1st off...its official..I am an adult..well
OK..I just feel like saying I am 21 makes me sound so much older it';s
crazy. It is crazy to think that for my whole 20th year I have been on
my mission...None of you have seen me...that's weird. I feel like I have
changed a lot...but at the same time...I am still me...if that makes
sense. Well I will get to my birthday stuff in a minute I first have to
tell you all about my week :)
Ok to start off I will begin with Hong. We taught him Tuesday...well
that was a fail completely...luckily we had 2 members there who saved
it. We taught the restoration and well he was not feeling it at all. We
tried to put him on baptismal date, thinking he was ready..well that was
bad...he kinda freaked out a little. He was super nice about it but
panicked a little..so no date so far, but the members really saved it
for us haha.
Our 4th of July...to be honest kinda sucked. The beginning
was great though. We went to this 4th of July BBQ with the Monad Sisters
and we talked to non members that were by us in line. We got to really
get to know them and after talking in the line the guy that was there
gave us plates..and we realized he has paid for our breakfast! How sweet
was that, he was not even a member but is so nice. The pancake
breakfast was awesome, then we looked at some booths and talked to some
more people. There was this booth with wooden puzzles that this guy
made. We got to talking and found out he used to be a member, but no
longer is. We had a good chat. I ended up buying two of his puzzles
cause I realized I need to start getting some things for home. We
watched the parade..that was the most boring parade ever..there was no
floats ..it was all politics and advertising...Finally after the parade
and talking to some more people it was about 2 pm
and so we headed home. Earlier that morning we got a text from the girl
who said she would have us over for dinner and fire works, she canceled
on us...so we had no idea what to do cause in the YSA ward they all
went home to their families or to Hysham for the ward camp out..but we
could not go cause it was to far away and we obviously could not stay
the night..so we did not know what to do. We ended up going home. The
Monad sisters invited us to a bbq but we ended up going to see Don
(remember Don?) We thought he could use some visitors. IT was a blast
talking to him and hearing about his progress in the gospel. Our visit
took a lot longer than we anticipated so by the time we got out the bbq
was over. So we went home and I had a frozen burrito for dinner...that
was kinda sad haha but oh well. We then went and visited with Chelsea
Mason, a less active. She has made made leaps and bounds lately! We had
this awesome lesson about prayer and how she needs to be doing it. She
mentioned how missionaries always show up and we testified that we know
it is because of Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father, he loves her and
wants her develop a strong relationship with him! It was such a cool
lesson! We were there just chatting till 9pm.
We had permission to stay out till 11 though, and we did not want to go
home early, but we obviously could not proselyte after 9, so we went
back out to laurel and watched fire works on a bus bench for about 10
minutes cause they did not even start to 10:20ish and at 10:30
we had to head home haha...But hey I was able to see some fire works.
They were going off everywhere. It was pretty fun, I was ready for bed
by the end of it though. That was an interesting 4th of July...that is
for sure haha. It is ok though, cause my Birthday totally made up for
it! :)
My Birthday was seriously the best!!!! I loved every second
of it! I woke up and the first thing I did was open my Package. The
little pillow was super adorable :) Then I loved the purple dress and
scarf!!! They were so cute! I loved the jewelry also! Sister De Bry has
the dress in pink so we decided to match that day :) I have to say we
were super cute haha. I went into the bathroom and on the mirror were
sticky notes saying happy birthday and stuff from Sister Debry :) they
were adorable. Then finally after getting ready for the day Dallas
called and asked if we could meet and read the Book of Mormon cause he
is struggling with it! Which I think was a Birthday present from God
cause he knew Dallas was having a hard time but he would not accept help
so it was cool that he accepted help. After Dallas we went to get gas
and as we are getting gas Eliza called us....oh my gosh guess what!!!!
She is engaged to Eric...I have no idea how much I talk about them..but
they are pretty much my favorite and are just awesome!!! I am so happy
for them! She had to called after our little office meeting and after
President told Sister DeBry and I that we are staying for another
transfer (so this will be the longest area I have had so far! Then I got
a message from the ZL'S and STL'S singing happy birthday :) haha that
was adorable. We went to Hu-Hot for lunch, it is a Mongolian grill, it's
pretty decent, I heard they just got one in Salt Lake so that is cool.
We then went and visited with Korrin! I just love her it was so nice to
see her again! It has been a while. Oh ps I have stuff to talk about
with PMG. (Preach My Gospel) ...after talking about my birthday. Anyways
we then went back to the office to get some work done cause we found
out that an apostle is going to be viewing a report that sister Debry
and I put together every week..we have been trying to make it look even
better haha. Then we had dinner with Bishop and Sister Williams :) at
this Italian place! So good. Then we had an interview with the Sister
Training leaders and they gave me a silly gag gift, which was just
random stuff. We took lots of pics because it was Sister Barkdulls
birthday the day before and we had to take pics together :) haha Then we
went to bishops for ice cream cake :) they gave Sister Debry and I each
a scarf so that was fun :) We then had to run over to Brandies at like 9 pm because she had a cousin pass away and needed some support..sadly when we got there we realized she just
wanted
to talk..she did not really need us...but oh well. We finally went home
and went to sleep :)...that was my birthday :) haha IT WAS FABULOUS :) I
loved it!
Ok really quick before I go off on Sunday
I have to mention the PMG stuff. They changed some things in PMG. The
new member lessons are now to be taught by the missionaries with
members. It used to be we would hand them off to the ward and then they
would never get it done, so now the missionaries get to head them up and
are required to teach the Recent convert for 4 months after baptism,
and stay in contact with them for a year! Which is awesome because when
we get transferred we usually lose contact because we don't have
permission to write them...and it is really hard to get...but now it is
required for us to stay in contact with them which means automatic
permission. I wish this happened last year.. cause then maybe Amber
would still be going to church..I have been trying to contact her..and
she won't write me back..that really sucks. I love her so much she is
amazing and I just wish I could help her. I am still gonna try...never
giving up haha.
Now to yesterday Sunday
:) So we get to church and the West Park elders have an investigator at
out meeting! It was not Krista either...it was a different one! I met
her after Sacrament and just stayed with her for the rest of church and
the munch and mingle. Her name is Natasha, she just graduated High
school, and is a sweet heart. She has no religious background, but since
the elders found her she has been going to church and she told me that
the Book of Mormon makes her so happy. She bore her testimony in
Sacrament and was just awesome. She told me she wants to convert to
Mormonism! After Sunday
school she said "I just am being over whelmed with the Holy Ghost, it
feels so good , I just need to pray. " I AM SO SERIOUS! SHE IS THIS
GREAT! I showed her a room she could pray in and let her have a private
prayer, she was in there for 10 minutes! then came out and was just
glowing :) she said " that was a good place to pray :) hahaha she loved
every minute of church and we got an appointment with her and she is
coming back next week! How amazing is that! Chelsea Mason came for all
of church also and to the munch and mingle! Dallas came to church also.
He really did like it, except for in 2 of the testimonies they mentioned
Iraq which caused him to have an episode and he just put his head down
and was so stiff....then he just got up and walked as fast as he could
to get out of the building and then we just let him be...so that he
could work through it, but he came back in :) he also came to the
bishops dessert night last night. That was really good. All of these YSA
activities I thought were not productive, but oh my gosh they are! They
help our investigators so much and they are so easy to bring people to
and to find people! I love serving in this ward..even though holidays
suck in it sometimes hahaha. Yesterday everyone was saying happy
birthday also and it just made me so happy. This week has been pretty
great all and all :) I love all of you and I hope you have a great week.
ps I will send pics :)
pps, Dallas called
and talked to me today and he wants to be baptized. Isn't that so
awesome! that's another tender mercy from Heavenly Father.. I am so
excited
-Sister Draudt ...Andrea....
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