My trick got ruined......

 Soooooo I was originally going to start my letter like this: "I'm a wreck. We got transfer calls yesterday. I'm whitewashing and training a new missionary in Dunlap. I sort of knew I was going to get something like this because President clued me in that I was going to get a challenge when we had interviews with him." Then I was going to say "JK!!! That's what my companion is doing!" Yeah Sister Sumbot is leaving me to whitewash and train. Wow!! She is going to do so good! In other news, Sparta B is closing and so now there will be one set of sisters in Sparta! Sister Laws, who is in Sparta B will be my new comp! She was in the MTC with me. And Sister Hess is going to Christiana!!! Ah!!! That's my place!! Anyway so it's going to be weird to just have the 2 of us. I knew they were closing down Sparta B this transfer or next though. They are putting a cap on all the missions in the U.S. to 200 missionaries and opening more missions. So yeah they are closing down some areas. I also thought I was going to have to take over my area and Sparta B...by myself. President made it sound like that in interviews. This is a lot better in many ways. It's going to be difficult to get things all organized and stuff though....haha I'm in for a busy week!!!

Okay sorry TMI...none of you probably care. Haha okay....this week. Hm. It's been a weird week. We met this guy named Bobbie and it was crazy because he was like, "okay I have a question for you....and I've asked so many preachers and they just can't answer it." So we are thinking, "Oh no...what's he going to ask?" but obviously we are like, "Alright we'll see if we can answer it." And then he went on about how when Jesus Christ was on the earth he healed people and the apostles healed people too. Then he asked why no one had that power. And we were just dumbfounded. Wowie. So we taught him the restoration and he was like, "Thank you. That makes so much sense." He said he would come to church but he works. And we actually know his friend and we talked to her yesterday and he said he was studying the church more. Wow. He's awesome.

We got this awesome referral from a member of the branch counsel and we went and knocked and this lady named Diana answered and her daughter in law was there, Kristin. Oh she was so nice. They talked about how they just moved in there and they had come from Spencer (small town right by Sparta where a lot of members live) and they know most of the branch (because pretty much everyone that lives in Spencer are all Grissoms and they are related). Also, she said she is looking for a fresh start. We took Jaleta over there (she is a Grissom) and she knew the daughter in law (Kristin) because they went to school together and Diana's granddaughter went to day care or preschool or something from Jaleta's mom. So many small world moments here. They didn't come to church but they are super open and just so awesome. :)

We've been doing a lot of less active/inactive finding. We did for like 2 hours one day (there is a lot of driving involved) and out of 4 we went to find, only 1 still lived there. The others addresses just like didn't exist....like the house didn't exist. It's so annoying.

So here's a really cool experience we had this week: on Wednesday we planned to go to mutual if Ashlee came and then we planned to go see Megan, a less active - the one who stopped smoking. But then Ashlee couldn't come...then Megan cancelled. And then we tried this other less active but they said not tonight. Then we had NO ONE to see....and 3 hours. So we prayed to know what to do. We knew that Bennie had probably already gone up the mountain to go home so we didn't think he would be available to teach, but we decided to call him anyway, turns out he was at his friend Dixie's house - in town. And she had just gotten out of the hospital and was going through a lot. So we told Bennie to ask her if she wanted to meet with us and she said yes! So Bennie brought her to the church and we taught her about trials and stuff and why we have them. We also taught her a little bit about the Book of Mormon and gave her one to read. Then Bennie, after we gave her the Book of Mormon was like...bearing testimony of it!!! He was like, "I haven't read much of it....but what I have read I know is true." Oh it was so awesome!!!

Also yesterday we were talking about the Church of Jesus Christ today (last week it was the church of Jesus Christ in former times) and Bennie, sometime randomly in the middle of the lesson just leans over and says, "You know, I think this is the true church." WOW!!! He's awesome.

So we've officially become stalkers. But anyone who has been a missionary has so really it's not that weird. Let me explain: remember Kyler? Jaleta's friend? Well he got a job in Sparta at the Huddle House and we were like, "What?!" So this week we keep driving by it to see if he is there and we talk to him and stuff. Oh it's so funny. Then this week wee were going to meet Bennie there but he was late, but it turned out perfect because Kyler came in to work a little early and so we got to talk to the both of them! Woot! Haha but it's just so funny because we look like such stalkers.

Well....that's pretty much it for this week. I'm sending a picture of me and Ashlee and Sister Sumbot and also a picture of Bennie and Kyler at the Huddle House haha.

Sorry this is kind of a lame letter...today is crazy.

Love y'all
Love,
Sister Myers

 

 

The Eternity Week

So this week was SOOO long!!! Wow. It didn't feel that long during it but if I think back to what happened I'm like, "That was THIS week?!! No way!" Yeah it's been a weird week. Last week we taught 42 lessons, total, which is really crazy. Everyone was like, "How?" And we didn't know...and this week taught 17....wow....that's the missionary life though...

Aaaaaanyway.....Bennie is doing pretty good. We are just teaching him everything. We taunt him the Law of Chastity this week. I've never taught the Law of Chastity my whole mission, I've only role played it. So yeah that was just dandy. Oh and you wanna know something crazy?!! So  on Saturday we were going to meet Bennie and so we met him at Hardee's (Carl's Jr. In the south) and when we got there he was reading the Book of Mormon and we were like "Cool what are you reading?" And he was like, "Oh that chapter you assigned me." And we looked and he was reading 3 Nephi 11 and we were like, "What? We didn't assign you to read that..." And he showed us a pass-along card he was using as a book mark and it was not one we gave him. It had this other random number on it and it wasn't one that we knew. So we called it and no one answered. So then we were looking at the Book of Mormon and we thought it looked really old...it couldn't have been that worn if it was the one we gave him. So then we were looking at it and we looked inside and saw it said Elder Stout and Elder Burnham! What? "Bennie! Where did you get this! Not from us!" "Oh uh...I don't know" "Do you remember Elder Stout and Elder Burnham?" He thinks fro a minute. "Uh yeah I remember them. Nice guys. They talked to me quite a bit." What? Are you kidding? Then later the number called back and it was this random guy in Nashville who had had the number for over 4 years...so these 2 Elders were here over 4 years ago. Wow. More to this in a minute.....

Oh so also, Bennie bore his testimony on Sunday. That was...interesting. We were so worried about what he was going to say. We thought he was going to bring up crazy ideas. He talked about relatively normal things and then....oh gosh. He was like, "Last thing let me pray." And then he prayed. Oh it was so awkward. No one knew how to react. Could have been a lot worse though. 

So guess what? We set a baptism date with Ashlee! Wahoo! We talked to her about baptism on Tuesday I think it was...anyway, we asked her about what she thought and stuff and we talked about praying to know if she should be baptized. Then we talked about the Spirit and how it will testify to her about baptism and if it's right. Then we all knelt down and she prayed and asked if she should be baptized. Then we sat there for 1 minute and just paid attention to how we felt. Then we asked Ashlee how she felt and what that meant. She said she felt really good and that that means she should be baptized. So then we had her set a baptism date! March 20!! Woot!!! Unfortunately, we aren't sure if that will happen because she won't come to church because she always goes to her moms on the weekend and her mom hasn't started going to church yet. We shall see. We shall see. 

So we walked in the rain yesterday. The whole time. We were soaked all the way through. It was crazy. Then it snowed this morning. What? it was like 50 yesterday and its like 25 today.....oh Tennessee. 

We had like no food on Saturday..like we ran out and we were like, "Oh man. It's fast Sunday tomorrow and we have nothing." So we were like, "Well we'll just pray that someone brings us food tomorrow." We get to church and guess what? Someone had brought us meatball stew (wow that was sooooo good), homemade bread (PS the best bread ever) and coconut cake (wow...good thing it's February). Wow it was so good.

We had interviews on Friday!!! I just love interviews with the mission president! They are just so enlightening! So he was talking to me about how no effort is wasted and he was told a story about the previous stake president and how he had first met the missionaries when he was 8 and his grandma and parents weren't interested and he didn't care. Then in like...the 60's or something he had gotten married and he was actually a hippie...like full on and he saw 2 Elders walking down the street and so he gave them a ride and they accepted and he remembered how he felt when the 2 Elders talked to him when he was 8 and he accepted the message and they were both baptized! Then later, he was a stake president! And to this day he doesn't remember a thing about those 2 missionaries! And so really, no effort is wasted. So the thing that's funny about this is that then the next day the thing with Bennie and the Book of Mormon  happened and so it was just cool because it was like a "No effort is wasted" moment that happened to me personally! We are going to talk to the mission president and see if we can get some information on those 2 Elders so that we can tell them!

Today we are at Jaleta's house and she showed us how to shoe a horse! I even got to pull out some of the nails! It was sweet! Too bad we couldn't ride her. It's freezing anyway so it didn't matter. it wouldn't have been that fun anyway! But I'm attaching some pictures from the experience! :) Well, just me and Sister Sumbot and the horse and stuff. Also guess what? Jaleta is going on a mission!! WOW!!! I'm just so excited for her! 

Well, I don't really have anything more to say for this week! :) Hope all is well wherever y'all are!

Love y'all!

Love,

Sister Myers

Here are the pictures: 

1. The district! From left to right top: President Anderson, Elder Tracy, Elder Fenwick, Elder Smith, Elder Westra, Elder Smith, Elder Harrison, Elder Lim. Bottom left to right: Sister Anderson, Sister Laws, Sister Hess, me, Sister Sumbot, Sister Lim

2. Me, Sister Sumbot, J and the Sweet Pea! :)

3. Me and Sweet Pea ...oh and Molly :)

That awkward moment when I have 0 creative titles.

This was like...the longest week of my entire life. But really though. It was so good but so long. Probably just because it was such a different week. P-day was on Tuesday and that kept throwing everything off. We kept thinking it was a different day then it actually was. Friday we thought it was Saturday. On Thursday we thought it was Friday and it was just odd. I would have thought it would have seemed faster because usually the start of our week is P-day. Anyway.....

So on Tuesday we went to Cookeville with Jaleta and her friend Kyler. Wow he is awesome! He is totally going to get baptized! Sometime....haha he seriously already seems like he is Mormon because he's just so nice and genuine. You would have never thought. But yeah he's not really super interested right now but Jaleta gave him a Book of Mormon and he has been reading it! Yesterday we were talking to him on Facebook and I had gotten mad at him because he missed my talk in church (yeah I spoke in church yesterday but I'll tell you more about that in a bit) and I told him that he could make it up to us by reading the entire Book of Mormon by today (because we might see him today with Jaleta) and he said he would but he wouldn't be able to comprehend it and so he would rather I just gave him something in particular to read. Wow! 

So this week we went up to Bon Air and it was kind of foggy as we were going up the mountain and we were like, "Oh great it's going to be foggy all day." But then it was clear!! (sorry more to this story in a second). So when we got up there we went to go visit Dorothy. We didn't have time to teach the Restoration last week and so she said to come back and we set a return appointment. So we got to her house and we saw a note on the door and Sister Sumbot was like, "Hopefully that's not a note to us of her dropping us." And I just laughed. Yep. It was. "To the ladies of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints. I do not wish to study with you. Do not come back. Thanks." Okay now the wacko thing about this was that it was signed from someone named Dean. We think it must be her son but we were like, "Why would he be telling us this?" We still just left anyway but it was just odd....And then I was joking to Sister Sumbot that she jinxed it that she dropped us because she said it was a note about her dropping us. Then that night we were coming down the mountain and I realized that we hadn't hit any fog all day and I was like, "Wow! It wasn't even foggy today!" Yeah I had no wood to knock on and so all of the sudden we hit this really really thick fog that made it so you could really only see the reflectors on the road! Oh it was so cool!!! It reminded me of Bednar's thing about revelation or whatever and we really wanted to take a picture but it was dark so you really couldn't tell. But wow I just love fog. It's so cool! Then Sister Sumbot was like, "Oh thanks Sister Myers! You jinxed it!" It was a day of jinxing. 

Sorry if that paragraph made no sense...haha but anyway, another story about Bon Air. So we went up at around 2 on Friday and guess what? NO ONE ANSWERED! Not a soul. We didn't talk anyone for like 2 1/2 hours straight because everyone we tried wasn't home or wouldn't answer. Oh it was just so weird. And then I was like, "Oh I bet this is just God humbling us because we have seen so many cool miracles!" Sister Sumbot agreed. So then, since we hadn't taken our lunch break we decided to just sit and take a nap for a bit. Okay so at this point it's about 4:00 and we had dinner at 6...on Bon Air so we basically had to stay up there. So we had this dilemma because there was this less active that we planned to see who lived right by our dinner (dinner was with the Lewis family - the ones we heart attacked) but if they weren't home then we would be a big pickle. So we are just kind of sitting there and I kept getting this prompting that we should go tracting. So I told Sister Sumbot that we should go tracting for a bit and then take our lunch break (we were fasting so we weren't going to eat lunch) because it was light at the time and so it was the best time to tract. We don't tract after dark usually. People don't like it. So anyway she said okay and we went to a random street nearby. Finally someone answered! She wasn't interested. Lame. We keep knocking and this lady named Nellie answered and she was super closed off. So we started talking to her and about our message and we also offered to do service for her and stuff. Then we asked her if we could come back and talk to her and she just kind of like, "Well I'm really busy...."Okay the Spirit is so awesome. Suddenly she just starting opening up a ton and was suddenly asking us questions about us as missionaries and what we do and stuff and wow. It was just so crazy! By the end she had told us all the days she works and when she is free and given us her number. Um...WOW!!

The thing is we would not have talked to her if we had seen any of those people we tried before.. Because we wouldn't have gone tracting! We definitely were meant to find Nellie! 

This week we were teaching Bennie and we read Alma 32 about people who seek signs. Bennie is looking for a 'sign'. :/ haha so then as a joke, since we were teaching him at the church Sister Sumbot and Jaleta distracted him and I went to the chalk board and drew something. Picture is attached. Oh it was just sooo funny. 

Yesterday we had 3 investigators at church! Woot! Marie came, not sure if I told you about her, and so did a librarian we have come to know by going to the library every day and also Bennie! Probably because I was speaking in church! Yeah I spoke about why baptism is essential. So funny story. When I first was given the assignment to speak the sisters kept saying that I should write a poem for my talk and I was like, "No way!" And then all the way leading up to my talk Sister Sumbot was telling everyone, "Maybe she'll write a poem for you that she will say!" And I would totally go along with it. So then on Saturday I was like, "I really should write a poem!" But I didn't tell Sister Sumbot or anyone and so I on Sunday right before church started Sister Sumbot was jokingly like, "Sister Myers...you didn't write the poem!" And I just shrugged. Haha she was so surprised when I read the poem I wrote! Anyway so that was funny.

Yeah I know y'all want to read it. Too bad.

I'm just kidding! So a little background: I was talking about the peace that we get that comes with baptism and so I wrote about my experience with that peace and how I know where it comes from. Yeah I wrote in like...well late at night so no judgin'. 

That day came on bright clear day,

Birds were chirping, typical, on the 31st of May.

Some people had their daily things to do,

Watering flowers, cleaning cars and making their place look like new.

I however wasn't mopping, dusting or cleaning,

I was on my way to church: where my life would get a whole new meaning.

"Baptism is important" I thought with my 8 year old mind

"It means I'll always strive to be loving, caring and kind."

These thoughts kept my mind busy as I sat waiting for my turn,

I began to get nervous and my insides started to churn.

Suddenly, I heard my name: and to the font, I walked.

There was a special reverence, and no one wanted to talk.

Taking careful steps till the water was past my waist

I grabbed my dad's hand as my heart began to race.

Positioned and ready, I closed my eyes and bowed my head.

I heard familiar words as the baptism prayer was said.

Lowered in then brought back out, I suddenly felt peace,

I was very calm and warm, my nervousness has ceased.

I was thoughtful as I changed from my clothes, dripping wet,

I felt so clean, happy and bright - something hard to get.   

"Why do I feel this?" I wondered, but just didn't know,

But I never wanted it to end, never wanted it to go. 

Now standing here I don't remember a lot of that day,

But I remember the feeling, it will never go away.

12 years hasn't dulled that powerful and gentle peace,

That words really can't describe, I can only express a piece. 

But this I do know, that those 12 years have taught, 

I know so much more about that peace that at that time I did not.

That peace comes with baptism because I am freed,

Freed from guilt and sin, and every wrong deed.

It's because I am forgiven by my Savior and Lord,

Who suffered for all, he bled from every pore.

He suffered for you: Your grief, pain, and agony.

Because He loves you so perfect and unconditionally.

Then He willing died on the cross for you,

And He rose the 3rd day: so perfect and new. 

That peace from my baptism that I remember so clear,

Comes from my Savior and Redeemer who loves me so dear.

Because of it I know that one day I will be with my father above, 

Because of my Savior's sacrifice to show me His love. 

Although I could never really express this peace that I feel,

I can tell you this: it's more than you could imagine and I can testify that it's real.

There's my testimony of the peace that comes from baptism!! Y'all are amazing and in my prayers! Sure do love all y'all!!

Love,

Sista M

(That's what Siri calls me) :)

Pics:

1. My drawing for Bennie...oh I didn't draw the weird circle thing at the top...that was some crazy thing he was telling us about

2. Brother Tucker had a birthday so we had a birthday party for him :) love them 

3. Me, Sister Sumbot and Jaleta....candid picture haha

The Weird One

Today is just weird. P-day should not be on Tuesday because it just throws everything off. This'll be a weird week.

 

Got some great stories for you this week! Most of them aren't really miracles but they are so entertaining! Haha prepare yourself.

 

Well first of all Bennie is doing great :) We pushed his baptism date back because we just know he isn't ready yet but that's fine! Don't want to rush salvation! This week when we were talking to him we asked him if he believed that this was the true church and whatnot and he was like, "Well I can't answer yes or no." And we asked why and he was like saying stuff about how he's just not ready to give the answer...but he knows the answer. And soon everyone is going to know his answer when he announces it. I don't even know...he is just one odd duck.

 

So one of the families in our branch: he used to less active and she just recently got baptized and his brother died this week. We went to the memorial service. Then afterwards we decided that we were going to go "heart attack" them. So we go to their house and we drive by their neighbors who we know that are less active and she is His aunt and so we just thought that they were all still at the funeral home. So we park down the road and start walking towards their house and all of the sudden they come out of the driveway. We are a little bit down the road and so Sister Sumbot being....well Sister Sumbot just turns around....haha like they wouldn't know she was there and she just stands there!!! Haha and then I'm just standing there and oh it was so funny. So they drive by us and they are like, "Hi....what are you doing?" And we are just like, "Oh just walking down the street...." "yeah down the street that pretty much no one lives on but us....okay...are y'all okay?" And we were just like, "yeah! Everything's great! Pretend like you don't see us." And they are like "Okay then we don't see you..." And they drove away. Oh it was just soooo funny. Then the next day at church we were joking about it and they said thanks for the heart attack and they were like, "How on earth did you do that without us seeing?" haha it was just so funny.

 

So we had District meeting in Pikeville on Thursday which is an hour away and we had to drive for an hour with the 4 of us in the back on one car. It was quite uncomfortable haha. But DM was good. Sister Sumbot and I trained together on comp unity and it was so funny because we started by pretending like we were going to train on something else. We were going to not have comp unity and then be like "just kidding!" Haha so we start out but the way it happened was just that it looked like we were just so unprepared. Elder Westra (the DL) after we said JK was just like,  "Wow I was worried because you guys just looked so unprepared and I thought it was going to be so inspired since you changed it." Oh it was so funny. The rest was really good though :)

 

Oh guess what? So there's this less active family that we have been working with....well pretty much just the mom. And we go visit her and stuff and she loves to talk to us but she just won't come to church!! So anyway, on Sunday we are sitting there in sacrament and guess who walks in and sits in the back? The 14 year old daughter!!!!! We like...never talk to her and she just showed up. Her family dropped her off but didn't come in. After we sang (all the missionaries sang in sacrament) we went and sat by her. Then we were talking to her on Facebook and she was saying how she hopes her family will come with her next week!! But the thing that is so awesome about it is that literally...just that Friday we had added that family to our prayer list and BAM!!! Wow. Prayer is real. That was just awesome.

 

So here's the crazy story for you. Haha so on Thursday we were at a relief society activity and after it was over we were going to go out with Sister Tucker to see Clem and Ashlee but they cancelled and so we just asked Sister Tucker to take us to Walmart. But our phone was dead so we before we went we called the other sisters from the church phone and told them where we would be (we left them a message). So she drops us off at Walmart and we went and talked to people and then at 9 we went and waited for the other sisters. So then it's like 9:05 and we are like, "Where are they?" So we put the battery back in our phone and just prayed it would work. Miraculously, it does and so we are able to call them. However, THEY DIDN'T ANSWER. They never check their phone...like ever. So we texted them too because they are pretty good at that and we got nothing. So then we were trying to think of someone else who could take us home and the phone died. Great. Try again...no such luck. Soooooo it's like 9:15 right now and we just...started walking! Home from Walmart! We are crazy!! And, Walmart is on the interstate and so we had to walk along that for a bit and then walk up the on ramp so we could go over the over pass rather than cross the interstate. Crossed the over pass and then walked to rest of the way home. We didn't get home till 10. And when we came home we saw that the sister's lights were all off...they went to bed early. And we go in and no one had called or texted us. So yeah we had to call president and tell him (because you have to when you are late) and he didn't answer but wow it was just crazy. Yeah we did that.

 

Yesterday we went on exchanges and that was fun :) Nothing much to say about that really....Pretty normal day I guess :) except for the fact that it was Monday :)

 

Yesterday and today have been over 60 degrees. No jackets on us today! :)

 

Well, sorry this letter is so bizarre....

 

Hebrews 6:12,15 is a really awesome scripture. That is our transfer theme for our companionship :)

 

Love y'all!!! Talk to you in less than a week ;)

Love,

Sister Myers

Obedience Brings MIRACLES!!!!

If you read anything in this letter read the second paragraph and miracle number 3 (and the paragraph after) Wow I'm still dying from how crazy that was.

Well, y'all are in for another week jam packed full of miracles!!! And these are like for real miracles not just "We didn't die while watching movies" miracles. Wow. Last night me and Sister Sumbot were just naming off all the miracles that happened this week and wow...it's just been incredible.

Oh first...y'all need some background information because a lot of it revolves around one thing: Our prayer list and fasting. So last transfer me and Sister Sumbot started a prayer list that we wrote on our window with white board markers of specific people we want to pray for a specific thing we need for them - because specific prayers get specific answers. So every night as our last prayer together we pray for all those people or things. Also, this transfer, we have been fasting once a week and we decide on 3 specific things or people we want to fast for that day....oh yeah and we do it on Thursdays. Except when we had fast Sunday then we just did it then.

Okay so now to the miracles:

Miracle #1: This week we had 2 freezing days. Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday we had the car but Thursday we didn't. All of our members kept telling us the weather and so stay inside because the wind chill was like in the negatives and stuff. But obviously we still have to go out because you know...obedience. So on Wednesday we were talking about Thursday and about how cold it was going to be and we were like, "Okay so it's going to be so cold but we will not go sit at a members house or anything like that! We will walk around as much as needed and we will be obedient! Obedience over death!!!" That was our theme for Thursday. Don't worry...it wasn't THAT bad so we wouldn't die but it was really cold. So then we were like, "Well if you are prepared you shall not fear!" So on Thursday

we put on about 12 layers. I had 2 long sleeve shirts on, 2 jackets and my coat. And on the bottom I had leggings, fleece lined tights, wool socks, then fuzzy socks, then boots and my warmest skirt. I actually don't know what skirt is warmest but it really doesn't matter. Then we got hats, gloves, and I was wearing 3 scarves. Yes, 3 and we had little handwarmers. Haha it was so funny because we couldn't even hardly lift our arms!! I had to put Sister Sumbot's hood up for her because she couldn't reach up there!!! And then, that was on Thursday and so we were fasting and we actually fasted that we wouldn't freeze. So Thursday afternoon the other sisters had someone go out with them and so we actually had the car for the afternoon so that was good. But then in the evening they took it back and so we just had to walk. We were at the Tuckers for dinner and then we were out. In the freezing cold. In our 5000 layers. And guess what? At one point we were both HOT!!! It's like a wind chill of 0 and we were hot!!! And we stayed out the whole evening without a hitch! No crazy miracles happened that night but oh just you wait.........

Miracle #2: One of our less active recent converts is completely smoke free as of a week ago yesterday! She just quit cold turkey and hasn't even had the desire to smoke!! We were over there Thursday night and she was like, "Hey will you guys get rid of my last 4 cigarettes that are in my robe pocket over there?" So we got them and took them outside and stomped them and cheered and it was way more fun than it probably should have been but yeah she is doing sooo awesome. And she's really getting back into church and she is studying the scriptures so much! It's awesome!! Tonight we are celebrating with her!! :)

Miracle #3: This is THE BIG ONE!!!  ("Extremely dangerous. Keep out of reach of Children"..."COOL!" (name that movie!!!)") Sooooooo remember Keesha?!! She is the lady that we met at Walmart with the really hyper child that was really interested in learning more and we went to her house and the address didn't exist and we couldn't find her! So we put her on our prayer list and we have just been praying that we would find her. Well, here's some more background: so like a week after we couldn't find her we were looking for a less active and we were driving down the street and this truck passes us and we looked at the driver and it was Keesha!!!! So we tried to turn around but we couldn't fast enough so we lost her. Then later that day we saw the truck again!! (it has this really unique sticker thing on it so that's how we identified it). Again we couldn't follow it and then like 2 weeks later in the middle of December we saw her driving again!! Again we tried to follow but still no success. Probably would have been way to creepy anyway. So anyway, we would look for that truck whenever we were up there or at Walmart and stuff trying to find her. Then we added her to our prayer list when we started it and have been praying to find her! So then on Saturday, during companionship study we were deciding on what we were going to fast for on Thursday (we were going to just pray extra hard for that leading up the fast or whatever) and we decided to fast to find Keesha as one of the 3 things. So then at lunch, we actually got out late (yeah we weren't obedient) but it's actually because we were making a sign thing for someone and we really felt like we needed to do it for them and so we did and we got out like 3 minutes late or something. So we were walking to town and all of the sudden Sister Sumbot pretty much yells at me, "Look!!!! It's THE truck!!!!" Pulling into the gas station like 100 yards down is what looks like Keesha's truck!!!!!!! So we hurry really fast IT WAS HER!!!!!!!! So we talked to her and it turns out that they had just moved and so that's why we couldn't find her and so she gave us her new address AND her phoen number and she said we could come by any time!!!! WOW!! After a month and half of praying and searching we finally found her!! Wow!!! Wow. Wow!! WOW!!!!!

I just think it's so crazy about how everything worked out. Yes we were late but we really felt like we needed to do this service for someone and had we been on time then we would have been past the gas station when she drove in and we would have missed her!! Also, it's not normal for us to walk all the way into town because usually the sisters drive us but they were doing something else...I don't remember what and so they couldn't drive us in and had they driven us we would have missed her!!! (And it's funny because they drove past us like right after it happened and picked us up and drove us to our next appointment). Also if we hadn't seen her truck so many times then we would not have known that it was her!!!! And also, I don't think that it's a coincidence that we had just decided this morning that we were going too fast for her. Dad, it reminds me of that one time when were on Trax and we only had time to get 1 ticket (because the originals had expired) but we got on anyway and you were like, "We will just buy one when we got to the end) and I was freaking out because I thought we were going to get kicked off. And then the police people or whatever came on and checked everyone's tickets and when they checked yours they didn't even notice and we didn't get kicked off! And then when we got to the end of the line you still just paid for the ticket even though you didn't have to and you were like, "God must have blessed us because he knew I was going to buy the ticket." And that's just like this! He knew we would fast for it and so he blessed us!!! We are going to do a fast of gratitude that we found her now!!!

Miracle #4: So there this lady named Brandi we just started kind of teaching and we have been having a lot of contact with her daughter, Jasmine. And she just loves us and she came to mutual once and this week she wanted to come again. Unfortunately they cancelled mutual because of the cold (and they cancelled school....#thisistennessee) but we told her to come to the church anyway and SHE DID and we taught her the restoration and gave her a BOM and she read the introduction (as of yesterday) and she's just awesome!!!!!!!! She is just so open to us!!!

Miracle #5: So Saturday we were texting Jasmine and we were telling her how we were walking or something and she calls us up and asks if we want to go to Walmart with her and her mom and so we do and we walk in Jasmine points at this lady and is like, "Oh look there's my aunt Tasha!" Okay, background: Brandi's sister is Tasha and she is not a member but is married to a less active and we have been trying to get in contact with them for forever!!! We had them on our prayer list that we would just be able to get in contact with them and guess what? WE MADE CONTACT!!! At Walmart!! All we really did was introduce but hey, we asked to get in contact and we did! I guess we need to be more specific!!!!!!! But anyway that was so crazy!!!

Here are other miracles (don't need as much explanation):

Miracle #6: A less active in my last area went to church!!!!

Miracle #7: We had 2 investigators at church yesterday

Miracle #8: We got 3 referrals from 1 member!

Miracle #9: We almost accomplished every one of our goals this week or got beyond it

Miracle #10: This has a really long story behind it but I'll shorten it: Ashlee's mom lives in Crossville and Sister Sumbot asked her if she wanted to learn from the missionaries and she said yes so we sent the Elders over there to meet with her but every time she sets up an appointment it falls through. We really wanted her to learn so that she would go to church so that Ashlee could go to church with her while she was there. So then last Monday they had an appointment set up and they actually got into to see her!!!! She has been reading Ashlee's copy of the Book of Mormon (and so has her boyfriend) and they were so excited to get their own!!! They both have been reading it every day since last Monday!! On Thursday they were going to take a church tour and forgot but they called up the Elders and later that evening at like 8:30 and asked if they could still do it and so they did and they were super excited to come to church!! They were but then they both got really sick so that didn't happen but it's been a crazy miracle with that this week!!! We have been a big part of it because we have been kind of their communication with Ashlee's mom, Tyra because they don't have cell phones or something like that and so we have been setting up all appointments and stuff. Oh it's just so crazy.

There have been so many others but I just don't have time to name them all and there have been so many I just can't even really remember them all!!!! Wow. Obedience really just does bring miracles!! Exact obedience!!!! Well, I'm out of time so I gotta go!!!! Love y'all tons!!! I was going to give y'all a spiritual thought because I hadn't in a while but I will next week - plus I think this was spiritual enough!!!! :)

Love you!!!

Love,

Sister Myers