Satan's pulling out his Bazooka

Wowie Kazowie what a week! This week has been AMAZING!!! So jam packed with miracles and just so much awesomeness it's somewhat overwhelming!

We got to go to the TEMPLE this week! Woot, woot! I just LOVE the temple! Also, we were going to go early to do initiatories but then they didn't have room for us to do it so they let us do sealings (we could only act as a daughter though because we can't act as a wife as missionaries) so that was cool! Then we went and did a session and it was AMAZING as usual! But it went by WAY to fast! 

Also we got to do more service on Saturday again and that was fun! I didn't get any crazy cuts or anything from that excursion so that's good! :)

SUPER-SWEET-AWESOME-COOL-MIRACLE: So Wednesday evening our Branch President was going to come out with us so we wanted to get some set appointments. But then on the way home from the temple EVERYONE cancelled and then even our backup's couldn't!!! So we tried some people who are usually busy or we see a lot and so we finally had a couple of people that we had set appointments with. The first one was James, who we just set a baptism date with and then this other guy. So we are almost to James's house and he calls us (it's like 6:45 at this point) and says, "Sorry I'm running late so I won't be there until like 7:30." Good. Good good. We are in his driveway at this point, our branch president is following in his truck behind us and there is NO ONE nearby to see. So we hurry and pray for a miracle. Then we are like, "Well, Jame's daughter-in-law, Sabrina, is here so we could go talk to her...we've never talked to her about the church before..." So we're just like, "Alright then...." So we go and she lets us in and we just chat with her for a while and then we taught her the Restoration and she seemed genuinely interested and said she would go to church. Then right around that time James came in and we told him how we had just taught her the Restoration and wow you should have seen the look on his face. He just stood there - stunned - for probably a full 30 seconds. Then he sits down and he's like, "This is another answer to my prayers." (quick background: last time when we set the date with him he talked about how he was worried that he wouldn't have any support from his family) and then we read Enos 1 with both of them and talked about how we can receive answers to our prayers and come to know that all of this is true and then we invited Sabrina to be baptized when she came to know it was true and she said yes and then - we set a baptism date with her! And she set it for the same day as James - June 10! And then James was crying and it was just super spiritual and wow...GOD IS SO GOOD!

Friday was another eventful day! Well, sort of. We had District Meeting in Spencer and then on the way home Sister Laws was getting dizzy slash blacking out so she had to pull over and have me drive and then we talked to the mission nurse who had the mission doctor call us and he told her to take some over-the-counter medicine since it wasn't because of lack of food or dehydration and then get some rest so we had to stay in for a while on Friday but it was okay. Then we went and saw Bobbie and Krystal. Okay this is crazy. So they are not married and said they were planning to get married next year in July 16 and talked about how they are not really doing much of a wedding at all because she has been previously married and they just want to tie the knot so we actually convinced them to move their wedding to April 6 of this year!!! Hahahaha that's like 2 weeks away but who cares! Haha it may not be able to happen THAT soon but it's better than July of 2016....haha anyway THEN we re-invited them to be baptized and we set a baptism date with them for May 23! Woot, woot! So many baptisms!!!! :) That makes 6 baptism dates people! 6!

Oh I just totally remembered I haven't said anything about transfers! Haha me and Sister Laws are staying!!! Wahoo!! Also, the Elders in our branch covering Spencer are closing so we will take over their area! Now we will cover White County AND Vanburen County! Crazy!!!!! Vanburen county is tiny though so it shouldn't be THAT bad! :)

I have been bracing myself for it to happen but Satan finally pulled his bazooka on us yesterday. No not bazooka bubblegum...sorry that would be sweet but no.....bazooka as in "let's throw everything I possibly can at these 2 sister missionaries because they are setting too many baptism dates and people are being blessed".....UGH!!! I won't go into detail but let's just say that it was like Murphy's law...or whoever's law that is that anything that can go wrong will go wrong because yesterday....everything that could go wrong did! From people not coming to church, to forgetting nametags, to losing the keys, to investigators having doubts, to people cancelling, and soooo many other things....but we did see some cool miracles yesterday! Bobbie finally came to church (Krystal had to take the boys somewhere) and her cousin Billy that has sat in on lessons came too! Then this less active and her non member husband showed up after we stopped by and just talked to the husband on Tuesday and he said they might come! So that was sweet!

Also I played the organ in sacrament meeting yesterday because the usual organist was gone so that was fun! I also played the piano for the musical number AND I always play the piano in relief society....a lot of music!! Also it was Jaleta's farewell yesterday! Crazy she leaves a week from Wednesday! Also, I got to meet Sister Sumbot's mom and sister! They had come down to visit Sister Sumbot's grandparents for her grandpas birthday and they came to Jaleta's farewell because Sister Sumbot's mom and Jaleta became good friends and so yeah..I got to meet them! That was weird but also sweet! I can see such a family resemblance!

Anywaaaaaay.....this scripture came to my mind yesterday and I just love it! Romans 8:31 "What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?" What shall we say to all these things, all this opposition that is happening? "God is with us so who can prevail (JST) against us!"

Well, y'all have a blessed day!

Love you!

Love,

Sister Myers

 

P.S. Pictures!! (hopefully they are in the right order)

1. Us and Sister Sumbot and Merrell and Jaleta at the temple! :) We had to take a selfie because everyone had left so there was no one to take a picture for us! :)

2. Me and Sister Laws at the Temple!! Don't ask what my left hand is doing....I don't even know why it's like awkwardly out like that haha

3. Our district! :) Top L to R: Sister Laws, Merrell, Sumbot and Me, then Elder Westra, Harrison, and Smith. Bottom L to R: Elder Dalton, Tracy and Catherall

4. Me just drying a puppy after giving it a bath! (We gave Bobby and Krystal's puppy a bath for them haha)

5. Us and Sister Sumbot's fam bam! Top L to R: Jaleta, Sister Sumbot's mom, her sister Emily, me, and then Sister Laws and Sister Matthews (her grandma).