from Sister Hart 9/30/13
oh how you be my homies?! i hope all is well back in the cold state of UTAH! All is freaking HOT here in Florida! FREAKIN... but it keeps coolin off. Not a lot but a little.
So this week was FULL of miracles and youll just have to remember to ask me ALL that happened because i KNOW i wont be able to repllay ALL of it.
So here is the skinney:
ERRYBODY out herrr be calling me skinney cause i aint got no meat on my bones - WHAT- but they dont know the heat i be packin till i bear my testimony like a homez.
okay excuse the rap but i did bear my testimony this week and TOTALLY BUTCHERED it by saying that i love serving in the ST CLOUD WARD! picking favorites much? not at all hahaha! So that was cool.
My polys are a little shaky about where my hart truly is... but they still love me cause i eat like a beast! I pound down rice, chop sui, ribs, turkey, potatoes, salad and cake and ice cream like its my JOB! Don't mess with me. GET TO MY LEVEL SISTERS! Hahaha my comp may or may not have offended our go to poly family - the Vaiaoga's. But they were just kidding! I love them! They are teaching me how to REALLY play my uke and how to dance like im from the islands. RAD!
Okay so this week we did loads of work not a lot of contacting but we had the car this week so i loved being able to chill with my chevy tuned up like a nascar pitstop...I drive a chevy cruze... chill. My comp doesn't have her license so I get to be the driver - whats up. haha! Okay so the work.
WE visited like every LA in the book... well tried but most of them had moved. so we met some members and got to meet with some of our Gators who became progressing which is awesome! Edwin, Jasmine, Celvice, and Kristina! I have high hopes and faith in all of them that they will enter into the waters of baptism! So exciting!
As we visited with loads of LAs we invited them to heritage night which is basically the international night in the ward where everyone represents the country they are from... aka all of the missionaries in HC and Lake Nona had a small DP at the end with spanish and other pop music in the cultural hall! YES! I miss dancing but we have some great songs to jam to so thats always sublime! Also after when we were home I practiced my tahitian dancing...its a work in progress but "let me see that booty wurk" never saw Sista Hart wurk it like a tahitian. haha! #kiddingnotkidding
Also some girl from egypt said it is cool to say Swerve instead of saying back off... mmmmkay. haha!
THEN it was the RS Conference! Uh can anyone say amazing?! That was the best! It made me so happy to finally be able to listen to the prophet and think THAT my fam back home was watching the same thing! YES! We (the missionaries) are all hoping that Sister Berry(presidents wife) lets us go to the temple after that. We shall see.
Then we had special sunday school based on how to answer Qs that will come up because of the BOM musical. It was crazy because Edwin and his wife were there and they were asking ALLL these questions like what is the stance of race in the church and stuff - whoooooooooaaaaahl! crazy. Soo if you have any tips lemme know!
Also we got switched into the HC district because we were for some reason in a different district but now elder Weston is my DL and HE IS THE BEST! hahaha! Its like being with my boys from OHS all over again. SOO prime! Poor sister pierce is a little naive but no worries we are helping her along (nothing bad im a missionary everyone... cmon who do you think i am?) ;)
Heres what he has to say to you:
hey waz good bezz believe this is Shmelder Weston from the west reppin it in the 321...... you done got a wheem daughter doin work over here peace love!!!!!
Wellp. babes. I love you all. I am so excited to hear GC this weekend. It was a year ago that my plans were changed for the better! I would like to share that experience again. Ever since sophomore year seminary with Heaston and White I have always gone into GC with a prayerful question(s) so last year it was only natural for me to do the same. I had been racked with what i should do for the up coming year - what major, what classes, what job, what internships, date boys seriously(never), what should i do? so i asked. a little vague of a Q - usually im a little more specific , because if you are specific the lord is specific - but i still asked. It was racking my mind - i imagine the feeling being similar to that of Joseph Smiths. "My mind was called up to great uneainess but though my feelings were deep and often poignant still i kept myself aloof." JSH 1:8
I asked. and sure enough, as He always does, the lord pulled through with an answer. And look where it brought me. With that i would invite all of you to do the same. go into GC with a prayerfully thought out Q and listen to the impressions of the spirit. I know that you will receive answers-maybe not to the q you thought but answers none the less. He will give you what you need at this time.
I love you always forever. near and far - closer together/(NEVER KNEW WHAT SHE SAYS THERE;))
make GC a PRIORITY!
love sista zoë "white chocolate" hart
Monday, September 30, 2013
Monday, September 23, 2013
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received from Sister Hart on 9/23/2013
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Oh sorry I was speaking sign language..... lo siento porfavor. Yeah so now i know some sign and building up my spanish... and sister carly reid wishes that the emails would be updated. but nbd. So this week was full of adventures! LOTS of LAUGHTER! it was DA best! okay so for starters we had this rad lesson of the restoration with these two gators that we have been trying to meet with. IT was great! we will say what happens with them-we were waay stoked - well i was because I LOVE THE STORY OF THE RESTORATION! CAll me a church history buff but i love it! I wish i knew more.. I wish i could take sister easton-blacks knowledge and download it into my mind...thatd be rad! I love it sooo much! Jose smith por todos los dias(jospeh smith for dayz!) Okay so the adenture time of the week... At the beginning my comp told me that sometimes she clogs the toilet......okay good to know. Well this week i witnessed the clog and she COULDNT unclog it. So we left it and went to teach some peeps. Then! We returned home and i HAD TO GO - like WAY bad, because i drink like 20 bujillion bottles of water a day - so i go into the bathroom and she was like i think it is still clogged because there was no water in the toilet so we flushed and low and behold it almost overflowed...so i was dying laughing and still REARRY had to go so she suggested i go in the tub - DIDNT have to ask me twice. next thing i knew i was cleaning the tub.... yep that just happened.
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we were visiting some Less Actives and it was a FREAKIN hot day-nothing new but it felt 50,000 degrees- so sister pierce was getting a little tired and not so motivated, so i told her that if she kept going we could go to twistee treat (ice cream place thats pretty good on OBT-Orange Blossom Trail-like a mile from my Venue Apartments) She quickly perked up and kicked it into high gear. Like bribing Brucie with chocolate cake. HA! it was hilarious. I loved it. She is SOO funny. We have so much fun! Like it is the best - I gave her fair warning though that I have a very dominant personality so sometimes i just have to take control... sorry not sorry. I am not that bad haha! But she is ultra chill because she is more amiable and expressive -- its the best. THEN! We were on our way to some appointment to get some papers from the elders and i had to go to the bathroom AGAIN! as ussse. IT was like 8:30 and we were by no ones home and the one house we were by sister pierce couldn't remember which one it was sooo we just kept going. I couldn't wait so next thing I saw was a ball field and I YELLED to sister pierce. Then I veered to the left, watching for traffic of course, and I may or may not have "gone" in a random fenceline of the baseball diamond....I really had to go. Lesson learned: I ask to use their bathroom before we leave peoples' homes during bike week.
Now time for some SHOUTOUTS! Joe and SHA! YOU ARE THE BEST! Thanks for the package! The GPS saved our lives! We are now able to find out if some LAs still live in our area or not. And all the notes from the kids! The BEST! Billy bob and Honey! Loved the letters and all! It made my day! I love hearing from you both and hearing your wonderful words of wisdom! GG hart, great email. Sorry I never respond. I like them. Uh everyone else. Wish you'd write me. I know for a fact that a lot of fam are reading this and so consider this a chastisement;) just kidding -- life is going on so i know that its busy. I love you all! Happy birthday to all the cousins and of course Xanxan and Scoops. Hope its da best! LOVE YOU! AND LOVE THE WORK AND THE LORD!!! zoë HART
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Oh sorry I was speaking sign language..... lo siento porfavor. Yeah so now i know some sign and building up my spanish... and sister carly reid wishes that the emails would be updated. but nbd. So this week was full of adventures! LOTS of LAUGHTER! it was DA best! okay so for starters we had this rad lesson of the restoration with these two gators that we have been trying to meet with. IT was great! we will say what happens with them-we were waay stoked - well i was because I LOVE THE STORY OF THE RESTORATION! CAll me a church history buff but i love it! I wish i knew more.. I wish i could take sister easton-blacks knowledge and download it into my mind...thatd be rad! I love it sooo much! Jose smith por todos los dias(jospeh smith for dayz!) Okay so the adenture time of the week... At the beginning my comp told me that sometimes she clogs the toilet......okay good to know. Well this week i witnessed the clog and she COULDNT unclog it. So we left it and went to teach some peeps. Then! We returned home and i HAD TO GO - like WAY bad, because i drink like 20 bujillion bottles of water a day - so i go into the bathroom and she was like i think it is still clogged because there was no water in the toilet so we flushed and low and behold it almost overflowed...so i was dying laughing and still REARRY had to go so she suggested i go in the tub - DIDNT have to ask me twice. next thing i knew i was cleaning the tub.... yep that just happened.
THEN.
we were visiting some Less Actives and it was a FREAKIN hot day-nothing new but it felt 50,000 degrees- so sister pierce was getting a little tired and not so motivated, so i told her that if she kept going we could go to twistee treat (ice cream place thats pretty good on OBT-Orange Blossom Trail-like a mile from my Venue Apartments) She quickly perked up and kicked it into high gear. Like bribing Brucie with chocolate cake. HA! it was hilarious. I loved it. She is SOO funny. We have so much fun! Like it is the best - I gave her fair warning though that I have a very dominant personality so sometimes i just have to take control... sorry not sorry. I am not that bad haha! But she is ultra chill because she is more amiable and expressive -- its the best. THEN! We were on our way to some appointment to get some papers from the elders and i had to go to the bathroom AGAIN! as ussse. IT was like 8:30 and we were by no ones home and the one house we were by sister pierce couldn't remember which one it was sooo we just kept going. I couldn't wait so next thing I saw was a ball field and I YELLED to sister pierce. Then I veered to the left, watching for traffic of course, and I may or may not have "gone" in a random fenceline of the baseball diamond....I really had to go. Lesson learned: I ask to use their bathroom before we leave peoples' homes during bike week.
Now time for some SHOUTOUTS! Joe and SHA! YOU ARE THE BEST! Thanks for the package! The GPS saved our lives! We are now able to find out if some LAs still live in our area or not. And all the notes from the kids! The BEST! Billy bob and Honey! Loved the letters and all! It made my day! I love hearing from you both and hearing your wonderful words of wisdom! GG hart, great email. Sorry I never respond. I like them. Uh everyone else. Wish you'd write me. I know for a fact that a lot of fam are reading this and so consider this a chastisement;) just kidding -- life is going on so i know that its busy. I love you all! Happy birthday to all the cousins and of course Xanxan and Scoops. Hope its da best! LOVE YOU! AND LOVE THE WORK AND THE LORD!!! zoë HART
Monday, September 16, 2013
WHAT?
received from Sister Hart 9/16/2013
Uh so i am now in Hunters Creek in Carly Reid's ward - same stake as St. Cloud- Its great! BUT for the record: My HART will FOREVER be in STC NORTH! Shout Outs to my HOME WARD IN FLORIDA!!!! (I know i shouldnt pick favorites but if you served there you would feel the same-trust me-there is just something about people with no teeth and no clothes that just gets to you;)) HAHAHA! Okay so this week I transferred and arrived in Hunters Creek - my Senior Comp, sister Pierce, who came out with me... Ya know I thought I wasnt as prepared as I could have been after training but MY trainer and I learned and became SOO prepared! I got into the area with a very unorganized area book and NO GPS! AHHH! (i realized how much i enjoy and thrive if i am atleast in an organized chaos!keyword:OrGANIZED) And my comp can't drive so she doesnt know where exactly things are....its always an adventure! Ex: Sister Pierce:'turn right at this street." me: OK turn down street sp: 'oh no no maybe its the next left' Me: OK..... Its SOO FUN! Then first day with her I saw her signing with some other missionaries - then she tells me she is hard of hearing and that i have to learn some sASL.... AH! but cool call me trilingual. She always has to say what because i like to whisper too(hence the subject line) PS i use my spanish like ERRYDAY HERE! My comp makes fun of me because when I speak spanish I use different tones of voices and she laughs because sometimes i sound flirty. Its ridiculous. A little discouraging at times but i told her so now it isnt as bad but comp inventory is always a good time with me;) haha! She is great because she connects VERY well with pre-teens and teenagers. Which is always good. I am trying to think of someone she is like but I cant. so OH WAIT I KNOW! OKay think of the SNL with the kristen wiig character who says "i can grow a beard in 5secs, just kidding just kidding," Thats who she is haha! It is hilarious! But she just loves LOVES LOVES to kid around with literally EVERYONE. WE saw tons of miracles this week and now are in the process of just figuriing out lessons and what not. I love it! And we talk to SOO MANY PEOPLE IN A DAY! and we are REAL close to the mission office to get packages and stuff and now they are saying we can go eat lunch with them - well they told me that but i am not sure- I love it! My members are awesome family! My goto family right now are the Orantes! They are the best! And they are always wanting me to improve my spanish! YES! everyone is either latin, or poly or theres like 2 caucasian families in this ward. Its dah best! Random but some guy I contacted into said he just wanted to be baptized... unfortunately he didnt live in our area so he got referred but still COOL! there is always something wonderful going on! This week I studied in Alma and It is when he is talking about the Lords work - 29:13-15! It is what is going to happen when my mission buddies and i get into heaven and I get to see everyone that they have brought into the fold! HOW GREAT WILL BE MY JOY! but seriously! I have been praying and thinking about all of my friends that are out and being out has really helped me come to the REAL realization that i have been blessed with wonderful friends who are all out serving missions-doing the exact same thing as me - and that i have their influence and support in what i am doing. And throughout my whole life. I am so excited to see what fruits their labors will bring forth! WE are a peculiar people and this work is hastening even more because of it! I am so thankful for the wonderful support that i receive from my family and friends! thanks for everything seriously! I would invite you to begin now to prepare any questions or concerns that you would like answered and resolved for general Conference - Because it is a year ago at this time that I entered GC with a question and I received my answer. Look where it took me. As you prayerfully go into General Conference with those questions/concersn, and an open mind and heart, YOU WILL receive an answer. As a representative of Jesus Christ I promise that to you. Your answer may not come the way you planned or for what you planned but it will come. The Lord loves us and wants to help us. All we must do is turn to him and ASK. I know you can receive the same kind of guidance and comfort I have received here in the FOM. I LOVE YOU ALL! Peace and an abundance of BLESSINGS Sister Hart!
Uh so i am now in Hunters Creek in Carly Reid's ward - same stake as St. Cloud- Its great! BUT for the record: My HART will FOREVER be in STC NORTH! Shout Outs to my HOME WARD IN FLORIDA!!!! (I know i shouldnt pick favorites but if you served there you would feel the same-trust me-there is just something about people with no teeth and no clothes that just gets to you;)) HAHAHA! Okay so this week I transferred and arrived in Hunters Creek - my Senior Comp, sister Pierce, who came out with me... Ya know I thought I wasnt as prepared as I could have been after training but MY trainer and I learned and became SOO prepared! I got into the area with a very unorganized area book and NO GPS! AHHH! (i realized how much i enjoy and thrive if i am atleast in an organized chaos!keyword:OrGANIZED) And my comp can't drive so she doesnt know where exactly things are....its always an adventure! Ex: Sister Pierce:'turn right at this street." me: OK turn down street sp: 'oh no no maybe its the next left' Me: OK..... Its SOO FUN! Then first day with her I saw her signing with some other missionaries - then she tells me she is hard of hearing and that i have to learn some sASL.... AH! but cool call me trilingual. She always has to say what because i like to whisper too(hence the subject line) PS i use my spanish like ERRYDAY HERE! My comp makes fun of me because when I speak spanish I use different tones of voices and she laughs because sometimes i sound flirty. Its ridiculous. A little discouraging at times but i told her so now it isnt as bad but comp inventory is always a good time with me;) haha! She is great because she connects VERY well with pre-teens and teenagers. Which is always good. I am trying to think of someone she is like but I cant. so OH WAIT I KNOW! OKay think of the SNL with the kristen wiig character who says "i can grow a beard in 5secs, just kidding just kidding," Thats who she is haha! It is hilarious! But she just loves LOVES LOVES to kid around with literally EVERYONE. WE saw tons of miracles this week and now are in the process of just figuriing out lessons and what not. I love it! And we talk to SOO MANY PEOPLE IN A DAY! and we are REAL close to the mission office to get packages and stuff and now they are saying we can go eat lunch with them - well they told me that but i am not sure- I love it! My members are awesome family! My goto family right now are the Orantes! They are the best! And they are always wanting me to improve my spanish! YES! everyone is either latin, or poly or theres like 2 caucasian families in this ward. Its dah best! Random but some guy I contacted into said he just wanted to be baptized... unfortunately he didnt live in our area so he got referred but still COOL! there is always something wonderful going on! This week I studied in Alma and It is when he is talking about the Lords work - 29:13-15! It is what is going to happen when my mission buddies and i get into heaven and I get to see everyone that they have brought into the fold! HOW GREAT WILL BE MY JOY! but seriously! I have been praying and thinking about all of my friends that are out and being out has really helped me come to the REAL realization that i have been blessed with wonderful friends who are all out serving missions-doing the exact same thing as me - and that i have their influence and support in what i am doing. And throughout my whole life. I am so excited to see what fruits their labors will bring forth! WE are a peculiar people and this work is hastening even more because of it! I am so thankful for the wonderful support that i receive from my family and friends! thanks for everything seriously! I would invite you to begin now to prepare any questions or concerns that you would like answered and resolved for general Conference - Because it is a year ago at this time that I entered GC with a question and I received my answer. Look where it took me. As you prayerfully go into General Conference with those questions/concersn, and an open mind and heart, YOU WILL receive an answer. As a representative of Jesus Christ I promise that to you. Your answer may not come the way you planned or for what you planned but it will come. The Lord loves us and wants to help us. All we must do is turn to him and ASK. I know you can receive the same kind of guidance and comfort I have received here in the FOM. I LOVE YOU ALL! Peace and an abundance of BLESSINGS Sister Hart!
Monday, September 9, 2013
Transfer and a Baptism
received from Sister Hart 9/9/2013
yeah so to start off I am getting transferred to Hunters Creek... I am leaving St Cloud and ALL of its goodness!!!!! GAH! I am just getting transferred to a new area with a new companion and I am way sad but also ultra excited because it means different experiences for this ginger. "new school, new baby pool" as I like to say. ultra stoked to get a feel for what different areas are like, because sister P and I have decided that St. Cloud has the worst parts of everyone elses areas. HA! sad but true. ,makes for a good time though haha! Also last Saturday I forgot to tell you we had a BAPTISM!!! Yeah didn't see that coming did ya? Ha. That's because it wasn't ours. It was the elders in our ward. STILL I WAS PROBABLY MOR EEXCITED THAN ANYONE ELSE THERE!!!! I LOVE BAPTISMS! It was an amazing experience and I asked to bear a quick testimony while we waited for the elders and new member to come back from the font. While I was bearing my testimony the spirit just testified to me of the reason why I came out. I want soo badly for EVERYONE to have these same blessings I have - to know that because of the plan of salvation and the love our heavenly father has for us by sending us his Son to atone for our sins, our families can be together FOREVER! I am missing some pretty big events that will be in making for the next few months(only one in particular) and I am ultra sad I am missing it. BUT I also know that because I can be with my family FOREVER I am not missing a whole lot of anything at all-because I am doing the lords work. I know that blessings will pour out for those I am serving here and those who are supporting me back home because of my decision to come out and I am soo grateful that they will be blessed. I love it. I have a favor to ask of everyone who reads this. Tell me your conversion story - what brought you back to the church if you became less active- when were you truly converted to gospel? if you haven't been yet what are you waiting for. I love working with less actives to figure out how they can receive the FULLEST of blessings again because they are denying themselves the abundance of blessings they can receive by not attending church, so it helps to hear how others became converted and what keeps people active. This week we had ZTM which is always good. and a trainers mtg which meant I went on exchanges - it was great because I got to be in Windermere-aka the richest part of the mission-right across from ALL the parks-yes I was tempted. It was really cool to talk to soo many people and tract in an apartment complex. CRAZY! I knocked on this one door and my exchange comp sister Nielsen said her shpeel and the woman said -'no hable ingles. espanol.' so I said oh "somos los missionarios de la iglesia de.... just told her who we were in Spanish and then she was like oh uh 'I have no time' so we just shared a card but her English was great. some peoples kids. they make up the funniest excuses not to talk to us. it hilarious! anywho. wellp I have loved every minute in st cloud and cannot wait for the next set of adventures.! I love the work the lord and my savior. HE IS RISEN! love and prayers to you all! sister zoë hart
yeah so to start off I am getting transferred to Hunters Creek... I am leaving St Cloud and ALL of its goodness!!!!! GAH! I am just getting transferred to a new area with a new companion and I am way sad but also ultra excited because it means different experiences for this ginger. "new school, new baby pool" as I like to say. ultra stoked to get a feel for what different areas are like, because sister P and I have decided that St. Cloud has the worst parts of everyone elses areas. HA! sad but true. ,makes for a good time though haha! Also last Saturday I forgot to tell you we had a BAPTISM!!! Yeah didn't see that coming did ya? Ha. That's because it wasn't ours. It was the elders in our ward. STILL I WAS PROBABLY MOR EEXCITED THAN ANYONE ELSE THERE!!!! I LOVE BAPTISMS! It was an amazing experience and I asked to bear a quick testimony while we waited for the elders and new member to come back from the font. While I was bearing my testimony the spirit just testified to me of the reason why I came out. I want soo badly for EVERYONE to have these same blessings I have - to know that because of the plan of salvation and the love our heavenly father has for us by sending us his Son to atone for our sins, our families can be together FOREVER! I am missing some pretty big events that will be in making for the next few months(only one in particular) and I am ultra sad I am missing it. BUT I also know that because I can be with my family FOREVER I am not missing a whole lot of anything at all-because I am doing the lords work. I know that blessings will pour out for those I am serving here and those who are supporting me back home because of my decision to come out and I am soo grateful that they will be blessed. I love it. I have a favor to ask of everyone who reads this. Tell me your conversion story - what brought you back to the church if you became less active- when were you truly converted to gospel? if you haven't been yet what are you waiting for. I love working with less actives to figure out how they can receive the FULLEST of blessings again because they are denying themselves the abundance of blessings they can receive by not attending church, so it helps to hear how others became converted and what keeps people active. This week we had ZTM which is always good. and a trainers mtg which meant I went on exchanges - it was great because I got to be in Windermere-aka the richest part of the mission-right across from ALL the parks-yes I was tempted. It was really cool to talk to soo many people and tract in an apartment complex. CRAZY! I knocked on this one door and my exchange comp sister Nielsen said her shpeel and the woman said -'no hable ingles. espanol.' so I said oh "somos los missionarios de la iglesia de.... just told her who we were in Spanish and then she was like oh uh 'I have no time' so we just shared a card but her English was great. some peoples kids. they make up the funniest excuses not to talk to us. it hilarious! anywho. wellp I have loved every minute in st cloud and cannot wait for the next set of adventures.! I love the work the lord and my savior. HE IS RISEN! love and prayers to you all! sister zoë hart
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
THE SACRIFICE
Received from sister hart on september 3, 2013.
oh yeah the mission brings loads of sacrifices - no phone, no family, no friends, and your time, and your talents, but it is all for an amazing reason - BECAUSE I LOVE THE LORD - even the goat did it.
HI! So this week was crazy! for starters I spent the start of the week in the dentists office... it was crazy - but I don't think I have ever met such a great dentist before... no offense to corbin - BUT this guy was AMAZING! I loved it and I was there for 3 days in a row so they said I could put it as my temporary home...(slightly kidding but sort of not hahaha)
After all that business the rest of our week was slow lesson wise.. like the slowest ever! But we still kept pushing on - my trainer said that this was going to be the week where I was a "trainer" so she would be the trainee... yeah it didn't turn out that way because she really likes being the lead comp so I just was the trainee again.... as usual. Its hard at times because sometimes she takes too much of the lead and in lessons she may get on a role and wont stop to give me 2 secs except for when I have to extend an invitation... it makes me feel like I am not good enough for HER sometimes... I know I am good enough for the Lord or I wouldn't be out here, but at times it makes me feel that she doesn't think I am... I've told her about it and she tries. So I thank her for that. Sorry for venting but it is kinda hard - especially because she kept saying "youll be training next transfer so be ready" well I feel like I need more time to get the hang of things before I show someone how to do things I have never done before. but we are working at it and when we have that uinity I love it and the spirit is there and we both move forward together. Those are the lessons I love. She told me this week, when I started a lesson, that it went so well and that I did great, so she knows I can do it sometimes its just hard to compete for some time. oh well. we are working on it.
OH also yesterday President called and told sister P she would be training! So exciting which means I am not! YES! I used to be stoked about the idea of training but now I just want to know what it is like with a normal companion who has been out for sometime longer than I have. She didn't see that coming - I totally called it but whateves haha! So yeah I am probably leaving st cloud but not quit positive.. I will find out on Monday. cool!
Okay so also this week we made choco cookie cupcakes. they were bomb. Lisa is amazing! gah! chef with cat cora for crying out loud that's awesome! we also went tracting a handful of times and it was hilarious! Here is a great story: the other day we knocked on this door to find a 13yold boy who wouldn't look us in the eye, and we talked and i asked him a few questions to receive only "yes mam" as an answer and i gave him a Mormon.org card...THEN he then turned to his older brother further behind him in the house and yelled"jack, is the goat ready for sacrifice yet?!" we just said thanks and walked away... as we turned and he shut the door I said"Hey you do sacrifice too?!?" My comp died laughing hahah! ultra funny.
ALSO we were walking down the lakefront before dinner one evening and suddenly this car pulls up with a man yelling 'SISTERS" I was so excited because NO one does that. Turns out it is a Less Active, Dale Irvin, who is gay and lives with his partner Keith. THEY ARE THE BEST! I love them! Dale was a member his whole life and served a mission and has been struggling with this trial during his whole life. He gave in and now knows the consequences of his actions but he still knows and love his Heavenly Father and has a relationship with him. When I heard that I felt it. Anywho - so they are great and building a home for sister missionaries across from their house in OUR AREA! so basically - even though I may not be staying in st cloud I am trying to work it out so sisters can live in it asap because the Munns are moving out this week and LITERALLY everyone says that the worst street is Carolina because of all the murders and drugs... yes all plural. but oh well it is just like cherry ave all over again with the creepy dark house on the right and the sunny houses to the left.. (if you are inside the house) Also I just love working with less actives and helping them recognize the importance of church. We read "Lord I believe" wioth one family which was really powerful. I would invite all of you to read it! It is amazing! OH fact! my comp had Brother White as a chastity speaker at efy! so my one of my fav seminary teachers was her fav efy speakers.. RAD! wellp I love you all!
Write me a letter or something. I need birthdates. love you and pray for you! ps this was the first fast sunday I fully fasted and I also saw results with NO MIGRAINE... still figuring that out.. LOVE YOU SO MUCH! sister zoë HART
oh yeah the mission brings loads of sacrifices - no phone, no family, no friends, and your time, and your talents, but it is all for an amazing reason - BECAUSE I LOVE THE LORD - even the goat did it.
HI! So this week was crazy! for starters I spent the start of the week in the dentists office... it was crazy - but I don't think I have ever met such a great dentist before... no offense to corbin - BUT this guy was AMAZING! I loved it and I was there for 3 days in a row so they said I could put it as my temporary home...(slightly kidding but sort of not hahaha)
After all that business the rest of our week was slow lesson wise.. like the slowest ever! But we still kept pushing on - my trainer said that this was going to be the week where I was a "trainer" so she would be the trainee... yeah it didn't turn out that way because she really likes being the lead comp so I just was the trainee again.... as usual. Its hard at times because sometimes she takes too much of the lead and in lessons she may get on a role and wont stop to give me 2 secs except for when I have to extend an invitation... it makes me feel like I am not good enough for HER sometimes... I know I am good enough for the Lord or I wouldn't be out here, but at times it makes me feel that she doesn't think I am... I've told her about it and she tries. So I thank her for that. Sorry for venting but it is kinda hard - especially because she kept saying "youll be training next transfer so be ready" well I feel like I need more time to get the hang of things before I show someone how to do things I have never done before. but we are working at it and when we have that uinity I love it and the spirit is there and we both move forward together. Those are the lessons I love. She told me this week, when I started a lesson, that it went so well and that I did great, so she knows I can do it sometimes its just hard to compete for some time. oh well. we are working on it.
OH also yesterday President called and told sister P she would be training! So exciting which means I am not! YES! I used to be stoked about the idea of training but now I just want to know what it is like with a normal companion who has been out for sometime longer than I have. She didn't see that coming - I totally called it but whateves haha! So yeah I am probably leaving st cloud but not quit positive.. I will find out on Monday. cool!
Okay so also this week we made choco cookie cupcakes. they were bomb. Lisa is amazing! gah! chef with cat cora for crying out loud that's awesome! we also went tracting a handful of times and it was hilarious! Here is a great story: the other day we knocked on this door to find a 13yold boy who wouldn't look us in the eye, and we talked and i asked him a few questions to receive only "yes mam" as an answer and i gave him a Mormon.org card...THEN he then turned to his older brother further behind him in the house and yelled"jack, is the goat ready for sacrifice yet?!" we just said thanks and walked away... as we turned and he shut the door I said"Hey you do sacrifice too?!?" My comp died laughing hahah! ultra funny.
ALSO we were walking down the lakefront before dinner one evening and suddenly this car pulls up with a man yelling 'SISTERS" I was so excited because NO one does that. Turns out it is a Less Active, Dale Irvin, who is gay and lives with his partner Keith. THEY ARE THE BEST! I love them! Dale was a member his whole life and served a mission and has been struggling with this trial during his whole life. He gave in and now knows the consequences of his actions but he still knows and love his Heavenly Father and has a relationship with him. When I heard that I felt it. Anywho - so they are great and building a home for sister missionaries across from their house in OUR AREA! so basically - even though I may not be staying in st cloud I am trying to work it out so sisters can live in it asap because the Munns are moving out this week and LITERALLY everyone says that the worst street is Carolina because of all the murders and drugs... yes all plural. but oh well it is just like cherry ave all over again with the creepy dark house on the right and the sunny houses to the left.. (if you are inside the house) Also I just love working with less actives and helping them recognize the importance of church. We read "Lord I believe" wioth one family which was really powerful. I would invite all of you to read it! It is amazing! OH fact! my comp had Brother White as a chastity speaker at efy! so my one of my fav seminary teachers was her fav efy speakers.. RAD! wellp I love you all!
Write me a letter or something. I need birthdates. love you and pray for you! ps this was the first fast sunday I fully fasted and I also saw results with NO MIGRAINE... still figuring that out.. LOVE YOU SO MUCH! sister zoë HART
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