Monday, September 5, 2016

September 5th, 2016

Hello hello,

Well congratulations Kazdan and Jenna! Wow I can't believe you guys
are married! Lol welcome to the family though! I'm excited to meet
Jenna and her daughter! I'm hoping y'all told her about me? Haha
And hey I'm so glad you guys got the shed built! The garage looks so
great!!!! I'm so impressed!!! Wait so those movie theater chairs look
so nice! Where did they build that one? What movie did y'all go see?
Man I really miss watching movies! Haha
Omg I honestly can't believe that Kylee is starting college next week!
And I, so jealous that she is going to BYUI!!! I just love that place
and hope she has a great time:)

Well this week was just like all my other weeks! Lol we were able to
visit with a lot less actives! Oh and we found 2 new investigators!
Heck yeah! Omg and I also saw sister Finn on Monday!!!!!:) we were at
the mall in old navy and I hear my name and turn and I see sister Finn
running at me! Lol it was so exciting to see her again! It has been
soooo long!

Alright so anyway, Monday night we had lessons back to back which is
bomb :) and we were able to get rides so no biking :) then Tuesday we
had our lesson with E, and everything went fine dad. Haha sorry
you were so nervous and sorry I couldn't write you earlier! Sister P
works at Costco from 4am-1pm and so by the time we get home at 9:30pm
she is already fast asleep. And some days we just don't see her
because we are out and in appointments all day. So it's a hit or miss.
But yes, the lesson went well. She had a lot of questions and we did
our best to answer them. She had a lot of scriptures in the bible she
read to us and asked us our thoughts. Kind of strange, not sure how
much she understands the bible. Hopefully she will be more open in the
future!

But also, just an FYI... I meet random strangers every single day and
I try and go into their home to share a message with them. I literally
do that everyday. Haha, that's what a mission is. But don't worry
because I am protected. The Lord watches over his servants :)

Wednesday we had a few lessons and we also were able to do some
service. A member lady who is a librarian at an elementary school
asked us to come help her set up the library by stacking books and so
that was a lot of fun! I so enjoyed being back at an elementary
school. It's just such a fun environment and I've missed going and
seeing all my little kiddos. So that was a lot of fun :)

Thursday we had district meeting and Sister Hibbard and I of course
biked their. Oh man we were dying. By the time we got there we were
all hot and slightly sweating and it's always so awkward because we
are the only ones who bike to the stake center for our meeting and
when we walk in it's always like, "oh hi boys, don't mind the sweat,
just biked 25 minutes while y'all drove" haha then they had us
give the restoration. And the prayers and a training. It was like the
sister Batey and Hibbard show. You would think elders on a mission
would be slightly mature but NO. Haha, I pray they will before its
time for them to go home. Lol

For dinner Thursday night we went to a bbq place with a family in the
Ward and it was BOMB! It smelt like Texas and they had Texas flags, it
almost felt like home ๐Ÿ˜ I loved it so much! But sadly when we came out
it was raining and well we were on our bikes and it was like
Washington slapped me in the face hahaha. So that night we were biking
around and we were just soaking wet. Lol it was pretty funny.
Oh and then I was able to hold a hedgehog, it was so exciting!!!
People here in Washington have so many weird pets!!! But it's fun!
Friday was sister Hibbards year mark and so I decorated the kitchen
for her to help celebrate for her :) it turned out really cute, I was
pretty proud of myself. Then for lunch we went to red robin and it was
so good, we split a burger and omg it was amazing๐Ÿ˜‹ then Friday night
we had lessons back to back to back. And they were all sooooo good!!!!
We met with T and J and they are new investigators now and we
brought a member with us, Sister M and the spirit in this lesson
was sooooo strong! We taught the restoration and it was just an
amazing lesson:) so please keep them in your prayers!!!! Oh it was
just beautiful!

Saturday, nothing to exciting! I saw a boob again... I feel like I've
seen more on my mission than ever before haha. This was during a
lesson too, it was so awkward hahah. #missionarylife lol
Then Sunday night we went and visited with two different lady's and
omg it just hit me how blessed I am!!!! These lady's are both
struggling in their separate ways but they are both living in such sad
conditions. One lady is wondering whether to pay rent or to buy food
and it breaks my heart but also makes me realize how seriously blessed
I am. Dad and mom I am just so thankful for y'all giving me the life I
have. I'm so lucky that I didn't have to wonder if I would eat each
night and wonder if I would have a roof over my head. Thank you for
all the hard work y'all did to provide such a wonderful life for me
and our family. I just can't express how grateful I am and how much it
means to me. Y'all rock and I'll love y'all forever!!!!❤️

Well sorry this is later than usual. Been a busy day, went to get my
hair trimmed, it's pretty dead. Then grocery shopping. Now I'm home
chilling in my blanket:)
How was the lake? How is the Ward doing? Anything new and exciting in
San Antonio? How is school going for everyone?

Oh also, got the package mom๐Ÿ˜˜ thank you tons! Although... Mom the
clothes you sent me... Well first off none of those are MINE... Which
means none of them fit.... And honestly I couldn't wear any of them
with a skirt if I wanted too lol.... How come you don't send me my
cute clothes??;) like the cute maroon shirt with the ruffles at the
end I got before my mission? Please send me my cute clothes and not
the ones that you and Kylee don't want! Speaking of, I know Kylee is
about to go to Idaho and I'd prefer if she doesn't take all my clothes
because when I get home I won't have any hahah. So that's my request
lol.

Well I miss you all so much!!!!!
And I love y'all to the moon and back!!!
Have a great week and I hope to see lots of pictures of Kylees
apartment and of the trip up there and of the boys! I'm so jealous you
guys get to see them!!

Have the best week ever:)
Also I would LOVE LOVE LOVE, to hear from each of you today!!!!!๐Ÿ˜˜

"Have faith, have hope, live like His Son, help others on their way."

Xoxo
Sister Batey

McKenzee and a Hedgehog.

Sister Hibbard and McKenzee with the Hedgehog.

Smiles on their faces even though it's pouring
outside and they get to ride their bikes.


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