Dear Family,
This week was a pretty crazy week! We had a lot going on and
we even found some new investigators. We slimmed down our investigator pool
this week so new ones are definitely needed.
On Monday, I think I already mentioned we went shopping. We
got two pairs of boots, but I may send one back. It has a heel and isn't super
comfortable. We saw the O’s and I just love them. P's birthday is today
(November 16)! We are going to celebrate! I am so excited for him. We saw D and
her husband. We just stopped by. They let us in when we just stop by. Brother H
came with us. It was pretty great. We got to teach her husband for the first
time! He drinks...heavily. We saw H after that. It was really great. We did
Family Home Evening with them! It was good. C wanted to teach us about FHE so
she and H could do it. (Alma 34:36)
On Tuesday we had district meeting. It was good. I don't
really remember what we talked about...OH YEAH! We talked about teach people,
not lessons, and How to Begin Teaching. It was good! I am trying to memorize
the bullet points. We ate lunch at the O’s. Sister O stopped by our apartment
that morning and helped us with some stuff. She dropped off Sister P's clothes.
Then she invited us to lunch so we could work on my farewell invitations! IT
was good! We saw M after that. She is so great. She didn't come to church
though :( We did have stake conference and they can fit the whole stake in one
building! Except the Spanish ward. We saw the U’s. They are pretty great. Then
we ate dinner with the P’s. They are really great. She made chicken spaghetti!
It was yummy! We finished our aprons with the beehives. The woman who texted
y'all was Sister M! But the picture was of me and Sister F, who is the second
counselor in Young Women. They are both awesome. (Alma 36:3)
Wednesday, we had zone conference! We talked a lot about
obedience. President C did this really cool thing where he had this piece of
long wood. He put blocks on there of our tools/principles/things we give. Then
on the other end he put what God's give. In the middle it was our missionary
purpose according to faith. The bigger the fulcrum, the closer we would get to
God. The fulcrum was our obedience. I wish I could send a picture! It was
really cool. I loved it. I also got to bear my testimony as a departing
missionary. That was really weird. There were only two of us at this zone
conference. Sister W and I. It felt so surreal. I can't believe how close it
is. Afterward, Elder H (J, Ma's ex) came up to me and told me how sad he was
that I am going home. I didn't expect that. I never had the opportunity to
serve around him. He was in Modesto when I was in Hanford and now he's in
Fresno North. So at least I got to see him at zone conferences. He said he
would be at my farewell so I will hopefully get a picture! And then Elder M,
who is an assistant and an elder I came out with, told me how sad he was. I
just really can't believe how close it is. It's super weird. We ate dinner with
the B’s and then we went to mutual because it was young women in excellence! It
brought back so many memories for me! I just love those girls so much. The
young women here are so tight knit. It's so cool to see. We taught H and ended
up using President's fulcrum idea with him. We talked about obedience. It was
really great. The spirit was really powerful and Brother M, our member who was
there, added so much to it. It was really great. (...WE WON SECOND PLACE FOR
CAR CHECKS! And we didn't even try that hard...)
Thursday was temple day! But don't worry; I have another
trip to make. The day after Thanksgiving. I also got my departing information
so I know when I'm leaving and my schedule for the next couple weeks. I love
the temple so much. It is one of my favorite things. I will hopefully be able
to go pretty regularly when I come home. Sister H took us to the temple. I will
send a picture! It was really fun! She took us to Mexican afterward. It was
great. We ate dinner with the M’s! K said they were going to come to my
farewell and A is getting ready to go through the temple. But K asked her to
wait for him! He will be baptized soon. I just know it. We saw R, a nonmember
whose grandparents are members. Her grandparents live up near Turlock which
isn't even in our mission. We saw Brother H. He's pretty great. I just love him
so much. (Mark 5:34)
Friday was fun! WE weekly planned and had two appointments
cancel on us! But then we taught F at her husband's sister's house. It was
great! We saw the P’s after that and then we got to go to the youth activity
that night. It was a nerf war! It's totally something the youth in our ward
should do! I was terrible at it. We played this game called Zombie and there
was one zombie who had to touch us all but if we shot him he was dead. And we
spread out around the church. Sister Putnam and I stayed with the O’s for the
duration. C was my body guard. A boy grabbed my ankles...that was weird. After
that we saw F and J! I haven't seen them in so long. It was really great! They
are coming to my farewell too! (Alma 37:14, 16-17)
Saturday was an interesting day. We finally finished my
farewell invitations and we are going to send them as soon as I can this week!
It'll be...interesting. We saw R again. She's sweet. She is lonely though. Then
we ate dinner with the K's. They are sweet. We went with H and C to the adult
session of stake conference and President and Sister Clark spoke! Also, I got
to see the R’s from Cedarwood! It was so great! I miss them so much. I got to
see a lot of people from Cedarwood. H got us McDonald's afterward. That was
cool! (Alma 37:33, 36-37)
Sunday we had stake conference. I got to see P M, a less
active I taught a couple times when he first wanted to come back to church--he
remembered me!-and Sister O (did you know the junior O’s moved to Meridian??),
the L’s, and R! I am sure there's more but those are the only ones I remember.
We had more time to work so that was cool. We tried by a couple people but no
one answered. Then we ate dinner with the H’s. They made me taquitoes from
Costco!! I was so excited! I miss those. We saw the C’s for a little while. I
love them a lot. Then we found a new investigator! The Ventura (Spanish)
sisters passed off an investigator to us! It was great! She's really sweet :)
(Alma 38:5)
I just love this ward so much and I love everyone here. I am
grateful for the opportunity I have had to serve here. I love these people and
I didn't know I could love people as much as I love these people. I hope you
all are doing well too! Thank you for your support. I love you all!!
Always <3,
Sister Abigail Reese
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