Week 34 Prior Lake, Minnesota

Family and Friends!!

 

What an awesomely spiritual weekend! it feels really weird to email again...i feel like I was just here typing away not to long ago...anyway....this week has been so great and I’m so spiritual tired it’s not even funny! V got baptized and it was AWESOME!! Her dad came to support her and just loved it...after the service we talked to him a little and he said that he is just so grateful for all the church has done for V and this will not be the last time we see him! Can yall say "our next investigator" I really hope so :) But it was a really good service.  The members that talked did such a great job and totally brought the spirit.....when V got into the tank, she was so excited, you could see her shaking....then when brother Benjamin pulled her out of the water, she had such a big smile on her face! She cried and did a happy dance! it was so cute!! sister pead and I were so happy for her! at the end of the service she shared her testimony and holy cow!! she totally puts me to shame! she has been learning about the gospel for a little over 6 weeks and has such a strong testimony! it was so powerful and great! I may or may not have had a tear.....

She told us how excited she was to serve a mission in a year! I laughed!! she is already thinking about a mission and going to the temple!! its crazy! I hope that sister pead and I will be able to keep up with her!! overall, it was fabulous! i'm so happy for her and cannot wait to see what her future in the gospel holds!

Woman's broadcast was boss, like always! it makes me so excited for general conference the week! the talks were great! I really liked sister burtons talk about being prepared for when Christ comes again.  She talked about the parable of the 10 virgins and  what we can do now to save up oil for our lamps. after her talk I told sister pead that we get like 100 drops of oil for serving a mission! she laughed and agreed!  of course president uchtdorf's talk was also a favorite! I cannot wait to read and study the talks when they come out on lds,org in printable version! 

On Sunday night we met with sister K our recent convert and her daughter, B.  B has been coming to church with her mom and all the other activates...and last week she came with us to presidents fireside and on the way home we got talking and I think we were able to break the ice and earn her trust....so all week sister pead and I have been thinking about how we can help B progress and take ownership of her conversion and not just ride on her moms.....so on sunday we did our lesson and B got more into it then she has in the past....so before we left, I asked her if she has thought about baptism for herself at all...she smiled and said that she has and she does want to be baptized! it was so cool!! So, we are now going to start focusing on her and helping her progress to baptism!! its so cool how much the Lord has blessed sister pead and i!! like, right when we think we are going to have to start from the beginning again, people come out of the woodwork! its crazy! 

So, funny story about the elders! they always call or text us the most random questions like: "how do we boil eggs?" ...and last night was the icing on the cake...they call us freaking out cause it’s like 6pm on a Sunday night and their gas light just came on...and they need to get to Bishops that night for our weekly meeting with him...so they ask us what to do?? and how many miles they could drive on E....LIKE WE KNOW THESE THINGS! But we come up with some ideas: 1-get roller blades and a rope and we can pull them to bishop’s house 2-go get gas 3- call brother cassell! they didn't like any of our ideas....but ended up calling brother cassell and he had a gallon of gas he could give them...it was really fun and I’m sure that cause I’m a missionary and I think everything is funny. 

Well, today is zone pday and we are going to go to the park and play sports...so, ya! that should be fun! Thanks for all the love and support!      

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LOVE!

Sister Randi Hulet

xoxo

 

Week 33 Prior Lake, Minnesota

Family and Friends!! 

Holy cow! it’s been a great day for a baseball game! well, it was kinda cold, but ask me if that stopped me from getting ice cream in a helmet...I think NOT! haha!! It was really good...and the game was fun too! I just love baseball!! I got to have spits and a hot dog and just enjoy! It was so much fun! We went with most of our district..the zone leaders didn't come cause they are lame....and they really missed out! the twins were up 2-1 when we had to leave to catch the tracks home :( it was ok though cause it started to rain and they took the players off the field so, ya.....but other than that it was a blast! I’m so glad we got to go.

 

Last week was good, we just did our thing.  V had her baptism interview and she passed with flying colors!! We are so excited for her!! her baptism is on Saturday and its gunna be awesome.  We met with her yesterday and talked about general conference! She is going to come with us to the woman's conference on Saturday night, so that should be good.  I love general conference so much! It’s almost as good as Christmas, only we don't get to talk to our families.....but ya, I’m so excited!! It’s gunna be great! Funny story! so for the past couple conferences I’ve wondered where I would be for the next one....and what is so crazy!! I know where I will be for the April 2015 one!!! and it makes me kinda nervous to think about it!! haha!! 

 

On Sunday we got to go to President's Fireside! Our recent convert Gina spoke and I hear she did a great job...I would have heard it if it were not for the car accident that happened in front of us! I was a little bent that I couldn't hear her speak!!  She said that she is going to share what she said in the next fast and testimony meeting and we are just gunna have to wait for that! not gunna lie, I don't know if I can wait that long....but I’m gunna have to! In sacrament meeting on Sunday, our other recent convert Travis got the priesthood!! That was so awesome!! He is going to be able to pass the sacrament!! How cool is that! It just makes me really happy when I think about it...I have been so blessed in this area to see really cool people come closer to Christ!! I feel so flipping blessed!! 

 

We had a zone training this week and it was all about how we can better move the work along in our areas...president Forbes did a great job with his training...he gave me a lot to think about and a lot of ideas of how sister Pead and I can get the work moving a lot faster in our area.  so I’m really excited to put some of the ideas to action...and of course it was fun to see some of my missionary friends who are serving in other areas there too...it’s so funny to see how all of us have changed and grown since we last saw each other...I love what the gospel of Jesus Christ does to us personally! It’s the best! 

 

Well, I don't have much time today..so I will try to write more on monday!! 

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LOVE!

Sister Randi Hulet

xoxo

 

Week 32 Prior Lake, Minnesota

Us and V

Family and Friends! 

 

What a week! It’s been really crazy and gone by so fast!! Sister Pead and I are so freaking tired, it was so funny as we were driving home last night from meeting with our bishop I was kinda scared for my life cause sister pead was so out of it and was saying crazy things and driving scary, but no worries I made it home alive!  but...today has been claimed as hard core nap day...and I’m not much of a napper, but I think I may give it a go today..we will see how well that goes.  

 

I don't even where to start, we have been going to and from all the days this week....I guess we will start with the best family home evening I’ve EVER been a part of.  So, we wanted V to go to a family home evening with one of the families in the ward so we set that up for last Tuesday.  When V picked us up to head over to the Thomas family’s house, she was having a bad day and so she was really hoping that this would brighten her evening....we planned a lesson on Faith and enduring to the end.  From the moment we pulled up to their house, I was laughing my head off...the Thomas's are hilarious!  Allison-one of the daughters-got home the same time we got there and had a build-a-bear box in her hand....I was all: did you go to build-a-bear? and she was all: ya, I had a bad day, so I went to build-a-bear....she then pulls out her dino she built and says that it’s Danny the Dino! It was silver and dark blue..wearing boxers. It was really funny! like in writing, it sounds weird, but in real life it was so funny! we were laughing about it for the rest of the night.  However, the giggles didn't stop there....the hole lesson, was just funny....all the Thomas kids are so funny and would say and do the funniest things....it was really hard to stay on a spiritual track, but it was perfect....when we were able to talk gospel, the spirit was so strong, it was cool to me that it didn't matter if everyone was quite and reverent during the lesson, the spirit was still about to be there and V loved it! Another funny moment of the night was when we did "faith paper" with Chris-the 14 year old son.  We light this paper on fire-i LOVE fire! , while Chris holds it in his hand and right before it burns Chris it floats away..it’s really cool, but last minute Chris gets scared and totally throws the paper-while it’s on fire-in the air...mind you we are in the living room...not outside!  Sister Thomas freaks out! it was so funny!! 

 

We had a baptism on Saturday for our investigator T.  It was really awesome!  The spirit was really strong and he was so happy! There was a good ward turn-out so it was good for them to know that the ward loves them and is supportive of T choice to be baptized.  T's mom was so pleased! she  pretty much cried the hole service-happy tears of course! , it was great though....sister pead and I have been so blessed with success in this area! it’s been so crazy to watch all these prepared people accept the gospel and get baptized...it still blows my mind when I think about it, and what is even more crazy that we have yet another on coming in 2 weeks! I hope that our ward will not get overwhelmed with it all...cause we have had a lot of baptisms in a short amount of time.  

 

We were able to meet with the F family again this week.  They are a less active family with A LOT going on in their life at the moment.  We have been going over weekly and just reading the book of Mormon with them to help bring peace and the spirit into their home and life.  It was really cool cause this time when we when the youngest daughter-she is about 16ish....was nervous that we were going to be coming while she is in school...so we are going to set something up with her, and just do something fun! like maybe do nails and pizza or something. so that should be good. I love it when we can make friends with the youth cause they are the ones that will help bring there parents back to church. 

 

Well, here is the thing, next week we are going to a baseball game! we are going with our district (it was my idea..no worries! )  to see the twins vs. the diamondbacks! so, cause the game is on Wednesday, we are changing our pday to Wednesday...so I will not email until Wednesday afternoonish. so ya. just so you know that is why there will be no email coming on Monday morning next week! 

 

I hope yall have a great week! thanks for all the love and support  

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LOVE!

Sister Randi Hulet

xoxo

 

Week 31 Prior Lake, Minnesota

deep fried reeses peanut butter cups

Family and Friends!

WHAT!!!! Can yall believe that I’ve been gone for 13 hole months! I cannot, it totally doesn't feel that long!.....well, only some days! But it has been a great week...the only down side is that I lost my planner and I don't know where it is....and its driving me crazy cause I really liked the picture and quote I put on it!! so, I will not rest until I find it.....I’m sure it’s around the apartment somewhere, just nowhere that I’ve looked! haha!! 

 

Our investigator, T had his baptism interview this week, and he is set for baptism on Saturday! it’s really exciting!! He has changed so much since we have been meeting with him.  I love how the gospel changes us all-no matter our age or physical limitations! T has been on fire and just taken in all we have shared with him.  He has autism and is on a 12 year old level...his mom is returning to activity after a live of not being on the right path...but has been working on turning her life around! It has been cool to see how the gospel has changed all of them! it’s awesome!!

V is doing great!! This week she told her mom that she is getting baptized...her mom was supportive, but thinks she should wait a bit before she makes that choice.  She texted us that night and told us what happened and said that she has been so excited about her baptism ever since we set a date and now that she has talked to her mom, all she can think about is doubts and if she is moving too fast.....we met with her the next day and talked more about baptism and how we are blessed as we make covenants with our Father in Heaven.  We also shared with her about all the doubts we had as we prepared to serve our missions..it was crazy how strong the spirit was in the Caribou!! haha!! but by the end of the lesson, said that she knows that its satan that is putting all these doubts in her mind, and that she is still planning on being baptized on September 27! 

One sad moment this week, was when we went to visit our investigator sister S.  She has been meeting with us since December, however as not progressed because of her health issues.  Well, she has not been doing good the past month and this week we were able to stop by and get the story...I was shocked when I walked into her living room and saw her laying in a hospital bed, with tubes everywhere!! As we sat down, I realized that she was REALLY not well.  She told us that she was about to die...it was crazy! She did say that she has loved our visits and they have helped her as she has come to the end-especially the plan of salvation.  It was sad...She talked about how she is really to go, the peace that was there,  was really comforting...she told me that she would tell my Grandpa Hulet I say hi and that I love him when she sees him up there! it was really sweet and almost made me cry...she has been such a joy to visit and I’m really going to miss all the times we sat around her kitchen table. 

 

At church this week, we had a lesson in RS about how much we need our fellow sisters in the gospel.  It was awesome and totally made me think about how blessed I’ve been to have to chance to work with all the great women in the church here in Minnesota!  The sisters in all my areas have been the key in our success as missionaries! It has made me want to be a better member when I get home and help the missionaries! But there was a quote that really liked : "I invite you to not only LOVE each other more, but to LOVE each other better." As I thought about that, I had the thought that as we serve the sisters in our ward we are able to love them as Christ does and that is how we love them better...I hope that makes since..cause it does in my head! hahaha

So, our recent convert, sister K has horse right...this week we went out to her barn before our lesson and I had the weirdest feeling...like I was going to miss being around the horses when I go home....and I was like WHAT!! this is not my life, I don't like animals!! hahaha!!! She was talking about how when we come back to visit after our missions, she wants to take us on a horseback ride, and I actually thought that would be fun! WHO AM I!!?!? it made both of us laugh!! Sister K was all, Yes! I’ve got you to like horses!! Like it was her challenge all along! it was funny! 

Well, that’s about it.....thanks for all the love and support! I love getting the emails, letters, pictures..all of it!! it makes my week!           

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LOVE!

Sister Randi Hulet

xoxo

 

Week 30 Prior Lake, Minnesota

Family and Friends!

Well, this week was transfers and both  me and sister pead are staying in Prior Lake for another transfer...that's transfer number 6 for me! its awesome! I’m so excited to work with the awesome people here and watch the area continue to grow.  Even in the past 7 months is like night and day difference from when I got here! I love it cause it just shows me that as we work hard and have faith, God will provide people for us to teach.

 This week has been a party! We went to the Minnesota state fair on Tuesday and it was fun! they say that its on of the biggest fair in the country, and let me tell yall, it was HUGE!   Sister pead and I just ate and ate cause its not like we can ride the rides. :) But we did get some pictures and had a lot of fun people watching....man, some people need to look in the mirror before they leave there house! hahaha! sorry, that's mean, but its kinda true......

 We ate: stake on a STICK, pina colada....don't worry that was not on a stick, but in a real pineapple cup.....of course we had some chesse curds! I really like them! I mean its deep-fried cheese, what is not to like...and then we finished the day off with some deep fried peanut butter cups on a stick!  that was ok, not something I would have again, but I just had to try it!

There was this one place called: nothing on a stick...and guess what...there was no one there!! it was really fun!! haha

 As for missionary work this week, we had a really good week! We met with V and had an awesome lesson.  She is AMAZING! its awesome to hear about all she is learning as she studies.  She is almost to the book of Alma! she is reading it so fast! its sweet!! We talked about repentance this week.  The best was we told our ward mission leader with us and it was at the coffee shop.  He was like "what the heck" but it was a good lesson, none the less.  V really likes him, which makes us laugh! Our ward mission leader is in his 70s and the BEST! he is like our grandpa, on a ward level! He is so funny and has a awesome testimony! I love taking him teaching with us cause he is VREY in tune with the spirit and always knows just what to say to help our investigators :)

 On Saturday night, sister pead and I were doing some finding.  She were on our bikes, it was raining and about 8ish at night.  Lets just say that I didn't really want to be finding at that moment.  I was trying to find any reason possible why we needed to go back home-I know, totally a bad missionary right?!? Sister pead, takes out her scriptures and opens to a random page and reads the highlighted verses....it totally talked about how we needed to raise our voices in declaring repentance......yeah, God totally humbled me through scripture....so I said a pray and we got to work.  We stopped at a potential investigators house.  He was not home, but his baby-mamma was and so we started talking to her.  She said that M told her to read the chapter in the Book of Mormon we left him, but she had never gotten around to it.  We talked more about what the Book Of Mormon was and how we got it.  She really like it and wants us to come back this week! so that was awesome!

Sunday night, we watched the testaments with sister W.  it was really good, then we rode our bikes home in the FLASH FLOOD!! it was crazy! it was raining like there was no tomorrow! hahaha!! I couldn't see with my glasses cause they were so wet so I had to take them off and just follow the flashing red light on sister peads bike...it was really funny! I was laughing the hole way home, so glad she lead the way safe, so I didn't run into anything.....

We had our last district meeting for the transfer this week.  it was on getting people to church.  Elder Foggin had us sit in the chapel for a bit and talk about why we go to church each week.  It was cool and super spiritual.  It was nice to think about why we go to church and the role that it plays in our week.  I didn't want to think about what my week would be like with out going to church each week.  I a way I feel like going to church puts everything we believe into action.  We are there to repent and do better, to help others grow in there testimony, and to feel the spirit that comes with worshipping our God.  Church is great! I feel so BLESSED to of had it in my life growing up! its totally something I want to continue to be in my life when I get home!

 

I’m so thankful for all yall that support me each and everyday! thanks for all the emails and letters! they are the BEST!! I hope yall have a great week and a fun Labor day! PARTY ON!! 

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LOVE!

Sister Randi Hulet

xoxo