McKenzee's Missionary Moments: March 6th, 2017

Hi,

So hmmm, what to tell you about my week...

Today, we woke up to a layer of snow... lame!!!!! But the sun is out and so it's already melting. I'm SO DONE with all the snow lol. Also is was raining like all week and I'm so so so ready for the sun to come out and for it to be dry!!!

Tuesday night at community meals girl came up to us, her name is T and she said she just moved in and wants to start coming back to church. She's a member but hasn't been to church in a while. So we gave her our info and found a ride for her for church and it was really awesome! Definitely a miracle:)

Wednesday we had Zone meeting in Rainier and it was a really good meeting! Then after we went to help a lady with a quilt in project with the other sisters. She told us to create a quilt and it was really hard because she wanted us to make a scene and we just couldn't visualize it but we ended up designing something, well actually she came and designed it and we just found her pieces of fabric. It was pretty funny. Then we had a few lessons that night and they were pretty good!

Omg but we have been doing one killer leg workouts the last two days and dang, every morning I woke up my legs felt like they were going to explode! No joke I was in so much pain I thought I was gonna cry or die! Haha I could barely walk, it was bad!!! Sister Bevan was sweet though and rubbed my legs. They are better now, but it was sooo bad!!!! Lol

Thursday morning we went to do another service project with the other sisters. We cleaned one lady's bathroom and it honestly made me want to throw up. I just don't understand how you can let your bathroom get so dirty. Ugh. Then we went to help a lady knit. She taught us how to knit but the way she was teaching was so fast that I couldn't keep up with her! Haha and so I was very confused and just acted like I knew what I was doing haha. It was pretty funny. Then I would hand it to her and she would do a few more stitches or something and then give it back to me, so the blanket is slowly getting bigger but not because of me, but because I kept getting her to do it haha. It was hilarious. Knitting is not my favorite. Lol

Thursday night B came out to take us to dinner!!!:) and it was so great to see her:) made me so happy! So that was nice!

Then that evening, it was so great! Earlier that week, we asked our Ward mission leader, Brother O, to pray for a street for us to tract and he told us 8th street. So after dinner we went to 8th street and we didn't have a lot of time but we knew that we needed to knock a few doors. So sister Bevan and I felt inspired to knock this one house, our first house, and we found a new investigator, D! Then the next house we knock was having a bible study but they were really nice, but the 3rd house we found another new investigator, M! It was seriously such a miracle because it's so hard to find new investigators! So it was seriously soooo awesome!!!:)

Friday night we went to sunshine pizza with our Ward, it's a fun little tradition they do here with the missionaries. Then we had a church tour with Our investigator T, not toe T, this is a different one, and his girlfriend, E. So we cleaned up the church a little to make it look nice and as we were doing that I just thought to myself how blessed we are to have church buildings to meet in. And how awesome it is that we get to worship our Heavenly Father every week as we go to church! Anyway, the church tour was really great! We were really sad because we couldn't find anyone to come with us to our tour but it worked out. I just want y'all to know how important it is to have members help out with missionary work. We really need y'alls help and it really makes it hard when we can't find people to come out with us. So please please please, for my sake, go out with the missionaries!!!! Ask them if they have any lessons this week that they need a member to go with them! It really means the world!!! :)

So anyway, the tour was nice, we showed them around the building and explained what each room was used for and the purpose and such. A church tour is really nice because if gives the people an opportunity to get inside the building and feel the spirit and get comfortable without a bunch of strangers being there. So it was really nice! We are hoping it helps them feel better about coming on Sunday!

Saturday morning we had a child of record baptism, M, and we have been teaching her to get her ready for it because her dad isn't a member and her mom is less active but it was really nice! It was fun to be apart of it! We gave the restoration and it was awesome because a bunch of her family was there and I'm pretty sure they aren't members. It was good. Oh and also I had to lead the music hahah it was pretty funny, I've been trying to learn to lead and it was fun! Although I'm not very good at it! Hah

Oh another miracle happened on Saturday night! So after dinner we were stopping by someone that someone asked us to visit and as we did, we saw the lights on at an investigators house we've been trying to get into. Every time we stop by she's never home. But tonight we saw the lights so we stopped by and she was home and let us in!!!!:) ahhh it was seriously such a miracle!!!! We were so happy! So we visited with her for a little bit, shared a message and set up another lesson for every week:) which is so big!!!! We are really excited to start meeting with her!!:) oh her name is, ML :) and she told us that she would read the Book of Mormon and she found out that her friend was moving and she didn't have anything to give her so she decided to give her the Book of Mormon and she said her friend said that reading it has totally changed her life! So cool!!! ML is already being a missionary! Haha, so we are really excited to work with her:) I'll keep you posted!

And then!!! Haha on Sunday TR came to church which we were really excited about and she even brought a friend who isn't a member and we were really excited. We introduced ourselves to her and welcomed her. Then after testimony meeting she came up to me and Sister Bevan and asked, "what do I do to get baptized?" Omg I just started smilinggg, it was so exciting for us! We told her that we could help her and now we are going to have a lesson with her tonight at 8:) oh and her name is K :) #miracleshappen So that was super cool:)

For dinner we had stake and potatoes which was really good, but this family had a bowl of skittles on the table and we thought they were dessert but while we were loading up our baked potatoes they put some sour cream and skittles in their potatoes and I was like what the heck hahah. Well they made me try it because they said I couldn't judge until I tried it and honestly it wasn't that bad. Like you had to wait for the skittles to melt but it was good. Haha I felt kinda weird eating candy in my potato so I stopped but it was good! Lol these crazy Oregonians hahaha.

Well that's my week! I know that Heavenly Father is aware of each of us as we are each His children. I know that He is always watching out for us and blesses us with the things we stand in need of! I'm so grateful for the gospel and the hope it gives. I truly feel the hope in my life everyday as I love it. Also the peace. I couldn't make it in this life without the gospel! I'm so happy to have it in my life. I'm so grateful that we have a living prophet today and for the continued revelation we get. I know that Heavenly Father is watching out for us and I know that He loves us. I know that miracles happen and that as we pray and look for them we will find them! I'm grateful for my eternal family and for the many things I've learned!

I miss y'all so much and I LOVE YALL TO THE MOON AND BACK!

Don't forget to remember me;)

Have the best week!

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

Xoxo

Sister Batey