Week 16: its fall y'all : ps NEW ADDRESS

Hi everyone. Im dumb and gave u all the wrong address. Here is the right one, 4812 Apt. B East Schooner Rd. Columbia, MO 65201. If you sent me a letter dont worry i know where the house is of the address i gave so i can just go knock on their door and ask for it. Its not like ive never done that before.......................#mishlife. ZONE CONF !!! We had zone conference and it was the flippin awesome !!. Saw 2 of my high school homiez it was like weber high was just out here chillin in MO. But the most exciting news is that Elder Neil L. Anderson is coming to OUR MISSION AND WE GET TO MEET HIM. He is coming in like 3 weeks and i am SO excited. Here is my take away from zone conf: •through everything, good and bad, the Lord expects us to endure to the end. But he doesnt expect us to do it alone which is so comforting!! Our faith is never underappreciated. •we can access the saviors healing power through prayer. The expectations our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ have for us are high, but so is the love. FUNNY STORY: we were trying a referral we had and she was like 90 yrs old and not all the way there in the head. But we tried teaching her something anyways. In the middle of sis beal testifying about the BOM, she interupts and says "can i ask you a question?" And then she looks at her and says "are you pregnant?" And sis beal goes "no do look like i am?" And then the lady goes "yeah". #sistermissionaryprobs. Disclaimer: sister beal doesnt look pregnant. THE MIZZOU GAME: The "LDS people" were assigned to the front gate and we got to collect donations for the food bank. Basically said "would you like to donate to the foodbank today?" For 3 hours straight. Probably harder than street contacting if im being honest. ;)) my favorite part is when people would try to pretend to ignore me even tho i yelled it in their ears #goodmems didnt actually get to watch first quarter tho.. we worked until first quarter was over 👍👍👍. it was a SO fun to be in the stadium and just see all the ppl and they even had fireworks so that was a plus !!! Met a lot of interesting ppl but raised a lot of money !! On guy thought my name was Jesus Christ. And i said um no srry just a representative. Painted face lady canceled on us so no luck there. Yesterday we had 15 spare minutes so we went to the park and decided we were going to pick up someone new to teach. We talked to 3 ppl but quickly got #denied. But then we walk into this guy named edward. We asked him 3 questions. 1. Do you believe that after Jesus Christ died and was resurrected that he would go and visit his other sheep? 2. Do you believe people would keep record of this? 3. We believe the Book of Mormon is this record.. would you be interested in learning more? And he answered yes to all of those !!! It was a super cool miracle that we were able to see in just under 3 minutes. He seems super legit so ill keep yall posted. CoMo updates: •im not dying of heat anymore bc fall is here!!! But apparently its supposed to get real cold, real quick #yay #idontevenhaveacoatyet.  •we invited mike to be baptized (he said he'll pray about it so basically a yes). Anywhoooo i love you all lots. Thx for all the love n support <3 Peace n blessings.... sis folk :))
here r some pics from the game and zone conf./ high school reunion

Week 15: back on that COLLEGE GRIND

hi yall as you can see im back on that college grind in COMO (columbia, MO) my new companion is sister beal and ive almost peed my pants 34 times being with her and we pushed our beds together to make #pangea so its gunna be a good transfer. My new apartment is pretty much a mansion compared to my old one........other than its infested with brown recluse spiders and its 1 million degrees at all times but hey what can you do!!! #missourilivin its honestly huge compare to my last apt. Missouri university campus is in our area so that makes me WeAk iN tHe KnEeS !!!! I love being in a college town again!!!!!We get to volunteer at the Mizzou vs Georgia football game this saturday and then we get to watch 1st quarter so u could say im a HAPPY CAMPER (like honestly it feels like im camping when i wake up. U know when u sleep in a tent and you wake up and the sun is beating down on you and your sticky and sweaty... me every morning.) Yesterday we were eating lunch outside the institute building and this lady comes and talks to us and tells us she is waiting for a climate change protest march?? But sadly the march never came by. We got to talking with her and she was an interesting lady. Sis Beal was killin it talking bout the restoration but i was strugglin stayin focused cuz this lady had paint all her face and i was like "um u have paint on your face" (just jokin ofc guyz i only thought that) but i mean we set up a return appointment so ill keep yall posted. A couple COMO updates: •my sugar intake has gone down #blessed •the mosquitos love me. 12 bites n countin. I have been studying a lot about faith and agency the past couple of days and i wanted to share a couple of thoughts
》our faith is either increasing or decreasing it is never constant.. we have to always be working and wanting to increase our faith!
》going along with that, faith is a choice. We wont see miracles happen and our testimony will not be strengthened unless we are anxiously engaged in a good cause !!!
》our faith cannot grow without agency. They are connected and they are both a gift from God. Our choices either grow or shrink our faith. Well fans im peacin out thx for all the loves !!!! ATTN: all pen-pals 4812 Meadow Lark Ln Apt. B Columbia, MO 65201 Xoxo <3 sis folk :))

Week 14: SHOOK to my CORE

HI EVERYONE!!!! I HOPE YOU HAVE HAD A GOOD DAY. :)) Ok so lets start with a lil story: When my sister left for her mission i told my mom "i dont think i could ever go on a mission because i get attached to people and i HATE saying goodbye" HAH joke is one me. so this last sunday night we were just enjoying a ride home when we get a call from the assistants and they just ya know casually say "hi sisters we just wanted to let you know that you will both be leaving warrenton, is that okay?" Tears started to flow friends. I was def not okay. I could not leave warrenton. But then we get home and after sitting crying for a minute we went and got ready for bed. I prayed and asked Heavenly Father if this is what he really wanted for me. And in the days since i have gotten so many different confirmations and answers that this is what needs to happen. Prayer is so powerful!!! Heavenly Father is so aware of us and our needs. He knows that i need a fresh start of things. And i am still so sad to go but i am also so excited to see where the Lord needs me next!!! I love that our hearts can just keep loving more and more people!!! I never knew how many people i could love so much. (Wow i am so sorry i used an excessive amount of exclamation marks, but then again im not sorry bc it shows i am not a robot) So um ya it has been quite the turn of events. We started writing whitewash notes for the new sisters and making our rounds to all the people we are working with. I only cried 7 times so im #impressedwithmyself. we did service this week called operation backpack!! a member and her friend from another church do it for kids who dont have meals over the weekends (kind of like weekend warrior im pretty sure from weber high.) but anyways it is so cool! i am sad i only got to do it once but i loved being able to go into all the schools and see all the kids and just deliver the bags!! it is such a cool thing that they do and it made me so so happy to serve!! this was the first week of the school year and we packed 95 bags for 4 different schools!! its pretty amazing! here are some things i wont miss about Warrenton tho: our apartment that smells like baked potatoes 24/7 bc our neighbors are prolly from idaho and do not know how to cook anything else. thats all. i love warrenton. Church this week was amazing !!!! We finally got a new bishop!!! It was so cool to be apart of that. I knew exactly when their names were called that they were called of God. It was such a peaceful feeling in the chapel. And faith came to church!!! Im so sad to leave her and not be able to help her progress towards her baptism date but im excited to keep in touch with her!!! Also i am flipping so sad to leave kristen. But ill be back for a visit in a quick couple years. Our apartment has also been infested with lil flies and we dont know how they have been multiplying bc we dont even have that much fruit (sorry mom). But we found a bag of potatoes (those dang idahoans im convinced) rotting in the corner of our kitchen. Like have yall ever seen potatoes drip brown liquids?? Cuz i have. Anyways pointless story but now our apt doesn't have flies so i thought it'd be some good news for ur tuesday. But idk it was a pretty chill week. I played in corn today. Ill attach pics. Attention to all my pen pals: hold off on the letters, ill get you my new address next week ;-) I love you all!!!!! <3 -sis folk :))

Pics!!! 1. Me n sis lowery -a v crazy v fun alabamian (is that a thing?) 2. Me kristen n faith :))))))):(((( 3. Me n corn 4. Our last district meeting 5. FB post from Kristen 6. saying good-bye 7. eating Alexa's favorite Japanese dish

Week 13: labor FREE day

happy monday!!!!! this week has flown by faster than i could imagine!!! But it was amazing!!! I dont have much time to write today cuz i got plans (ya im popular in missouri too no big deal) ha just joshin folks! But we are going to a ward labor day picnic and then shopping for sisters pday wahoo. Plus i dont wanna type a lot cuz i have to email on my phone and i might get thumb cramps. Which could potentially lead to arthritis and i dont want that. but anyways. . . first things first. KRISTENS BAPTISM. BEST. DAY. EVER. Its really hard to put into words how amazing it was but it was pretty much the bestest thing ever. She was so happy and just glowing, honestly. Its so amazing that just two months ago she was wondering why God was making her go through the trials she is in. she didnt understand that if God loved us, then why does he make us suffer. But now she completely understands and it has a been a huge change i have seen in her. She realizes that trials help us grow and they make us become more than we thought we could ever be when we rely on Christ and His Atonement. Speaking of which- I love Jesus Christ. Anywa,y the baptism and confirmation were amazing and she is officially a member!!! Um some other fun updates: I painted some more and wow im getting good. Turn on some disney MoTob and i can have ur house painted in no time. I fed some cat fish. The church is true. The bom is blue. Missorui is fun cuz im here too! Thats all for this week fans. Stay tuned for next weeks email. <3 sis folk

Pictures: 1-4. Me feeding some big flippin fishies 5. Me and kristen!!!! 6. Me and sister ovitt a cute lady in our ward :)) 7. Me n sister lofgran at the baptism!!!!! 8. Me n sis lofgran ????? I dont have a better explanation so thats lame 9. Pic send to mom from members