Monday, today, we had zone activity! We played kickball, Apples to Apples, 2 truth and a lie and made banana splits! We had dinner with the Barros and then we had a lesson with Sean. Sister Sisco came with us and it was so cool to see how much Sean is progressing!! He has really improved so much!
Tuesday we had exchanges with Sister Parcell and Sister Hart! I got to go with Sister Hart! First we got to do service with all of the sisters at Sister Warkington's house. We moved boxes and cleaned her house to help her get ready for Thanksgiving. Sister Hart is a bran new missionary so it was so cool to be able to watch her learn and grow the whole time of the exchange. We had time to go out tracting and we had picked a couple areas to go knock on, but I just felt like they weren't where we needed to be. I ended up just looking at our map and felt prompted to go knock by one of our converts houses. As I was driving us there I kept doubting myself and almost turned around a few times. Finally we pulled up, parked, and started to go out and work. We knocked on a door and Amanda answered!!! She was so excited to see us and was very prepared to hear our message! We gave her a Book of Mormon and she invited us to come back!!! Then we had dinner at the Sisco's house and we got to eat with all four of the sisters! Brother Sisco told us his amazing conversion story! After dinner we had a lesson with Nathan Mcarthur. Bishop Jenson and his wife came with us. Nathan likes to ask a lot of super deep doctrine questions so it is such a blessing that bishop comes to the lessons with us.
On Wednesday we ended exchanges and sent the cute Sisters home. We had dinner with the McDonalds. They had friends from Arizona visiting, and the lady is getting baptized in December! It was really cool to be able to talk to her about her experience! She is so sweet. We also played a card game with the family after dinner.
Thursday was Thanksgiving!!!! Sister Williams and I did weekly planning and had dinner with the Warkington's and the Andrus's family. They are such sweet families. Sister Williams and I enjoyed our time with them! It was a fun day.
Friday was a wonderful day! We had one of the most spiritual District Councils I have ever experienced. Elder Peyson spoke to us about the power and authority of our calling and what makes a successful missionary. It was amazing. The Spirit was so strong. I loved every moment.
Saturday we were going to head up to Kern Valley but all of our appointments ended up being cancelled, so we spent a good amount of time tracting and we were able to find Don!! We knocked on his door and he listened to what we had to say then asked us to come back and teach his family more!! We were so surprised that we almost didn't realize that he was accepting our message! We gave him a Book of Mormon. Then he invited us to come back. We had dinner at the Jensen's but managed to get lost. We finally found them and had an absolutely amazing dinner with them.
News with transfers! Elder Peyson is leaving and is heading to Bakersfield. So Elder Kay is going to be our new Zone Leader. We haven't met him yet, but he sounds really nice. I'm excited to work with him. Other news, Sister Hales is leaving as well, and she is going to Silver Creek!!! I'm so excited for her to be in Silver Creek with Sister Jordan! But the biggest news of all is that Sister Williams and I are staying together this transfer!!! I'm so excited to stay with her and to keep working hard here in Ridgecrest!
I am so thankful to be able to serve the Lord as a missionary. The #lighttheworld campaign is starting on December 1st and I am so excited for it! I hope you all take part in it and enjoy serving others!!!
love, Sister Howard
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