Tornadoes for Christmas!!

Okay can I just say that this week was fabulous! It was just such a great week! We didn't teach very many lessons and all our investigators are gone but hey it was still great!

Well first, y'all are probably wondering about the title of this email. We didn't actually see a tornado and it wasn't on Christmas but...on Wednesday we all had to go inside because there were tornado warnings they were upon us!! The whole mission ended up inside that evening (after around 7). The tornado sirens were going off till about 9 but we never saw a tornado or anything (not gonna lie I'm slightly sad about that....haha). Sister Dillon is from Iowa and she's seen a tornado or 2 (several actually) so she knew what to look for and stuff. We weren't worried about it even though sirens were going off because it wasn't raining hardly and there was barely a breeze. Haha but the other Sisters called us and they were asking us all these questions about tornados and we were like, "Sisters are you nervous right now?" And they were like, "Hold on, let me just tell you where we are right now and you can decide. We are currently sitting in our bathroom in the bathtub with blankets over our heads." We laughed and we were just like, "Hey it's fine. You can get out of your bathtub. We will let you know if we think it gets bad!" So funny!

We made lots of dramatic videos during the tornados....haha I guess that's just what you do when you are stuck inside!

Christmas eve was pretty fun! We really didn't do that much though because #noYSAaround. We tracted for dayz slash tried all our potentials...well a few of them...and did some LA finding which was actually really good because many of them were home for Christmas and we found out that they actually weren't LA, they just had moved away. Haha well alrighty then. But for Christmas dinner, one of the members of the branch presidency invited us to his parents (who live right around the corner from them) and all their kids were there and their kid's kids and it was just chaos but SO fun! I miss seeing families and chaotic lives! :) 

Oh and here's a random pretty cool story. So we went and tried this guy we met while trying to find a LA and he seemed interested when we met him but when we tried him on Christmas Eve he had just woken up and so we weren't sure how interested he was or anything and we thought we would probably drop him. Well then later that day the Zone Leaders texted us and called us the next day and told us they met him at the gas station that he works at and they said we shouldn't drop him yet but try him one more time! What are the odds of that?! So I guess we won't drop him yet. Anyway, a random story and probably doesn't mean much to you but we thought that was pretty cool :)

Christmas was AMAZING! We got to sleep in and then Sister Johnson made crepes for breakfast and we had tons of fresh fruit and oh man it was so good!! Then we opened presents! It was fun! Then we got ready and had our studies and then we did weekly planning and then we went to the Andersen's (mission president's house) and had Christmas dinner! The Dunn's and the Montgomery's (the Dunn's are the senior couple in the YSA and the Montgomery's are replacing them) were there and a couple of YSA and investigators! It was a blast! After we ate prime rib, potatoes, asparagus and pie we sang Christmas carols and we shared a Christmas message! I wanted to stay there forever! But leaving meant we got to Skype to the family!!! WAHOO!!! I love my family! :) It was fun to talk and laugh with them and made me pretty trunky while I was talking to them...but I got over that pretty quick after it was over! It was mostly just weird thinking about the fact that I will see them so soon....weird

In other news we are in sugar coma's over here.

Also we had a couple of lessons with Baylee this week! She's pretty cool! She's still just working to know that all of this is true and has a few concerns but it's just the beginning! The key is going to be getting her to read the Book of Mormon because as far as we know she hasn't done that yet but she will!!

Also we didn't get a chance to see Kyle because the couple of appointments we had with him he cancelled because he's had a bunch of family issues come up so we are hoping that clears up soon so that we can meet with him.

So there is this part member family from my first area - Jim and Sheila and I got to see them on Saturday! Although not in the best circumstances! Jim had heart surgery on Monday and he was at St. Thomas in Nashville and President said I could go see them so we went and saw them on Saturday! That is probably the last time I will see them until I come back to visit my mission! :( But It was still so fun to visit with them! I love them to death! :)

Yesterday we went to church in the Green Hills family ward and that was just weird all around because 1. It was a family ward meaning the whole sacrament meeting was SO loud! haha and 2. It was at a different time so it just threw us off! and 3. Well I don't have a 3rd point but needless to say it was weird!

I wanted to share a quote we read in the Ensign for December by President Monson: "There is yet time this year to extend the helping hand, the loving heart, and the willing spirit--in other words, to follow the example set by our Savior and to serve as He would have us serve. As we serve Him, we will not forfeit our opportunity, as did the innkeeper of old, to make time for Him in our lives and room for Him in our hearts."

The Christmas season my be over but there is always time to serve others! The spirit Christmas may be over and ending but the spirit of Christ never ends! We always need to be celebrating Christ and His birth because it impacts us every day!

Well I hope y'all had a WONDERFUL Christmas and I hope you have a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! :)

I love y'all lots!

Love,

Sister Myers

 

Here's some pics from the week! :)

1. All the fruit for the crepes! :) YUM!

2. I got Tennessee flags for all of us for Christmas!

3. The family pic! Dad....why were you eating while I was taking this picture! It looks like you are frowning! haha

4. Candid pic of me and Jim! :)

5. Us and sister Andersen! I just LOVE her!

6. Us and Anne Parkes. She leaves for Utah this week and we won't see her so we said bye on Sunday...aw I just LOVE her! :(