her day! it didn't look to bad, the only problem was that it was like 3-4 sizes too big so I had to make sure it didn't fall off!! hahaha!!! 

 

Later that night the best thing in my world happened! so we went to see sister W again and our less active sister S came teaching with us! I was crying on the inside the HOLE time.  it was so cool to hear her testify to sister W of how the gospel was made a difference in her life.  She was AWESOME!! our lesson was really good and the spirit was so strong! it was so  cool to be in a room talking with a long time member, a returning member, and an investigator...honestly words cannot say how awesome it was....i think thought that at that moment I could really understand why missionary work is important...not only are we here to bring others to the gospel, but to help those who have fallen away and are struggling.  it was just so coolbeans!

 

Thursday!!

On Thursday we did a service with the Elders.  We got a new Elder fresh from the MTC (missionary training center) so we got to meet him.  He seems really nice, but is still in his shell...so ya..sister pead and I are trying to break him in! hahaha!! But we all went over to the C families house to paint there walls.  it was a lot of fun! We just have so much FUN over there...we got most of the up stairs done so that was a positive.  

 

After painting we had a lesson with sister S and her son, brother T.  so last week we taught him the ten commandments and so when we went over on Thursday we reviewed them and he was able to tell us each one and do the hand actions that go with them! We were so pumped that he was able to remember them! It totally made our day.  We then reviewed the restoration and acted it out..it was really funny and I kinda wish we had it on camera..but we don't so...sorry! 

 

So funny story of the week! on our way home from dinner we stopped by one of the many lakes in our area to take a picture. It was really windy and the waves were crazy! it was almost like the ocean, only we could see the other side where the beach is and you cannot do that at the ocean :) so, we were on the dock and right as I’m about to take to picture, sister peads name tag gets some air and blows into the lake! I just started laughing..and gave me a weird look and asked why I was laughing...told her that I saw the wind rip her name tag off and send it into the water...she looks down and realizes that her tag is gone! and then starts looking into the water to see if she can see it floating in the water.....all I had to say about that was "She gone!"  It was really funny!! Later that night we texted our district leader Froggin (really his name is Foggin) and asked what he would say if a missionary may or may not have jumped into a lake after a name tag....all he said back was: you did not! we had to laugh can like he thought we really would!! we just had to mess with him :) 

 

Friday!!

So, today we went over the M families house and helped sister M get stuff ready for her daughter's birthday the next day.  We were taking off the glue crap that holds the paper on to the outside of baby food jars.  so we were scrubbing and scrubbing and it was not coming off.....so next thing we know brother M goes out to the garage and brings in a can of stuff that takes of tar! so we start spraying that on the jars..and if  you let it sit for a minute and then rub it in, the glue crap comes right off...when we were done brother M looks at the back of the can and reads us the safety guidelines...we pretty much didn't listen to any of them..from what he read it was totally hazardous and not good to use in a room without proper ventilation! hahaha!! we laughed so hard! it was really fun!

 

Saturday!! 

One miracle we saw happened on Saturday. Some recent converts- the G family- invited us over for lunch and this was not just any lunch.  You see, they had the Elders over to eat ribs and when sister G serves ribs, it’s a half rack!  When the Elders were over they were not able to eat them all.  So we took this as a challenge, and all I have to say about that is CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! So when we got to their house, they happened to have family over and Brother G cousin Brother L ate with us. Brother L told us about how he missed his bus ride home earlier and now had to wait for the next bus. At the end of lunch I shared a thought about Faith in Jesus Christ, realizing after that I should have shared the Restoration with Brother L. However, as we talked more about faith, he shared with us how he has had a lot of questions about religion and was not happy with the church he has been attending. We were able to then share with him about the restoration and the spirit was really strong. He took a Book of Mormon and said that he would look up the missionaries when he gets back to his home in Texas. Later we found out that for the rest of the day he wouldn't let go of the Book of Mormon! He held on to it all day. It was really cool to see how heavenly father puts people in our path at just the RIGHT moment when they need the gospel.  Just so yall all know, Sister Pead and I totally beat the elders! We ate all of them!!!   

 

So, that was my week! I'm having a ton of fun and just loving every minute! I’m so grateful that I finally listened to the spirit and come on a mission.  It has been a great experience, that I wouldn't trade for the world! Thanks for all the love and support! I have the BEST family and Friends!!! 

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LOVE!

Sister Randi Hulet

xoxo

 

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