Happy 2016!!!!! I can't believe it's the New Year, I go home next year!!!!! Crazy that I get to say that! Lol I'm almost 3 months out, time is just flying by! So you guys sound like y'all had a great week! Wish I could have gone to the Oregon game with y'all, I'm pretty jealous. I heard they lost thanks to Siri haha. The lady I live with is an Oregon fan so while we were studying at the kitchen table she had the game on the tv on mute haha. Soooo I got to see a little bit of the game in the reflection of the window lol. I told her that y'all went and to keep a look out for y'all in case y'all got on tv. Haha we didn't see y'all though.
So this week is also a blur for me haha. It was pretty sunny all week though so we were pretty happy, although it was super windy which was pretty bad, my body was aching because it was so cold!!
Monday for pday we went to the church and played football with the elders. It was pretty exciting except for the fact that I was so short and couldn't jump high enough to catch the ball before an elder would jump in my way. Oh well, I did a lot of running which is good because I need to do a lot of cardio to keep the weight off haha. Then Monday night Sister S came home from Utah (she was visiting her daughters and grandkids) so we went out to dinner with her at Sherries, it was fun.
Tuesday we had our lesson with Jxxx and boy oh boy was it intense! He was asking such hard questions which made me question why I was a missionary. But luckily the spirit was able to help me and my companion a whole bunch! We talked a lot about faith and I recited the first vision which was totally the Holy Ghost helping me. But he's a toughie. He kept telling us that there is archaeological evidence for the bible and he wants some archaeological evidence for the Book of Mormon which is sad because that's where our faith comes in and that probably means he won't ever accept the gospel because he doesn't have faith. I mean think about it, if Heavenly Father gave us all the evidence that would require no faith on our part and that just wouldn't work. Idk I can't put my thoughts on paper too well but it's just sad to see him ask for evidence when our answers comes through reading and praying. We have an appointment with him on Tuesday so pray for me and my companion that we can have the spirit to answer his question and pray for him that he will have a soften heart. Hopefully he can have faith, because that is the foundation we need to have in this gospel. Hopefully that made enough sense... Lol
Wednesday we had dinner with this old couple and they fed us tamales and oh my heck, McKenzee does not like tamales!!! Lol that was the first meal that I really just did not enjoy! I was gagging, my eyes were watering, and it was awful! Lol I've been pretty good about eating but I just couldn't get that one down. Then after dinner we went to the church to pee and we ran into President and Sister Taylor and it was so much fun to talk to Sister Taylor because she is like our mission mom. It just made us so happy :) but we had to run because we had an appointment!
Thursday was New Year's Eve and we just went around and visited a bunch of old lady's in the nursing homes that we have come to know. It was really nice! Then we were trying to find one of the ladies and we ran into this other old lady, Nxxx. She is so cute, she has had cancer for 3 years and is still fighting strong. She has no hair poor thing but she still dresses up every day with big earrings and a big necklace and lipstick and she even wears pumps. So adorable. So she invites us in and we start talking and we share a Mormon message with her and then she just keeps talking and then she gives us some bread and she shows us all her art work because she is an artist and then she tells us how happy she is that we were able to visit. Then she was telling us about her cancer and her life and she doesn't complain at all. She was so happy and just so positive and I was just so amazed at her. It was just so nice to talk with her and it just made me want to be better and not complain because I don't have it as hard as she does. Then that night we went to Olive Garden for dinner with Sister S for the new year and that's where the picture is from. Sister S sent it from her phone, she is the best, such a sweetheart. And it was funny, the waitress thought that me and Sister Finn were sisters and that Sister S was our mom so she kept calling Sister S mom. Haha it made us laugh. After Olive Garden we went home and started to play some card games like skipbo, and then Sister S nonmember friends came over and we all played cards and it was so exciting because we got to wear our jammies and just be normal people!!! I loved it. Oh and I ended up winning!!!!!:) then we all made a deal for the new year to lose weight and whoever loses the most will get a free game of bowling because the losers will pay for it haha. So yeah I'm trying to eat in healthy and exercise and lose weight. So this week we've been drinking these healthy smoothies that Sister S makes us, they have spinach and a bunch of fruit mixed together, they aren't amazing but they are super healthy so I'm trying. Oh and I've also been running every morning and doing some ab workouts. Hopefully it will work! That's one of my New Year’s resolutions, I also want to be more spiritual and become closer to my Heavenly Father. Anyway, we still went to bed at 10:30 because we still have to wake up at 6:30 because missionary life never stops.
So Friday, the New Year, we went to do some service for a less active lady. She asked us to help her clean her dishes and holy heck!!!! So her dishes were overflowing out of her sink, coving all the counters, stacked up high, and she also had a few boxes of dirty dishes that she said that been dirty for five years!!!!!! It was nasty! Some of the food on these dishes were so hard to scrap off, we have like 4different tools to try and clean them!! And this ended up taking us 3 hours to clean most of the dishes!!! It was so gross, I had gloves on thank goodness!! Lol but I also got to wear pants, which is the best so I guess it wasn't too bad. Then we went to Ixxx’s house and watched the Legacy and had Carmel popcorn and it was so delicious. So that's what I did for my new year. Nothing fancy but it was nice.
Saturday nothing much.
Sunday, dang this is when it gets good hahah. So it's fast Sunday and we were fasting for a baptism okay, just keep that in mind. So we wake up and get ready for church (our church in now at 1) so we get ready and I'm about to start studying when I look outside and it's snowing!!!! Everything is covered in snow and more snow is falling! I was so happy I run to get Sister Finn and of course we go outside to take some pictures and play in it a little bit. I was too pumped. Then we get a text that church is canceled because of the snow and we are told we can't drive anywhere which means we get to stay home all day!!!!!!!:) It was like a miracle! Lol so we decide to play more skipbo and also phase 10! I was so happy because I love card games. But we were still fasting so that was kind of hard to be home and not eat. But then, listen to this, we get a text that Axxx has decided that she still wants to be baptized on Saturday!!!!!!!!:) #fastingworks!!!!!! How crazy is that??? We got an answer only a few hours into our fast!!! Sister Finn and I were just so elated!!!!! It was great. So after a few hours of cards we took a nap for two hours and then woke up and then played some more cards hahah. Then the people we were having dinner with came to pick us up since it was still snowing and we couldn't drive. So we eat dinner and then watch the best two years with them! I really appreciated the movie now that I'm a missionary. Lol then we go home and play another round of cards hahaha. We are a little addicted haha. But yeah Sunday was such a blessing because we got to take it easy and relax and also because our fasting worked!!!!!!:) isn't that too awesome???:)
So today(Monday) there is still snow on the floor but we have the okay to drive so idk what we will do, probably play cards haha. Well I love you all so much and miss y'all a lot. I hope you all have a great new year!
Xoxo
Sister Batey
P.S.
Hey papa,
Sorry to hear about your beloved Oregon Ducks, I was pretty upset as well, I kept asking Siri to tell me the score and they started out so strong!!! Oh well at least you got to go and see them! I was out tracting in the cold cold wind and getting doors slammed in my face! Isn't it funny how you and mom wanted this for me? Y'all wanted me to come on a mission and get door after door slammed in my face and getting yelled at and walking around late at night trying to go into strangers homes to share a message about Jesus Christ. What ever happened to don't talk to strangers?! Haha anyway sounds like the game was still fun, and at least y'all got to go as a family... Oh and Sister S, the lady I live with, she wants to know what high school you went to? Oh and she's a pretty big Oregon fan as well. Pretty funny. Small world. So your questions I'll answer in the group email, just wanted to write you a personal email telling you how much I love you:) and yes dad I got the Christmas in 3 minutes video haha;) sorry I forgot to tell you, I just get so busy on pdays since there is so much to be done. But yes I got it and loved it and show everyone I talk to. It's so great!!!! So thank you, I know that was probably not how you wanted to spend your time but I appreciate it! I wish I could get more videos of y'all, like y'all talking to me like I did that one time. This week I really missed y'all. Oh and also thanks for all the little emails you sent me :) it makes me happy to know you haven't completely forgotten about me! I love seeing the first five lines of your emails and knowing what y'all are doing like going to take the tree down and going to the stake party. It's nice to stay in the loop!
Well I love you and love your emails and pictures. Just know that you can never send too many emails and pictures :)
Xoxo
Sister Batey
Drinking from our matching cups.
Excited its snowing!
Happy New Year!
Can you tell we love the snow??
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