I think I may be dreaming about eating turkey in my sleep...we've had so
much if it this past week. Hahaha being a missionary around Thanksgiving (or any
holiday for that matter) is the best. Only because people feel like you need
extra loving cause you're away from family...so EVERYONE wants to feed you!
Least that's how it is for me hahaha. But anyway, I love Jacksonville and I love
the members and I'm just so grateful for being a missionary serving here!
Anywho. My week was good. I don't have A TON to report on because everyone
decided that they didn't want to see us this week (people wanted to spend time
with their families during the holidays? .....weird. Haha) and a lot of people
cancelled on us last minute. So basically this week was full
of..well...turkey...but also a LOT of contacting the unknowns on the roster.
There's a huge push for home and visiting teachers in the ward right now and our
job was to contact all of the people out in the Hubert/Swansboro area and see if
they still live where they say they do and if they want home teachers. So after
putting off for long enough, we decided to finally put on our big girl pants and
go do it. Even though contacting Hubert in the dark is terrifying and super
sketchy. We knew this was what we needed to do and we knew the Lord would bless
us. And He did!! There were so many tender mercies the days we went out
contacting these people :)
A lot of the people said no to home teachers and they're not interested in
coming back...which breaks my heart every time I hear that, just because I know
this gospel will bless their lives. But alas, at least they know we still care
about them and are making an effort to see them. The lost sheep are always in my
prayers and I know that one day, they'll all come back. It'll just take time and
that's alright! We just gotta love all of them. Even the ones that scream in
your face when you knock on their door :)
Thanksgiving was wonderful!!! Man, I thought Thanksgiving was big in
Canada...and then I had Thanksgiving in murica. Wowza....they take it to the
next level hahaha. We, of course, had Thanksgiving dinner with the
Murphy's...they're like the closest thing we have to a family out here :) and I
LOVE IT! I love the Murphy's so much. Anywho, we had a family dinner with them
and we had a blast as per usual. And then the next day we had Thanksgiving at
the Lyman's house (Wesley's family) and that was also delicious. AND! Both times
we got sent home with a TON of leftovers! I'm gonna need to take a solid break
from turkey dinners for a while haha. But all in all, Thanksgiving was great and
I'm so grateful I got to spend this years Thanksgiving as a missionary serving
my Savior, Jesus Christ and I'm also grateful that I got to spend it with the
people that I love so much out here in Jacksonville. The Murphy's take such good
care of us, I am eternally grateful for them.
Our investigators are doing well. We weren't able to see Jessica or
Cassandra or even the 2 new investigators that we found last week (they
cancelled...sad day). But we were able to see Wade! And he's doing great. We
finished the lessons with him last night and he has his interview tonight. Pray
for him! We had to teach everything super fast because of the time crunch we
had...but he's got it. Just pray that he'll remember everything and he'll pass
:) he's getting baptized on December 12th and it's going to be a great day.
Seeing the progress this family has made is so amazing. Definitely the Lord's
work. It's too perfect to be anyone else's. <3
But yeah, that was basically our week! I hope y'all had a wonderful week as
well. I pray for y'all all the time and I think about you all often. Remember
the church is true, God is good, He loves you, and I love you too!
Take care! Be safe, make good choices and always remember to SMILE! Life is
always good :)
MUCH LOVE,
Sister Blumel
xoxoxo <3
PS - We went to the beach as a district last Monday and it was a lot of fun
:)
Oh! Also, my ponderize scripture for the week is Alma 5:49 :) Found
that this morning in my personal studies and I LOVED it! <3
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| We took Family District Pictures with ugly Christmas sweaters on Thanksgiving! It was awesome!! |
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| I love all these elders and sisters :) |
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| Andddd we're so super awkward...and derpy...I love that too hahah. |
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| The moose antlers are because I'm Canadian hahah. Every time we see each other in the hallway or in the parking lot we go MOOSES and throw up some antlers. It's the best haha. |
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