January 15, 2019

Heyo! 

Many things happened this week..... I don't even know when to start.

We had a Bible study with Loretta, an older lady who has only let us do service until now and let us pick the topic of the next bible study! 

District council was awesome, sis McMurray joined us and we did lots of fun roleplays 

I spent some time chopping chocolates at grandma's house- sis mueller is an older lady who makes lots of chocolates to keep her busy and I cut up like 10+ pounds of chocolate! Haha sampled some of it too (; 

Bradley! I'm not sure if i told you about Bradley or not yet. He is 32 and has special needs- and a personality disorder. He likes to pretend he is like a 12 yr old girl. Not sure how that works but he has a such a good heart. He always has a lot of questions about the gospel and this time we got to give him a tour of the Church building and then teach him the restoration (very simply). It went super well! He came to Velmas baptism and he says he will come to church (not this Sunday but next) so we are excited about him. He's hilarious though he asked us if we wanted to come to his apartment and get our nails done hahaha 

We went to the old folks home and played bingo with the oldies, it was definitely a highlight. One of the old ladies named Lillian kept asking if we were playing bingo and doing the wrong numbers haha it was hilarious she cracked me up 

Velmas baptism!!!!! What a crazy day. Our ward helped with a some of it but for the most part we had to do everything. (Get the flowers, fill the font, set up the room, make cookies, print the programs etc.) haha funny story the bishop told us that when filling the font we have to stir the water cuz it gets cold at the bottom so I got in and did some laps with a broom! Haha plus also the water wasn't warm enough and the water heater was dying so we boiled pots of water in the kitchen and dumped those in. It was an adventure let me tell you!!! Haha 

Buuuut the service went so good! Velma was afraid of the water but she got a priesthood blessing beforehand and was just fine. There were two priesthood holders in the font to help her feel secure. We did a musical number too! Sis Carrasco played her ukulele and sis walker and I sang the rainbows song (: I made sure not to say "my lungs are washed away" (; (; (; haha it was good. 

Bradley even came! He was late so he didn't see the actual baptism but he was still there so that was good. Then we had some light refreshments (cookies, sandwiches and more cookies) then everyone left and us sisters did all the clean up. We had to clean the font, clean the overflow where we had refreshments, vacuum everything, clean the kitchen, all the dishes people used, and then take the towels and suits home to wash them. It was quite a day.  Also Velma invited all her extended family to the baptism so that was super cool (: 

Overall, great day with great memories!!

Also this week we got to meet with herb, a recent convert who has been slightly avoiding us. We talked about the temple and he has a goal to get there we are so excited for him (: 

Speaking of temples no I have not been since the beginning of the year. Im in nebraska so im too far away to go. 

But i've only heard good things and I can't wait to go!!!! 

Also last night we had FHE with the Christians and obryans.  The obryans have a 11 year old girl named katelynn who is being pushed to be baptized.... We want her to to desire to be baptized on her own for the right reasons before she gets baptized so we are trying to help her. 

This week I think I've learned a lot about the importance of doing my personal best. Sometimes my companion(s) may have a hard time with being obedient or as hard working as I want to be but i can still try to do my best. 

Also, in my scriptures I was reading in 3 Nephi 10 when Christ talks about how he gathers us like a hen gathereth her chickens and I did a scripture study all on that. I used my journal to write down times when he has gathered me, would have gathered me, how he is gathering me and how He will gather me. It was super cool!! (: I'm so grateful that His arms are always outstretched to me! 

And I'm so grateful that your arms are always outstretched to me too!! I love you both so much!!

Love love love 

Sis Bush 

Ps. Cool quote I heard this week: "We express our faith with our feet"