Qualifying the Called: . . . I know you're probably embarrassed to have given birth to a hipster!

Alright so this weeeeeekkk..,

Monday we did sports and we actually didn't do sports. We cleaned. Then we had dinner. Tuesday i got sick :( and then i was still sick Wednesday, so we couldn't go out much. Thursday we had a really good zone training. It was amazing. Sister Garner and I went to Chipotle for lunch after, and President and Sister Killpack and the AP's were there, too! We all sat together and talked. It was really fun. During the zone training we talked about getting members excited to go out with us for lessons, and how to get referrals, and we talked about being Facebook missionaries. . . SO THAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING SOON. . . which is weird cause we will likely be using our own personal Facebook so I'll just be sharing the gospel with 2,200 of my closest friends and trying to not care about what they think but then I get really excited because I totally should have been a better missionary all throughout high school and this is like another chance to do that. Also, every single one of us will have both an iPad and an iPhone. Crazy crazy.

Friday we went on exchanges with the sister training leaders. I was with Sister Fullmer, and I love her. She is absolutely incredible. We knocked about 20 houses at least . . . and only had two lessons total. It was a total bummer, but there was a reason for it I'm sure. I just wanted to cry because I felt like I should be able to do more, but we just couldn't find anyone to teach so I came up with a plan thanks to an impression I had . . . We are in an area where we aren't allowed to knock -- legally it is just not okay -- so I've decided that Sister Garner and I are going to visit EVERY SINGLE MEMBER of our ward to get referrals. I know the Lord has prepared some member's friends, so that should work! I'm really excited about it!!

Saturday, "G" got baptized! He is eight, so it didn't count as a convert baptism but Sister Bishop and I started teaching their family and then they started coming back to church, so it was really awesome to see him dressed in white! Such a precious child. I love their family. We had some work we needed to do on the computer so we didn't get many lessons that day either. We also got to go to a dinner/fireside before the Relief Society broadcast. During the broadcast I learned a lot about the importance of covenants which is really useful as a missionary because that is what we are trying to invite others to do, to make covenants and come closer to Christ. I also learned that i can write in ancient Egyptian when i'm not looking. Seriously, a Urim and Thummim is necessary to translate the notes i took . . . Yikes! (hahaha!) On the bright side, I've finally come up with a signature . . .

Sunday we had ward council. Everyone is so involved in the missionary efforts and I love it!! Also, Sunday I realized how weird the "Law of Attraction" thing is. It was Fast Sunday and during third hour I told Sister Garner that I just really wanted chocolate cake. After church we realized our bananas went bad, and I told Sister Garner that if we left them out we could make banana bread. We go to dinner and for dessert we had . . . chocolate cake! We get home and are planning/organizing and we get a text from Brother ********** (add him on Facebook, btw. He messaged my FB so you would) and he told us that he had just made some fresh banana bread for us!! It works! Think about things. They happen. It's crazy.

Annnyyyways, this week was not productive (number wise) but i still felt like I was doing everything I could be to help invite others to come unto Christ. I've been really happy, and I'm glad to be here. Today we cleaned the kitchen. It looks like new (thank you so much for making me do chores every week!)

I looove you!