Well my heart is broken, again. Transfer letters came on Saturday and
Sister Richards is leaving:( It just makes me so sad because I just
love her to pieces and I want her to stay!!! And also because I never
ever get to keep my companions:( I'm constantly getting switched
around and it's just so annoying because we've been getting along so
well and we've been having such great success. Uhhh, it just keeps
getting harder and harder to say goodbye to people. And plus I really
need her. She's been such a great companion and has been my rock this
transfer. We get along so well and it just is so lame she is leaving.
We thought for sure she'd stay, but I guess I have the worse luck
ever. But I do know that we will be long time friends, so that helps
with the broken heart at least a little bit.
Okay well this week was like any other, crazy and busy. We went hiking
Monday and that was just so awesome! It was so beautiful and I'm so
happy we were able to do it while the weather was nice. After the hike
we were just pooped so we just laid on Sister Davenports couch and
watched Meet the Mormons. That was nice to feel like a normal person
and watch a somewhat less churchy movie. Haha #imissnormalmovies Then,
cool story, I'll do my best at explaining it. So then we had to go
grocery shopping and we went to Winco and get all we need and we walk
to the parking lot and we forgot where we parked so we went down an
isle (the wrong isle, this was the miracle) and we see Sister
Davenports van (haha kinda funny since we were just with her) so we
decide to put a few sticky notes on it and raise up her window wipers.
Well as we started putting some sticky notes on the back we see their
iPhone home phone sitting on the back fender or whatever it's called.
So we figured she must have somehow drove all the way to Winco with it
on the car. So we take it because we didn't want anyone stealing it
and we were going to there house for dinner in a few minutes, win win.
So we go and hurry and drop our groceries off at our house and then we
start driving to the Davenports for dinner. Little did we know what
was going on behind the scenes haha.... So apparently her kids had
used the phone to call one of there friends while they were outside
and since they were playing basketball outside they just set the phone
on the back of the car instead of running it inside. Then Sister
Davenport had to run to the store to get some stuff for our dinner and
she had no idea it was there. We later found out that Carson(her
oldest son, reminds me a lot of Eathan) jumped on his bike to try and
chase after his mom/the phone but she was already to far gone. So then
when she returned home the kids were freaking out because the phone
was no longer on the back of the car. So then they all started to
panic because what are the odds that the phone would actually make it
to the store and back. And for someone to not to steal it? Anyway,
since it's an iPhone you can turn the tracking device on so you can
find your phone so that's what Sister Davenport did haha. So then as
we are driving to her house we see her drive past us because she was
trying to tract down the phone that we were bringing back to her. Lol
so we called her and she was just so relieved that we had it. Hahaha
it was so funny but for her and the kids it was the complete opposite.
She later told us that she was praying so hard that she could find the
phone and what do ya know. #hehearsourprayers So I really hope that
made since because it was actually a really good lesson to them in
many ways.
Tuesday we went to see M the mechanic and he is just a little
sweetie. We didn't get to have an actual lesson with him because he
was so busy at work but we showed him the gospel library app which he
just loved and was really excited about. Then we did some service for
a lady in our Ward and we ended up having a really nice breakthrough
with her, so that was bomb. Then we went and read the Book of Mormon
with one of our less active ladies in the Ward(I'm sending a picture
of her, she's the one in orange). After that we went to the church for
the relief society activity/dinner. It was nice. It was a Cinco de
Mayo theme so we had a bunch of Mexican food(yay:/) And the Spanish
branch came and they did some dancing performances, something you
definitely would see down at the river walk. Made me feel at home/miss
Texas. But it was amazing!
Wednesday we did some more service which consisted of more digging and
pulling out tree stumps!! Yippee hahaha. Sister Richards, Sister Finn,
and myself actually managed to pull one out all on our own with no
help from the elders. It was definitely an accomplishment. Lol it was
a little colder this time around so we were wearing coats this time.
Which turned out fine because we started getting hot after a while.
Then while we were taking a break, the elders found some more worms
and they tried throwing them into my mouth hahah. But Sister Richards
was the one to eat one this time! It was so funny! She's a champ
because this one was huge! Haha and made the biggest crunch when she
bit into it! Oh man we were dying. Then our district leader, Elder
Munger ate one! He was less of a champ because he started freaking out
hahah. It was the funniest thing ever. What. A. Weenie. Lol then we
had to run straight to dinner because we were running late and we were
still in our service clothes so we had to change in the car in the
driveway of the people's house. Hahah
Thursday was my 6 MONTH MARK!!!! Wow, I just am in shock because
that's a heck of a long time!!! I feel like it's flown by and then at
the same time I feel like it's been the longest 6 months of my life!!!
So can I come home now? Haha
So we had Zone meeting Thursday and that was good. Sister Richards and
another elder sang and it was so beautiful, although she would say
otherwise. Don't listen to her, haha it was so great! She is so
talented! Then after we went to clean windows and then we went and saw
some people. And it was so cool. The people that we helped moved the
week earlier, I think I told y'all... The man is less active and he
lives with his wife and mother in law who aren't members. Anyway we
stopped by to invite them to the potluck talent show on Saturday and
they were so happy to see us. When we were moving we couldn't tell if
they were interested and so we gave it a few extra days. Anyway we
stopped by and the wife and mother in law were so excited. They were
like, where have you guys been?? We've been waiting for you!!!! It was
so so awesome:) then we went to the Davenports again because it was
Brother Davenports birthday so we came to say happy birthday! And we
also cleaned their dishes haha. But they were so sweet they made us a
cute candy poster. Oh it was just the best!!! I sure do love them.
Then we went to 2 less active houses after dinner and invited them to
come to the pot luck talent show as well.
So then Saturday we helped a man move in the elders Ward and it was
hilarious. While we were cleaning out this mans house we found a blue
and purple wig and we had the elders wear them! Oh. My. Lanta. Hahaha
we were dead!!! Literally the funniest thing ever. They were totally
enjoying them! Way more than we expected. I wish so bad I had a
picture but they wouldn't let us. Then after that we went to a lesson
with a lady we are trying to get to go through the temple! It was just
a great lesson and the spirit was so strong! She's just the cutest
little lady ever. Love her. Then we went to lunch with a lady in our
Ward to Panera. #thatsmynewfavoriteplace then we went to a few
different lessons. And we were about to go to the pot luck to set up
but we had to check the mail just in case and that's when I died.
Transfer letters. Worse thing ever. Ugh still makes me sad. :'(
The pot luck talent show was such a success!! I definitely recommend
it to you guys! Lol we had such a good turn out! We had the less
active man and his wife and mother in law show up and that was huge!
The man was so overwhelmed by the spirit he was almost in tears, he
just kept saying that he feels like he is home! I was so happy! So we
are hopefully going to start teaching his wife and mother in law! So
please pray for that! And we also had a bunch of less active families
come which is a huge step!!!! And the talent show was amazing and so
funny! A guy in the Ward has a band so they played and it was great!
Sunday was also a really good day because M the mechanic, our
investigator came to church!!!!:) along with a bunch of less
actives!!! It was so so great, and plus Mike stayed for 2 hours!!! Oh
it was exciting! Although the talks in sacrament meeting were really
strange and we are worried that he didn't like it... Oh we are just
praying that he will remember the spirit that we felt! Please pray for
that too!
Then after church we went to a barbecue with our district. Some of the
people that we did service for wanted to celebrate and thank us so we
had burgers and that was fun. But then after wards we had another
dinner appointment and so we had two dinners and I was literally so so
sick to my stomach, thought I was going to die. Then we had an
appointment and she gave us ice cream sandwiches:( oh my lanta. I
really felt dead. #toomuchfood
So yeah, haha that was, for the most part, my very crazy busy week. Hahah
I love you guys so much and am so grateful for each one of y'all and
the support y'all give me. Hope to hear from y'all soon!
Oh and don't forget to remember me;)
Xoxo
Sister Batey
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