Dear Family,
This week was a week filled with service. We had a ton of
service hours--we helped the O’s with their backyard. It was so fun! (Yes, Dad,
yard work was fun!) We were basically taking tree branches to a pile to be
burned but we had to cut them down because they were huge. It was fun though. I
loved it. It was a work out too. I had fun throwing leaves and branches and
berry-looking things at P and C. And L too, but she's just so sweet, I couldn't
always do it.
Monday we ate dinner with the O’s, of course. i love them so
much. They are pretty great. It was fun! I loved it. They had really good food,
as always. Sister O also did our laundry so that was really nice too. We saw
the C’s. I just love them. Brother C shared his conversion story with Sister A.
It was pretty great. They are doing pretty good. They just lost an uncle or
something so they went to Hollister this weekend for the funeral. (2 Nephi 9:3)
Tuesday we found a new investigator! Her name is M M and she
is so solid. She is really open and so prepared. She came from a member. She
was a member referral, as all of our recent converts have been. I just love
her. She is really great and asks really good questions. She's awesome. We went
to the airport to pick up Sister A's companion, Sister A. The assistants were
with us, one of which is an elder I came out with. Elder Mo'O. He oh so kindly
reminded me that I was going to be there in about five weeks (now four). He'll
be there to say good bye. We started doing service for the O’s. It was great!
Then we had dinner with the R’s. They are really sweet. We saw the P’s. I love
them so much. I hope they know that. We saw Brother H. He's doing great. I just
love him so much. (2 Nephi 2:48; Alma 23:6)
Wednesday, we had zone meeting. It was probably the most
spiritually exhausting zone meeting I have ever had. And not even in a good
way. I felt like I was a terrible missionary afterward. And I won't go more in
detail about that. We did service for the O’s again. They are great. Then we
ate dinner with the D’s whom I had never really met so that was fun. We saw the
R’s family. They are great. I love them a lot. That basically concluded our
night. (Mosiah 3:18-19)
Thursday, we did more service and it was so fun! I just love
them a lot. Also, Sister O helped me make Grandma's rice krispie treats! They
were so good! Except I forgot the butterscotch chips so they weren't as good.
But they were still really yummy. We ate dinner with the H’s who are great. I
really love them. While we were there, Bishop took a question that one of his
daughters asked about what you could write as a testimony if you aren't sure if
you have one as a teaching moment. It was good for me. We saw the T's. They are
pretty sweet. We saw H and C. They are really great. I love them so much.
(Mosiah 4:6, Alma 25:17)
Friday we did more service and did some weekly planning. I
just love the O’s. They fed us dinner before the Halloween Trunk or Treat. We
decorated our trunk with streamers...it was kind of pathetic but we walked
around and said hi to people most of the night. It was pretty great. It brought
back so many memories! I don't even like Halloween, but as a missionary it's
great. WE get to spend it with members! We taught M and it was a good lesson on
prayer. Then we saw Brother H for a few minutes. He's great. (Mosiah 14:3-7)
Saturday was a pretty unproductive day. We did some service
for an inactive woman who was going to get evicted if she didn't clean her
garage. That was fun. I saw a mouse that crawled on Sister W and it scared me
so much. She ran out of the garage. It was pretty funny. We finished weekly
planning which took forever and then C picked us up for dinner since our cars
had to be parked at 6. It was...an interesting couple hours. We started to play
Life but then C took us to the O’s. That was fun! We sat around a campfire and
played Telephone and then we played Mafia. C killed me! I was so hurt! But it
was because he knew I was the doctor and also I've been throwing things at him
all week so it was payback...I understand. Sort of. It was a good night! (Alma
27:18)
Sunday was a really good day. We had church and I bore my
testimony! I don't know if you're aware but it is my last fast Sunday
yesterday. I thought I'd share my testimony with them. It took me most of the
hour to actually get the nerve to get out of my seat, as you probably know. But
it was good. Then before Gospel Principles, I got frustrated with a sister in
our ward and I thought I may have offended her so after the class, I
apologized. It turns out I didn't actually offend her but I thought I did. In
Relief Society, we were talking about miracles and Sister W asked us what
miracles we had seen today. This same sister raised her hand and said, "A
sister who thought she had offended me today apologized. That doesn't happen to
me very often and that is a miracle to me." If I hadn't
apologized--because I really didn't want to--this woman wouldn't have been
touched and I would never have known how much she needed it. She came and gave
me a hug after Relief Society and I felt more love for this particular woman
than I had ever felt. It was cool. We ate with the F’s. I love them a lot. We
saw the B’s whom I also love. They said we are like family. Then we saw Brother
H. We were sitting in our car outside his apartment and we were praying. At the
end of the prayer, as I was saying amen, I looked up and opened my eyes and let
out a blood curdling scream. There, at our window, was Brother H and his
girlfriend, S. Brother H was waving his arms like a bat or something and it
scared the living daylights out of me! It was pretty hilarious though. I was
just a little shaken by it. (Alma 29:9)
I love being a missionary so much and I am so grateful
for this experience. I wouldn't be who I am without it and I am so grateful for
the time that I've had. I love all of you and I know I couldn't have gotten
this far without your support.
Always <3,
Sister Abigail Reese
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