Oh man, what a crazy, beautiful, awesome, lovely
week! I think everything is just about back to normal here in Beulah! Yahoo! I
think it takes about two good weeks to really get used to the changes transfers
bring, but we're back up to the normal amount of weekly lessons and Branch
lovin' is at an all time high- couldn't ask for anything more! It's been such a
good week, in fact, that I'm not even sure what subject to give this
email...but hey, I never really know, haha. Hopefully it'll come to me as a
type away- we shall see!
So yeah, it's been a great week. I started off my
new journal on Monday (journal #...any guesses? Any thoughts? Sometimes emails
are annoying because I would really love some feedback right now, lol...journal
#6 of the mish! I'm flying through journals- what a party!!), which always
makes for a good week- let's get into it!
Monday was perfection all around, man oh man. I can
officially say we've mastered the art of a blissful p-day, which brings
unfeigned amounts of joy to my soul. Goodness, how I love a beautiful p-day! We
emailed and thrifted and ran random errands (I even bought stamps, like a
responsible and budget-using adult! I got the fancy Valentine's day peonies and
cheesy floral ones that spoke to my soul- ten of each, what a deal! The post
office lady totally recognized me, and we chatted for a spell about all the new
varieties- man, I love the Hazen Post Office! It's a dream come true!) and
wandered, as usual.
We spent a nice chunk of time in Hazen drug, which
I can now say with authority is my favorite store. We all bought cheesy little
souvenirs, and it was truly delightful. We were just browsing around when I
found my spirit bird- yup, I bought a ceramic bird from my local small town
drug store. These are the opportunities that you have to bounce on! It didn't
have a price on the back, and I hesitantly approached one of the workers...and
she was so happy to see us! She said that she thought it was the missionaries
walking around because we were all together, haha, and let me know that Donna
(my fave cashier, dontcha know) would give me a good deal on my fancy bird. And
she totally did! It was so sweet- what a delightful place!
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| We've got my fancy new bird (who I've lovingly named Antoinette, of course) |
We also, of course, did the usual thrift store
wander and got our car wash- we're such responsible adults! We dined at the
Rice's, and had a perfect FHE about prayer with them- goodness, I adore that fam!
We also brought along our fancy new recipe boxes and wrote down all our Rice
fam faves- it was truly blissful! What a perfect night!
Tuesday was also great- this week was just so good!
We all woke up a little under the weather, but realized pretty quick that
nothing beats being sick in a trio, haha! We giggled about our general
grogginess all day, and we're all back to full health nowaday-- just a random
sick Tuesday! Somehow, we powered through the common cold and busted out crazy
amounts of missionary work- thank goodness for the Spirit!
We kicked off our day with the morning routine, and
ran over to Barb's for an early morning, post-studies lesson- it was perfect!
We taught her the Plan of Salvation with the cute little visuals, and it was
just so sweet. Barb still doesn't think we're right...but she's super
interested in our beliefs about heaven and how we get there...hmmm. So, we'll
keep teaching away and she'll keep acting like she's not totally interested-
and we'll all know the truth!
We came back to homebase after that, ate one of our
delish Reidhead pizzas for lunch, and headed back out for the day. We first saw
our dear Sis. Stillson, my fave 94 year old, who was so hilariously sassy! It
was great! We sang for her (after she said to us, "One of you needs to
take charge and pick a song to sing to me"...oh man, she's the best!) and
shared our favorite scriptures. I also made us take a group tripod picture, of
course, and she told us to run by her daughter's house and check up on her before
we left town- and we totally did!
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| We love Sister Stillson! |
We ran over to Hazen after that, and tried Bobby
and Scott...and ended up over at Tiffany's! It was great! We've taught Tiffany
quite a few times, but have narrowly dodged the mildly awkward setting of
expectations...and we all knew that was what needed to happen in this lesson.
And, even though there were kids everywhere and general chaos all around, we
cranked it out and told her about baptism- and she was totally into
it!! It was such sweet relief to tell her that we are here to help
her decide if she wants to get baptized, and have her not be totally wigged
out. Yahoo for the Spirit! It's the saver of days and awkward lessons!
We dined at the Cline's on Tuesday night, as usual,
and ate tacos, such perfection! Sis. Cline even bought avocados and I was in
heaven- all it takes is avocados, apparently! We headed outta their place with
enough time to try all our Beulah faves before calling it a night- what a perf
Tuesday!
Oh man, Wednesday was SO GOOOOOOOD!! Especially
when compared to the horror that was last Wednesday, man oh man! It was just
the greatest day of all the great days-- a five lesson Wednesday, even!
We started off the day with wonderful studies
(which truly makes for a wonderful day, I'm learning) and running by Ashley's.
We chatted with her for a while, mostly about her newly dyed and looking so
cool pink hair and her new boyfriend. It was great! We lunched after that and
went over to Gayle's- where we casually taught Plan of Salvation and it was
perfection! Gayle was also in the funniest mood ever- he offered us drinks and
then told us to help ourselves, because, in his words, "I'm not serving
your butts!". What a party! Goodness, I adore that man!
We ran back to homebase for a spell after Gayle's
lesson to fill up water bottles and use the restroom...and there was a perfect
little package waiting for me my our door!! Yahoooooooo for amazing fams and
Valentine's day packages full of fancy new watches, stamps, and general joy-
total bliss! We all relished in that beautiful packed package and the
unimaginable joy it brought to my heart! Such a glorious time!
We headed on over to Hazen after our package
reveries, where we went by Scott's- and he had totally been expecting us! It
was so sweet- he has a ton of ukuleles, so he taught us all a few chords and we
jammed out to "You are my Sunshine"...it was so applicable! Goodness,
it was crazy cool. Turns out, I need a ukulele in my post-mish life!
And, on an unrelated note, pondering back on our
wonderful ukulele times with Scott has inspired the subject- yahoo! We also
sang that hymn in church yesterday, and it was just speaking to my soul- it's
just been a sunshine filled week!
But anyway, Scott is a total homie and we're all
obsessed. I've got a knack for the ukulele- whudda thunk?! We also read
Moroni's Promise with him and got more vague details of the story of Scott's
missionary experience. He didn't straight up say, but we think he may have
gotten a confirmation that the church is true and second guessed it...stay
tuned for more Scott updates in the coming weeks!
We dined at the Lee's, and it was such perfection.
Goodness, what a beautiful Wednesday! We ate fajitas and talked about
prayer...and Bro. Lee told us that he feels hope coming back into his life
since he's been praying again!!! He's hopeful again that the church is true and
that he will get an answer- it was so sweet! I love that man!
We tried some people around Hazen and Beulah after
dinner, but nothing was feeling quite...and then, I had this crazy impression
to go see the Reinhardts. We haven't been over there since October, back when I
was in that crazy trio of days long past...and Dale was not the nicest man.
When Sis. Finlinson came back, we both decided to leave them be for the time
being...but man, I was feeling it! We went on over and chatted with Dawn
about...hope! It was perfect and also crazy, because Dawn reminds me so much of
my BFF Hope from good ol' BYU- bonkers! So much hope on Wednesday! Dawn laughed
for a long while that I was still around, and said that she needs to feel hope
in her life right now. We shared scriptures left and right and hugged all
around- it was so sweet! She told us to come by more often, and it was just
amazing. Thank goodness for the Spirit! Dawn hugged it out with me and said all
whispery in my ear, "I know God sent you here today". Goodness, it
was the greatest. Go Dawn!!
We came back to home base and, as we were walking
in, we ran into Tony! We shared a scripture with him about hope (of course!)
and said a quick prayer- what an amazing Wednesday!
Thursday wasn't nearly as crazy as Wednesday, but I
still was coasting on the good vibes- and planning wasn't even miserable! I
think a random FOURRR LETTER mail day helped with that- shout out to Linda,
Sis. Finlinson, Sis. Phillips, and Aunt Kathryn for making my Thursday the most
pleasant of days!
After we planned forever, we headed out to tract
some Beulah! We met Wilfred, a super nice Catholic man that let us chat about
Christ and pray with him- yahoo for porch lessons! We walked around his
neighborhood for a season and ended up heading on over to Golden Valley, where
we tracted some more. We also ran by Arnelle's place, a referral we got from
Sis. Istilart eons ago and randomly met at the library, and we actually gave
her a copy of the Book of Mormon! It was so sweet! She has a lot of questions
about what we believe, and it was pretty amazing to answer most of them just by
listening to the Spirit. Yahoo!
We dined at the Dunkley's- such a delight! I love
that family so much, man oh man. We had crazy delish pork tacos and talked
about their unfortunate curse of their cars breaking down in the most
inconvenient of locations, so hilarious! We also took the most adorable of all
tripod pictures, and it was just the perfect night. My heart is full of Dunkley
love!
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| us and the Dunkleys!! |
District meeting was so good, all about following
the Spirit and conversion. Our Zone Leaders were random guest stars, and it was
a lot of fun! Elder Riding also helped us put on our fresh license plates, so
that was super nice of him. He's a gem! We got frosties on the way outta town
(because we wanted some ice cream and that's all we can afford, lol)- pure
bliss all around!
We had a quick stop in Hebron, where we saw Gordy
and Betty. Gordy is doing well- we just shared a quick scripture and committed
him to read the Book of Mormon. He doesn't have a smart phone, but we pooled
our resources and found them all on CD and even got our hands on a CD player!
No stopping the power of missionaries!
We taught Betty the Plan of Salvation, and she
loved it! We committed her to pray about it, and she told us that she already
knows it's true- the Spirit is an amazing thing! And also, Betty is so cool.
Goodness, I love that lady so much! She doesn't have much of a belief system
regarding life after death, and she just got it- so prepared!
We ran back to Beulah after that, dropped our
groceries, and headed over to the Roundy's for our last supper with my dear
Liberty before she leaves for the California Carlsbad mission! It's so
weird to be sad someone is leaving on their mission on you're on yours...but
it's a real thing! My heart was pretty sad throughout dinner, but we ate delish
food (crème puffs for dessert- the Roundys remain my soul mates!) and played
Apples to Apples- it was blissful! The only thing we didn't do is take our
highly anticipated tripod picture...but we came back on Sunday night to say our
real life goodbyes and take it! Yahoooo!!
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| us and the Roundys!!! |
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| and one last selfie with my dear Liberty- we're soul mates!! |
Saturday and Sunday were also pretty perfect- lunch
with our dear Istilarts, blissful mail from Jeannie and Clint, a perfect Barb
lesson about Abinadi (and leaving her place with oodles of random things,
wallflowers and homemade salsa included), an amazing Lee dinner, a late night
Jeff stop by and expectations setting, a quick porch lesson with Bobby
following a glorious Sabbath day, dinner with the wonderful Scheers, and a last
minute tripod picture/goodbye sesh with my dear Roundys. Such an amazing week!
Welp, I'm about out of time- but I love you all so
much! Thank you for all you do!
Love,
Sister Robinson
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| a gorgeous Beulah sunset |
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| a random pamphlet we found once the snow melted |
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| getting all the mail-packages all around!! Goodness, what an amazing week! |
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