Monday, November 23, 2015
4 Months old!
As of yesterday, I have been on my mission for 4 whole months! Where did the time go? I have zero clue. I feel like yesterday I got off the plane and started melting.
On Saturday we got to do a ton of service for Tiffany Howard. She's getting baptized on the 28th! She's amazing and she is teaching me a ton about cooking and oils and life in general. She is awesome! We spent a lot of time helping her with different things this week. I think it really helped because her husband isn't interested in learning at all, but he has liked seeing us in their home helping her so much. I think it's softening his heart.
Sister Caldwell and I have started a driving game where we make up phrases based on the letters on the license plate in front of us. One had the letters LHN. I blurted out Llamas Hunt Neanderthals. Sister Caldwells was Linnea Holbrook, Nincompoop. She couldn't stop laughing, I think I liked mine better. :)
We have been given a bunch of stuff this week! 9 zucchini, 1 honeydew melon, 1 bag of dried mangoes, lots of taco leftovers and fresh rosemary. #blessed
Yesterday at church, Aimee spoke on her conversion story. It was hilarious because last Sunday we talked about how she would never speak in front of a lot of people and how she was scared for the day she would be asked to speak in church, haha, hilarious, but it was amazing! She is amazing and I am so grateful that I've had the opportunity to work with her. She made me cry during church dang it.
Last night we got dropped by one of our investigators. It was harder for me than normal because she was so solid and talked about getting baptized and was just so happy to be learning about the church. Satan sucks. Just sayin.
Anyway, I hope you all experience miracles this week and remember the things you're thankful for!
Love Sister Holbrook
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
MIRACLES! They are literally everywhere. Honestly.
Monday we went bowling as a zone and it was awesome. I kind
of suck, haha, but whatever.
Tuesday we taught one of our people. She's getting baptized
on the 28th. She slipped and fell and it was pretty bad. Some elders came over
and gave her a blessing. It was awesome and she's doing great. Later in the day
we talked to a man from Minnesota! It was so nice to hear his accent and talk
with him about things I know and love!
Wednesday we talked 6 lessons AND did 2 hours of service AND
tracted for 2 hours! #blessed We got a bag of chocolate from a member and
Sister Caldwell was so happy because she loved chocolate. I put the bag at my
feet and then we turned the heat on because we were getting cold. When she
noticed she was so shocked. She said, "THAT IS MIRACLE CHOCOLATE, AND
YOU'RE MELTING IT!" It was hilarious. We just laughed and the chocolate was
fine.
Thursday I met my goal weight for November 13th, and it was
the 12th! Haha, I like goals. They're super awesome. We also found some free
chairs on the side of the road, so that was great.
Friday we went to the temple with Lydia! She is so amazing
and I am so glad to be able to be a part of her life. She constantly amazes me
and we have so much fun together!
Saturday we got to be trained by Elder Bradley D. Foster of
the second quorum of the seventy. He is so amazing and we learned SO much about
working with members.
Sunday we went to church, haha, shocker I'm sure. Then we
were able to go to a thing called a New Member Fireside where recent converts
share their testimonies and conversion stories. It was so amazing. I love this
mission.
This morning we went on a hike with Sisters Reed and Ledua.
They're awesome.
Okay, so that was my week. I finally got to a point this
week where I didn't feel like a tourist. I am so comfortable here and I know
that this is where I am supposed to be. I love this gospel and I am so grateful
to be able to be with the people in the Gilbert Mission.
I hope you all have a wonderful week and I love you!
Love Sister Holbrook
On Wednesday we TAUGHT 6 lessons. I am a huge dork.
Awesome week!
Hello everyone! This week was less exciting because I was
sick, but it's still been full of miracles!
I have been on my mission 110 days so far. (We were bored)
How crazy is that?!
On Tuesday night we had an expanded zone conference and it
was so great. That's basically an opportunity for the all the ward members to
come and be taught and to receive training by the mission president. It was
awesome and we had many people from one of our wards there. All in all it was a
sad turnout, but we were gad that people came at all! Sister Caldwell and I got
to get up in front of everyone and role-play inviting your friend to church. It
was pretty cool. I love talking in front of big crowds and it makes Sister
Caldwell suuuper nervous, so it was kind of funny :D
Wednesday morning we did 5 hours of service. We spent 3
hours at Tiffany Howards house. She's getting baptized on November 28th. We
helped her make a ton of freezer meals and it was so cool because I learned a
TON. She's an amazing cook and amazing mother and I am so glad that we get to
spend time with her. Then we went over to Rose's house. She's an older lady
that we do service for every week. She's not interested in learning about the church,
but she is lonely, so we keep going over. Her story is a bit tragic, but she
loves us and loves God, so she pulls through.
Thursday I went on exchange with Sister Hutchinson. She is
super sweet and from Twin Falls Idaho. We had a ton of miracles and were able
to set up a ton of appointments!
Friday we got to go to the temple with Wanda! She is
amazing. We got to do baptisms with her and she was just so happy to be there.
We got to walk around the temple afterward and take photos. She would only let
me take one photo of her :D
Sunday we had a regional broadcast. I've never heard of
these things before and it was kind of weird. It was a live broadcast from Salt
Lake for the southwest region. It was cool, but so weird. We normally go to
church from 9-3 because of the different wards that we cover, but we only went
from 10-noon. SOOO different :D
Oh, and Sister Caldwell and I are designing zone t-shirts.
I'll send a photo as soon as we get them. They're going to be legit.
I hope all is well with you! Have a miraculous week!
Love Sister Holbrook
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
MIRACLES
Let's start with my birthday...
I got 4 packages to open on my birthday! It was so great, you all are so great :D
We went to Chipotle for lunch and Elder Catmull and Sister Catmull, our senior missionary couple paid for the entire zone! I love Chipotle, Chipotle is my liiiife. (look that up, it's a hilarious vine)
We went to a recent convert/less active family for dinner and they love me. Paetyn is the 10 year old daughter and she was my 2nd baptism here. It was her family. They made us steak and potatoes and got me a mini birthday/party hat and flowers and a card that had a pickle on it, haha, and a $15 giftcard to DQ. They are so wonderful and I love them so much!
Then we checked the mail and I had 5 letters from family and friends!
Then, when we were home and settled for the evening, we had a knock at the door. Evan, my cousin Zacs brother in law was standing at our door with brownies and a bag of cuties! They are seriously so sweet, I couldn't even believe what I was seeing. Honestly, it was such a fun surprise!
THEN at 9:30 there was another knock on the door and it was Stacie and Bree from BYU-Idaho! They had Kinsie on the phone and so I got to talk to her for a minute. I keep forgetting that they live in Mesa. So weird, but such a blessing!
I almost forgot! Transfers were last week and I got to see Sister Schmauch the day after my birthday and she gave me a birthday package as well! We also got to see all the missionaries in our mission, so that was amazing. I love this mission so much!
It was all in all the most amazing day and I feel so blessed by everything that happened.
Saturday evening we got to go to the temple and spend the entire evening there! Apparently people dress up like missionaries and do stupid things, so our mission president wanted us all to be in a safe place. What place is more safe than the temple! I love the temple so much. We got to do a TON of family work, so that was beyond awesome.
A TON OF MIRACLES also happened this week! We got a call last Monday about a sister that wanted to get baptized. We met with her and put her on date for November 28th! Then a former investigator ended up at church on Sunday and we met with her this week and she wants to get baptized! So in one week we put 2 people on date to be baptized, both on November 28th, so that's gonna be a crazy day!
Mostly my life is amazing and I am so blessed. I hope you all have a wonderful week and recognize the many miracles that we are all blessed with on a daily basis!
Love, Sister Holbrook
Me with my birthday swag
Sister Caldwell and myself with a cat nose that I got from Kelly
Stacie and Bree and myself feat. Kinsie on the phone :D
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