A Week Full of Surprises

What's up!?

Soooooo...this email will probably be short because it's a tad difficult to type. I fractured my finger in two places on Wednesday. We went to the doctor on Saturday to have it x-rayed because it still looked like a zombie finger. I will be going to a hand specialist soon to have it looked at just because it is my dominant hand. It's great though! The work goes on. And the ward has been awesome. I even had a ward member volunteer to write all my emails today. :D

Surprise 2: We went on exchanges this past week and I was able to go with Sister R**!! It was so fun to be her companion again for a day. We talked about each other's missions the whole day and the experiences we've had since the MTC. We honestly had so much fun teaching together again. 

Thanksgiving was fun! The G**s had us over for breakfast and then the G**s had us for dinner. It was way fun. And from the picture that I heard you saw, you could tell that we had an awesome comp study that day;). Ya it was 87 degrees! Definitely not Utah weather. Today it actually looked a little bit like fall finally. 

We had the chance to be able to go read to N**. I never thought I would be able to see what it is like to teach someone who is so close to going back home. She looks worse every time we see her, but she still understands and responds to us. It's hard for her to talk. She will make noises and you can tell that she is trying to say something but no words are coming out. When we would ask if she would like us to read more, though, she would nod her head yes. N** did start talking as we left, though. She told us she loved us. It's so sad to see her body shutting down, but I am so excited for her. Soon she will be back home and now she will have more of an understanding of the gospel:)

Yesterday we were able to help with Sharing Time in Primary. It was so cute! I didn't realize how many of them I knew until we went in and sat down and a lot of them turned and waved! The Sharing Time was about developing and sharing your testimony to prepare to serve a mission. At the end they sang "I hope They Call Me on a Mission" to us. We were first with Junior Primary and when they started singing I couldn't keep my tears in! (I'm a softie I know!). They were so full of the Spirit. I realized also that it was the first time I had heard that song since I've been out.

I hope you all have a great week. I thought about writing more but it's taken me about 20 minutes to write this, so I'll just say thank you for everything and remind you that The Lord loves you all!!

xoxo, Sister G

 

Exchanges with Sister R**

"Diligent Sisters getting in their mandatory companion study time on this warm Thanksgiving day before contacting and blessing families with their glowing spirits."