Tuesday Sister Pankratz and I were still feeling pretty sick. But we had an appointment to go up to Kern Valley to teach Heather; so we got up and headed out. Kern Valley is an hour away but I really enjoy the ride because there are sun flowers that line up the road and it has a pretty lake that we get to drive around called Lake Isabella. Plus we get to jam out to hymns!! :) Our lesson with Heather was fantastic! Her husband Donny was there and he pretty much taught the whole lesson for us. Heather is so ready to be baptized! She knows everything. Then we had a lesson with Kenny in Kern Valley as well, but we had the wrong address and the lady who answered the door was not to impressed with us.
Wednesday we had a lesson with Ash-lee. We taught the gospel of Jesus Christ and we put an emphasis on repentance. She is doing very well and is super excited to be getting baptized!
Thursday we did our weekly planning then we headed up to Kern Valley to teach Jenna. We taught her about tithing and very happily said that she would love to follow it! It will be a huge sacrifice for her though so I was so proud to see how willing she is to do it. We then went home and had a lesson with Billy. He ended up not being home because of his anniversary dinner which I think was a great excuse. We then hurried over to the elders apartment because it is Elder Riser's birthday and we wanted to have a surprise party for him. We blew up a load of balloons and decorated his house with tons of streamers. The other elders came over with a cake and we hurried and finished up then turned off the lights and waited for them to come home. The elders stayed in the living room and the sister hid together in the kitchen. We ended up sitting on the kitchen floor in a circle and told funny stories because Elder Harward and Elder Riser were taking forever to come back home. Well while we we telling the story the elders were being our look outs and didn't see the other elders come home so they surprised us. Then we sang happy birthday and ate cake and ice cream and went home.
Friday we had district counsel. Sister Pankratz and I did a training on the gospel of Jesus Christ. It went well and the spirit was there. Then we watched a role play by Sister Albertson and Sister Hales. They did an amazing job. We had lunch at the sisters' apartment and talked for a while because the sisters were struggling with some things. We had dinner at the Lucky's house. Brother Lucky is not a member and has had some struggles with missionaries being too pushy in the past so we were a little worried about dinner. Turns out though that Brother Lucky and I are kindred spirits and we just ended up making each other laugh the whole dinner. We both went to grab the lemonade at the same time and he was like, "oh my gosh thats so awkward". and I was like it is only awkward if you make it awkward. Then he and his wife both started laughing because Brother Lucky says that all the time. It was a fantastic dinner and I believe that we have made a friend for life. We went over to the sisters' apartment that night and had a story time. Sister Pankratz told us her version of beauty and the beast which had us all laughing way too hard.
Saturday, Sister Pankratz was feeling very sick so I let her sleep and I ended up watching "Johnny Lingo" three time, 'The Mail box" and "Uncle Ben". I painted my nails, did laundry, did the dishes, baked cookies, curled my hair, and swept the floor. Needless to say I was having serious cabin fever. Finally it was time to go to a lesson with Ash-Lee so we headed out. Ash-Lee and her boyfriend have a hobby of gold mining, so they showed us around their work shop and taught us about how to find gold. It was pretty cool. Then we taught them the ten commandments and got Ash-lee to pray for us! We had dinner at Bishop Jensen's house and then bishop and his wife picked up Nathan for a lesson and brought him to the church. We taught the restoration and the spirit was there so strong. Nathan promised to read the Book of Mormon and to pray about Joseph Smith. Then we went home to get the cookies so we could take them to the other missionaries' house. We dropped some off at Elder Payson's and Elder Maxwell's house. Then we headed to Elder Harward's and Elder Risers. Their lights were off, and we couldn't see their car, and we had a key from when we did the surprise party. So we figured we could just leave the cookies on their table and head out... so we opened the door put the cookies on the table and were heading out when we hear a panicked muffled voice say sisters?!?!? Turns out that Elders Riser and Harward were wearing halloween masks and had turned off all their lights to make it look like they were not home so when Elders Peyson and Maxwell stopped by they could jump out at them and scare them. So when the elders heard us unlocking the door they thought we were the zone leaders and got into their hiding places, but when we walked in and we weren't the elders it freaked them out so they just stayed hidden to see what we were doing. Talk about awkward. We then took the key back to Elder Peyson and stopped by to have another story time with the sisters. They surprised us with an icee and I then told everyone the story of Mulan. Lets just say I'm apparently funny:)
Sunday we got to speak in sacrament! yay! The topic was on repentance. When I got to church I felt inspired to share a personal story about how I gained my testimony of Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father. After sacrament Brother Bull came up to me and told me that when he was around my same age he had a similar experience that lead him to build his testimony as well. It was so cool. An hour or so after church Bishop Jensen sent us a text about how our talks on repentance had changed someone's life forever! What a humbling experience that we were able to be a tool in the Lord's hand. Heather, Ash-lee, Jenna, and Nathan were all able to make it to church. Yay!! Ash-lee loved our talks and can't wait to come to conference next week. Brother Lucky also came! Which made me so happy:) After church we had a meeting about ministering, then we went home, had dinner, and cut out hearts for heart attacks.
Love you all lots!
Love, Sister Howard
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